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Interactive fiction on the iPhone
Before the iPod and the iPhone, there was iFiction-- err, interactive fiction, which is what we now call what I used to know of as "text adventures," those text-based games where you moved "north," "look," and then "pick up phone."But now, interactive fiction has met the iPhone-- spathiwa has created a z-machine interpreter for the iPhone, which means that (once you've jailbroken it), you too can play all the old favorites-- Hitchhiker's Guide and Zork, and even newer (relatively) stuff like So Far. I never even considered the idea of typing "eat analgesic" with the iPhone's text entry, but combining old school gaming with new school gadgetry is always cool.
The latest version (.2) even saves games when the iPhone is put to sleep, so now you can play your favorite text adventure till the end where ever you take your iPhone.
Thanks, Mark!
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Donald Burr said 6:47PM on 8-15-2007
This package is also available through the Installer.app beta, but you will need to install the "Community Sources" package before it becomes available to you.
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Tony said 6:55PM on 8-15-2007
I have a z-machine interpreter on my Treo. Totally rocks. If you want to create your own adventures, download Inform: http://www.inform-fiction.org/Welcome.html
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Fred said 7:53PM on 8-15-2007
Totally justifies the $600 I paid for my iPhone
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arkowi said 8:18PM on 8-15-2007
i have yet to install any of this "third party" stuff on my iphone...but i will as soon as i can play space quest.
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Peter Payne said 10:39PM on 8-15-2007
"It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
Yess!
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Macroy said 11:17PM on 8-15-2007
I was holding out for a more automated means of installing applications before trying any, but this might be worth installing Installer.app for!
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Brian said 9:22AM on 8-16-2007
I think it would have really tickled Douglas Adams to see his game on an iPhone. :)
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Julian said 7:24PM on 8-17-2007
Hey here's World Of Warcraft as a text adventure
No joke :)
http://www.gwonder.com/World_of_Wonder/World_Of_Wonder_Info/Wow_Text_Adventure_2007011366/
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