Dropdate
Calendar

Thursday, August 28, 1997

Zork: The Undiscovered Underground

Out nowPuzzle, Adventure
Add to calendar
Release date
Thursday, August 28, 1997
Platforms
Commodore C64/128/MAX, Mac
Developer
Infocom
Publisher
Activision

About

The purpose of the game is to explore and emerge successfully from the Undiscovered Underground. The player begins only with a low-quality Lantern and plastic imitation sword, a parody of the starting items from Zorks I, II and III.

Upon entering the Undiscovered Underground, the adventurer is trapped by a freak avalanche. The only way to escape is to release the mutant Rat Ants (an echo from Starcross) and to direct them to the avalanche, which they dispatch in a manner reminiscent of Aesop's Fables.