This game, Dawn of the Demon, is the text adventure prequel for the graphic adventure, Zork: The Hidden Evil. As of this writing, Zork:THE is still under development by the folks at The Zork Library.

This game is set at a very early time in the Zork Universe - about a thousand years before the GUE dating system - and a period about which very little of Quendorian history has been documented.

For first time IF players, the game has a built-in help system which explains the basics for playing IF. There is also a hint system to help you when you're stuck.

I am deeply indebted to my beta testers, especially Jessica Knoch, Elizabeth Thompson and my wife, Mary. I can't overstate the value of their contributions.

Dawn of the Demon is copyright (c)2005 by Paul Drallos and may be freely copied, distributed, and played provided no profit is involved and it is not modified in any way.

Zork is a registered trademark of Activision, Inc.

The game files

z5 version Download this version if you have a z-code interpreter.
To download, right-click on the link and select 'save target as...'

Windows-only version This version has a built-in z-code interpreter, but will only run on Windows OS. (My server doesn't support links to .exe files, so the game-file is in a zip file. After downloading, you will have to unzip the zip file.)