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Zork CGI
A Life in Hell writes "Check it out! i modded one of the zork interpreters
to play thru CGI, with all the save state
info in the URL :)
it does work onm lynx, as a special bonus :)"
Cute. Now I better not see anyone playing this while
at work.
Cool! I loved those games back then!
Ahhh. . .these do bring back some fond memories of the Commodore 64 at three in the morning!
/.ed . . . GET TO WORK, YOU SLACKERS!
Excellent games! Hitchhiker was always my favorite though.
As this is my last day on contract at a horrible company I for one have no problems doing Zork at work. Unfortunately it already seems
I've still got Zork running on my PDP-11...
I did a similar project a few years ago, trying to hack a z-code interpreter into a CGI front end, but never quite got it working right. While it would be _possible_ to stick almost any of the old infocom data files into it, it would be, technically, illegal to allow anyone but yourself to access it. However, there is an old "demo" version of Zork called minizork (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/doc/misc/if-archive/in focom/demos/, among others) which should be okie-dokie for public use. (IANAL)
/. effect passes before checking it out. ;)
Neat toy, though. I think I'll wait until the
-DCR
dcross@cryogen.com
It sure is slow - but then again, that's what it must have been like playing Zork in 1979.
Still, if you want to play text adventures over the web, look no further than Zplet - see it in action at
http://www.duke.edu/~adamc/higames.html
This makes me smile. A great story for a Friday. :-)
Is there really anything illegal about this? Surely the ganme itself is running on a single computer and therefore should only require a single license.
Does any part of the license distubuted with the Zork games prohibit this kind of usage?
Read about it on the M$ PropagandaPass website before M$ pulls it.
Oh yeah, Zork rules.
Oh no, I think the slashdot effect strikes again, is anyone out there getting a page of any of these adventures in less than a minute or so?
Just a legal nit pick. I suggest you deal with it b4 the lawyers get to you. I'm fairly certian that Zork is legal to put up as Activision has released them, but Hollywood hyjinx I don't belive was released.
I love the idea, too bad I'm at work and down have time to play. This will probably get a spot on my web page though.
Just so you don't get sued - consider replacing
the commercial games with free ones.
Curses is *fabulous* - better than any genuine Infocom game I've played.
Christminster is good too.
Theatre's nice....
Get your CGI to run freefall.z5, and I'll be very impressed indeed.
All these can be found at ftp.gmd.de/if-archive
Check out ftp..gmd.de/if-archive for an idea of where text adventuring is at the moment.
They have interpreters (and compilers!) for Infocom/infocom-style games for pretty much every platform imaginable.
The thriving Interactive Fiction 'scene' can be found on rec.arts.int-fiction (creators) and rec.games.int-fiction (players) if you have news access.
-- Stu
I just wanted to say thanks for setting this up. I still had ways to peek at these games.. my Atari 1200XL might still work and the Atari 520ST definately does, but this method of preserving these games is far better.
:)
Real software that doesn't care what OS the server or client runs on. Microsoft should be scared..
My suggestion is to remove the non-Zork ones if you don't have permission from Activision. They still sell these others if you can find the collection CD's.
OTOH, I understand there were a lot of free games based on this interpreter...
Forgetting the legality (?) for a moment... I'd love to see web-based versions of the text adventures that had pictures, like Magnetic Scroll's The Pawn....
I was passing this URL around at work, and it turns out one of my coworkers was into this a long time ago, and turned them into Java applets...
The Explore Adventure Series
Not for actually doing it, mind you; just for telling us. Wave goodbye to server throughput...:)
Never mind the web.. You can play any of the infocom games on your Palm Computing Platform using a program called ZIP (look at www.palmcentral.com).. All the games are available on a CD ROM called something like "Lost Masterpieces of Infocom".. the CD is only about $17 and includes all the original documentation in PDF format.
Restrictions are prohibited. Be well, get better.
THE game that got me hooked on computers..... aaah the memories of my old TRS-80 Mod III with a whopping 48K Ram and dual disc drives only $1849 from Ft Worth Computers ..... Who needs them Apple ][s I got myself a Z80 processor!!!!
"Here's 50 bucks, take this in case I get drunk and call you a bitch later." - Ricky (Vince Vaughn)Made (2001)
Not nearly as good as why MS could be charging 2 grand for windows.
And translation into english, please. Why Does Microsoft Charge so Little for Windows?
I guess that is what this graphic is for
Wait a minute!
Meept has discovered that this didn't appear on the bbc website? Has slapdash broken off it's reseller contract with the bbc?
Have a meept and go to sleep !
MEEPT!!
the cgi load times remind me of loading files from the tape drive on my 4k Radio Shack Color computer.
I loved the part about the village blacksmiths
of the world assembling axles in their back yard.
MS then becomes the analog of GM. The only flaw
in the analogy is that software is not a car, it
is more like the plan for a car, and even if you
had the plans for a BMW, you probably couldn't
build one in your backyard. If I have the code
I can build it on my computer.
If you like this kind of thing, run out to the archive and grab some interpreters and games.
If you want to play Infocom games, you can get all-but-two of them on the Masterpieces of Infocom CD. For more information, try http://www.geocities.com/TimesS quare/3177/infocom.htm. Comes with windoze binaries, but you can run most of the adventures under Linux (or anything else) by downloading an interpreter such as Frotz. 'Swhat I do.
For gobs of other information, go to Yahoo and search for "interactive fiction".
Plugh!