Nitfol

Nitfol
Interpreter
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Developer	Evin Robertson
Format	Z-code
Interaction style
Systems	Windows, Linux
System details
Latest version	0.6-pre4 / 7 Dec 2008
Status	Unmaintained
Uses interpreter
Multimedia support
License	GPL-3
Notes	Note that this interpreter cannot simply be downloaded and run to play game files.
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Nitfol is a Z-code interpreter and debugger, created in 1999 by Evin Robertson. The name comes from one of the Infocom spells.

Features

• Uses the Glk API for I/O.
• Uses the Quetzal save format.
• Supports versions 1 through 8 of Z-machine, version 6 partially.
• Debugger feature based on the Unix GDB debugger.
• Supports Blorb sound and music.
• Unlimited undo and redo.
• Typo correction.
• Automatic map generation.

• As of 0.6 version, it supports the Glulx, BTZ and ScottAdams/AdventureInternational formats.

Versions

• Windows Nitfol by Evin Robertson, later patched by David Kinder.
• MS-DOS Nitfol by Evin Robertson.
• Mac OS Nitfol compiled by Andrew Plotkin.
• MS-DOS 32-bit Nitfol compiled by L. Ross Raszewski.
• Linux Glk Nitfol compiled by Simon Baldwin (who also released a patch for at least one other version).
• Nitfol Carbon is a Mac OS X version compiled by Matthew Russotto.

Links

• Home Page
• Nitfol directory at IF Archive
• InfLight: Nitfol. InfLight is an overview of Inform debugging by Roger Firth.