Return to Zork

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Return to Zork is a 1993 adventure game developed by Activision. The game was the last to be published by Infocom for the Zork series, and was the first to use a point-and-click interface, rather than text-based interaction as in previous games. The game followed the release of Zork Zero in 1988.

The story takes place in the Great Underground Empire, several hundred years after the previous Zork game, and sees players investigating a region that is slowly falling into decay due to a powerful demon-like entity that targets those who oppose it. The game features multiple ways to solve puzzles, as well as a variety of characters portrayed in live-action by recognizable character actors, with the cast including Sam J. Jones, Jason Hervey, and Robyn Lively.

Return to Zork was released in September 1993 for Mac and MS-DOS. The game was ported to FM Towns in 1994, the PC-FX in 1995, and the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn in 1996, all of which were exclusively released in Japan. Plans for the game to be released on 3DO and Atari Jaguar were cancelled.

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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

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