Zork is a text adventure from 1977. You navigate by typing plain English commands — no menus, no buttons. The Mohio version understands most standard text adventure commands and tries to handle anything unexpected gracefully. If it doesn't, that's exactly the kind of thing we want to hear about.
Text adventures work by typing plain English commands — a verb and usually a noun. Type what you'd naturally say: GO NORTH, TAKE LAMP, LOOK AROUND. The game responds to what you type. There are no menus, no buttons — just you and the parser.
Moving around
- NORTHor N
- SOUTHor S
- EASTor E
- WESTor W
- UPor U
- DOWNor D
Looking and taking
- LOOKdescribe the room
- EXAMINE itemlook closely
- TAKE itempick something up
- DROP itemput it down
- INVENTORYor I — what you carry
Other commands
- OPEN itemopen a door or chest
- READ itemread text on an object
- SCOREyour current score
- WAITlet a turn pass
- HELPin-game hint
Good to know
- Commands are not case-sensitive
- Start at West of House
- There are 34 rooms to explore
- This is Mohio powering it — not the original Zork engine
Stuck? Type LOOK to re-read the room description. Most puzzles can be solved by examining everything and reading anything with text on it. If the game gives you a strange response or an error — that's actually useful to us. Scroll down and report it.
