#zmachine — Public Fediverse posts

Fellow #infocom text adventure fans, the newest #Vezza #zmachine #interpreter is now available for the #Amstrad #NC200 running CPMish. Using the glorious built in LCD display at 79x18 characters, it was a lot of fun to build. Special mention to Matthew Logue for not only requesting the NC200 version and providing platform information, but also for sending me a huge amount of photos from real hardware so I could debug, and doing a complete play though of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to prove it worked.
#retrogaming #retrogaming

Fellow #infocom text adventure fans, the newest #Vezza #zmachine #interpreter is now available for the #Amstrad #NC200 running CPMish. Using the glorious built in LCD display at 79x18 characters, it was a lot of fun to build. Special mention to Matthew Logue for not only requesting the NC200 version and providing platform information, but also for sending me a huge amount of photos from real hardware so I could debug, and doing a complete play though of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to prove it worked.
#retrogaming #retrogaming

Fellow #infocom text adventure fans, the newest #Vezza #zmachine #interpreter is now available for the #Amstrad #NC200 running CPMish. Using the glorious built in LCD display at 79x18 characters, it was a lot of fun to build. Special mention to Matthew Logue for not only requesting the NC200 version and providing platform information, but also for sending me a huge amount of photos from real hardware so I could debug, and doing a complete play though of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to prove it worked.
#retrogaming #retrogaming

Fellow #infocom text adventure fans, the newest #Vezza #zmachine #interpreter is now available for the #Amstrad #NC200 running CPMish. Using the glorious built in LCD display at 79x18 characters, it was a lot of fun to build. Special mention to Matthew Logue for not only requesting the NC200 version and providing platform information, but also for sending me a huge amount of photos from real hardware so I could debug, and doing a complete play though of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to prove it worked.
#retrogaming #retrogaming

Fellow #infocom text adventure fans, the newest #Vezza #zmachine #interpreter is now available for the #Amstrad #NC200 running CPMish. Using the glorious built in LCD display at 79x18 characters, it was a lot of fun to build. Special mention to Matthew Logue for not only requesting the NC200 version and providing platform information, but also for sending me a huge amount of photos from real hardware so I could debug, and doing a complete play though of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to prove it worked.
#retrogaming #retrogaming

🎩🔧 Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. 🙃 This article is a delightful blend of #nostalgia and masochism—because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? 🕰️💔
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🔧 Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. 🙃 This article is a delightful blend of #nostalgia and masochism—because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? 🕰️💔
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🔧 Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. 🙃 This article is a delightful blend of #nostalgia and masochism—because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? 🕰️💔
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🔧 Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. 🙃 This article is a delightful blend of #nostalgia and masochism—because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? 🕰️💔
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngated

🎩🔧 Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. 🙃 This article is a delightful blend of #nostalgia and masochism—because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? 🕰️💔
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngated

Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language – Whitebeard's Realm

https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/

#HackerNews #ZMachine #Elm #WhitebeardProgramming #GameDevelopment #CodingChallenges

Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language – Whitebeard's Realm

https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/

#HackerNews #ZMachine #Elm #WhitebeardProgramming #GameDevelopment #CodingChallenges

Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language – Whitebeard's Realm

https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/

#HackerNews #ZMachine #Elm #WhitebeardProgramming #GameDevelopment #CodingChallenges

Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language – Whitebeard's Realm

https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/

#HackerNews #ZMachine #Elm #WhitebeardProgramming #GameDevelopment #CodingChallenges

Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language – Whitebeard's Realm

https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/

#HackerNews #ZMachine #Elm #WhitebeardProgramming #GameDevelopment #CodingChallenges

Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/

Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/

Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/

Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/

Zork Running on 4-Bit Intel Computer

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/

As a surprise Christmas gift to #retrocomputing, I've pushed out a new version of my #Vezza #Infocom #zmachine #interpreter. This time it's a #CP/M build, specifically for the #TRS80 models 2/12/16... on glorious 8-inch floppies. My requestor and tester Ziggystar12 was kind enough to take a photo of Bureaucracy running on a machine with the 8-inch drives; a game that could never be run on that machine before even though it was contemporary! #retrogaming #retroBattleStations

As a surprise Christmas gift to #retrocomputing, I've pushed out a new version of my #Vezza #Infocom #zmachine #interpreter. This time it's a #CP/M build, specifically for the #TRS80 models 2/12/16... on glorious 8-inch floppies. My requestor and tester Ziggystar12 was kind enough to take a photo of Bureaucracy running on a machine with the 8-inch drives; a game that could never be run on that machine before even though it was contemporary! #retrogaming #retroBattleStations

As a surprise Christmas gift to #retrocomputing, I've pushed out a new version of my #Vezza #Infocom #zmachine #interpreter. This time it's a #CP/M build, specifically for the #TRS80 models 2/12/16... on glorious 8-inch floppies. My requestor and tester Ziggystar12 was kind enough to take a photo of Bureaucracy running on a machine with the 8-inch drives; a game that could never be run on that machine before even though it was contemporary! #retrogaming #retroBattleStations

