Legends of Zork Goes Live

TinBromide writes "The developers over at Jolt Online Gaming have released Legends of Zork to the general public. It's a free, browser-based, adventure game based on the world of Zork. You play as a Traveling Salesman, recently laid off from FrobozzCo. You start off in a clearing, where a white house has a boarded up door. From there, you can do what you like. Explore the world, fight other salesmen in PVP, or try out your Darkvision Goggles in the dark — just try not to get eaten by a grue." It's free in that you're given 30 Action Points each day, which are consumed by moving about and fighting. Their business model is that if you want more Action Points, you can purchase more.

Comments

Action Points? Oh no.

[SuperMo0]

It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

> USE TORCH

You have no more action points.

*log on the next day*

You have been eaten by the grue.

> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH.

What?

Re:Action Points? Oh no.

[Norsefire]

I think it is more likely to go:

It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

> USE TORCH

You have no more action points. Please enter your credit card details to not die.

Hello sailor

[Anonymous Coward]

The mac logo on the back of your laptop is a shining beacon to attract men.

You could at least try to stay on topic for Zork.

O ye who use Macs :
Dost thou know the magnitude of thy sin before the gods?
Yea, verily, thou shalt be ground between two stones.
Shall the angry gods cast thy body into the whirlpool?
Surely, thy eye shall be put out with a sharp stick!
Even unto the ends of the earth shalt thou wander and
Unto the land of the dead shalt thou be sent at last.
Surely thou shalt repent of thy cunning.

Actually seems kinda fun

[shinmai]

Plays easy, doesn't require flash or other plugins, and everything actually is sort of "Zorky".

Most browser-based games have perks for paying players, and being able to buy action points isn't really the worst I've seen. It doesn't overly imbalance the gameplay, at least in my opinion.

Only time will tell how this really fans out, but I'm in positive spirits. (Between this and Battlefield Heroes I'm going to be spending even more time at my browser in the future :D)

Re:Actually seems kinda fun

[montyzooooma]

I played until level 3 or 4, basically a days worth of action points and really don't see the appeal. RPS did a reasonably in depth rant here:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/02/grue-some-zork-remake-live-horrible/#more-9807

browser-based

[Thanshin]

Am I the only one who reads "browser-based" as "play from work"?

Some day I'll develop a web browser impossible to distinguish from an excel spreadsheet.

"You | 50.22 | Have been | % | 3473N | B Y | a GRUE"

Re:great game - doesn't deserve to be called zork

[Red Flayer]

Did you forget your head in your ass?

Why yes, yes I did.

And the worst part of it is that I had to shove my monitor up there too in order to read your post.