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8.4
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Score Breakdown Based on 204 ratings
  1. 10 (56)
  2. 9 (70)
  3. 8 (51)
  4. 7 (10)
  5. 6 (10)
  6. 5 (1)
  7. 4 (0)
  8. 3 (0)
  9. 2 (2)
  10. 1 (4)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:8.8

    The begining of adventure games is here!

    By MUherd14 | Review Date: Feb 06, 2006 | PC

    "Hey...there isn't any graphics...this game has gotta suck!!!!!!" I hear that comment almost anytime I play Zork on my laptop. Well I am here to say that you don't need graphics and sound to make a grat game. Graphi... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

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  • Rating:10

    Zork - An Innovative Classic

    By mondaystrolling | Review Date: Sep 05, 2017 | AMI

    The gaming phenomenon in 1977 known as Zork was an incredible innovation in the capabilities of the early computer as well as one of the first steps toward what we know as video games today. Zork is a single player text ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5

    Its pitch black, and your likely to be eaten by a Grue.

    By Begeara | Review Date: Apr 28, 2011 | PC

    Yeah its a text based adventure game. But its also hilarious, difficult and frustrating as hell! You start in front of a house and are expected to go into the house and get a sword kill a troll and so forth. The ad... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.2

    It is dark you are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    By 62915me | Review Date: Jan 01, 2007 | PC

    OMG very original a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a aa a a a a a aa a a a a aa a aa a a aa a a a a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.9

    To never play this game even though it's legally available free and works on virtually any computer should be a crime.

    By MeanQuestion | Review Date: Aug 22, 2006 | PC

    Zork is one of the first text-based adventures. It was written by a couple of guys at MIT who would soon become Infocom, the Shakespeare of video game companies. Infocom separated themselves from competitor's by selling ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6

    You walk down the stairs. Then you get eaten by something.

    By Lokar | Review Date: Aug 05, 2006 | PC

    What's a grue? I still don't know. All I understand is that almost as soon as I started every time I tried to play this game, I'd try to go into the basement of the house where you start the game, and a monster wo... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.8

    The first --

    By rbzaczek | Review Date: Jun 28, 2006 | C64

    This game was the first of its kind, a text based rpg where the user had to use his imagination more than anything to see where he was going. This game has the best graphics of any game known to man, solely because YOU m... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Great for those olds school to refresh their memory.

    By DEATH775 | Review Date: Mar 17, 2006 | PC

    So this game is really old it came out in the 80's. So you guys must be thinking of the graphic. For me the graphic is not a factor. Yes the graphic isn't that good if you compare it to new games like Doom 3. If this gam... Read Full Review

    5 of 8 users found the following review helpful