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:'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware]<br> | ''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> | ||
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| - | + | Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3-only Z-Code / Inform games including 24 from ''Infocom'' such as ''Zork I'' and ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' as well as home-brew fan creations. | |
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=== BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3-5) Interpreter === | === BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3-5) Interpreter === | ||
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''Target Systems:'' '''BBC Microcomputer B+ / Master 128 only'''<br> | ''Target Systems:'' '''BBC Microcomputer B+ / Master 128 only'''<br> | ||
''License:'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware Freeware]<br> | ''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> | ||
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| - | + | Interactive fiction / text adventure interpreter for running Infocom v3 - v5 Z-Code / Inform games including virtually all the ''Infocom'' catalogue such as ''A Mind Forever Voyaging'' and ''Beyond Zork'' as well as home-brew fan creations including many available from the [http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/ IF archive]. | |
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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'', such as Mac OS X and Linux)<br> | ''Target Systems:'' '''Windows''' (can be recreated on other platforms supported by ''Inform'' and ''BeebEm'', such as Mac OS X and Linux)<br> | ||
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''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 21:26, 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.
Discuss BBC Micro Z-Machine Interpreter
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 including 24 from Infocom such as Zork I and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as well as home-brew fan creations.
BBC Micro Z-Machine v1.1 (Infocom v3-5) Interpreter
PROJECT STATUS: On Hold
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 including virtually all the Infocom catalogue such as A Mind Forever Voyaging and Beyond Zork as well as home-brew fan creations including many available from the IF archive.
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.