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Main executable game file: zork1/Zork1.bat.

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Retro gamer collector's corner:

There is also an abridged version, called Mini-Zork I, dated November 24, 1987. Mini-Zork was released free of charge as a promotion.

The original version published by Personal Software contained:

a disk
a 36 page booklet

The folio edition contained also a piece of paper with the instructions.

The re-release grey box edition contained the following feelies:

the booklet "The Great Underground Empire: A History" by Froboz Munbar
an instruction manual
a map

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More information on Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

Status: abandonware
Input: keyboard
Distributed on: 5,25 floppy disk
Abandonware DOS views: 39779

Series: Zork I: The Great Underground Empire is part of the Zork series.

Awards won by Zork I: The Great Underground Empire:

Selected for All-TIME 100 video games TIME.com.
Selected for GameSpy's Greatest PC Games of All Time: The '80s.
Selected for 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.

Related sites

Fan sites:

The great Zork I page

Remakes:

Zork I online

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