The intent of this page is to have a complete directory of resources which I used in the compilation of the Zork Compendium which have not been made widely available to the public. With an exception of the the PDF versions of the Zork novels, all material here was scanned by myself and/or compiled by myself and this website was the first to make these documents available for download. I spent much effort hunting down/creating the documents available here.


QUESTIONS AND ANWERS WITH THE IMPLEMENTORS (click here)


ZORK USER GROUP POSTCARDS:
    #1 - Altar of Frobozz (front) / (back)
    #2 - Aragain Falls (front) / (back)
    #3 - Grue (front) / (back)
    #4 - Flood Control Dam #3 (front) / (back)


TEXT EXTRACTED AND ORGANIZED FROM ZORK GAMES (mostly complete)
Using decompilers, I have been able to extract all of the text from the text games. I have hastily organized all of the text into their respective locations. Unfortunately as the decompilation is not perfect, this still requires that I try to figure out how to make each fragment of text be called up in the game. Many times there was text which I could not figure out how to make appear in the game. I may update these lists again on a future date. If you know where any of the uncertain text (usually marked by (?) appear, please let me know). I have removed much default and technical text from these files (such as "Open Door: The door is already open.") and retained statements directly essential to the game. I also included some nonsensical information from the invisiclues and have denoted it as nonsense.

GAME	YEAR	VERSION	NOTES
Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz	883	1.0
Dungeon	948	1.0
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire	948	1.0
Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz	948	1.0
Zork III: The Dungeon Master	948	1.0
Zork I + Dungeon	948	1.1	combines the text from Zork I and Dungeon (in italics) (This version is more up-to-date than the non-combined versions above)
Zork II + Dungeon	948	1.1	combines the text from Zork II and Dungeon (in italics) (This version is more up-to-date than the non-combined versions above)
Zork III + Dungeon	948	1.1	combines the text from Zork III and Dungeon (in italics) (This version is more up-to-date than the non-combined versions above)
The Philosopher's Stone	948	1.0	compiled from unfinished design document
Enchanter	956	1.0
Sorcerer	957	1.1	includes some alternate text from a beta version
Zork Quest I: Assault on Egreth Castle	957-966	1.0	all story paths have been merged together and arranged chronologically
Zork Quest II: The Crystal of Doom	957-966	1.0	all story paths have been merged together and arranged chronologically
Spellbreaker	966	1.0
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor	966
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground	1066	1.0
Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams	1157	1.0
Legends of Zork	(1067~ 1247)	1.0	Level 5: A Most AWESOME!!! Quest Level 10: The Case of the Missing... Pooky? Level 15: Antharia Jack and the Hat Mislaid Level 20: The Baron and His Boy Level 25: The DEAD Walk! Level 30: A Wizard and His Cocoa Level 35: Enter the Face Breaker Level 40: Scavenger Hunted Level 50: The Great Unveiling Level 60: The Wonderful Wizard of Ag Generic Text (Level 5, 10 & 50)
The Lurking Horror	?	1.0
Sample: Zork Zero	?	1.0
Sample: Zork Trilogy	?	1.0
Sample: Enchanter & Sorcerer	?	1.0
Sample: Spellbreaker	?	1.0
Sample: Wishbringer	?	1.0
Sample: Beyond Zork	?	1.0

INFOCOM ERA DESIGN DOCUMENTS:
*Sorcerer Design Documents
*Zork Zero Design Documents (pages which did not convert well to PDF)
*A Zorkian Christmas plot synopsis (A) / (B) / (C)
 

RETURN TO ZORK RESOURCES (in general chronological order):

