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Infocom Z-Machine

Frotz

Frotz est un interpréteur pour les jeux Infocom et autres jeux Z-Machine. Il est conforme à la norme Z-Machine version 1.1. Développé par Stefan Jokisch entre 1995 et 1997, il a été porté sur Unix par Galen Hazelwood. Actuellement, la version Unix est développée et maintenue par David Griffith. Cette version Unix constitue également la version de base sur laquelle toutes les autres versions sont basées.

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Frotz is an interpreter for Infocom games and other Z-Machine games. It complies with the Z-Machine standard version 1.1. Developed by Stefan Jokisch between 1995 and 1997, it was ported to Unix by Galen Hazelwood. The Unix version is currently developed and maintained by David Griffith. This Unix version also serves as the base version on which all other versions are built. It covers the machine: Infocom Z-Machine.

1. Installation

  1. Download the latest version from the project's official website.
  2. Extract the archive into a dedicated folder.
  3. Launch it once: it will create its configuration and subfolders.

2. Supported formats

.dat .zip .z1 .z2 .z3 .z4 .z5 .z6 .z7 .z8

.zip archives load directly, without prior extraction.

3. Good to know

  • Set up your controller the first time you launch it — this is what saves the most time.
  • Save states let you pick up where you left off, in addition to the game's own saves.

4. Not working?

  • Game doesn't show up → check that its extension is among the formats listed above.
  • Crashes on launch → relaunch it from a folder where the emulator has write permission.