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GlennD · 03-17-2009, 01:12 PM

There is an open source project called Frotz over at Sourceforge. They've got a number of Z-machine interpreters for various platforms, even the Franklin e-bookman. There are interpreters written in Java and Perl as well.

I've got the majority of the old infocom games (Activision released a couple of CD-ROMs with most of them a decade or so ago), so I'd be thrilled to see them playable on my Reader.

Like a lot of you, though, I'm completely lacking in the programming skills required to actually port something over.

03-17-2009, 01:12 PM	#13
GlennD Wizard Posts: 2,101 Karma: 17249026 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Pacific NW Device: sony PRS350, iPhone, iPad	There is an open source project called Frotz over at Sourceforge. They've got a number of Z-machine interpreters for various platforms, even the Franklin e-bookman. There are interpreters written in Java and Perl as well. I've got the majority of the old infocom games (Activision released a couple of CD-ROMs with most of them a decade or so ago), so I'd be thrilled to see them playable on my Reader. Like a lot of you, though, I'm completely lacking in the programming skills required to actually port something over.