YAZI (Yet Another Z Interpreter) is a text adventure engine which takes datafiles as input and allows you to play them on the Newton. This allows you to play many of the cool games of the early 1980's on your Newton: Zork, Planetfall, Enchanter and more! Especially cool is playing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Included is a demo version of ZORK, already pkged to get you started. This demo version allows for gameplay with up to Zip z3 formatted games only. (Versions for NOS1.x and 2.x included.) Credit: Scrawl Software. Update 3/10/98: Scrawl Software intends to release an updated demo shortly!
Deja Vu, An Interactive Demonstration by Graham Nelson This game is archived as a matter of historical interest, being the earliest inform complied file. The author has no plans to develop this game further. Release 1 / Serial Number 930921 dejavu.z3 The games listed below are z5 and z8 format and may only be played with the new YAZI 2.0b4 beta version, available to registered users only. To register YAZI, or upgrade your registered version, visit Scrawl's website. For download, right click the pkg and choose Save As.
The Acorn Court, An Interactive Text Adventure by Todd S. Murchison. Release 3 / Serial number 970904 acorncourt.z5
Adventure aka Colossal Cave, the original 350 points version ported to Inform by Graham Nelson, based on Dave Baggett's TADS reconstruction "Colossal Cave Revisited". Release 5 / Serial number 961209 Advent.z5
Scott Adams' Adventureland, ported to Inform by Graham Nelson. Release 1 / Serial number 961111 Adventureland.z5
All Quiet on the Library Front, An Interactive Vignette by Michael S. Phillips. Release 2 / serial number 951204. library.z5
An Interactive Short Story by Graham Nelson Release 5 / Serial number 961216 Balances.z5
An Interactive Children's Story by David Dyte. Release 3 / Serial number 980103 bear.z5
An Interactive Preview by Michael Zey. Release 1 / Serial number 970711 bedlam.z5
BSE is an Interactive Epidemic by Chris Smith, Winner of the Acorn User 1996 IF Competition. Release 3 / Serial number 970110 bse.z5
Candy, An Attempt at Reliving Childhood, by Rybread Celsius. Beta One. Release 1 / Serial number 970621 candy.z5
An Interactive Short Story by Andrew Plotkin. Winner of the Inform category of the 1995 IF competition. Release 6, serial number 960613. weather.z5
Cheater, An Annoying Adventure by Martin Wesley Osam Release 1 / Serial number 960920 cheater.z5
Christminster, An Interactive Conspiracy by Gareth Rees Release 4, serial number 961117 minster.z5
CIA Adventure was ported to Inform by J. Kevin Thomas, based on a GWBASIC version by Pete Wohlmut. The author of the original TRS-80 version is unknown. Release 1 / Serial number 961218 cia.z5
An unofficial potential 'front-end' game for the yearly IF
competitions, providing easily-accessible information on all the games from the '96
competition, plus the ability to sort the games you can play into a random list. Written
by Lucian Paul Smith Release 1 / Serial number 970626 Comp96.z5
Curses, An Interactive Diversion by Graham Nelson Release 16 / Serial number 951024 curses.z5
Delusions, an Interactive Self-Discovery by Christopher E.
Forman Release 4 / Serial number 971121 Delusns.z5
An, Interactive Z-Code Demonstration by Andrew C. Plotkin. Release 2 / Serial number 951111freefall.z5
Frozen: A Night at the Lab, by Jeremy Farnham. Release 1 / Serial number 960620 frozen.z5
Gumshoe, An Interactive Investigation by Mike Oliphant Release 1 / Serial number 960331 Gumshoe.z5
Heist: The Crime of the Century, by Andy Phillips. Release 4 / Serial number 971125 heist.z8
Inhumane: An Infralogic Massacre, by Andrew C. Plotkin. This is a parody of Infocom's Infidel, written by Andrew when he was about 15. Revision 2, ported from Applesoft BASIC to Inform by the author. inhumane.z5
Jailbait on Interstate Zero, by Adam Cadre contains some adult content. Release 4 (v1.21) / Serial number 970307 I-0.z5
Jigsaw, An Interactive History by Graham Nelson. Complete version (game and help information); must be played with an interpreter that can handle V8 games. Release 3 / Serial number 951129. Jigsaw.z8
Kook U, An Interactive Kook Adventure Release 1 / Serial number 971119 karn.z5