As a surprise Christmas gift to #retrocomputing, I've pushed out a new version of my #Vezza #Infocom #zmachine #interpreter. This time it's a #CP/M build, specifically for the #TRS80 models 2/12/16... on glorious 8-inch floppies. My requestor and tester Ziggystar12 was kind enough to take a photo of Bureaucracy running on a machine with the 8-inch drives; a game that could never be run on that machine before even though it was contemporary! #retrogaming #retroBattleStations

As a surprise Christmas gift to #retrocomputing, I've pushed out a new version of my #Vezza #Infocom #zmachine #interpreter. This time it's a #CP/M build, specifically for the #TRS80 models 2/12/16... on glorious 8-inch floppies. My requestor and tester Ziggystar12 was kind enough to take a photo of Bureaucracy running on a machine with the 8-inch drives; a game that could never be run on that machine before even though it was contemporary! #retrogaming #retroBattleStations

My #InteractiveFiction disasterpiece, the aggressively awful yet sincerely huggy Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, celebrates its 18th birthday today!

If you've never played a text adventure before, this free game will give you the wrong idea about them in ways that may never fully heal. If you've played ToaSK already, Gunwar and Vessa have _missed you._ Come home, barbarian! 🥰

https://ghalev.itch.io/toask
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=8upuvdnsk4sho6ac

#TextAdventure #AdventureGame #Inform7 #ToaSK #ZMachine

My #InteractiveFiction disasterpiece, the aggressively awful yet sincerely huggy Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, celebrates its 18th birthday today!

If you've never played a text adventure before, this free game will give you the wrong idea about them in ways that may never fully heal. If you've played ToaSK already, Gunwar and Vessa have _missed you._ Come home, barbarian! 🥰

https://ghalev.itch.io/toask
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=8upuvdnsk4sho6ac

#TextAdventure #AdventureGame #Inform7 #ToaSK #ZMachine

My #InteractiveFiction disasterpiece, the aggressively awful yet sincerely huggy Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, celebrates its 18th birthday today!

If you've never played a text adventure before, this free game will give you the wrong idea about them in ways that may never fully heal. If you've played ToaSK already, Gunwar and Vessa have _missed you._ Come home, barbarian! 🥰

https://ghalev.itch.io/toask
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=8upuvdnsk4sho6ac

#TextAdventure #AdventureGame #Inform7 #ToaSK #ZMachine

My #InteractiveFiction disasterpiece, the aggressively awful yet sincerely huggy Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, celebrates its 18th birthday today!

If you've never played a text adventure before, this free game will give you the wrong idea about them in ways that may never fully heal. If you've played ToaSK already, Gunwar and Vessa have _missed you._ Come home, barbarian! 🥰

https://ghalev.itch.io/toask
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=8upuvdnsk4sho6ac

#TextAdventure #AdventureGame #Inform7 #ToaSK #ZMachine

My #InteractiveFiction disasterpiece, the aggressively awful yet sincerely huggy Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, celebrates its 18th birthday today!

If you've never played a text adventure before, this free game will give you the wrong idea about them in ways that may never fully heal. If you've played ToaSK already, Gunwar and Vessa have _missed you._ Come home, barbarian! 🥰

https://ghalev.itch.io/toask
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=8upuvdnsk4sho6ac

#TextAdventure #AdventureGame #Inform7 #ToaSK #ZMachine

A paper on how to reuse interpreters to get inform v3/5 games on your Apple II:
https://www.kansasfest.org/wp-content/uploads/apple_ii_inform_paper.pdf

There's just a slight issue: the linked tool used to interleave v5 story files on floppy images can no longer be downloaded.
The original URL is http://3.buric.co/interlz5-001.zip, archive.org doesn't seem to have it.

Please, tell me that someone here has it...

#apple2 #infocom #inform #ZMachine

A paper on how to reuse interpreters to get inform v3/5 games on your Apple II:
https://www.kansasfest.org/wp-content/uploads/apple_ii_inform_paper.pdf

There's just a slight issue: the linked tool used to interleave v5 story files on floppy images can no longer be downloaded.
The original URL is http://3.buric.co/interlz5-001.zip, archive.org doesn't seem to have it.

Please, tell me that someone here has it...

#apple2 #infocom #inform #ZMachine

A paper on how to reuse interpreters to get inform v3/5 games on your Apple II:
https://www.kansasfest.org/wp-content/uploads/apple_ii_inform_paper.pdf

There's just a slight issue: the linked tool used to interleave v5 story files on floppy images can no longer be downloaded.
The original URL is http://3.buric.co/interlz5-001.zip, archive.org doesn't seem to have it.

Please, tell me that someone here has it...

#apple2 #infocom #inform #ZMachine

A paper on how to reuse interpreters to get inform v3/5 games on your Apple II:
https://www.kansasfest.org/wp-content/uploads/apple_ii_inform_paper.pdf

There's just a slight issue: the linked tool used to interleave v5 story files on floppy images can no longer be downloaded.
The original URL is http://3.buric.co/interlz5-001.zip, archive.org doesn't seem to have it.

