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Original MDL source code for MIT's version of Zork
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Original MDL source code for MIT's version of Zork

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# Zork

This repository contains the original code for MIT's version of [*Zork*][1], written in the [MIT Design Language][2] (MDL).

## Background

The original *Zork* was designed and [implemented][3] between 1977 and 1979 by [Tim Anderson][4], [Marc Blank][5], [Bruce Daniels][6], and [Dave Lebling][7] working out of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Dynamic Modeling System ([MIT-DMS][8]).

## Copyright

The original *Zork* source code is copyright © 1978 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork "Wikipedia article on Zork"
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDL_(programming_language) "Wikipedia article on MDL"
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementer_(video_games) "Wikipedia article on implmenters"
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Anderson_(Zork) "Wikipedia article on Tim Anderson"
[5]: http://www.infocom-if.org/authors/blank.html "Infocom author page on Marc Blank"
[6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Daniels "Wikipedia article on Bruce Daniels"
[7]: http://www.infocom-if.org/authors/lebling.html "Infocom author page on Dave Lebling"
[8]: http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/mit_emacs_170_teco_1220/01/info/mit-dm.txt.html "Information on MIT-DMS"