MacintoshGarden Feed<p>Shapes</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/shapes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/shap</span><span class="invisible">es</span></a></p><p>A surreal puzzle text adventure.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #2006 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/dgware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dgware</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/radicalal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radicalal</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
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MacintoshGarden Feed<p>Kingdom of Amphibia: The Shipwreck</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/kingdom-of-amphibia-the-shipwreck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/king</span><span class="invisible">dom-of-amphibia-the-shipwreck</span></a></p><p>You play a sailor on the USS Intrepid that travels to explore a distant land.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #2001 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/dgware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dgware</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/radicalal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radicalal</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/agt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agt</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/lash-local-asynchronous-satellite-hookup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/lash</span><span class="invisible">-local-asynchronous-satellite-hookup</span></a></p><p>In this historical drama and treasure hunt set in 2062, you have rented a robot called a MULE that you can control remotely to salvage artifacts from an abandoned irradiated plantation near Macon,</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #2000 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/paulobrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paulobrian</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>Chicks Dig Jerks</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/chicks-dig-jerks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/chic</span><span class="invisible">ks-dig-jerks</span></a></p><p>An ancient evil threatens to invade a decadent mountain town, yet all that concerns young grave robber Avandre Varick is hitting on gorgeous babes.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1999 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/robbsherwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robbsherwin</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>The Path to Fortune</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/the-path-fortune" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/the-</span><span class="invisible">path-fortune</span></a></p><p>You have been volunteered by your master for a quest to save the small city of Windhall from a terrible fate.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1996 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ceforman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceforman</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/jeffcassidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jeffcassidy</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Resurrecting Infocom's Unix Z-Machine with Cosmopolitan</p><p><a href="https://christopherdrum.github.io/posts/2025/04/porting-infocom-with-cosmo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">christopherdrum.github.io/post</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/04/porting-infocom-with-cosmo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ResurrectingInfocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResurrectingInfocom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cosmopolitan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmopolitan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechHistory</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>The Frenetic Five vs. Sturm und Drang</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/the-frenetic-five-vs-sturm-und-drang" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/the-</span><span class="invisible">frenetic-five-vs-sturm-und-drang</span></a></p><p>The madcap superhero adventure that would have won the 1997 Interactive Fiction Competition, except for the 12 other games that finished ahead of it. It did walk away with a Xyzzy Award for Best NPCs,</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1998 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/neildemause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neildemause</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>Jigsaw - An Interactive History</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/jigsaw-interactive-history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/jigs</span><span class="invisible">aw-interactive-history</span></a></p><p>New Year's Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park! Fireworks cascade across the sky, your stomach rumbles uneasily, music and lasers howl across the parkland... Not</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1996 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/grahamnelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grahamnelson</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>The Space Under the Window</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/the-space-under-the-window" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/the-</span><span class="invisible">space-under-the-window</span></a></p><p>An extremely small game. Not standard interactive fiction. Try it and see.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1997 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/andrewplotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>andrewplotkin</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>Hunter, in Darkness</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/hunter-in-darkness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/hunt</span><span class="invisible">er-in-darkness</span></a></p><p>An interactive cave crawl.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1999 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/andrewplotkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>andrewplotkin</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
MacintoshGarden Feed<p>Curses</p><p><a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/games/curses" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">macintoshgarden.org/games/curs</span><span class="invisible">es</span></a></p><p>Curses is a seemingly simple quest to find a street map of Paris leads you into odd corners of an old mansion, your imagination, and ultimately into the ancient past.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macgarden</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> #1996 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/grahamnelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grahamnelson</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a></p>
Shawn Sijnstra<p>After much testing and code comparison, the new Feb 2025 Release of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vezza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vezza</span></a> - my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> high speed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a> is ready! Took way longer than expected to synchronize across all of the code bases, particularly making sure that all optimizations made it across all platforms - TRS-80 model 1, TRS-80 model 3, TRS-80 model 4, the CP/M versions (~18 platforms), the embedded versions (Spectrum tape, TEC-1G), and slowly pushing into the Agon Light version (which has even more updates still in progress). Lots of individual tweaks, and some major rethinks and rewrites have come together to accelerate game play.</p><p>The hardest part of rewriting in this update involved rewriting the dictionary search code. I ended up going back to the original jzip interpreter, written in C for Unix waaay back when. Jzip provided much of the logic that went into ZXZVM, which provided the base for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/M4ZVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M4ZVM</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/M3ZVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M3ZVM</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Vezza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vezza</span></a>. Going back to Jzip made sense as Jzip has an even longer history; and is highly tested and stable and still maintained. This research gave me the confidence that the streamlining and changes I was making to such a fundamental part of the game would work, making all inputted dictionary searching more efficient.</p><p>To work around how CP/M stores executable files I spent a lot of time re-organising the memory map to make the executable smaller. This involved rearranging where the initialization code was stored inside the increasingly complex layout. Support across multiple versions means I needed to break up variable sized code and strings to sit inside variable sized gaps, while still compiling all the CP/M versions from the same interconnected set of source files. It needed quite a few manual checks to ensure that it all worked.</p><p>What this all means is that your favourite <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infocom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/punyinform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punyinform</span></a> and other text adventures will all play on your favourite z80 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> platforms even faster than before!</p><p>More details in the devlog and downloads can be found at:<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TRS80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRS80</span></a> versions <a href="https://sijnstra.itch.io/m4zvm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sijnstra.itch.io/m4zvm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPM</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CPM80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPM80</span></a> versions <a href="https://sijnstra.itch.io/vezza" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sijnstra.itch.io/vezza</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
