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|Uses interpreter=Frotz
|Uses interpreter=Frotz
|Interpreter app=Yes
|Interpreter app=Yes
|Multimedia=Fully supports Z6 graphics and colours
|Multimedia=Fully supports Z6 multimedia (colour, graphics, sound)
|Developer=Dannii Willis
|Developer=Dannii Willis
|Home page=https://github.com/curiousdannii/infocom-frotz
|Format=Z-code
|Format=Z-code
|System=Browser
|System=Browser
|Play online=https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/
|Play online=https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/
|Date=2024/09/01
|Status=Stable
|Status=Stable
|License=GPL2
|License=GPL2
}}
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:''Not to be confused with the [[Frotz]] interpreter it is based on.''
:''Not to be confused with the [[Frotz]] interpreter it is based on.''
[[Infocom Frotz]] is a special-purpose, web-based build of the [[Frotz]] Z-machine interpreter, designed to reduce the barrier to playing [[Infocom]]'s four graphical [[Z-machine versions|Z6]] games:
[[Infocom Frotz]] is a special-purpose, web-based build of the [[Frotz]] Z-machine interpreter, designed to reduce the barrier to playing [[Infocom]]'s six multimedia [[Z-machine versions|Z6]] games:
 
* ''[[Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur]]'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/arthur.html play in browser])
* ''[[Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur]]'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/arthur.html play in browser])
* ''[[Journey]]: The Quest Begins'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/journey.html play in browser])
* ''[[Journey]]: The Quest Begins'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/journey.html play in browser])
* ''[[The Lurking Horror]]'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/lurkinghorror.html play in browser])
* ''[[Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels]]'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/sherlock.html play in browser])
* ''James Clavell's [[Shogun]]'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/shogun.html play in browser])
* ''James Clavell's [[Shogun]]'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/shogun.html play in browser])
* ''[[Zork Zero]]: The Revenge of Megaboz'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/zorkzero.html play in browser])
* ''[[Zork Zero]]: The Revenge of Megaboz'' ([https://curiousdannii.github.io/infocom-frotz/zorkzero.html play in browser])
Most Z-machine interpreters in use today do not support Z6 and/or the unique graphical system used by these games, which was something of a dead end. [[Frotz]] is one of the few that does; so this project uses Emscripten to build the SDL version of Frotz into a web-playable version.
Most Z-machine interpreters in use today do not support Z6 and/or the unique graphical system used by these games, which was something of a dead end. [[Frotz]] is one of the few that does; so this project uses Emscripten to build the SDL version of Frotz into a web-playable version.


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* [https://github.com/curiousdannii/infocom-frotz GitHub page]: source code, issue tracker, etc.
* [https://github.com/curiousdannii/infocom-frotz GitHub page]: source code, issue tracker, etc.


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Revision as of 05:19, 1 September 2024

Infocom Frotz
Interpreter
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Links Home page Play online
Developer Dannii Willis
Format Z-code
Interaction style
System Browser
System details
Latest version 1 Sep 2024
Status Stable
Implements
Uses
Multimedia support Fully supports Z6 multimedia (colour, graphics, sound)
License GPL2
Notes
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Not to be confused with the Frotz interpreter it is based on.

Infocom Frotz is a special-purpose, web-based build of the Frotz Z-machine interpreter, designed to reduce the barrier to playing Infocom's six multimedia Z6 games:

Most Z-machine interpreters in use today do not support Z6 and/or the unique graphical system used by these games, which was something of a dead end. Frotz is one of the few that does; so this project uses Emscripten to build the SDL version of Frotz into a web-playable version.

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