Installing and Playing Zork Games
on Modern Operating Systems

Want to play Zork games but don't want to find an old computer?

Background

Zork games are getting older and our computers are getting less and less like the machines we originally played Zork on. That makes playing these excellent games harder as time goes on. Luckily, there are technologies to help us. This website is a project designed to compile information about playing Zork games on modern operating systems.

Guides for Graphical Zork Games

Desktop Operating Systems

  Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 Linux macOS
Return to Zork
(CD or Floppy version)

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

Return to Zork
(GOG version)
Just use GOG's installer.

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

Zork Nemesis
(CD or DVD version)

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

Zork Nemesis
(GOG version)
Just use GOG's installer.

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

Zork Grand Inquisitor
(CD or DVD version)

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

Zork Grand Inquisitor
(GOG version)
Just use GOG's installer.

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04


Mobile Operating Systems

  Android iOS
Return to Zork
(CD, Floppy or GOG version)

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

question mark iconTry iDOS, which is a version of DOSBox for iOS >= 5.1.1.

question mark iconTry ScummVM on your jailbroken iOS >= 7.1 device with info from the ScummVM wiki and ScummVM's list of required files.

Zork Nemesis
(CD, DVD or GOG version)

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

question mark iconTry iDOS, which is a version of DOSBox for iOS >= 5.1.1.

question mark iconTry ScummVM on your jailbroken iOS >= 7.1 device with info from the ScummVM wiki and ScummVM's list of required files.

Zork Grand Inquisitor
(CD, DVD or GOG version)

check mark iconUse ScummVM
last update: 2016-11-04

question mark iconTry ScummVM on your jailbroken iOS >= 7.1 device with info from the ScummVM wiki and ScummVM's list of required files.


Guides for Zork Interactive Fiction (Text Adventures)

There are many options for playing your copies of Zork interactive fiction on almost any operating system. Below are links to some solutions, grouped by operating system.

Windows Linux macOS Android iPhone Windows Phone 8/8.1/10 Windows Phone 7

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Credits

This project was created by Kevin (KM3K) of KevinBecker.net and The Zork Library. Assistance and inspiration was provided by DAT of The Zork Library, Mordack (for his original Zork Nemesis installation guide), members of The Zork Library forum and members of the Legends of Zork forum. Icons are from the Tango Project and are used under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. Guides are public domain unless otherwise specified. Contact Kevin at zorkguides@gmail.com.