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Zork Returning As a Browser MMO

Posted by Soulskill on from the still-waiting-on-a-new-starcon-game dept.

Gamasutra reports that Jolt Online Gaming is teaming up with Activision to revive the Zork franchise in the form of a casual, browser-based MMO. The Legends of Zork website provides some basic background information: "The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray. The Royal Treasury has been sacked. The stock market has collapsed, leading even mighty FrobozzCo International to fire employees from throughout its subsidiaries. A craze of treasure-hunting has swept through the remnants of the Great Underground Empire. The New Zork Times reports that trolls, kobolds and other dangerous creatures are venturing far from their lairs. Adventurers and monsters are increasingly coming into conflict over areas rich with loot. It's a dangerous time to be a newly-unemployed traveling salesman, but it's also a great time to try a bit of adventuring." Gamasutra also has a brief interview with Jolt's CEO, Dylan Collins. There's no word yet whether or not players are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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  1. Grue! by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know both the men and the women will be eaten by the grue.

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    1. Re:Grue! by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      throw bottle at grue

      There, that should take care of him.

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  2. Re:It is dark here. by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    Ah, but I have a brass lantern. And a nasty knife. And an elvish sword of great antiquity. I fear nothing...

    ... hey, is it me or is my light getting dim?

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    Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
  3. You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue by ChameleonDave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obligatory YouTube video.

    1. Re:You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      More proof white guys shouldn't rap.

  4. Re:Multi-player text adventures? by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what do you call MUDs that use a java telnet client in your browser.

    Stupid.

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  5. Re:It's a rare game... by jonaskoelker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming soon to a gaming rig near your: Guitar Hero, the MMOG version.

    You can look forward to many hours of fun whacking goblins with your axe in search of the Golden Mic Stand from Kalimdor. When you have assembled a whole stage, you can hold concerts, and when you meet other players you can do battle.

    (Monthly subscription rates may apply, see inside of box for details)

  6. So it's reality based then? by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray. The Royal Treasury has been sacked. The stock market has collapsed, leading even mighty FrobozzCo International to fire employees from throughout its subsidiaries

    So it's reality based then?

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  7. Re:It's a rare game... by Shaitan+Apistos · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean this?

    http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml

  8. Eat Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Auto-Cannibalism will do nothing to improve your situation.

    -Float!

  9. Re:It's a rare game... by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just defined the internet.

  10. Re:It's a rare game... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > We need a Leisure Suit Larry MMO.

    match.com

  11. The first question by T.E.D. · · Score: 2, Funny

    The first question clearly is going to be: Will Grues be a playable race?