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Unix

Interpreters for Unix-like systems, such as Linux, SunOS, BSD.

Zoom source (home page)  (Version 1.0.1 / 021102)  Andrew Hunter Download (358KB) 
V3-V8 support; Blorb graphics, Unicode support. Complies with Standard 1.1 (draft 6 or later).
X11 Frotz  (Version 2.32 / 000526)  Stefan Jokisch, ported by Daniel Schleper Download  
V1-V8 support, Infocom-format sound and graphics. Complies with Standard 1.0.
Unix Frotz  (Version 2.43 / 021027)  Stefan Jokisch, ported by Galen Hazelwood and David Griffith Download  
V1-V8 support, Infocom-format sound, no graphics; Quetzal savefiles. Complies with Standard 1.0.
Linux Frotz  (Version 2.32 / 990120)  Stefan Jokisch, compiled by Burt Holzman Download  
Frotz compiled for x86 Red Hat Linux. Complies with Standard 1.0.
Linux Frotz source package  (Version 2.32 / 990120)  Stefan Jokisch, ported by Joe Mason, Burt Holzman Download  
RPM source package for Red Hat Linux.
SunOS Frotz  (Version 2.32 / 990422)  Stefan Jokisch, ported by S. van der Groov Download  
For SunOS 5.6 (Sparc). Complies with Standard 1.0.
KDE Kwest  (Version 0.9 / 010815)  Stefan Jokisch, ported by Peter Bienstman Download (456KB) 
V1-V8 support, no sound or graphics. A port of Frotz 2.41 to KDE.
Nitfol source (tar/gzip)  (Version 0.5 / 991025)  Evin Robertson Download  
V1-V8 support (partial V6). Support for Blorb sound and music, depending on capabilities of Glk library; no graphics; Quetzal savefiles.
Nitfol patches  (2003)  Simon Baldwin Download  
Patches for Nitfol 0.5 to fix a crash, run V2 games, display accented characters, remove unwanted flickering in XGlk-built nitfol, and fix undo/redo
Nitfol patches  (2003)   Download  
Linux Glk executables of Nitfol 0.5 compiled with the patches in nitfol-0.5-patches.zip, compiled by Simon Baldwin.
Linux Zeal binaries  (Version 1.1 / 000422)  Jeremy Condit Download (380KB) 
V1-V5, V7 and V8 support, Quetzal savefiles. Uses Glk.
Zeal source  (Version 1.1 / 000422)  Jeremy Condit Download (380KB) 
Source for a Glk-based interpreter providing V1-V5, V7 and V8 support and Quetzal savefiles.
Unix/X Infocom  (Version 1.8m / 961017)  Bryan Scattergood Download  
V1-V5, V7 and V8 support. A descendent of the original ITF interpreter.
Irix 5.3 ZIP  (Version 2.0 / 961213)  Mark Howell, ported by John Kennedy Download  
V1-V5 and V8 support.
XZip source (home page)  (Version 1.8.2 / 001020)  Mark Howell and Andrew Plotkin Download  
X Window interpreter based on ZIP 2.0.7. V1-V5 and V8 support, Quetzal savefiles.
XZip font 3 patch  (990428)  John Elliot Download  
Patch to add font 3 (as used in Beyond Zork) to XZip.
XZip x86 binary package  (Version 1.8.2 / 010108)  Andrew Plotkin, packaged by Nils Barth Download  
RPM binary package for Red Hat Linux.
Red Hat Linux XZip source package  (Version 1.8.2 / 010108)  Andrew Plotkin, packaged by Nils Barth Download  
RPM source package for Red Hat Linux.
GlkZip source  (Version 0.1 / 990617)  Daniel Schleper Download  
Port of XZip 1.8.1 to Glk.
GlkZip patch  (001030)  D.J. Picton Download  
Patch for GlkZip 0.1, which includes all the changes in XZip 1.8.2 and also fixes a bug which prevents help menus from displaying correctly in some games.
Linux GlkZip  (Version 0.1 / 000504)  Daniel Schleper Download  
Linux binaries of GlkZip for terminal and X
ZIPDebug  (940519)  Frank Lancaster Download  
V1-V5 support. A combined command-line interpreter and interactive Z-machine-level debugger.


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