SetSideB<p>A Complete Playthrough of the Original Zork Games<br>Three videos of a Youtuber called SwimYBO going through all three of Infocom's classic Zork games. Zork was originally made for the PDP-10 by a number of students at MIT as a larger and funnier version of Colossal Cave, and was made all as one game. When remade for a v<br><a href="https://setsideb.com/a-complete-playthrough-of-the-original-zork-games/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">setsideb.com/a-complete-playth</span><span class="invisible">rough-of-the-original-zork-games/</span></a><br><a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infocom</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/SwimYBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwimYBO</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/textadventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventures</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/zil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zil</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/zork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zork</span></a></p>
BlumenKid<p>New <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> game. Just like they made em when i was a kid ;)<br><a href="https://pixel-turkey.itch.io/the-zen-of-kayaking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixel-turkey.itch.io/the-zen-o</span><span class="invisible">f-kayaking</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@pixel_turkey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pixel_turkey</span></a></span> (edit: fedi link)</p>
Shawn Sijnstra<p>I'm undergoing final testing for my newest version of Vezza -my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infocom</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> interpreter for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>z80</span></a> based machines - this time it's for the newest addition to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MAME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAME</span></a> by Robin Sergeant - the Research Machines 380Z (COS 4.0 B/F). Apologies for the screenshot ratio, but this is Nord and Bert running:</p>
Shawn Sijnstra<p>I've been working on the my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Agon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agon</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infocom</span></a> interpreter to take advantage of the new VDP firmware, version 2.8.1. The new font manipulation has helped in 2 big ways:</p><p>1. The use of the semi-graphics font (called font 3) can be switched instead of dumped/reloaded.<br>2. I created an underline version of the system font (previously unavailable in native mode) in very few bytes.</p><p>More about my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a> Infocom interpreter Vezza here <a href="https://sijnstra.itch.io/vezza-agon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sijnstra.itch.io/vezza-agon</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Brent Sleeper<p>What <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@golmac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>golmac</span></a></span> notes about Infocom’s early <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zmachine</span></a> text adventures is akin to the constraint that shaped the distinctive voice of old <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>: its original 140-character limit. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3060165/a-brief-history-of-twitters-140-character-limit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/3060165/a-brie</span><span class="invisible">f-history-of-twitters-140-character-limit</span></a></p>
caad<p>Noticias: Puny BuildTools 2.0 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit_era" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit_era</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infocom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PunyInform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PunyInform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StefanVogt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanVogt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zmachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://caad.club/puny-buildtools-2-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">caad.club/puny-buildtools-2-0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Stefan Vogt<p>After months of development, I released the Puny BuildTools 2.0, an <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infocom</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zmachine</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> and project management solution based on the wonderful <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PunyInform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PunyInform</span></a> library. If you want to write a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> for 19 retro systems and compile it in only a few seconds... have a look :) <a href="https://intfiction.org/t/the-puny-buildtools-2-0-are-out-z-machine-project-management-cli/66723" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">intfiction.org/t/the-puny-buil</span><span class="invisible">dtools-2-0-are-out-z-machine-project-management-cli/66723</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/adventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventures</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari8bit</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/amstradcpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amstradcpc</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/zxspectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zxspectrum</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/msx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>msx</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C128" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C128</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mega65" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mega65</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/spectrumnext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spectrumnext</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbcmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbcmicro</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electron</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/appleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple2</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/trs80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trs80</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/plus4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plus4</span></a></p>
SetSideB<p>Zork I and Planetfall With The Edge Taken Off<br>Infocom text adventures in the classic style have this interesting thing they do where you explore interesting locations and solve puzzles in the rooms, but there's also some miscellaneous things you have to do to keep yourself alive. Resource management.<br><a href="https://setsideb.com/zork-i-and-planetfall-with-the-edge-taken-off/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">setsideb.com/zork-i-and-planet</span><span class="invisible">fall-with-the-edge-taken-off/</span></a><br><a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/niche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>niche</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infocom</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/modernization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernization</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/niche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>niche</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/planetfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetfall</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textadventure</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/zmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zmachine</span></a> <a href="https://wrestling.social/tags/zork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zork</span></a></p>
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