Hi guys.
First of all I'd like to say, that I've been watching this forum for a long time. And such lads like Igorsk are doing really great job.
Frankly saying I thought, that the development for Sony won't stop on Sudoku, Five Balls and dictionary. The games of this kind are best played on mobile phones, but not on the device, that is designed to READ.
Thus, my opinion is that Sony PRS is best for text adventure games.
In this post I want to give a starting point for the future (I hope) development of some kind of Z-machine for Sony PRS.
For those who are younger than 30 here is description of
what is Z-machine, and
what is Infocom Interactive fiction...
And what is Zork (one of the most popular game of this kind).
Now, why it will be interesting:
1. These games are TEXT-based and just perfect for READER.
2. There are tons of such games. So if one develops a kind of Z-machine for Sony to play interactive fiction games - it will be an infinite entertainment!
3. These games are free.
4. They are classic, fun, and very interesting. Made by professional writers. Sometimes it's better to play a good text adventure than to read a book.
I think Z-machine for Sony would be something like this:
If no one of developers is interested in this, I would like to have at least some advices from gurus of how can I do it by myself. (I'm web developer, but I think I could give it a try if I were able to port Perl programs to Reader).