Gruesome

The Ruby Z-Code Emulator and IF Manager (Currently in progress). It currently can play version 3 games such as the ZORK trilogy.

Currently implemented

• Majority of version 3 Z-Machine (Enough to play most games)

To play

Install Gruesome

$ gem install gruesome

Download ZORK

$ wget http://zmpp.sourceforge.net/games/zork1.z3

Play!

$ gruesome play zork1.z3

Next

• Versions 4+ (Goal: Run Photopia)
• The ability to download and list stories from a repository.

Overall Goals

There are several goals:

• Emulate the Z-Machine accurately for all versions (text-only first)
• Provide detailed information to IF designers and programmers
• Make it easy to pull down and play new and old IF and text adventure games