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{{EngineDescription|
{{EngineDescription|
name=Frotz|
name=Frotz|
developer=Stefan Jokisch, [[User:dreammaster|dreammaster]]|
developer=David Griffith, [[User:dreammaster|dreammaster]]|
companies=[[Infocom]] and others|
companies=[[Infocom]] and others|
usedBy=innumerable games|
usedBy=innumerable games|
dateAdded=December 9, 2018|
dateAdded=December 9, 2018|
release=None
release=
}}
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==Games==
==Games==
Infocom games:
*[[Zork I: The Great Underground Empire]] (1980)
*[[Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz]] (1981)
*[[Zork III: The Dungeon Master]] (1982)
*[[Deadline]] (1982)
*[[Starcross]] (1982)
*[[Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare]] (1983)
*[[The Witness]] (1983)
*[[Infidel]] (1983)
*[[Planetfall]] (1983)
*[[Enchanter]] (1983)
*[[Sorcerer]] (1984)
*[[Seastalker]] (1984)
*[[Cutthroats]] (1984)
*[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]] (1984)
*[[Suspect]] (1984)
*[[A Mind Forever Voyaging]] (1985)
*[[Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams]] (1985)
*[[Spellbreaker]] (1985)
*[[Ballyhoo]] (1986)
*[[Hollywood Hijinx]] (1986)
*[[Leather Goddesses of Phobos]] (1986)
*[[Moonmist]] (1986)
*[[Trinity]] (1986)
*[[Border Zone]] (1987)
*[[Bureaucracy]] (1987)
*[[The Lurking Horror]] (1987)
*[[Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It]] (1987)
*[[Plundered Hearts]] (1987)
*[[Stationfall]] (1987)
*[[Beyond Zork]] (1987)
*[[Zork Zero]] (1988)
*[[Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels]] (1988)
*[[Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur]] (1989)
*[[James Clavell's Shōgun]] (1989)
*[[Journey: The Quest Begins]] (1989)
*[[Zork: The Undiscovered Underground]] (1997) (developed by Activision)
Converted from [[Glk/Alan2|Alan2]]:
*[[Dinnertime]] (1999)
*[[Mazemapper]] (1999)
*[[The Mean Story]] (1999)
*[[To Get to the Other Side]] (1999)
*[[They're After You!]] (1999)
Converted from [[Glk/Scott|ScottFree]] - [[Adventure International]] games:
*[[Adventureland]] (1978)
*[[Pirate Adventure]], a.k.a. Pirate Cove (1979)
*[[Mission: Impossible]], a.k.a. Impossible Mission, a.k.a. Secret Mission (1979)
*[[Voodoo Castle]] (1979)
*[[The Count]] (1979)
*[[Strange Odyssey]] (1979)
*[[Mystery Fun House]] (1979)
*[[Pyramid of Doom]] (1979)
*[[Ghost Town]] (1980)
*[[Savage Island]], Part I and II (1981)
*[[The Golden Voyage]] (1981)
*[[Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle]] (1982)
*[[Return to Pirate's Isle]] (1983)
*[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]] (1984)
*[[Questprobe: Featuring the Hulk]] a.k.a Marvel Adventure #1 (1984)
*[[Questprobe: Featuring Spider-Man]] (1984)
*[[Questprobe: Featuring the Human Torch and the Thing]] (1985)
Converted from [[Glk/Scott|ScottFree]] - [[Mysterious Adventures series]]:
*[[Mysterious Adventures 1: The Golden Baton]] (1981)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 2: The Time Machine]] (1981)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 3: Arrow of Death Part 1]] (1981)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 4: Arrow of Death Part 2]] (1982)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 5: Escape from Pulsar 7]] (1982)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 6: Circus]] (1982)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 7: Feasibility Experiment]] (1982)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 8: The Wizard of Akyrz]] (1983)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 9: Perseus and Andromeda]] (1983)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 10: Ten Little Indians]] (1983)
*[[Mysterious Adventures 11: Waxworks]] (1983)
Converted from Miscellaneous architectures:
*[[Super Star Trek]] (1971-1974) (converted from BASIC to C to Inform)
*[[Colossal Cave Adventure]] (I: 1975-1977, II: 1978-1981, 2.5: 1995, 3: 1978, 4: 1995, 5: 1978, 6: 1984, 370: 1993) (converted from Fortran/C to Inform)
*[[Zork]] (1978) (the original release by the team that would become Infocom at MIT, converted to Inform) (converted from Fortran to Inform)
*[[Frankenstein Adventure]] (1981) (converted from TRS-80 to Inform)
*[[The Nine Dancers]] (1986) (converted from BBC to Inform)
*[[Werner's Quest 1: The Black Ladder]] (1985) (converted from The Quill Adventure System to Inform)
*[[Werner's Quest 2: Revenge of the Thing-Fish]] (1985) (converted from The Quill Adventure System to Inform)
*[[Werner's Quest 3: Rance the Dungeonkeeper]] (1985) (converted from The Quill Adventure System to Inform)
*[[Werner's Quest 4: Unchanter]] (1985) (converted from The Quill Adventure System to Inform)
*[[Snafufun]] (1988) (converted from BASIC to Inform)
*[[The Puppet-Man]] (1987) (converted from BBC to Inform)
*[[Paranoia]] (1987) (converted from C to Inform)
*[[Odieus' Quest for the Magic Flingshot]] (1993) (converted from LADS (Levy's Adventure Development System) to AGT (Adventure Game Toolkit) to Inform)
*[[Freefall]] (1995) (Inform version of the 1984 game ''[[Tetris]]'')
*[[Robot Finds Kitten]] (1997) (converted from C to Inform)
*[[Reverzi]] (1999) (Inform version of the board game ''Reversi'', also known as ''Othello'')
*[[Chaos In Space]] (2001) (aka Warp!) (converted from DOS to Inform)
*[[HLA Adventure]] (2004) (converted from HLA (high level assembly) to Inform)
Other:
*[[Bob's Garage]] (2006)
*[[Not Just A Game]] (2000)
*[[Le Roi de Fihnargaia]] (2010)


==Status==
==Status==
A work-in-progress sub-engine of the new ScummGlk API has been added based on Frotz.
A work-in-progress sub-engine of the new [[Glk]] API has been added based on Frotz.


==Resources==
==Resources==

Revision as of 09:48, 24 May 2020

Frotz
Engine developer David Griffith, dreammaster
Companies that used it Infocom and others
Games that use it innumerable games
Date added to ScummVM 2018-12-09
First release containing it None

About

Frotz is the most popular Z-machine implementation, developed by Stefan Jokisch to play games adhering to the different Z-machine versions of text-based games, first introduced for the Zork series and following games by Infocom, then later Graham Nelson's Inform that became the de facto standard for interactive fiction.

Games

Infocom games:

Converted from Alan2:

Converted from ScottFree - Adventure International games:

Converted from ScottFree - Mysterious Adventures series:

Converted from Miscellaneous architectures:

Other:

Status

A work-in-progress sub-engine of the new Glk API has been added based on Frotz.

Resources

External links