Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

A browser-based tribute to the classic Infocom text adventure Zork II. Explore the Great Underground Empire, solve puzzles, avoid the Wizard's tricks, and experience interactive fiction in your browser. This mini-edition captures the spirit of the original with parser commands, multiple rooms, and inventory management.

Interactive Fiction Browser

Open Game

Overview

History

Zork is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. The original developers and others, as the company Infocom, expanded and split the game into three titles—Zork I: The Great Underground Empire, Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz, and Zork III: The Dungeon Master—which were released commercially for a range of personal computers beginning in 1980. In Zork, the player explores the abandoned Great Underground Empire in search of treasure. The player moves between the game's hundreds of locations and interacts with objects by typing commands in natural language that the game interprets. The program acts as a narrator, describing the player's location and the results of the player's commands. It has been described as the most famous piece of interactive fiction.

Release History

Platform: Browser
Developer: Tronsoft Games
Installed version: 1.0.0

References

Zork — Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz IBM PC Floppy Image — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/002169-ZorkIiTheWizardOfFrobozz
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/a2_Zork_II_The_Wizard_of_Frobozz_1981_Infocom_PASCAL
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/a8b_Zork_II_The_Wizard_of_Frobozz_1982_Infocom_US
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Zork_II_-_The_Wizard_of_Frobozz_1981
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz (1981)(Infocom).atr — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/atr_Zork_II_-_The_Wizard_of_Frobozz_1981_Infocom
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Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz (1984)(Infocom)[cpm version] — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/Zork_II_The_Wizard_of_Frobozz_1984_Infocom_cpm_version
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz IBM PC Floppy Image — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/003309-ZorkIiTheWizardOfFrobozz
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz — Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/d64_Zork_II_The_Wizard_of_Frobozz_1983_Infocom
Retrieved July 15, 2026

Timeline

1981-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz
Infocom, Inc. Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, CP/M, Macintosh, Mainframe, PC-8000, PC Booter, Tatung Einstein, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo Developed by Infocom, Inc. Published by Infocom, Inc. Released 1984 Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Interface Text Parser Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz is a text adventure, a sequel to the classic first Zork . Once again, the game is set in the Great Underground Empire, but this time the main goal is to face off against the titular Wizard. Like its predecessor, Zork II plays like any other text adventure: there are no graphics - only text - and the player types commands such as "lift cage" or "examine robot". From Mobygames.com. Original Entry

1984-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz (1984)(Infocom)[cpm version]
Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz (1984)(Infocom)[cpm version]

1983-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz IBM PC Floppy Image
The Good Old Days Floppy Collection - Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz - see accompanying information file

1986-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz (1986)(Infocom)[a]
Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz (1986)(Infocom)[a]

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz (1982)(Infocom)(US) Developed by Infocom, Inc. Released Jun, 1982 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari ST, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, CP/M, DOS, Macintosh, Mainframe, PC-8000, PC Booter, Tatung Einstein, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo Published by Infocom, Inc. Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz is a text adventure, a sequel to the classic first Zork . Once again, the game is set in the Great Underground Empire, but this time the main goal is to face off against the titular Wizard. Like its predecessor, Zork II plays like any other text adventure: there are no graphics - only text - and the player types commands such as "lift cage" or "examine robot". From Mobygames.com. Original Entry

1983-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)(Infocom)
Zork II - The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)(Infocom)

1983-01-01T00:00:00Z — Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz
Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz (1983)(Infocom) Developed by Infocom, Inc. Released 1983 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Browser, Commodore 16, Plus/4, CP/M, DOS, Macintosh, Mainframe, PC-8000, PC Booter, Tatung Einstein, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo Published by Commodore Business Machines, Inc Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz is a text adventure, a sequel to the classic first Zork . Once again, the game is set in the Great Underground Empire, but this time the main goal is to face off against the titular Wizard. Like its predecessor, Zork II plays like any other text adventure: there are no graphics - only text - and the player types commands such as "lift cage" or "examine robot". From Mobygames.com. Original Entry

Preservation

Status: Unreviewed