I Love the 80's: Zork Traditional Cache

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Chuck Walla: Greetings from Geocaching.com!

Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache, [b]nor did you post a note to your cache page telling me and others of your intention to address the issue with it[/b], the cache has been archived.

Some time ago, I posted a note to your cache page requesting a response from you to post what you were planning to do with the cache on the page and to send me a note. I have no record of a response, and no response tells me that you are not planning on replacing or repairing this cache. If I am wrong with that assumption, please let me know promptly. [b]I can always unarchive the cache for you if needed.[/b]

Sincerely,

[i][b]Chuck Walla[/b][/i]
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Geocaching.com

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Hidden : 10/14/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:



I Love the 80's: ZORK









This cache is another cache in my "I LOVE THE 80'S" series. This one is dedicated to one of my favorite games to play on the Commodore 64 Computer I had in high school; Zork.

The opening text of Zork I is among the most notable descriptions in computer games:

West of House
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
There is a small mailbox here.

Zork, is an interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels and Tim Anderson and published by Infocom in 1980. It was the first game in the popular Zork trilogy and was released for a wide range of computer systems.

Zork distinguished itself in its genre as an especially rich game, in terms of both the quality of the storytelling and the sophistication of its text parser, which was not limited to simple verb-noun commands ("hit grue"), but some prepositions and conjunctions ("hit the grue with the Elvish sword").

The ultimate goal of Zork I is to collect the Twenty Treasures of Zork and install them in the trophy case. Finding the treasures requires solving a variety of puzzles such as the navigation of two brutal mazes and some intricate manipulations at Flood Control Dam #3.

I spent many hours playing the game, but never had the patience to complete it. There are some web sites that still allow you to play the game and most recent there was an "Easter Egg" of Zork hidden in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops that is fully playable.

This cache is hidden with permission by the property owner. Please only search for this cache during the daylight hours. Be careful there is a small ditch to cross, but it could be one a person could really turn an ankle on so beware. There are times that muggles could hinder your search.

I can't resist...

You are standing in front of a geocache.
>Open geocache
You open the geocache. It contains a log book, swag, and a trackable.







Additional Hints (Decrypt)

> rknzvar prqne

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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