Return to Zork
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| Developer(s) | Infocom |
| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Genre | Adventure game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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| Platform(s) | Apple Macintosh, DOS |
Return to Zork is a 1993 adventure game in the Zork series for the PC and Apple Macintosh. It was developed by Activision and was the final Zork game to be published under the Infocom label. The player's character is a sweepstakes winner who ultimately must destroy the evil Morphius. Return to Zork made use of video-captured actors as well as detailed graphics, and a point-and-click interface replaced the text parser for the first time in a Zork game.
Among the actors who appeared in the game were a number of instantly recognizable (by face, if not necessarily by name) character actors as well as a number of well-known younger actors: A.J. Langer from My So-Called Life as "Rebecca Snoot", Robyn Lively of Twin Peaks as "The Fairy", The Wonder Years' Jason Hervey as "The Troll King", and Sam J. Jones from the 1980 film Flash Gordon as "The Blind Bowman".
The game was packaged with an abridged version of the Encyclopedia Frobozzica, which also served as the game manual and provided copyright protection.
Throughout the game, the player could take photographs of the environment with a camera and record significant information with a tape recorder. The game also automatically generated a map as the player progressed, and took notes in a notebook as the plot unfolded through dialogue or events in the game.
Return To Zork is set in the year 1647 GUE, later than any other game in the fictional history of Zork.
External links
- Imdb Entry for Return to Zork (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158150/combined)
- The JAVE Entry for Return to Zork (http://www.justadventure.com/thejave/html/Games/GamesR/ReturnZork/JAVE_ReturnZork.shtml)
- Home of the Underdogs' entry for Return to Zork (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Return+to+Zork)
- MobyGames' entry for Return to Zork (http://www.mobygames.com/game/return-to-zork)
- GameFAQs entry for Return to Zork (http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/564587.html)
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