Zork to return in MMO form

by Shawn Schuster Jan 14th 2009 at 2:30PM

Filed under: Fantasy, New titles, News items, Browser

If you're old like me, you may remember the classic world of Zork. It was a text-based adventure game (and series of games) created in the late 70s that was the inspiration for most, if not all, story-rich computer games of our day. Well, now it will be coming to an internet browser near you as a persistent MMO. Dublin-based Jolt Online Gaming is joining with Activision, who owns the rights to Zork, for a browser-based MMO centered around the world of the Infocom classic.

"The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray," the game's website describes. "The stock market has collapsed, leading even mighty FrobozzCo International to fire employees from throughout its subsidiaries. A craze of treasure-hunting has swept through the remnants of the Great Underground Empire. It's a dangerous time to be a newly-unemployed traveling salesman, but it's also a great time to try a bit of adventuring."

Check out the official website for more information and to sign up for up-to-date news on the development of this game.

Tags: activision, breaking, browser-based, infocom, jolt, zork

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jinintaanik said on 2:35PM 1-14-2009

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

You knew it was coming...

Bam! said on 2:40PM 1-14-2009

Good

BaronJuJu said on 4:30PM 1-14-2009

Zork...Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. it will be interesting to see what they do with this.

Mr Angry said on 6:30PM 1-14-2009

Great news!

UltimateQ said on 6:31PM 1-14-2009

Zork!

Wjowski said on 2:55PM 1-17-2009

What fond memory will MMO vultures exploit next?

Brigand said on 2:31PM 1-15-2009

You know it's going to devolve into an endless grind of troll slaying and granola mining in a maze of twisty little passages, all of which look alike.