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. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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