BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter
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=== [[BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_v3|BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter]] === | === [[BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_v3|BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter]] === | ||
''Target Systems:'' '''BBC Microcomputer'''<br> | ''Target Systems:'' '''BBC Microcomputer'''<br> | ||
| - | ''License:'' | + | ''License:'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware]<br> |
''Developed in:'' BBC BASIC (prototype), 6502 assembler<br> | ''Developed in:'' BBC BASIC (prototype), 6502 assembler<br> | ||
Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3-only Z-Code / Inform games. | Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3-only Z-Code / Inform games. | ||
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=== [[BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_v5|BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3-5) Interpreter]] === | === [[BBC_Micro_Z-Machine_Interpreter_v5|BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3-5) Interpreter]] === | ||
''Target Systems:'' '''BBC Microcomputer B+ / Master 128 only'''<br> | ''Target Systems:'' '''BBC Microcomputer B+ / Master 128 only'''<br> | ||
| - | ''License:'' | + | ''License:'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware]<br> |
''Developed in:'' BBC BASIC (prototype), 6502 assembler<br> | ''Developed in:'' BBC BASIC (prototype), 6502 assembler<br> | ||
Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3 - v5 Z-Code / Inform games. | Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3 - v5 Z-Code / Inform games. | ||
Revision as of 21:04, 26 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. Inform 6 can also be used to write your own v3 games which can then be played on the BBC Micro.
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BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3) Interpreter
Target Systems: BBC Microcomputer
License: Freeware
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: Freeware
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.