Zork is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Zork meaning
A text-based adventure game.
Using Zork
- The main meaning on this page is: A text-based adventure game.
- In the example corpus, zork often appears in combinations such as: of zork, zork ii, zork is.
Context around Zork
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zork
- In this selection, "zork" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adventure, typing, start, iii, games and nemesis stand out and add context to how "zork" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as beyond zork zork zero and beyond zork zork zero and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zork" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and abolitionists, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zork
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Andrew Plotkin notes it gets another classic series: Zork! (9 words)
Also unlike the previous two Zork games, the lantern is of little relevance. (13 words)
As soon as Zork began shipping, Lebling began converting the remaining half of the map to ZIL. (17 words)
Activision briefly offered free downloads of Zork I as part of the promotion of Zork: Nemesis, and Zork II and Zork III as part of the promotion for Zork Grand Inquisitor, as well as a new adventure: Zork: The Undiscovered Underground. (41 words)
The feelies noted below were only introduced when Zork I was re-released in the "Grey box" format. citation Zork I was one of five Infocom games that were re-released in Solid Gold format with in-game hints. (39 words)
The original version of Zork I was published by Personal Software in 1980 for the TRS-80 and was simply called Zork, but Infocom later handled the distribution of that game and their subsequent games. (35 words)
Andrew Plotkin notes it gets another classic series: Zork! (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Activision briefly offered free downloads of Zork I as part of the promotion of Zork: Nemesis, and Zork II and Zork III as part of the promotion for Zork Grand Inquisitor, as well as a new adventure: Zork: The Undiscovered Underground.
Typing "zork" into this computer will start Zork I. Zork I is fully playable within Call of Duty: Black Ops.
However, this was eventually broken into two parts, both modified from the original, to be released as Zork II and Zork III.
In 1996 Threshold Entertainment acquired the rights to Zork and announced plans to create a Zork movie and live action TV series. citation However, neither was produced.
Infocom took over distribution in October and set up their own supply chain, releasing both the renamed Zork I and Zork II in November 1981.
Instead, the player in the role of the same "adventurer" played in Zork I and Zork II must demonstrate worthiness to assume the role of the Dungeon Master.
It also lacks Shogun and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as well as Beyond Zork, Zork Zero and Nord and Bert.
Reading the book here reveals a map of "The Dungeon and Treasury of Zork" which has 8 cells, one of which with a bronze door that leads to the Treasury of Zork.
The feelies noted below were only introduced when Zork I was re-released in the "Grey box" format. citation Zork I was one of five Infocom games that were re-released in Solid Gold format with in-game hints.
The original version of Zork I was published by Personal Software in 1980 for the TRS-80 and was simply called Zork, but Infocom later handled the distribution of that game and their subsequent games.
The ultimate goal of Zork I is to collect the Twenty Treasures of Zork and install them in the trophy case.
Andrew Plotkin notes it gets another classic series: Zork!
Zork is a classic text-based adventure game that is playable in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Also unlike the previous two Zork games, the lantern is of little relevance.
As soon as Zork began shipping, Lebling began converting the remaining half of the map to ZIL.
At one point the game mentions the " Implementers " who were responsible for creating the land of Zork.
Commands In the Zork games, the player is not limited to verb-noun commands, such as "take lamp", "open mailbox", and so forth.
Dave Lebling drew a circle on the Zork map so it contained about half of the original map, about 100 or so locations including everything above ground and a large section surrounding the Round Room.
Dornbrook also started Infocom's customer newsletter, called The New Zork Times, to discuss game hints and preview and showcase new products.
Enchanter was originally developed as Zork IV; Infocom decided to instead release it separately, however, and it became the basis of a new trilogy.
Common combinations with zork
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of zork 15×
- zork ii 6×
- zork is 6×
- zork was 6×
- and zork 5×
- zork iii 5×
- zork zork 4×
- zork and 4×
- the zork 4×
- as zork 3×