BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter
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=== [[BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_informz3|Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment]] === | === [[BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_informz3|Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment]] === | ||
| - | ''Target Systems:'' '''Windows''' (can be recreated on other platforms supported by ''Inform'' and ''BeebEm'')<br> | + | ''Target Systems:'' '''Windows''' (can be recreated on other platforms supported by ''Inform'' and ''BeebEm'', such as Mac OS X and Linux)<br> |
''BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter'' distributed with [http://www.inform-fiction.org/inform6.html ''Inform 6.15''] for use as a complete Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) development environment to create new IF works / text adventures for use with the BBC Micro or any other platform with a Z-Machine interpreter, such as Game Boy/C64/Spectrum +3 etc. | ''BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter'' distributed with [http://www.inform-fiction.org/inform6.html ''Inform 6.15''] for use as a complete Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) development environment to create new IF works / text adventures for use with the BBC Micro or any other platform with a Z-Machine interpreter, such as Game Boy/C64/Spectrum +3 etc. | ||
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Revision as of 22:11, 18 July 2008
BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter by Jon Welch
Introduction
Legendary text adventure developer, Infocom, designed their games to run as a virtual machine, known as a Z-Machine. This meant that all of the company's interactive fiction games could be ported to a new platform by simply porting the underlying Z-Machine Interpreter. Infocom never officially released a port of their games to the BBC Micro, though they were rumoured to have created a prototype interpreter which was abandoned due to concerns about potential software piracy. In the '90s, fans reverse-engineered the Z-Machine format and have ported the Z-Machine Interpreter to many new platforms including mobile phones, hand-held consoles and PDAs. A new language, Inform, was also created for designing new adventures which could be complied into the Z-machine format.
This project aims to port the Z-Machine Interpreter to the BBC Micro, allowing you to run most of the non-graphical Infocom back-catalogue of games, as well as many modern adventures created with Inform.
Discuss BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter
BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
License: TBC
Developed in: BBC BASIC (prototype), 6502 assembler
Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3-only Z-Code / Inform games.
BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3-5) Interpreter
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer B+ / Master 128 only
License: TBC
Developed in: BBC BASIC (prototype), 6502 assembler
Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3 - v5 Z-Code / Inform games.
Inform / Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Development Environment
Target Systems: Windows (can be recreated on other platforms supported by Inform and BeebEm, such as Mac OS X and Linux)
BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter distributed with Inform 6.15 for use as a complete Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) development environment to create new IF works / text adventures for use with the BBC Micro or any other platform with a Z-Machine interpreter, such as Game Boy/C64/Spectrum +3 etc.