Please, tell me that someone here has it...

#apple2 #infocom #inform #ZMachine

A paper on how to reuse interpreters to get inform v3/5 games on your Apple II:
https://www.kansasfest.org/wp-content/uploads/apple_ii_inform_paper.pdf

There's just a slight issue: the linked tool used to interleave v5 story files on floppy images can no longer be downloaded.
The original URL is http://3.buric.co/interlz5-001.zip, archive.org doesn't seem to have it.

Please, tell me that someone here has it...

#apple2 #infocom #inform #ZMachine

https://www.europesays.com/pl/112660/ Legendarne gry tekstowe Zork I-III oficjalnie trafiają do domeny open source. Microsoft udostępnił ich kod źródłowy #activision #github #GryTekstowe #Infocom #InteractiveFiction #InternetArchive #JasonScott #LicencjaMIT #microsoft #Nauka #NaukaITechnika #NaukaTechnika #OpenSource #PL #Poland #Polish #Polska #Polski #preservation #RetroGaming #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceTechnology #Technika #Technology #ZMachine #ZIL #Zork

Preserving code that shaped generations: #Zork I, II, and III go #OpenSource
#Microsoft has released the #sourcecode for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT License through a collaboration with #Xbox and #Activision that involved submitting pull requests to historical source repositories maintained by digital archivist #JasonScott. Each repository now includes the original source code and accompanying documentation.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source #ZMachine

Preserving code that shaped generations: #Zork I, II, and III go #OpenSource
#Microsoft has released the #sourcecode for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT License through a collaboration with #Xbox and #Activision that involved submitting pull requests to historical source repositories maintained by digital archivist #JasonScott. Each repository now includes the original source code and accompanying documentation.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source #ZMachine

Preserving code that shaped generations: #Zork I, II, and III go #OpenSource
#Microsoft has released the #sourcecode for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT License through a collaboration with #Xbox and #Activision that involved submitting pull requests to historical source repositories maintained by digital archivist #JasonScott. Each repository now includes the original source code and accompanying documentation.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source #ZMachine

Preserving code that shaped generations: #Zork I, II, and III go #OpenSource
#Microsoft has released the #sourcecode for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT License through a collaboration with #Xbox and #Activision that involved submitting pull requests to historical source repositories maintained by digital archivist #JasonScott. Each repository now includes the original source code and accompanying documentation.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source #ZMachine

Preserving code that shaped generations: #Zork I, II, and III go #OpenSource
#Microsoft has released the #sourcecode for Zork I, II, and III under the MIT License through a collaboration with #Xbox and #Activision that involved submitting pull requests to historical source repositories maintained by digital archivist #JasonScott. Each repository now includes the original source code and accompanying documentation.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source #ZMachine

Microsoft releases Zork I, II, and III as open source

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/microsoft-zork-open-source/

Microsoft releases Zork I, II, and III as open source

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/microsoft-zork-open-source/

🎉✨ Advent of Code on the Z-Machine: Because there's nothing quite like using 1979 tech to solve modern #puzzles, right? 🤔 Let's all gather 'round the virtual campfire and pretend this is a groundbreaking idea instead of a nostalgic nod to ancient programming relics. 📟💾
https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #Nostalgia #ProgrammingTech #HackerNews #ngated

🎉✨ Advent of Code on the Z-Machine: Because there's nothing quite like using 1979 tech to solve modern #puzzles, right? 🤔 Let's all gather 'round the virtual campfire and pretend this is a groundbreaking idea instead of a nostalgic nod to ancient programming relics. 📟💾
https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #Nostalgia #ProgrammingTech #HackerNews #ngated

🎉✨ Advent of Code on the Z-Machine: Because there's nothing quite like using 1979 tech to solve modern #puzzles, right? 🤔 Let's all gather 'round the virtual campfire and pretend this is a groundbreaking idea instead of a nostalgic nod to ancient programming relics. 📟💾
https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #Nostalgia #ProgrammingTech #HackerNews #ngated

🎉✨ Advent of Code on the Z-Machine: Because there's nothing quite like using 1979 tech to solve modern #puzzles, right? 🤔 Let's all gather 'round the virtual campfire and pretend this is a groundbreaking idea instead of a nostalgic nod to ancient programming relics. 📟💾
https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #Nostalgia #ProgrammingTech #HackerNews #ngated

Advent of Code on the Z-Machine

https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine

#HackerNews #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #CodingChallenge #GameDev

Advent of Code on the Z-Machine

https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine

#HackerNews #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #CodingChallenge #GameDev

Advent of Code on the Z-Machine

https://entropicthoughts.com/advent-of-code-on-z-machine

#HackerNews #AdventOfCode #ZMachine #RetroGaming #CodingChallenge #GameDev