Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III . . . Today, we’re preserving a cornerstone of gaming history that is near and dear to our hearts Together, Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License Our goal is simple: to place historically important code in the hands of students, teachers, and developers so they can study it, learn from
Microsoft has open sourced the Zork trilogy of text games - MSN Microsoft announced today that the code for Zork, Zork II and Zork III will be made available open source under the MIT License The company's Open Source Programs Office, Xbox and Activision all
Microsoft open-sourced Zork I, II, and III - gaming. news Microsoft officially open-sourced the source for Zork I, II, and III The trilogy is known for helping establish the interactive fiction genre, influencing nearly all subsequent adventure and role-playing games
A Cornerstone Of Gaming History - Microsoft, Xbox . . . Image: Infocom Infocom's original Zork trilogy is now open-source under an MIT license, thanks to the combined efforts of Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Xbox, and Activision (h t: The Verge) The three classic text adventures — which Microsoft OSPO director Stacey Haffner and the Microsoft vice president of developer community Scott Hanselman referred to in the