Re: Is there a *perfect* Amiga Infocom interpreter?


24 Aug 1995 14:58:50 GMT

Fred Sloniker (lazuli@eskimo.com) wrote:
: I've looked at all the Amiga interpreters on ftp.gmd.de and have ruthlessly
: culled out all but two entries: InfoTaskForce and ZIP. (The others don't
: even support v5 files, the cads.) Each has its ads and disads...

: * InfoTaskForce is prettier, more configurable, and works quite well. Having
: to add new games into a list to get them to show up on the menu is a pain,
: but only has to be done once (a more automated way would be appreciated). It
: doesn't support timed input, however (at least Freefall doesn't work right),
: and I hear the people who were writing ITF kinda vanished.

: * ZIP is simpler, and possibly faster. OTOH, it's almost unconfigurable (at
: least from the CLI), uses only one screen and font with no menus, and most
: damnably doesn't quite wrap text right. (The intro text to "Balances" loses
: an exclamation point as a result.) This may seem petty, but given how little
: presentation Z-machine games have to begin with, what there is is important.

: So, anybody know what the status of these or better ports is? I'm
: using ITF for now, but it doesn't support V8 files either...

Fairly recently a new version of ITF was put out, but that was just of
the Amiga port, not the general program. You're right, ZIP is missing a
lot in the pretties department. If it had the nice preferences ITF did,
we'd be in business.

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