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{{Short description|1993 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Return to Zork
|image=Return to Zork Coverart.png
|developer=[[Activision]]
|publisher=[[Infocom]]
|designer=Doug Barnett
|writer=Michele Em
|composer=[[Nathan Wang]]<br />Teri Mason
|artist=Joe Asperin<br />Eric M. Scharf<br />Charles Workman<br />Alexander Story
|programmer=Joseph T. Chow
|producer=Eddie Dombrower<br />William David Volk
|engine=MADE
|released={{collapsible list|title={{nobold|September 15, 1993}}|
'''Mac, MS-DOS'''{{vgrelease|WW|September 15, 1993}}
'''FM Towns'''{{vgrelease|JP|October 29, 1994}}
'''PC-FX'''{{vgrelease|JP|May 27, 1995}}
'''Sega Saturn'''{{vgrelease|JP|February 2, 1996}}
'''PlayStation'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 27, 1996}}
}}
|genre=[[Graphic adventure game|Graphic adventure]]
|modes=[[Single-player]]
|platforms=[[Classic Mac OS|Mac]], [[MS-DOS]], [[PC-FX]], [[PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn]], [[FM Towns]]
}}

'''''Return to Zork''''' is a 1993 [[adventure game]] developed by [[Activision]]. The game was the last to be published by [[Infocom]] for the ''[[Zork]]'' series, and was the first to use a [[point-and-click]] interface, rather than text-based interaction as in previous games. The game followed the release of ''[[Zork Zero]]'' in 1988.

The story takes place in the Great Underground Empire, several hundred years after the previous ''[[Zork]]'' game, and sees players investigating a region that is slowly falling into decay due to a powerful demon-like entity that targets those who oppose it. The game features multiple ways to solve puzzles, as well as a variety of characters portrayed in live-action by recognizable [[character actor]]s, with the cast including [[Sam J. Jones]], [[Jason Hervey]], and [[Robyn Lively]].

''Return to Zork'' was released in September 1993 for [[Classic Mac OS|Mac]] and [[MS-DOS]]. The game was ported to [[FM Towns]] in 1994, the [[PC-FX]] in 1995, and the [[PlayStation]] and the [[Sega Saturn]] in 1996, all of which were exclusively released in Japan. Plans for the game to be released on [[3DO]] and [[Atari Jaguar]] were cancelled.  

''Return to Zork'' proved a commercial success, with one million units sold by the end of 1995, stabilizing Activision following its acquisition by a new owner. Upon its release, the game received mixed reviews; critics praised the overall presentation and story, but criticized it for the cast's poor acting while some considered the game an unnecessary installment. The next game in the series, ''[[Zork Nemesis]]'', was released in 1996.

==Gameplay==
''Return to Zork'' focuses on a [[point-and-click]] interface with detailed 3D scenes, a replacement for the [[text parser]] system used by Infocom in previous ''Zork'' games, and acted as a spiritual precursor to the interface system of ''[[Myst]]''. Players can move around to different locations to explore them from a first-person perspective. Each location has a variety of objects which can be interacted with in different ways - when selected, the game offers a variety of actions for the player to choose from with that object, such as picking it up, pulling it, wearing it, and so forth. Objects that can be carried are kept in an inventory, from which they can be examined, used, or combined with other items. In addition, players carry a camera that can be used to photograph people and locations. Like other ''Zork'' games, players may encounter situations where they must avoid performing an action, or have the right items for a situation, otherwise the game will end prematurely, forcing them to reload to a previous point.

Various NPCs, represented through video-captured actors, can be found during the game. They can be conversed with, though conversations are steered by the player using different emotional reactions to the NPC, such as acting aggressive, or making pleas to them, rather than selecting verbal topics like traditional adventure games; the choice of emotional reaction impacts how the NPC will respond, such as making them provide information or grant an item. In addition to emotional responses, players can also show NPCs any photographs and items they have, with conversations with them being recorded on a tape recorder which can be replayed later on when required. Players can kill NPC characters, compared to other ''Zork'' games, but such repeated actions are punished by a masked [[vigilante]] character taking all their items, making the game [[unwinnable]].

