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Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/opensource@programming.dev

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Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source. The source has been around for a while but now it's all proper.

From the announcement they said:

Today, we’re preserving a cornerstone of gaming history that is near and dear to our hearts. Together, Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License. Our goal is simple: to place historically important code in the hands of students, teachers, and developers so they can study it, learn from it, and, perhaps most importantly, play it.

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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

When I first started playing D&D 30 fucking years ago I used to take my hand drawn maps of Zork to school and use those as dungeon maps for my friends and I to play on in the back of class. Goddamn its been a long time, but I owe A LOT to Zork.