Glk/ZCode

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ZCode
Engine developer 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 2.2.0

About

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

Official Infocom games

Conversions

Converted from Alan2:

Converted from ScottFree - Adventure International games:

Converted from ScottFree - Mysterious Adventures series:


Converted from other architectures/languages:

Other Games

Thousands ZCode games exist. A partial list is available in ZCode Games

Status

A sub-engine of the new Glk API has been added based on Frotz.
Most ZCode games should be supported (except the newer, post-1987 Infocom titles which are still WIP)

Resources

External links