iFrotz v0.4 text based adventure games interpreter for iPhone

spathiwa released a new version of iFrotz. iFrotz is an interpreter for oldschool text-based adventure games by Infocom from the late 70’s and 80’s (such as Zork, Planetfall, Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, etc…) based on open source FROTZ emulator. As before, iFrotz requires a jailbreaked and ssh enabled iPhone (see our iPhone hacks section if you’d like to jailbreak your iPhone). Of course, it’s suggested to upgrade to this version if you have an older one.

Installation

To install from binary distribution:

1. Download and extract the iFrotz-X.Y.tar.gz file.
2. Copy the resulting Frotz.app directory to your iPhone.
3. Create a directory /var/root/Media/Frotz/Games on your iPhone and copy your Z-Machine game data files there.

Or just update using the Installer.app or PXL installers, sold separately..

Version 0.4 now supports:

* Landscape mode
* Text re-flow on selecting a new font or rotating the phone
* Limited IF-specific word completion (‘x’ -> ‘examiine’, etc.)
* Improved stability of the auto-save feature

Special thanks to allen.porter for helping with landscape keyboard support.

Direct download:
- Frotz Z-Machine Interpreter for iPhone v0.4 (76KB) by spathiwa
- iPhone Frotz Readme

Tags: app, game, hack, iPhone, jailbreak, Mac, News

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