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From: kennedy@kennedy.bridgewater.ne.hcc.com
Subject: Re: Zork Anthology?
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 21:02:31 GMT

In <37el8u$2eo@yeshua.marcam.com>, jsomers@marcam.com (Jeff Somers) writes:
>How does Wishbringer fit in with the rest of the Zorks (other than
>the appearance of the white house and mailbox)?  I've played Wishbringer
>but not (gasp) any of the Zorks, so bear with me.....

It doesn't really fit in much with the original Zork games at all.
However, the world in which it takes place is pretty clearly the same
world that was established as "containing" Zork in the Enchanter
Trilogy, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, and the later packaging materials of
the original three games.  (The Zork Trilogy occurs in the ruins of the
post-catastrophe "New World" of the Zork planet, whereas the other
games chiefly take place in the "Old World", either where civilization
has somewhat recovered from the fall of the Flathead dynasty, or before
the collapse took place.)

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