THE ZORK COMPENDIUM

History of Zork
Encyclopedia Frobozzica, 1699 GUE Unabridged Abridged Version
Maps

Quick Game/Book Timeline
Resources
List of Sources & Credits
The Zork Library forums

The Zork Compendium is mainly broken down into three sections: The History of Zork (approximately a 300 page document detailing the entire history of Zork from its creation at the hands of Eru to its end, using all available sources [especially Nino Ruffini's unpublished "History of Quendor"] and trying to remain as faithful as possible to these sources), an incredibly expanded and detailed Encyclopedia Frobozzica complete with as many illustrations as could be found, and a map section (special entries and material from Lurking Horror are denoted by either Red Text or Red Background, since this is a deutro-canonical source).

The Zork Compendium is a current work-in-progress. Update/things needed to be done:

  1. Finishing the Legends of Zork entries (a few misc. things from quests)
  2. Finishing some misc lengthy entries throughout the entire series.
  3. Adding more images (there is still quite a bit more to add)
  4. Contining the long process of adding hyperlinks within each entry for easy navigation between topics
  5. Contining adding the sources for each entry
  6. I have tracked down more rare documents and am in the process of acquiring them (or copies of them) from people who have them. These include: ZGI design documents, RTZ design documents, LoZ design documents/unused artwork, Sorcerer & Zork Zero design documents, original drafts of Zork Choose-Your-Own-Adventurer Novels.

While I have spent many hours hunting down rare Zork documents (see sources), I am desperately looking to acquire more resources, especially the ZGI design documents and node maps, and any design artwork or maps for any of the games. I plan to upload all the rare documents in the future, once the full compendium is finished.

Please report spelling/grammer typos (there are probably many still) and suggestions, as well as if you have any material from my want list (see sources) to: lord_skylark@yahoo.com (there is an underscore "_" between "lord" and "skylark")

There is absolutely no charge to view this website, however, I have made an option for freewill donations. One should not feel obligated to donate, or guilty if they do not donate as I am happy to provide this as a resource both for the Zork community and those who wish to continue advancing the Zork franchise (although the resale of this material is forbidden).