Release Zoom - a Zmachine interpreter
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levi
Still fresh, damnit!
Awesome, very nice to have a new IF runner on the repo. We had a port of frotz and one of gargoyle, but neither has been updated for seven years now, and frotz apparently always needed patching before it would actually run.
It's traditional here to link the repo link in the OP, which in this case is http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=sm0kew0n002
Also, has anyone got this running on an actual Pandora yet? The screenshots on the repo seem to come from other systems, judging by the window furniture and more critically, the aspect ratio. I'd try it myself, but my Pandora is for now out of action unfortunately.
I do like the look of it though. Its cleanness reminds me of zip2000 on my RiscPC which is where I first experienced IF on a modern-ish system.
It's traditional here to link the repo link in the OP, which in this case is http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=sm0kew0n002
Also, has anyone got this running on an actual Pandora yet? The screenshots on the repo seem to come from other systems, judging by the window furniture and more critically, the aspect ratio. I'd try it myself, but my Pandora is for now out of action unfortunately.
I do like the look of it though. Its cleanness reminds me of zip2000 on my RiscPC which is where I first experienced IF on a modern-ish system.
What's the best IF you ever played?
For me, hands down, was Meretzky's "A Mind Forever Voyaging". It is art. Pls don't spoiler it. It's as if Ray Bradbury or Heinlein wrote interactive fiction. In fact i think he won some Sci-Fi awards for it. "A Mind Forever Voyaging remains today as a major milestone in interactive fiction-- a game that transcends its "game"-ness and becomes a truly captivating interactive novel."
[EDIT] On the other hand, its impact to anyone playing for the first time today probably wouldn't be nearly as great as it was in 1985. We are now used to games written with far more than 256kB to work with - with deeper plots and more extensive descriptions. But AMFV - no question - pushed the boundaries of the form, and did so brilliantly, while being unabashedly 'socially concerned.'
For me, hands down, was Meretzky's "A Mind Forever Voyaging". It is art. Pls don't spoiler it. It's as if Ray Bradbury or Heinlein wrote interactive fiction. In fact i think he won some Sci-Fi awards for it. "A Mind Forever Voyaging remains today as a major milestone in interactive fiction-- a game that transcends its "game"-ness and becomes a truly captivating interactive novel."
[EDIT] On the other hand, its impact to anyone playing for the first time today probably wouldn't be nearly as great as it was in 1985. We are now used to games written with far more than 256kB to work with - with deeper plots and more extensive descriptions. But AMFV - no question - pushed the boundaries of the form, and did so brilliantly, while being unabashedly 'socially concerned.'
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Magic Sam
Forever Homebrew
Hi all 
I hope you'll find this piece of news interesting:
And also that one: https://github.com/MITDDC/zork
Cheers, Magic Sam
I hope you'll find this piece of news interesting:
Former Loki Developer Jerryrigs a Multiplayer Zork, Available Via Telnet - Slashdot
Programmer Ryan C. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a former employee at Loki Software, one of the first companies to port videogames from Microsoft Windows to Linux, according to his Wikipedia page. He's still hosting many Loki software projects at icculus.org, "as well as several new...
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And also that one: https://github.com/MITDDC/zork
Cheers, Magic Sam
Magic Sam
Forever Homebrew
Hi again !
Just started a new game at multizork.icculus.org
Feel free to join ! The name is:
I'm looking forward to playing this game with my fellow Pandorians and Pyrates !
Cheers, Magic Sam
Just started a new game at multizork.icculus.org
Feel free to join ! The name is:
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I'm looking forward to playing this game with my fellow Pandorians and Pyrates !
Cheers, Magic Sam
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