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ZDungeon - Original Zork for the Z-Machine

ZDungeon is the port of, so called, "Mainframe" Zork from the PDP-10 to the modern and somewhat standard Z-Machine. I have strived to provide as authentic an experience as possible. To that end, ZDungeon has some "features" that players of Infocom's later Zork Trilogy might mistake for bugs. This is not to say that I haven't accidentally introduced some new bugs, but keep in mind that some things that seem odd might be there intentionally.

Bugfix highlights:

• The Thief traverses the Dungeon in the proper sequence (Inform and MDL insert rooms in the opposite order).
• The Dungeon Master understands responses to his questions.
• The bottle of water behaves better now (pouring, filling, etc.)
• Incantations are generated exactly the same as the MDL version.

Please submit bug reports (real or imagined) to me, Ethan Dicks, at <erd@infinet.com>.

The source code (in Inform 6) is not being released at this time. The plans are to release it shortly, providing there are no major bugs with this release.

If you need a map, you can find scans of a good one here.

Bonus Section: Inform Tutorials

Since the "Inform for New Writers" page is gone, I've posted the examples here.

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Last modified: 15 October 2004
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