<story><title>Infocom’s code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/infocoms-ingenious-code-porting-tools-for-zork-and-other-games-have-been-found/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ThePowerOfFuet</author><text>Go straight to the source:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.zarfhome.com&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;infocom-interpreters&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.zarfhome.com&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;infocom-interpreters&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Infocom’s code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/infocoms-ingenious-code-porting-tools-for-zork-and-other-games-have-been-found/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>acomjean</author><text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  &amp;gt;N
  There is a boss blocking your path demanding a C 64 floppy
   There is a serial cable
   There is a DEC 20
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Jokes aside they seem to call these games “interactive fiction” now.  I did like the infocom games (I had Zork on Apple floppy).  I played this one a few years back and was surprised how far they’ve come&lt;p&gt;Lost pig:&lt;p&gt;Details:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ifdb.org&amp;#x2F;viewgame?id=mohwfk47yjzii14w&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ifdb.org&amp;#x2F;viewgame?id=mohwfk47yjzii14w&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey it’s online!&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pr-if.org&amp;#x2F;play&amp;#x2F;lostpig&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pr-if.org&amp;#x2F;play&amp;#x2F;lostpig&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>