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Re:Source code for Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide, and other Infoc... by taradinoc on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @12:27AM (#19679749)
Here's a ZIL version of the game where "xyzzy" and "plugh" first appeared: https://bitbucket.org/jmcgrew/zilf/src/tip/Examples/advent/a...
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Re:Source code for Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide, and other Infoc... by larsbrinkhoff on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @04:24AM (#19680733)
I have the oldest available Crowther version running using a DEC Fortran compiler.

YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING . AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND DOWN A GULLY.

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Re:Source code for Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide, and other Infoc... by scruffyherder on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @11:43AM (#19683543)
I remember digging up these to run on simh

https://jerz.setonhill.edu/intfic/colossal-cave-adventure-so...

Do you have older ones?

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Re:Source code for Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide, and other Infoc... by larsbrinkhoff on Thursday April 18, 2019 @02:22AM (#19689135)
No, I got them from the same place.
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