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6charlong · 03-17-2013, 03:29 PM

I'm a fan of the old Infocom interactive fiction series and have 24 of the works of Infocom neatly shelved. I stumbled across a way to read them on my Kindle Fire HD and decided to share the information in case there are other Infocom addicts watching.

When I first got my KFHD I tried using the Z-machine called Twisty but it doesn't work right on my KF. I gave up for awhile until I found ZMPP on the Amazon App store: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oce_digital

It comes with Mini Zork I. The really good news was when I discovered that my old Infocom games read fine when I sideloaded the <game>.dat file in the ZMPP\Stories folder on the KFHD.

You can still find copies of The Lost Treasures of Infocom. Many of the stories were published in that format.

03-17-2013, 03:29 PM	#1
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	Infocom on Kindle Fire HD I'm a fan of the old Infocom interactive fiction series and have 24 of the works of Infocom neatly shelved. I stumbled across a way to read them on my Kindle Fire HD and decided to share the information in case there are other Infocom addicts watching. When I first got my KFHD I tried using the Z-machine called Twisty but it doesn't work right on my KF. I gave up for awhile until I found ZMPP on the Amazon App store: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oce_digital It comes with Mini Zork I. The really good news was when I discovered that my old Infocom games read fine when I sideloaded the <game>.dat file in the ZMPP\Stories folder on the KFHD. You can still find copies of The Lost Treasures of Infocom. Many of the stories were published in that format. Last edited by 6charlong; 03-17-2013 at 03:40 PM.