DOCUMENT	DATE	DOWNLOAD
Concept	???	Document
Treatment	???	Document
Letter: Treatment Feedback	1992-03-18	Document
Letter: Phase I Intro	???	Document
Design Document Phase I	???	Document
Prototype Interface Screen	???	Image A / B / C
Letter: Phase I Feedback	1992-04-09	Document A / B
Letter: Phase I Feedback	1992-04-10	Document
Letter: Reply to Feedback	1992-04-??	Document
Letter: Phase II Format	1992-04-24	Document
Letter: Phase II Guidelines	???	Page A / B / C / D / E / F / G / H
Design Document Phase II	???	Document
Design: Interface	1992-06-17	Document
Letter: Story Suggestions	1992-06-24	Page A / B / C / D / E / F / G
Puzzle List #001	1992-07-01	Document
Letter: Design Review Meeting	1992-07-02	Page A / B / C
Puzzle List #002	1992-07-07	Document
Letter: Needed Items	1992-07-08	Document
Letter: Reply to Needed Items	1992-07-??	Document
Letter: Change List	1992-07-14	Page A / B
Letter: Change List	1992-07-21	Page A
Letter: Regarding Storyboards	1992-07-23	Document
Design: Title Sequence	???	Document
Design: End Game #1: Rise of Morphius	???	Document A / B
Letter: Change List	1992-07-30	Document
Letter: Regarding Storyboards	1992-08-14	Document
Design: Dream Sequences	???	Document
Letter: Regarding Storyboards and Other Requests	1992-08-28	Page A / B / C
Letter: Items to Work On	1992-09-21	Document
Puzzle List #003	1992-09-30	Document
Design: End Game #2: Entrapment	???	Document / Page A / B
Letter: Intro to Original Version of Script	1992-10-22	Document
Design: Script (original version)	1992-10-22	Document
Puzzle List #004	1992-10-22	Document
Design: Final Sequence	1992-05-12	Page A / B
Design: Final Sequence Text	???	Document
Puzzle List #005	1993-07-19	Document
Design: Story (Version 1)		Document
Design: Story (Version 2)		Document
Design: Story Notes		Page A / B
Design: Script (Michelle Em Version - Final)		Archive
Design: Maps		Archive
Design: NPC Descriptions		Document
Design: NPC Artwork		Archive (25mb)
Design: Storyboards (PDF version)		Document A / B / C / D
Design: Storyboards (archive -- more complete)		Archive (190mb)
Design: Notebook		Document
Design: File Cabinet		Document
Design: Interface #002		Document
Design: Interface #003		Document
Design: Automapping #001		Document
Design: Automapping #002		Document
Design: Glossary of Terms		Page A
Unpublished Sections of Encyclopedia Frobozzica		Page A / B / C / D / E / F / G
Text Extracted from Game Data		Document
Image: Poster Signed by Design Team		Image

ZORK: NEMESIS RESOURCES:
    Design Documents (three pages from one of the first drafts -- handwritten)
            Page1 / Page2 / Page3
    Design Documents (2.5 drafts, plus extras interwoven into parallel columns)
    Design Documents: Timeline
    Design Documents: Misc Background Info
    Design Documents: Death Screens (compared with final versions)
    Design Documents: Node Maps
    Bivotar's Journal (original version compared with final version)
    Bivotar's Journal (final packaged version)
    Alchemy Journal (unpublished)
    Background Story (from official strategy guide-- three drafts)
    Script (extracted from final game)
    Item List (hex IDs)
    Game Manual
    Text Saved from Zork Nemesis official website (most likely incomplete)
    Zorkestra Game from Zork Nemesis official website
    Box Art Image (textless)
   

ZORK: GRAND INQUISITOR RESOURCES:
    Design Documents: Version 1.5 [I was never able to obtain these -- contact refused to respond]
        Photos of Booklet: (A) / (B)
    The Adventurer's Chronicles (from official ZGI website)
    History of Zork (from official ZGI strategy guide)
    Backstory (from official ZGI strategy guide)
    Background Info (from official ZGI strategy guide)
    Character Info (from official ZGI strategy guide) [currently unavailable]
    Script (extracted from final game)

    Coleman Lamp Keychain (A) / (B)

LEGENDS OF ZORK RESOURCES:
    Image: Unused Character Selection Screen (A) / (B)
    Image: Encounter Explanation
    Image: Site-Offline
    Image: Gamestop Card (front) / (back)
    Image: Racing (A) / (B)

THE NOVELS

Zork #1: The Forces of Krill	pdf / text
Zork #2: The Malifestro Quest	pdf / text
Zork #3: The Cavern of Doom	pdf / text
Zork #4: Conquest at Quendor	pdf / text
Enchanter
The Lost City of Zork		textless cover artwork
The Zork Chronicles	pdf	textless cover artwork
Wishbringer		textless cover artwork
Zylon the Aged	pdf