MITDDC/zork resource
Source code for a 1977 version of Zork observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2311
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1484
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1053 stars · 121 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
An archival repository containing the recovered 1977 source code of Zork, the classic MIT interactive fiction game, written in MDL for the PDP-10. It is preserved by the MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections as part of the Tapes of Tech Square collection.
Use cases
- study the original source code of Zork
- research early interactive fiction and game history
- explore the MDL programming language
- recover and examine 1970s PDP-10 software artifacts
- cite historical source code in academic work
When to choose
- you are a researcher or historian studying early computer games
- you want to read the original MDL source of Zork
- you need a citable archival source for Zork's provenance
When to avoid
- you want to play a modern, runnable version of Zork
- you need a maintained game engine or interpreter
- you expect buildable, production-ready code
Facets
dataset · maturity maintenance
interpreter programming-language gaming-tools education cross-platform interactive-fiction text-adventure mdl pdp-10 historical-archive source-code-archive history
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/MITDDC/zork · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4dfc3e0efa7f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| MITDDC/zork | main | 32 |
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