README.txt

Fizmo is a Z-Machine interpreter ("Fizmo Interprets Z-Machine Opcodes") which allows you to run Infocom- and most other Z-Machine based games, except version 6, on POSIX-like systems which provide a ncursesw library. Please note the trailing "w", indicating that wide-chrachter support is required.

This distribution contains the following packages:

• libfizmo, providing the interpreter core
• libcellif, providing a translation for Z-Machine output into simple goto-xy and print-commands for fixed-width screens
• libsndifsdl, supplying a SDL-based sound interface
• libdrilbo, providing support for jpeg, png and infocom's mg1 image reading as well as X11-based output.
• libglkif, which provides basic GLK bindings.
• fizmo-ncursesw, a screen interface uses ncurses for display.
• fizmo-console, a barebone screen interface.
• fizmo-glktermw, an example GLK implmentation.

Please see INSTALL.txt on how to bulid the packages.

About Infocom and interactive fiction in general, see the "New to IF" section at http://www.ifarchive.org.

To download Z-Machine games, see http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXzcode.html

Please send bug reports (or other requests) to fizmo@spellbreaker.org.

Fizmo was written by Christoph Ender in 2005-2012.

Please note: Currently fizmo is in beta status, meaning it might do unexpected things such as stop with an error message, crash or cleesh your machine into a frog. There is no warranty of any kind whatsoever and you're entirely on your own when running it.