Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!

…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)

Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.

https://blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork-is-open-source

#InteractiveFiction #Zork

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

#Zork #Microsoft #Retro #OpenSource #RetroGaming

SO im glad that Zork I, II and III are open source now under the MIT license.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

(AND in fact the MIT license, seems especially fitting for open source/free software folks I think. Considering, Zork began life inside MIT's computer labs.)

BUT man that feels a little.... stingy? LIKE I dont quite get why they excluded Beyond Zork & Zork Zero. Which were ALSO developed by Infocom in Z-Machine pre-90s.

BUT hopefully its a start of something more and maybe we will one-day see the whole #Infocom catalog liberated. #InteractiveFiction #Videogames #floss #Zork

Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!

…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)

Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.

https://blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork-is-open-source

#InteractiveFiction #Zork

Microsoft is releasing the source code for Zork I, II, and III under an MIT license. The text adventure was originally published in 1980 by Infocom... which was bought by Activision... which was later bought by Microsoft. https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source #Zork #Microsoft #PCGames #OpenSource

SO im glad that Zork I, II and III are open source now under the MIT license.

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

(AND in fact the MIT license, seems especially fitting for open source/free software folks I think. Considering, Zork began life inside MIT's computer labs.)

BUT man that feels a little.... stingy? LIKE I dont quite get why they excluded Beyond Zork & Zork Zero. Which were ALSO developed by Infocom in Z-Machine pre-90s.

BUT hopefully its a start of something more and maybe we will one-day see the whole #Infocom catalog liberated. #InteractiveFiction #Videogames #floss #Zork

Microsoft makes Zork open-source

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

#HackerNews #Microsoft #Zork #open-source #gaming #history #nostalgia #gamingopensource

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

#Zork #Microsoft #Retro #OpenSource #RetroGaming

Behold my lovely Halloween costume, fellow 50-ish computer people!

#halloween #80s #retrocomputing #zork

Behold my lovely Halloween costume, fellow 50-ish computer people!

#halloween #80s #retrocomputing #zork