As with other ''Zork'' games, a score system keeps check on the player's progress, rewarding points for completing specific actions.

==Plot==
===Setting===
''Return to Zork'' is set in the fantasy world of Zork, within the year 1647 GUE, at a point where society and technology are similar to or contemporaneous with 20th century Earth, including cameras, sound recorders, lights, computers, and vehicles, though with magic and magical creatures like trolls and dwarves still in existence. Four hundred years before the beginning of the game, in 1247 GUE, Zork experienced an event called the "Great Diffusion", which impacted life, but is now regarded centuries later as less historical and more a myth.

The game's events take place in a region of what was once the Great Underground Empire, known as the Valley of Sparrows, which features a forest, swamp, ruins and mines, and the town of Shanbar.

===Story===
The game begins with the player receiving a letter from the mailbox before Zork's iconic "White House", revealing they have won the [[sweepstakes]] for an all expenses paid holiday to the Valley of Sparrows, courtesy of Rufus Rooper, owner of a travel company. As part of their prize, the player is gifted a camera, tape recorder, and a magic orb called a "Tele Orb". When Rufus contacts them to congratulate their win, something interrupts the conversation and kidnaps him. When the player proceeds to the Valley of Sparrows, they find it a desolate place falling into ruin and decay, and infested with deadly vultures - the region being ironically renamed "Valley of Vultures". Exploring the area and making for the town of Shanbar, they find half the town is missing, and parts of what left have fallen into ruin.

Locating a magic door beneath the town's mill, the player discovers the other half of Shanbar, known as "East Shanbar", existing in a region of the lost Underground. Conversing with the inhabitants, including fellow Zork explorer Rebecca Snoot, the player learns that Shanbar is under threat from a mysterious being known only as Morphius. Thanks to its presence, vultures emerged in the Valley, Shanbar was separated by powerful magic, and many of the remaining inhabitants suffer frequent and disturbing nightmares, with some becoming reclusive and paranoid. Learning that Morphius must reside somewhere near to East Shanbar behind a spell of illusion, the player works to find and reform a magical artifact that can remove the spell.

Using the artifact, the player gains entry to Morphius's stronghold, overcoming obstacles to finally battle with them, learning that their many friends have been turned into statues. Playing a game they learnt about in East Shanbar, the player defeats Morphius in their match, causing the entity to destroy itself with its own power, an event that goes on to be referred to as "The Second Great Diffusion". As the Valley returns to normal, the player eventually reunites with Rufus, who asks them to teach him the game they learnt on their journey.

==Development==
In 1991, Activision was undergoing restructuring by its new president [[Bobby Kotick]], following their purchase of the company in 1990. As part of that effort, Kotick sought to capitalize on the company's lucrative back catalog of game licenses. Amongst these, Activision held the license for the ''Zork'' series, which Kotick believed could receive a new game, believing by 1996 that "''Zork'' on a brick would sell 100,000 copies".<ref name=brick>{{cite journal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980128082919/http://www.newmedia.com/NewMedia/96/09/screens/Activision_Rebound.html | url=http://www.newmedia.com:80/NewMedia/96/09/screens/Activision_Rebound.html | title=Activision: Reorganized, Redefined and on the Rebound | date=June 24, 1996 | author=Sengstack, Jeff | archive-date=January 28, 1998 | journal=NewMedia | url-status=dead | access-date=January 5, 2019 }}</ref> Development focused on modernising the game from its text-adventure phase into a more interactive point-and-click adventure game. The team was led by Doug Barnett, a noted game designer; Michele Em, a game scenario and dialogue scriptwriter; and Mark Long, an art designer (later to go on and become co-founder/owner of [[Zombie Studios]]).

