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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. Zork? by kpainter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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...

    Sounds a bit too much like reality to me.

  2. 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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  3. 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)

  4. Re:It's a rare game... by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We need a Leisure Suit Larry MMO.

  5. 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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