Zork returns in 'Legends of Zork,' a casual MMO

by Justin McElroy { Jan 15th 2009 at 7:29PM }

Sometimes, it seems that games are created just for us. They're lovingly mixed together from base ingredients we can't resist, rolled out on a floured surface, cut into Joystiq-logo shaped cookies and baked to a delicious golden brown. That's exactly what Jolt Online has done by resurrecting the "Zork" franchise in Legends of Zork, a casual, browser-based MMO.

Aside from telling Gamasutra that the game would feature microtransations and that it could be played on a computer or iPhone, Jolt's hasn't spilled much in the way of details. But rest assured that we'll be buying the game (or buying a wicked cool sword in the game, as the case may be) on day one.

Tags: iphone, jolt-online, legends-of-zork, zork

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PSN: HinchyFC @ Jan 15th 2009 7:42PM

Zork? Casual?

*head a splode*

bigsofty @ Jan 16th 2009 7:42AM

I would not hold your breath for anything great, Jolt only claim to fame is its a sucky game server provider, last time I heard, sub-letting someone else's server cluster was not a pre-requisite for a MMO developer... poor Zork. "Yeah, I run a Counterstrike server, maybe I can write games now..." doomed...!

PSN: HinchyFC @ Jan 16th 2009 5:13PM

My *head sploding* was a bad thing.

MegaSnort @ Jan 15th 2009 7:46PM

A post about Zork... and no grue reference?!

T @ Jan 15th 2009 7:46PM

I can't see the words "MMO" and "casual" working together in a sentence.

AoE @ Jan 16th 2009 1:36AM

why can't something be massively multiplayer online, and a casual title? what about casual suggests it can only be played by a few people at a time, or solo? I don't understand...

er, I just realized, you're not confusing MMO with MMORPG are you?

Shmil @ Jan 15th 2009 8:21PM

You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
If this predicaments seems particularly cruel
Just ask yourself, whose fault it could be
Not a torch or a match in your inventory.

Quiggy @ Jan 16th 2009 3:26PM

Quoting fail:

You are likely to be eaten by a grue
If this predicament seems particularly cruel
Just imagine whose fault it could be
Not a torch or a match in your inventory!

CubeGuy @ Jan 15th 2009 8:58PM

Can we get a version of Grand Inquisitor that we can install on an operating system past Windows 98? And no, I did not wish to install gametap just to pay a monthly fee to play it (without subtitles for some reason).

Your sword's blowing glue! Wait. Let me try that again. Your sword's glowing blue!

Eleniel @ Jan 15th 2009 9:01PM

I will definitely check this out. Zork is awesome.

Trickob @ Jan 15th 2009 10:13PM

This is quite the coincidence: I just heard about this series for the first time yesterday. One of my co-workers loves to say "Shun magic, shun the appearance of magic, shun everything, and then shun shunning!" but he couldn't remember where he knew the quote from. Finally, I decided to google the phrase yesterday to figure it out and learned all about Zork. It sounds like a great series.

I doubt that anybody gives a crap about that but I felt like sharing :p

Poisoned Al @ Jan 15th 2009 11:10PM

-Look at casual MMO.

There's nothing special about the casual MMO.

chimera @ Jan 16th 2009 1:49AM

This is great. I got a Blackberry for myself for Christmas and was just thinking "man, zork would be _awesome_ during statistics". Here's hoping it will support all mobile browsers, not just iPhone's...

Courtney @ Jan 16th 2009 2:05AM

This news just warmed my heart.

t_m @ Jan 16th 2009 4:54AM

Hang on. Text Based Adventure + MMO = MUD!

We've truly gone full circle!

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