<s>
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Activision	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
final	O
Zork	B-Application
game	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
Infocom	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
franchise	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
text	O
adventures	O
,	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
and	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
video-captured	O
actors	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
musical	O
score	O
;	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
replaced	O
the	O
text	B-Application
parser	I-Application
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
Zork	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
overall	O
gameplay	O
style	O
was	O
somewhat	O
similar	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
although	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
predated	O
Myst	B-Application
by	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
no	O
extraspatial	O
dimensions	O
of	O
functionality	O
,	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
features	O
multiple	O
ways	O
of	O
interacting	O
with	O
each	O
object	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
with	O
several	O
non-player	O
characters	O
also	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
via	O
a	O
menu	O
which	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
left	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
kill	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
civilian	O
non-player	O
characters	O
,	O
whereas	O
in	O
every	O
other	O
Infocom	O
or	O
Zork	B-Application
game	O
,	O
such	O
actions	O
are	O
either	O
impossible	O
to	O
accomplish	O
or	O
immediately	O
punished	O
by	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Killing	O
causes	O
a	O
masked	O
vigilante	B-Application
who	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
"	O
Guardian	O
"	O
to	O
come	O
and	O
remove	O
all	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
items	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
rendering	O
the	O
game	O
unwinnable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
text-adventure	O
games	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
ways	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
unwinnable	O
by	O
using	O
or	O
altering	O
an	O
object	O
or	O
item	O
in	O
an	O
unintended	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
was	O
a	O
key	O
part	O
of	O
Activision	O
's	O
attempt	O
to	O
revive	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
overseen	O
by	O
new	O
president	O
Bobby	O
Kotick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
capitalize	O
on	O
Activision	O
's	O
lucrative	O
back	O
catalog	O
of	O
licenses	O
,	O
chief	O
among	O
them	O
Zork	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotick	O
noted	O
in	O
1996	O
that	O
"	O
Zork	B-Application
on	O
a	O
brick	O
would	O
sell	O
100,000	O
copies	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Langer	O
of	O
My	O
So-Called	O
Life	O
as	O
fellow	O
Zork	B-Application
explorer	O
Rebecca	O
Snoot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
example	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
exploration	O
of	O
the	O
pyramids	B-Algorithm
in	O
Egypt	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
mythology	O
that	O
surrounds	O
them	O
,	O
but	O
uncommonly	O
known	O
examples	O
were	O
chosen	O
over	O
better-known	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
contrary	O
to	O
text-based	O
adventure	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
widely	O
popular	O
Myst	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
1647GUE	O
,	O
later	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
fictitious	O
history	O
of	O
Zork	B-Application
,	O
including	O
those	O
made	O
after	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
is	O
a	O
sweepstakes	O
winner	O
who	O
wins	O
an	O
all	O
expenses	O
paid	O
holiday	O
to	O
the	O
Valley	O
of	O
the	O
Sparrows	O
,	O
in	O
Zork	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roughly	O
half	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
Return	O
to	O
Zorks	B-Application
original	O
release	O
on	O
PC	O
,	O
Activision	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
months	O
later	O
after	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Activision	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
conversion	O
of	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
after	O
they	O
were	O
signed	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
third-party	O
developer	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
port	O
was	O
then	O
announced	O
in	O
video	O
game	O
magazines	O
in	O
1994	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
upcoming	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
was	O
made	O
on	O
a	O
budget	O
of	O
$1.5	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
commercial	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Ardai	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
wrote	O
in	O
a	O
November	O
1993	O
preview	O
of	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
that	O
modernizing	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
series	O
was	O
"	O
treading	O
on	O
sacred	O
ground	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
's	O
Scorpia	O
in	O
January	O
1994	O
criticized	O
inconsistencies	O
with	O
previous	O
Zork	B-Application
games	O
and	O
other	O
flaws	O
,	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Considered	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
without	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
label	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
too	O
bad	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
"	O
pretty	O
"	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
was	O
named	O
the	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
of	O
1993	O
by	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1993	O
"	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Gabriel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sins	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Fathers	I-Application
and	O
Day	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Tentacle	I-Application
(	O
tie	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
named	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Zork	I-Application
as	O
the	O
26th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
.	O
</s>
