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| | |title=Zork Zero | ||
|image=Zork Zero cover.jpg | |image=Zork Zero cover.jpg | ||
|developer=[[Infocom]] | |developer=[[Infocom]] | ||
|publisher=[[Infocom]] | |publisher=[[Infocom]] | ||
| | |released={{sys|mac}}{{rd|1988|October 19}}{{sys|amiga}}{{rd|1989|March 23}}{{sys|apple II}}{{rd|1989|June 2}}{{sys|dos}}{{rd|1989|July 14}} | ||
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|genre=[[Adventure]] | |genre=[[Adventure]] | ||
|systems=[[Amiga]], [[Apple II]], [[DOS]], [[Macintosh]] | |||
|modes=[[Single player]] | |modes=[[Single player]] | ||
|preceded by=[[Beyond Zork]] | |preceded by=[[Beyond Zork]] | ||
|followed by=[[Return to Zork]] | |followed by=[[Return to Zork]] | ||
|series=Zork | |series=Zork | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz''' is an interactive fiction computer game, written by Steve Meretzky and published by [[Infocom]] in [[1988]]. Although it is the ninth and last {{c|Zork}} game released by Infocom before the company's closing, Zork Zero takes place before the previous eight games. Unlike its predecessors, Zork Zero is a vast game, featuring a graphical interface with scene-based colours and borders, an interactive map, menus, an in-game hints system, an interactive Encyclopedia Frobozzica, and playable mini-games including Peggleboz and Double Fanucci. It is Infocom's thirty-second game. | '''Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz''' is an interactive fiction computer game, written by Steve Meretzky and published by [[Infocom]] in [[1988]]. Although it is the ninth and last {{c|Zork}} game released by Infocom before the company's closing, Zork Zero takes place before the previous eight games. Unlike its predecessors, Zork Zero is a vast game, featuring a graphical interface with scene-based colours and borders, an interactive map, menus, an in-game hints system, an interactive Encyclopedia Frobozzica, and playable mini-games including Peggleboz and Double Fanucci. It is Infocom's thirty-second game. | ||
Like most other Infocom games, Zork Zero comes with feelies, including a printed calendar with biographies of the twelve Flatheads. The feelies serve as a form of copy protection in that the game cannot be completed without information contained in these materials. | Like most other Infocom games, Zork Zero comes with feelies, including a printed calendar with biographies of the twelve Flatheads. The feelies serve as a form of copy protection in that the game cannot be completed without information contained in these materials. | ||
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Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive certainly earned his nickname. Never one to do things on a small scale, when Dimwit decided in 789 GUE to have a statue erected in his honor, it had to be the largest statue ever. This angered a local resident of Fublio Valley (where the statue was built), Megaboz the Magnificent, who cast a deadly curse over Dimwit, the royal family, and the entire Empire before disappearing. The king's conjurers employed their most powerful magic in an effort to counteract the curse, but they were unable to save Dimwit and his eleven siblings; they only managed to delay the kingdom's destruction temporarily. | Lord Dimwit Flathead the Excessive certainly earned his nickname. Never one to do things on a small scale, when Dimwit decided in 789 GUE to have a statue erected in his honor, it had to be the largest statue ever. This angered a local resident of Fublio Valley (where the statue was built), Megaboz the Magnificent, who cast a deadly curse over Dimwit, the royal family, and the entire Empire before disappearing. The king's conjurers employed their most powerful magic in an effort to counteract the curse, but they were unable to save Dimwit and his eleven siblings; they only managed to delay the kingdom's destruction temporarily. | ||
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What happens when the curse is finally lifted is the game's final surprise. The stage is neatly set for [[Zork I]] and its successors. | What happens when the curse is finally lifted is the game's final surprise. The stage is neatly set for [[Zork I]] and its successors. | ||
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[[Category:Infocom]] | [[Category:Infocom]] | ||
[[Category:Adventure]] | [[Category:Adventure]] | ||
[[Category:Single player]] | [[Category:Single player]] |