Long was chiefly responsible for much of the game's design, believing the final product needed to become "realistic" in presentation alongside modern adventure games, and avoiding a return to concepts like "mazes in text adventure games" - which Long regarded as being "overdone, dull, and annoying" - with puzzles that could have multiple ways of being handled in order to finish the game. In an interview in 1999, Long reasoned that the idea for this was because he "didn't like games that you had to follow a single, specific, [[obfuscate]]d path for each puzzle, and just one way the game could be finished", stating the concept would provide a player with "reason to play the game more than once, trying to discover new ways to solve puzzles and to finish the game." Much of the game's year-long research relied on examination of various real-life cultures, [[Archaeology|archeological]] history and studies to provide cultural references for ''Return to Zork'', aided by Long's military experience overseas with the U.S. Army. 

As part of its story, Activision employed several recognizable [[character actor]]s to portray the characters, each conducting video-recorded FMV sessions in a similar vein to other titles of the mid-1990s, such as ''[[Command and Conquer]]''. The cast included a number of well-known younger actors: [[Robyn Lively]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' as "The Fairy", [[Jason Hervey]] of ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' as "The Troll King", [[Sam J. Jones]] from the 1980 film ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' as "The Blind Bowman", and [[A.J. Langer]] of ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' as fellow Zork explorer Rebecca Snoot.

Although finished for release, the game was not properly beta-checked, allowing for some bugs to remain in the game code. A patch was released after launch to fix the bugs, though left a bug within that reduce the number of solutions for completing the game by one.

==Release==
Roughly half a year before ''Return to Zork''{{'}}s original release on PC, Activision announced that the game would also be released for the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Moskowitz|first=David S. |title=Activision Brings Zork to 3DO|magazine=[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment]]|date=May 1993 |issue=52|page=[https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_52_May_1993/page/n21 19] |url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_52_May_1993 |access-date=27 May 2018 |publisher=LFP, Inc.}}</ref> This version was later cancelled. Two months later after release, it was announced that Activision was working on a conversion of ''Return to Zork'' for the [[Atari Jaguar]] after they were signed by [[Atari Corporation]] to be a [[third-party developer]] for the system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://host.fptoday.com:80/melek/Jaguar/jag-93.htm|title=ATARI SIGNS 15 MORE NEW SOFTWARE COMPANIES; JAGUAR MOMENTUM ACCELERATES; TOTAL OF 35 AGREEMENTS SIGNED|website=Nine Lives|date=November 29, 1993|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207000832/http://host.fptoday.com/melek/Jaguar/jag-93.htm|archive-date=2004-12-07|url-status=live}}</ref> The port was then announced in video game magazines in 1994 as one of the first upcoming titles for the [[Atari Jaguar CD]] [[Video game accessory#Add-ons/Peripherals|add-on]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Edge_UK_005#page/n9|title=News - Jaguar bares its claws - Complete Atari Jaguar thirdparty release schedule|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=5|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=February 1994|pages=10–11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stformat.com/stf56/pages_nx1500/stf56_048.jpg|title=News - Update - Around the corner... - Expected Release Dates|magazine=[[ST Format]]|issue=56|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=March 1994|page=48|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719133302/http://stformat.com/stf56/pages_nx1500/stf56_048.jpg|archive-date=2016-07-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero064/gen4%20-%20n64%20-mars%201994%20-%20page%20042.jpg|title=News - La Jaguar ronronne - On attend sur Jaguar|magazine=[[:fr:Gen4|Génération 4]]|issue=64|publisher=Computec Media France|date=March 1994|page=42|lang=fr|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925104341/http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Generation%204/generation4_numero064/gen4%20-%20n64%20-mars%201994%20-%20page%20042.jpg|archive-date=2018-09-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Atari_ST_User_Issue_099_1994-04_Europress_GB#page/n64/mode/1up|title=Action Feature - Jaguar Previews - The Jaguar moves in|magazine=[[Atari ST User]]|issue=99|publisher=[[Europress]]|date=April 1994|pages=64–69}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stformat.com/stf57/pages_nx1500/stf57_050.jpg|title=News - Update - New Jaguar Development System Released - Expected Release Dates|magazine=[[ST Format]]|issue=57|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=April 1994|page=50|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719072603/http://stformat.com/stf57/pages_nx1500/stf57_050.jpg|archive-date=2016-07-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AMegaFun_DE_1994-06.pdf&page=24|title=Scene - Erste CD-ROM-Titel für Jaguar|magazine=[[:de:Mega Fun|Mega Fun]]|issue=21|publisher=[[:de:Computec Media Group|CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG]]|date=June 1994|page=24|lang=de|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130005/https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AMegaFun_DE_1994-06.pdf&page=24|archive-date=2018-07-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.atarimania.com/mags/hi_res/atari-st-format-issue-059_57.jpg|title=Update Games News - Atari ooze confidence at ECTS - Jaguar Developers|magazine=[[ST Format]]|issue=59|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=June 1994|pages=56–57|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927010613/http://www.atarimania.com/mags/hi_res/atari-st-format-issue-059_57.jpg|archive-date=2018-09-27|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AVideoGames_DE_1994-07.pdf&page=32|title=Warpzone - Jaguar - Angekündigte Jaguar-Spiele|magazine=[[:de:Video Games|Video Games]]|issue=32|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=July 1994|page=32|lang=de|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201143/https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AVideoGames_DE_1994-07.pdf&page=32|archive-date=2018-08-04|url-status=live}}</ref> It was kept being advertised as in development on magazines in 1995,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Edge_UK_020#page/n13/mode/2up|title=News - Jaguar Plugs into the CD revolution - Jaguar CD games in development|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=20|date=May 1995|pages=14–15}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/nextgen-issue-006/Next_Generation_Issue_006_June_1995#page/n19|title=Breaking - Jaguar Plugs into the CD revolution - Jaguar CD games in development|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=6|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=June 1995|pages=18–19}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Nepožitek|first=Marek|url=http://www.oldgames.sk/en/mag/level-6/page/44/|title=Konzole - Jaguar+CD - CD a virtuální realita již tento rok?|magazine=[[LeveL]]|issue=6|publisher=Naked Dog, s.r.o.|date=July 1995|page=44|lang=cs|access-date=2018-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920122824/http://www.oldgames.sk/en/mag/level-6/page/44/|archive-date=2018-09-20|url-status=live}}</ref> however, it was never released.

