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| zaxapp09rez.zip (78k) | Compiled classes of the ZaxApplet + html page example (see Zax.txt file for original Matt's copyright notes) |
| zaxapp09rez_src.zip (50k) | Source code of the ZaxApplet (see Zax.txt file for original Matt's copyright notes) |
| zax-0_9.zip (128k) | Original Matt Kimmel Z-Machine implementation compiled classes+source code (see Zax.txt file inside the archive) |
IMPORTANT: YOU CANNOT USE THE ZAXAPPLET IN COMMERCIAL SITES OR USE IT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOUSES.
IF YOU (WANT TO) IMPROVE IT, PLEASE SEND THE NEW SOURCE CODE TO:
IF YOU FIND SOME BUGS OR HAVE SOME
SUGGESTIONS
DON'T ESITATE: EMAIL ME !!!
ZAXAPPLET HISTORY
* v0.9rez (Dec/2001)
- "applet encapsulation" of the original Matt Kimmel code
- SAVE/RESTORE to/from clipboard
KNOWN BUGS (from Mark Kimmel original
distribution)
- Does not implement transcript or command script I/O streams (this falls short of Nelson's v0.2 specification).
- Problems with window handling in the user interface make "Beyond Zork" unplayable. Every other game I've tried has been fine, but then, I haven't tried everything that's out there.
- Sometimes when the Zax window goes out of focus and then comes back into focus, it will not accept keystrokes. This seems to be a bug in the Java AWT; usually it can be fixed by clicking on the text window a few times.
- Calling the user interface "minimal" wuld be an understatement. But it works.
THINGS TO DO
(from Mark Kimmel original
distribution)
This release is designated "0.9" because it doesn't quite meet Nelson's v0.2 specification. It is, however, a full release.
Version 1.0:
Meet specification v0.2.
Better user interface.
Clean up code if possible.
Better documentation.
Version 1.1:
Meet the new specification v1.0.
Comply with standardized save formats.
Migrate to Java 1.1.
Version 2.0:
Implement V6 graphics so that the graphical Infocom games are playable.
Implement the new graphics standard if it's completed.
Activision Studios owns and maintains full copyrights on Zork I, Zork II and Zork III games.
As part of the release of Z0RK NEMES1S Activision released Zork I for free on their website. Coinciding with the release of Z0RK GRAND INQUISIT0R, the first of a new series of Zork adventures, Activision released Zork II and Zork III as well as a new Zork text adventure called Zork: The Undiscovered Underground by Marc Blank and Mike Berlyn.
Home Page
can be found at: http://www.gameszoo.org/rezork
official mirror: http://www.rezork.emuita.it
REZORK © 2001-2004 Marzio De Biasi