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[[Spatterlight]] is a unifed IF [[interpreter]] for Macintosh OS X (Cocoa). The author and maintainer is [[Tor Andersson]].
[[Spatterlight]] is a unifed IF [[interpreter]] for Macintosh OS X (Cocoa). The author is [[Tor Andersson]].


Spatterlight combines the abilities of many interpreters and is able to play games targeted for the following platforms: [[ADRIFT]], [[AdvSys]], [[AGT]], [[Alan]], [[Glulx]], [[Hugo]], [[Level 9]], [[Magnetic]], [[TADS 2]], [[TADS 3]], and [[Z-code]] (except version 6). HTML TADS is not supported yet (text only).
Spatterlight combines the abilities of many interpreters and is able to play games targeted for the following platforms: [[ADRIFT]] (up to version 4), [[AdvSys]], [[AGT]], [[Alan]], [[Glulx]], [[Hugo]], [[Level 9]], [[Magnetic]], [[TADS 2]], [[TADS 3]], and [[Z-code]] (except version 6). HTML TADS is not supported yet (text only).


This makes it a good all-purpose interpreter that can play virtually all interactive fiction that is supported on the Mac.
This makes it a good all-purpose interpreter that can play virtually all interactive fiction that is supported on the Mac.
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It is replacing [[Cugel]], from the same author.
It is replacing [[Cugel]], from the same author.


''See also: [[Gargoyle]], a similar program for MS-Windows, Mac OS X and Unix.''
''See also: [[Gargoyle]], a similar program for MS-Windows, macOS and Unix.''


==Links==
==Links==
* [http://ccxvii.net/spatterlight/ Spatterlight] - Spatterlight's homepage.
* [http://ccxvii.net/spatterlight/ Spatterlight] - Spatterlight's homepage.
* [https://github.com/angstsmurf/spatterlight] - Spatterlight Github repository, currently developed by [[Petter Sjölund]].
[[Category:Interpreter]]
[[Category:Interpreter]]

Revision as of 02:05, 25 October 2020

Spatterlight is a unifed IF interpreter for Macintosh OS X (Cocoa). The author is Tor Andersson.

Spatterlight combines the abilities of many interpreters and is able to play games targeted for the following platforms: ADRIFT (up to version 4), AdvSys, AGT, Alan, Glulx, Hugo, Level 9, Magnetic, TADS 2, TADS 3, and Z-code (except version 6). HTML TADS is not supported yet (text only).

This makes it a good all-purpose interpreter that can play virtually all interactive fiction that is supported on the Mac.

It is replacing Cugel, from the same author.

See also: Gargoyle, a similar program for MS-Windows, macOS and Unix.

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