Latest posts tagged with #zmachine on Bluesky
2025 saw the release of the @adafruit.com #FruitJam, a great device for building and playing retro games IMO. I wrote a #ZMachine #Zork emulator and a 80s style lunar lander game for it. Make your New Year’s resolution to get one.
learn.adafruit.com/zork-and-the...
danthegeek.com/moon-miner/
¿Por qué Microsoft abre ahora el código de Zork? #Zork #Microsoft #Infocom #OpenSource #LicenciaMIT #GitHub #ZIL #ZMachine #RetroGaming #Videojuegos #Desarrollo #Preservación #22denoviembre #felizsabado
donporque.com/microsoft-ab...
Fun fact: text stored in a story file for a #ZMachine game (i.e. #Zork) is encoded as 5 bits, so 3 characters could be stored in 2 bytes(16 bits). Every byte counted back in the day. Didn't know there was a history using 5 bits for text. Thanks @anneb.bsky.social !
blog.adafruit.com/2025/09/30/s...
I wrote a brief history of the making of the CPZ Machine. #Zork #ZMachine @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #fruitjam.
danthegeek.com/2025/09/29/c...
I have fixed all the known bugs to date and I have all the initial features I want so I have released the first production (i.e. non-beta) version of the CPZ Machine. #Zork #ZMachine @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #FruitJam
github.com/ZContent/CPZ...
Lots of updates and fixes recently for the CPZ Machine, the #ZMachine emulator for #CircuitPython and the
@adafruit.com #FruitJam. Latest version is 1.0.5. If you have had trouble running it, download the latest version here:
github.com/ZContent/CPZ...
A blinking cursor adds a retro look to my #Zork #ZMachine running on #CircuitPython and the @adafruit.com #FruitJam
Version 1.0.1 of my CPZ Machine project was just released to fix a bug where the program would no longer listen to you after entering a blank line (how rude!).Recommended update. @circuitpython.org @adafruit.com #FruitJam #Zork #ZMachine
(edit: link now shows all versions)
github.com/ZContent/CPZ...
Did you know that the CPZ Machine has 5 retro color themes to choose from for your #ZMachine #Zork adventures? This one is called “Amiga”. @adafruit.com @circuitpython.org
I just published the first release of my @circuitpython.org Z Machine emulator for the @adafruit.com Fruit Jam. It can run #Zork and other version 3 #zmachine games. Works with Fruit Jam OS too. Download the release here:
github.com/ZContent/CPZ...
This past month I have been working on a Circuit Python version of Zork and the Z Machine. Still much work to do but making progress. #zork #zmachine @adafruit.com @circuitpython.org
DYK you can play Infocom text adventures like "Zork" using #Microsoft #Copilot? Visit copilot.microsoft.com & use the prompt:
"You are an Infocom z-machine emulator. You will emulate the text adventure Zork, responding to commands just as a z-machine emulator would."
#ai #infocom #zmachine #xyzzy
Fun fact: Did you know you can play "Zork" & any number of classic Infocom games using #Microsoft #Copilot as a z-emulator? Visit https://copilot.microsoft.com & use the prompt:
"You are an Infocom z-machine emulator. You will emulate the text adventure game Zork, responding to commands just as […]
Screenshot of MSXBlue running the real time z-machine game bomber.z5 on Vezza.
While porting #Vezza for another #z80 platform (the Grundy #NewBrain), I noticed that there was an issue with the timer routine for the #MSX version. It turns out that the code was in there for the MSX version was using the MSX clock, however, it was not […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Border Zone on IS-DOS 1.0 using vezza-EP.com
Beyond Zork on IS-DOS 1.1a running vezza-E1.com
Back to porting my #Vezza #Infocom #Zmachine interpreter - this time for the #Enterprise128 - a 4MHz #z80 machine running IS-DOS, compatible with CP/M 2.2 and #MSXDOS. Download: gitlab.com/sijnstra1/ve... Screenshots are Border Zone and Beyond #Zork showing different IS-DOS capabilities.
Back to fun platforms to port my #Vezza #Infocom #Zmachine interpreter - this time it's the Enterprise 128. A 4MHz #z80 machine from the mid 80s, it has a great emulator, and a bespoke DOS known as IS-DOS, with a lot of compatibility with both CP/M 2.2 and […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Shapes
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/shapes
A surreal puzzle text adventure.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #2006 #text #dgware #radicalal #zmachine
Kingdom of Amphibia: The Shipwreck
macintoshgarden.org/games/kingdom-of-amphibi...
You play a sailor on the USS Intrepid that travels to explore a distant land.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #2001 #text #dgware #radicalal #agt #zmachine
LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup
macintoshgarden.org/games/lash-local-asynchr...
In this historical drama and treasure hunt set in 2062, you have rented a robot called a MULE that you can control remotely to salvage […]
[Original post on bitbang.social]
Chicks Dig Jerks
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/chicks-dig-jerks
An ancient evil threatens to invade a decadent mountain town, yet all that concerns young grave robber Avandre Varick is hitting on gorgeous babes.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #1999 #text #robbsherwin #zmachine
The Path to Fortune
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/the-path-fortune
You have been volunteered by your master for a quest to save the small city of Windhall from a terrible fate.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #1996 #text #ceforman #jeffcassidy #zmachine
The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang
macintoshgarden.org/games/the-frenetic-five-...
The madcap superhero adventure that would have won the 1997 Interactive Fiction Competition, except for the 12 other games that finished ahead of it […]
[Original post on bitbang.social]
Jigsaw - An Interactive History
macintoshgarden.org/games/jigsaw-interactive...
New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers […]
[Original post on bitbang.social]
The Space Under the Window
macintoshgarden.org/games/the-space-under-th...
An extremely small game. Not standard interactive fiction. Try it and see.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #1997 #text #andrewplotkin #zmachine
Hunter, in Darkness
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/hunter-in-darkness
An interactive cave crawl.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #1999 #text #andrewplotkin #zmachine
Curses
https://macintoshgarden.org/games/curses
Curses is a seemingly simple quest to find a street map of Paris leads you into odd corners of an old mansion, your imagination, and ultimately into the ancient past.
#macgarden #interactivefiction #1996 #text #grahamnelson #zmachine
See also their post Notes on Porting a #UNIX Classic with Cosmopolitan: itch.io/blog/894800/...
#zmachine #zork #infocom #retrodev #retrogamedev #textadventure
Screenshot of Stefan Vogt's Ghosts of Blackwood Manor, played using Vezza on an Amstrad CPC
After much testing and code comparison, the new Feb 2025 Release of #Vezza - my #z80 high speed #zmachine is ready! Took way longer than expected to synchronize across all of the code bases, particularly making sure that all optimizations made it across all […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
