the cutting room mirror

Zork Trilogy (Mac OS Classic)

Introducing a disk so packed with adventure, there's no room to save your progress.

So it's up to you to unleash the world's most powerful memory storage technology: a blank disk you purchased separately.

Developer Message#

Infocom had had a rough couple of fiscal years. One particular shock was when the Bank of Boston, after a tech industry downturn, called in a $2 million loan.

And so, some vengeful wag scrawled on the bathroom wall "Get Info" window of the Zork I application:

For a good time call the Bank of Boston

This text can't be read while booted from the disk itself, which uses MiniFinder.

References#


  1. Computer Entertainer, February 1987, p. 14↩︎