Two versions of the MS-DOS [[CD-ROM]] release were developed; one features [[full-motion video]] during gameplay, requiring a [[RealMagic|RealMagic hardware MPEG decoder]]; the other, more common version is only capable of playing video during non-interactive cutscenes, and substitutes sequences of static images taken from the video footage during interactive gameplay, however it also features a full orchestral [[Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio|Redbook audio]] soundtrack at these times, which the RealMagic version cannot use because it constantly streams video from the CD-ROM.  Both versions use [[MIDI]] music whenever CD audio is unavailable.  

Other CD-ROM editions include a "Macintosh MPEG" edition that resembles the RealMagic release, and a 2 CD Japanese edition for PlayStation; an even more reduced version of the game with no video, no Redbook audio, and very limited digital audio, was also released for DOS on a set of twelve [[floppy disk|3.5" floppy disks]].  No released version of the game is capable of playing the orchestral soundtrack and full-motion video simultaneously.  

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{rating|3|5}} (MAC)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lisa Karen Savignano |title=Return to Zork (Macintosh) Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14145&tab=review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114144351/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14145&tab=review |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Allgame}}</ref>
}}
''Return to Zork'' was made on a budget of $1.5 million,<ref name=fortune /> and became a commercial hit. In its first six months, the game achieved global sales of 300,000 units.<ref name=jungd>{{cite journal | author=Cooper, James Paul | title=Target Your Game: Computer vs. Console | date=June 1994 | journal=[[Game Developer (magazine)|Game Developer]] | url=http://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/GD_Mag_Archives/GDM_June_1994.pdf | issue=2 | page=15 | access-date=2018-06-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101021405/http://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/GD_Mag_Archives/GDM_June_1994.pdf | archive-date=2017-01-01 | url-status=live }}</ref> By September 1994, it had earned $2.4 million and sold 600,000 copies—"more than half from bundled systems", according to ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''{{'}}s Stephanie Losee.<ref name=fortune>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308121859/http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/09/19/79746/index.htm | url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/09/19/79746/index.htm | title=Watch Out for the CD-ROM Hype | work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] | date=September 19, 1994 | author=Losee, Stephanie | archive-date=March 8, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> The game shipped roughly 1 million units by October 1995.<ref name=1mill>{{cite press release | title=Activision Features QSound's Leading Audio Technology In Its New Windows 95 Titles | date=October 20, 1995 | location=[[Calgary, Alberta]] and [[Los Angeles]] | publisher=[[Business Wire]] }}</ref> According to Jeff Sengstack of ''NewMedia'', its success helped to revitalize Activision, which had recently been purchased by [[Bobby Kotick]].<ref name=activisionprofile>{{cite journal | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980128082919/http://www.newmedia.com/NewMedia/96/09/screens/Activision_Rebound.html | url=http://www.newmedia.com:80/NewMedia/96/09/screens/Activision_Rebound.html | title=Activision: Reorganized, Redefined and on the Rebound | date=June 24, 1996 | author=Sengstack, Jeff | archive-date=1998-01-28 | journal=NewMedia | url-status=dead | access-date=2019-01-05 }}</ref>

