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''Return to Zork'' was the first graphical game in the ''[[Zork (Video Game)|Zork]]'' series. The player character is a sweepstakes winner who won a trip to the Valley of the Sparrows, which turns out to be a rather depressing place. The PC enters the West Shanbar and hears from the townspeople that the East Shanbar mysteriously disappeared. As in many video games, the PC has to be the one to check it out, and ends up on a magical quest to stop the evil Morpheus from taking over. This game differed from past ''Zork'' games as it incorporated full-motion video featuring a number of well-known actors ranging from Jason Hervey of ''[[The Wonder Years]]'', to Sam Jones, who played the title role in the 1980 ''[[Flash Gordon (Filmfilm)|Flash Gordon]]'' movie, to A.J. Langer who went on to co-star in ''[[My So-Called Life]]''.
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Boos. No, not Booze. Boos. Yes, you read that right.
* [[Angry Guard Dog]]: Rebecca Snoot has one. In fact, you {{spoiler|make a recording of his bark to get you past guards later in the game.}}
* [[Chess Withwith Death]]: {{spoiler|The final battle against Morpheus is a game of ''Survivor'', which is somewhat similar to checkers or chess.}}
* [[Drinking Game]]: "Want some rye, course ya do!" The trick is to get Boos drunker than you are so you can get his keys and go to East Shanbar. The problem is he's so good at drinking he can take four to your ''one''.
* [[Discreet Drink Disposal]]: {{spoiler|Part of the secret to winning the drinking game against Boos. Toast him, pour out the rye into the plant, then "drink" the empty cup.}}
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* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Failing a pop quiz with Ms. Peepers is punishable by death.
* [[Taken for Granite]]: Several of the NPCs you meet in the game end upn turned to stone by Morpheus. {{spoiler|And if you fail the final game with Morpheus, you meet the same fate.}}
* [[Unwinnable Byby Design]]: All you have to do is:
** Put the rats into the box with the mice.
** Kill someone with your knife or sword. When this happens, {{spoiler|a special character will appear on screen and take items from your inventory as punishment}}, which of course renders the game a dead end as everything has a use.
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