The Zork Library Forum

I was curious as to who here has played Dungeon (Mainframe Zork) and what your opinion of it was.  Any responses or discussions about it are welcomed.

sorry I haven't played it.

I've sort of played it. It's just too simple . I'd much rather prefere to play Zork I.

I didn't know you could get this. Where did you find it?

IFarchive.  Playing it explains some things.  Before I played it, I never knew that the Round Room and the Carousel Room used to be one and the same.  It was originally a spinning Round Room.  The separation explains the few collapsed passages leading from the Round Room in Zork I.

I should have this game on my site.

I'll definetly be checking this out...

I played it way back when that was all that was available. I played it on a mainframe at work and never finished it - I got stuck and couldn't go on. I had played Adventure and solved it, and found Dungeon even better, although I couldn't solve it. I still have the maps I made back then. :-D

Years and years later (about 3 years ago now), I stumbled on the Zork games on the internet and realized that they were almost the same as Dungeon. It was like seeing an old friend. Some research later, I found out that Dungeon had been split up into Zorks I to III (with some additions).

So, I played all the Zorks and a fair number of the other Infocom games. I still have a few left to play.

I haven't played any of the non-text-based Zork games (Return to Zork, Zork Nemesis, Zork Grand Inquisitor), but would love to.

OK, I got a chance to play Dungeon, and I must admit, I don't like it very much. It's parser isn't that good so I didn't really get to play much of it.

Also, I haven't posted lately because the power supply of my computer went dead and I'm getting a new one. I won't post tomorrow as Hurricane Lili is making landfall and, well, I seriously doubt I'll be on the computer.

uh oh lol, ttys!

It's just that you can't do as much as in Zork I and the game is sort of confusing and too short. Oh, and there's that stupid newspaper in the living room that ruins the whole atmosphere of the game.