How to Play Zork 3 in Linux

Zork is one of the most talked about computer games in the history. (In fact, frotz is called a Z-Emulator after it's name! ). It is a text-based interactive fiction game first released by Infocom in 1977. Zork 3 was released in 1983. Some days ago, while reading a tutorial, I came across this game (which means it is still relevant and people still play this game ;) ). And if you also want to play it on your Linux computer, just follow these steps:

How to: Play Zork 3 in Linux

=>Open your terminal and install dosbox by typing:

sudo apt-get install dosbox

=>Download Zork 3 zip file from this site.

=>Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file in a folder.

=>To run the game, browse to the folder using cd (change directory) command in your terminal and then type:

dosbox ZORK3.bat

=>To close the game simply press Alt-F4 key combination and it will close the dosbox.

Some of the basic commands in zork are:

look take examine kill talk open close enter exit push pull lift move tie

NOTE: It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue... :-D

ON A SERIOUS NOTE :-P: Some websites suggested frotz to play this game, but it didn't work on our machine. You can try frotz if dosbox does not work for you.

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