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You are likely to be eaten by the MIT license: Microsoft frees Zork source

Microsoft developer boss Scott Hanselman saved the company's Ignite shindig this week by unveiling the source code for Zork I-III, all available under the MIT license.… "Our goal is simple: to place ...
Adventure Gamers

The Zork source code is available to everyone, but why does it matter?

The classic Zork text adventure games have been made open source by Microsoft. The original trilogy, consisting of Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III, is now fully available for play, exploration, and ...
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Microsoft has open sourced the Zork trilogy of text games

Preservation has become a pressing topic for games in this era of digital-only releases and games-as-a-service. So it's wonderful to have a big win in archiving a trio of seminal text games for the ...
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Microsoft open-sources classic '80s text adventure game Zork under the MIT license

Microsoft's Open Source Program Office (OSPO), in collaboration with Xbox and Activision, has open-sourced the historical text adventure games Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III under the MIT license. This ...