I wonder if they can be played on Parchment. I think Parchment is cross-platform. And I thought people were still making games for the Z-machine using Inform 6 and 7, mostly 7.
On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hard? Have you tried a google search like frotz for windows yet? Or > frotz for mac yet? > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler Zahnke wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:21:27 >> From: Tyler Zahnke <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >> >> 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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