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Microsoft makes Zork source code freely available

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 21, 2025
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Microsoft has released the source code for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT open-source license, making the legendary text adventure games freely available for anyone to study, learn from, and play.

“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, perha…

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