Return to Zork - Definition and Overview

The Wizard Trembyle, inside a Tele-Orb

Return to Zork is a 1993 adventure game in the Zork series for the IBM compatible PC and Apple Macintosh. It was developed by Infocom and Activision. In the game, the player is a sweepstakes winner who travels around both overground and underground to destroy the evil Morphius. Unlike previous Zork games which were mostly text-only, Return to Zork made use of live actors and video as well as detailed graphics to tell its story.

Among the actors who appeared in this production were a number of instantly recognizable (by face if not necessarily by name) character actors as well as a number of well-known younger actors such as A.J. Langer (My So-Called Life) (as Rebecca Snoot), Robyn Lively (Twin Peaks) (as the Fairy), Jason Hervey (The Wonder Years) as the Troll King, as well as onetime Flash Gordon star, Sam J. Jones.