Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License

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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/microsoft-makes-zork-i-ii-and-iii-open-source-under-mit-license/

Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.

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mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

we have officially submitted upstream pull requests to the historical source repositories of Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III

Zork was originally developed for the PDP-10. It was split into titles I, II, and III for the home microcomputer market. I’d love to learn about just how many revision control systems this code has been through.

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