I mean, even the Apex can play Z5 files, so why is it so hard to find
software that can play them?

On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Most of them aren't playing on the original z-machine any longer.  You
> might be able to find one of them in Rick's Pawn Shop or that Pawn Shop
> in Detroit that's on TV or maybe the Smithsonian Museum by now.
>
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler Zahnke wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 07:46:27
>> From: Tyler Zahnke <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking
>>
>> Well, if I remember correctly, Zork was for the original Z machine,
>> and that's a game that's held up just as well as any 80s video game;
>> millions still play it.
>>
>> On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> z8 is the last so far of the z-machine formats the .z5 format was an
>>> earlier format.
>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler Zahnke wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 07:39:55
>>>> From: Tyler Zahnke <[email protected]>
>>>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking
>>>>
>>>> Wait, I'm confused. Based on the numbers, Z8 sounds newer than Z5. Why
>>>> would it be harder to find software that's compatible with Z8 games
>>>> than it is to find software compatible with Z5 games?
>>>>
>>>> On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> z8 games can be played even on modern platforms.  You would probably
>>>>> need win-frotz to play them though.  For those using Linux, we have
>>>>> frotz and jzip available to us.  The mac platform might have a problem
>>>>> unless these packages are on darwin or fink or in the apple store, but
>>>>> iPhone users and iPad users won't have any problem since the frotz app
>>>>> is available in the app store and now you can use it to browse
>>>>> ifarchives for games.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, mattias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:47:45
>>>>>> From: mattias <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking
>>>>>>
>>>>>> z8? i think you cant play so old games on modern platforms
>>>>>> accessible?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> e.g here in sweden there is a old webpage with swedish text
>>>>>> adventures
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> i
>>>>>> think amiga and some more
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but no no you cant play it accessible
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Den 2018-02-24 kl. 06:27, skrev Jude DaShiell:
>>>>>>>  I forget if this is a .z8 game or .tads but I remember one of them
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>  the title "chicken vindalou" in which you prepared that dish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, dark wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:07:56
>>>>>>>>  From: dark <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>  Reply-To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>  To: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>  Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Not as yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I believe Aprone is working on a restaurant management sim which
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>>  see at some point, revelation involves lots of recipes some of
>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>> re
>>>>>>>>  cooking based, and as part of Parkboss you can setup snack stands,
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>  that is about it in the world of audiogames.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  There are however lots of muds and several browser games which
>>>>>>>> feature
>>>>>>>>  cooking, some of it fairly in depth cooking as an activity, though
>>>>>>>> none
>>>>>>>>  concentrate on cooking specifically.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  off the top of my head Kingdom of loathing and metroplexity both
>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>  cooking and coctail crafting as major parts of their rp ethos,
>>>>>>>> while
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>  creature rpg puppet? nightmares lets you make recipes to feed to
>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>  soul puppets and even has a major quest chain where you work for
>>>>>>>> a?
>>>>>>>> chef.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Gates of survival has cooking as an activity, but the access on
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>  is a little iffy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Mud wise, many of the crafting and survival muds such as Clok and
>>>>>>>> lament
>>>>>>>>  have cooking, and I believe alteraeon is just introducing it too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Flexible survival also has cooking recipes as? parts of the
>>>>>>>> general
>>>>>>>>  crafting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  i know these aren't exactly what your looking for but these are
>>>>>>>> thus
>>>>>>>> far
>>>>>>>>  the best examples of? games with cooking in that I can think of.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  hth.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  All the best,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Dark.
>>>>>>>>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Zahnke"
>>>>>>>>  <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>  To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>  Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:35 AM
>>>>>>>>  Subject: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  ?In the mainstream video game world, there are games like Cooking
>>>>>>>>> Mama
>>>>>>>>>  ?and Burger Time. I was wondering if there were any audio-based
>>>>>>>>> games
>>>>>>>>>  ?with a food/cooking theme.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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