manual/plugins/frotz.tex

   1 % $Id$ %
   2 \subsection{Frotz}
   3 Frotz is a Z-Machine interpreter for playing Infocom's interactive fiction
   4 games, and newer games using the same format. To start a game open a
   5 \fname{.z1 - .z8} file in the \setting{File Browser}. Most modern games are
   6 in the \fname{.z5} or \fname{.z8} format but the older formats used by
   7 Infocom are supported.
   8
   9 Z-Machine games are text based and most depend heavily on typed commands.
  10 The virtual keyboard is used for text entry, both for typing entire lines
  11 and for typing single characters when the game requires single character
  12 input.
  13
  14 Sounds, pictures, colour and Unicode are not currently supported, but
  15 the interpreter informs the game of this and almost all games will
  16 adapt so that they are still playable. This port of Frotz attempts to be
  17 compliant with the Z-Machine Specification version 1.0.
  18
  19 Some places where you can find Z-Machine games, and information about
  20 interactive fiction:
  21 \begin{itemize}
  22 \item The Interactive Fiction Archive, where many free modern works
  23 can be downloaded:
  24 \url{http://www.ifarchive.org/}
  25 \item The specific folder on the if-archive containing Z-Machine games:
  26 \url{http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXzcode.html}
  27 \item The Infocom homepage, with information about how to get the
  28 classic commercial Infocom games:
  29 \url{http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/}
  30 \item The Frotz homepage (for the original Unix port):
  31 \url{http://frotz.sourceforge.net/}
  32 \item A Beginner's Guide to Playing Interactive Fiction:
  33 \url{http://www.microheaven.com/IFGuide/}
  34 \end{itemize}
  35
  36 \begin{btnmap}
  37     \PluginUp
  38        \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \PluginRCUp}
  39         & Display keyboard to enter text\\
  40
  41     \PluginSelect
  42        \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \PluginRCSelect}
  43         & Press enter\\
  44
  45     \PluginCancel
  46        \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \PluginRCCancel}
  47         & Open Frotz menu (not available at MORE prompts)\\
  48
  49     \PluginExit
  50         \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& }
  51         & Quit\\
  52 \end{btnmap}