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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Zork to return in MMO form]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/14/zork-to-return-in-mmo-form/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/14/zork-to-return-in-mmo-form/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/14/zork-to-return-in-mmo-form/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/browser/" rel="tag">Browser</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/06/zasterisk_play_zork_over.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/01/zorkscreen-sms-0109.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
If you're old like me, you may remember the classic world of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork"><em>Zork</em></a>. 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 <a href="http://www.joltonline.com/">Jolt Online Gaming</a> is joining with <a href="http://www.activision.com/">Activision</a>, who owns the rights to Zork, for a browser-based MMO centered around the world of the Infocom classic. <br /><br /><em>"The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray,"</em> the <a href="http://www.legendsofzork.com/">game's website</a> describes. <em>"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."</em><br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.legendsofzork.com/">the official website</a> for more information and to sign up for up-to-date news on the development of this game.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/14/zork-to-return-in-mmo-form/">Zork to return in MMO form</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21848>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/14/zork-to-return-in-mmo-form/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1429589/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/14/zork-to-return-in-mmo-form/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>activision</category><category>breaking</category><category>browser-based</category><category>infocom</category><category>jolt</category><category>zork</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