[[Charles Ardai]] of ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' wrote in a November 1993 preview of ''Return to Zork'' that modernizing the Zork series was "treading on sacred ground. It's a little bit like daring to remake ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''".<ref name="ardai199311">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=112 |title=Little White Houses For Grue And Me |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=November 1993 |access-date=28 March 2016 | last=Ardai | first=Charles | authorlink=Charles Ardai |pages=73–78 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316202150/http://cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=112 |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}</ref> The magazine's [[Scorpia (journalist)|Scorpia]] in January 1994 criticized inconsistencies with previous Zork games and other flaws, but stated that "Considered as a game without the Zork label, however, it's not too bad", citing the "pretty" graphics. She suggested that Activision should have published it as a standalone game instead of "trying to recycle the magic of the past", concluding "A new direction is needed here, and if Activision can find it, they may yet produce adventures worthy of the Infocom label".<ref name="scorpia199401">{{Cite magazine |author-link=Scorpia (journalist) |date=January 1994 |title=How Many Orcs Could Scorpia Zork... ? |author=Scorpia |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114 |department=Scorpia's View |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=36, 38 |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003001556/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114 |archive-date=2017-10-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 1994 the magazine said that despite some poor acting, the game's "marvelous visual and sound presentation" and "many plot twists and engaging characters will keep most players engrossed".<ref name="cgw199404">{{Cite magazine
 |date         = April 1994
 |title        = Invasion Of The Data Stashers
 |url          = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117
 |magazine     = Computer Gaming World
 |pages        = 20–42
 |access-date  = 2017-11-10
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 |archive-date = 2017-11-11
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}}</ref>

''Return to Zork'' was named the best adventure game of 1993 by ''[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]''.<ref name=cgm1993awards>{{cite journal | author=Bauman, Steve | journal=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | title=A Decade of Gaming; Award Winners of 1993 |date=November 2000 | issue=120 | pages=58 }}</ref> It was also a runner-up for ''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1993 "Adventure Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''[[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers]]'' and ''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' (tie). The editors wrote that it uses "Hollywood talent and sophisticated techniques to up the ante of production values."<ref name=cgw1993>{{cite magazine | author=Staff |title=Announcing the New Premier Awards |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=119 |date=June 1994 |pages=51–54, 56–58 }}</ref> In 1994, ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' named ''Return to Zork'' as the 26th best computer game ever. The editors wrote that it "masterfully ... balances the traditions of a classic gaming series with cutting-edge graphics and CD-ROM technology."<ref name=pcgamerustop40>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | title=''PC Gamer'' Top 40: The Best Games of All Time |date=August 1994 | issue=3 | pages=32–42 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{MobyGames|id=/return-to-zork}}
*{{IMDb title|0158150}}
*[http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564587-return-to-zork ''Return to Zork''] at [[GameFAQs]]
*[http://www.hotud.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21235&catid=38:adventure ''Return to Zork''] at [[Home of the Underdogs]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090326001352/http://www.disasterlabs.com/index.php?sec=cheese&che=zork Disaster Labs' satirical review of ''Return to Zork'']

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