Re: INFOCOM Upgrade from C128 to PC


23 Aug 1995 12:17:55 GMT

In article <41e95k$i0q@dragon.cabot.nf.ca>,
Sean Huxter <sean@mirror.det.mun.ca> wrote:
>If this is the wrong place to post, please let me know.

Well, rec.games.int-fiction may have been better, but this group
is close enough since the technical aspects of Infocom games are
discussed here as well.

>I have many Infocom games for the Commodore 64/128. I was such a fan I bought
>a large number of their releases. I have long since given up on playing on
>that platform, having bought a 486 DX2/66 Intel computer.
>
>My question is:
>
>Is there a method of upgrading to PC versions of the following:

[list deleted]

Yes.

The data files are in a machine-independent format. Only the interpreters
that run them are machine dependent.

If you can transfer the data files to your PC, you can play them with
any of a number of freeware Infocom interpreters. For example, you
could donwload one called zip (not the compression program!) from
ftp.gmd.de. It is possible that you can find tips on how to
transfer the data files there as well.

On ftp.gmd.de you will also find data files for some games that were
not written by Infocom but use the same format. These include Curses,
Balances, Christminster and Theatre - all of them excellent games.

Hope this helps!

Magnus