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Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://no.lastname.nz/post/1917886

Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source. The source has been around for a while but now it's all proper.

From the announcement they said:

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 it, and, perhaps most importantly, play it.

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[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are there any tablets good for old text adventures games?

There was the Ink Console coming out, but that seemingly died off.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How do you mean? in terms of a keyboard? Or e-ink?

[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Both, so I will assume I am being unrealistic. :(

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Well if you have a lot of money everything's great :D But srs, there's a bunch of them that run out-of-the-box android that would do it. Boox is what I'm thinking of specifically, maybe a used one even - and they have a USB C port you can just plug your favorite clicky keyboard into and baddabing - perfect e-ink Zorkage.