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{{EngineDescription| | {{EngineDescription| | ||
name= | name=ZCode| | ||
developer= | developer=[[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= | release=2.2.0 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==About== | ==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. | The ScummVM Z-code engine is based on Frotz. 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== | ==Games== | ||
===Official Infocom games=== | |||
{| style="background:#fFfFfF" | |||
|- valign=top | |||
| | |||
*[[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) | |||
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*[[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) | |||
*[[Milliways]] (prototype) (created in 1988, released in 2008) | |||
|} | |||
===Conversions=== | |||
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) | |||
{| style="background:#fFfFfF" | |||
|- valign=top | |||
| | |||
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 other architectures/languages: | |||
*[[Super Star Trek]] (1971-1974) (converted from BASIC to C to Inform) | |||
*[[Hunt the Wumpus]] (1973) (converted from BASIC to 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) | |||
*[[Robots]] (1976) (converted from BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Zork]] (1978) (the original release by the team that would become Infocom at MIT, converted to Inform) (converted from Fortran to Inform) | |||
*[[CIA Adventure]] (1980) (converted from BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[The Wizard's Castle]] (1980) (converted from BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Frankenstein Adventure]] (1981) (converted from TRS-80 BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Softporn Adventure]] (1981) (converted from BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Inhumane]] (1985) (converted from Applesoft Basic to Inform) | |||
*[[Praser 5]] (1985) (converted from Applesoft Basic 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) | |||
*[[The Nine Dancers]] (1986) (converted from BBC BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Uninvited]] (1986) (converted from [[MacVenture]] to Inform) | |||
*[[Paranoia]] (1987) (converted from C to Inform) | |||
*[[The Puppet-Man]] (1987) (converted from BBC to Inform) | |||
*[[Shadowgate]] (1987) (converted from [[MacVenture]] to Inform) | |||
*[[Snafufun]] (1988) (converted from BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Night of the Vampire Bunnies]] (1989) (converted from BASIC to Inform) | |||
*[[Adventure in Humongous Cave]] (1993) (converted from [[Glk/AGT|AGT]] (Adventure Game Toolkit) to Inform) | |||
*[[Odieus's Quest for the Magic Flingshot]] (1993) (converted from LADS (Levy's Adventure Development System) to [[Glk/AGT|AGT]] (Adventure Game Toolkit) to Inform) | |||
*[[Freefall]] (1995) (Inform version of the 1984 game ''[[Tetris]]'') | |||
*[[Icebreaker: The Text Adventure|Icebreaker]] (1995) (converted from 3DO to Inform) | |||
*[[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 Games=== | |||
Thousands ZCode games exist. A partial list is available in [[Engines/Glk#ZCode|ZCode Games]] | |||
==Status== | ==Status== | ||
A | A sub-engine of the new [[Glk]] API has been added based on Frotz.<br /> | ||
Most ZCode games should be supported (except the newer, post-1987 Infocom titles which are still WIP) | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||