{"id":3266,"date":"2023-01-23T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2023-01-23T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:00:06","slug":"zork-the-game-that-started-it-all-for-me-also-what-is-a-grue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=3266","title":{"rendered":"ZORK : The Game That Started It All (for me) (ALSO : WHAT IS A GRUE?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ZORK : The Game That Started It All (for me) (ALSO : WHAT IS A GRUE?)\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCIesZ1yY_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zork came out in the 1980&#8217;s from Infocom for various computer platforms <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=3266\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zork came out in the 1980&#8217;s from Infocom for various computer platforms such as Commodore 64, Apple II and TRS-80.  It&#8217;s the game that started me down the path to playing role playing games.  My interest &#8216;grue&#8217; from Zork to other PC type games, but ultimately I honed in on the pencil and paper game of Dungeons and Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>Join this channel to get access to perks:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWPuY6qJNYTfvgLHFhQ3H_g\/join<\/p>\n<p>This is the best emulator for Zork that I&#8217;ve found so far : https:\/\/www.retrogames.cz\/play_1544-DOS.php?language=EN<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever played Zork?<br \/>\nLet me know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and please give this video a thumbs up \ud83d\udc4d!<br \/>\nThank you kindly for watching!<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n\ud83d\udce7 For marketing\/business\/sponsorship inquiries, email manager@gamemasters.com<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc4d Support \ud83d\udc4d<br \/>\n|\u2688 Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/gamemasters<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb5 Direct Donation: https:\/\/paypal.me\/GameMastersHere<br \/>\n\u293b Amazon Wishlist: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/2CF07OMJ3ZMIO?ref_=wl_share<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd8b\ud83d\udcfa Social Media \ud83e\udd8b\ud83d\udcfa<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcbb Website: http:\/\/www.gamemasters.com\u200b<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc26 Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/gamemasters<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf1d\ud83d\udcd9 Facebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/GameMasterscom\u200b<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd16 Reddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GameMastersHere\/<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude0e Discord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/uJ6CYb6V<br \/>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>GameMasters is first and foremost designed to bring entertainment to gamers of all walks.  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