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Microsoft Open-Sources Classic Zork Games for Education
11/22/2025
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- Microsoft has open-sourced Zork I–III, the classic text adventure games.
- Scott Hanselman announced the release at Ignite, aiming to provide historically significant code for educational purposes.
- Zork I–III were originally developed in 1977 by MIT students at Infocom.
- Microsoft acquired Infocom's rights through its 2023 purchase of Activision.
- Users can compile the source with ZILF and play locally or via Microsoft's cloud.