An Interactive Tutorial by Andrew Plotkin Release 3 / Serial number 960823 lists.z5
An Interactive Looking-Around-For-A-Lost-English-Book, by Patrick Shaughnessy. Release 1 / Serial number 960599 godot.z5
A Z-Machine version of the classic Bomber game, by Neil
James Brown. Needs an interpreter
A fun game for all the family by Gareth Rees. Release 1, serial number 951018. magic-toyshop.z5
Mercy, A short story by Christopher Klimas Release 1 / Serial number 970829 Mercy.z5
by Angela M. Horns (aka Graham Nelson). Winner of the 1996 IF competition. Release 2 / Serial number 961216 sherbet.z5
The Mind Electric, An Interactive Vision by Jason Dyer Release 3 / serial number 941008 (should be 951008) mindelec.z5
An Interactive MiSTing (Mystery Science Theater 3000) of Matt Barringer's AGT game "Detective", by Christopher E. Forman. Silver Screen Edition, release 101, serial number 960831. mst3k1.z5
Night at the Computer Center, An Interactive Nocturnal Chase, by Bonni Mierzejewska. Release 1 / Serial number 961118 night.z5
by Jason Dyer, somewhat a cross between a black comedy and a B-movie, ported from QBASIC to Inform by Patrick Kellum Release 4 / Serial number 971205 bunny.z5
A Demonstration of an Interactive Fiction Game, by Robert Janelle and Brad O'Donnell Release 12 / Serial number 961127 ninepts.z5
An Interactive Education by Chris Skapura. This game was originally published as a TRS-80 BASIC listing titled "Collegiate Capers" in '80 Micro' magazine, August 1983. paperchase.z5
An Interactive Interactive by Adjacent Drooler, (aka Jason Dyer). Release 3 / Serial number 970804 phlegm.z5
A NyQuil nightmare by R. Noyes. Release 619, Serial number 960409 booth.z5 booth.pkg is part one, b2demo is part two.
An Interactive Short Story by Giles Boutel. Release 3 / Serial number 970816 piece_v3.z5
By Mike DeSanto, ported from REXX Adventure to Inform by Johannes Steingraeber. Release 1.1 of port. promoted.z5
Quest for the Magic Healing Plant, by Adam Crutchlow.Ported by the author from AGT to Inform. Release 2 / Serial number 960613 mhpquest.z5
Ralph, An Interactive Sniffing by Miron Schmidt Release 6 / Serial number 970610 Ralph.z5
By Mike DeSanto, ported from REXX Adventure to Inform by Johannes Steingraeber. 'The Resident' is a cyberspace adventure; its main quest is to escape from a virtual world. residnt2.z5
Return to Karn, by Patrick Wigfull. Based on the television programme "Doctor Who". Release 2 / serial number 961207
Another Abuse of the Z-Machine - A Nostalgic Diversion by Torbjoern Andersson Release 6 / Serial number 980115 robots.z5
Silence of the Lambs, An Interactive Horror. Ported to Inform by Gunther Schmidl, original author unknown. Release 2 / serial number 971010 lambs.z5
So Far, An Interactive Catharsis by Andrew Plotkin. Release 6 / Serial number 961218 SoFar .z8
The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin. Release 2 / Serial number 970402 sutwin.z5
An Interactive Fantasy Adventure by Daniel S. Yu Release 3 / Serial number 960606 spirit.z5
An Interactive Night of Horror; by Brendon Wyber. Release 2 / Serial number 951203 theatre.z5
Claustrophobia, a time-killer by Sam Hulick Release 1 / Serial number 950925 tk1.z5
An Interactive Horse-Opera by Gregory M. Zagurski. Release 205 / Serial number 970629 tryst205.z5
A mini-adventure by Richard Tucker Release 0 / Serial number 950901 tube.z5
by Gerry Kevin Wilson Release 1 / Serial number 970329 under.z5
An Interactive Recipe by Adam G Crutchlow Release 1 / Serial number 960613 vindaloo.z5
An Interactive Fantasy by Paul O'Brian Release 3 / Serial number 970327 claw.z5
An Interactive Family Headache by Neil James Brown This game came second in the Acorn User 1996 IF Competition. Release 4 / Serial number 970602 wedding.z5
Volume One: The Path to Fortune by Jeff Cassidy and Christopher E. Forman. Release 5 / Serial number 960828 windhal1.z8
An Interactive Guide to available Inform games, by Gunther Schmidl. Based on the Inform Games. List by Neil Brown and Brendon Wyber. Release 3 / Serial number 980123 zfiles.z8
An interactive tedium by Dylan O'Donnel. Release 1 / Serial number 980108 troll.z5
The Zuni Doll: An Interactive Horror Story, by Jesse
Burneko. Release 1 / Serial number 971031 doll.z5 |