The Visible Zorker: Zork 1

Re:The Visible Zorker: Zork 1 by ChicagoDave on Sunday April 26, 2026 @09:21PM (#47916709)

TADS is hardly modern. It’s actually the oldest VM based platform from the early 90’s.

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Re:The Visible Zorker: Zork 1 by jhbadger on Sunday April 26, 2026 @09:45PM (#47916823)

Well, TADS is older than Inform, yes, but the whole idea of VM-based platforms for adventures originated from Infocom's Z-machine starting with Zork I in 1980 -- it's what let them basically release their games for every platform current in the US in the 1980s.

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Re:The Visible Zorker: Zork 1 by ChicagoDave on Monday April 27, 2026 @07:36AM (#47920269)

But not publicly available as a platform.

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