DSFrotz (old & obsoletes versions)

 


DS-Frotz (with source code)

 

DS-Frotz

DS-Frotz is the port of Stefan Jokisch and David Griffith's Frotz, based on the GBA version from Jonas Minnberg. It can play the majority of Inform files in z3, z5 or z8 format (up to V6 Inform format), with some bugs included... The source code is included in the package... The version 1.2 of DS-Frotz includes :

  • a multi-game main menu
  • a multi-interface inputs : grafiti or keyboard (no voice recogition yet, sorry...)
  • a multi-files in SRAM save/load (up to 5 files)
  • and a brand new text-completion functionnality

    includes : MiniZork, Freefall, The Magic Toyshop & the source code of DS-Frotz

    - download - DS-Frotz v1.5 -




  • game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     


    Infocom Text Adventures

     

    Infocom Adventure Collection

    includes : Infidel, Cutthroats, Plundered Hearts & Trinity (Border Zone is not playable)

    - download - The Infocom Adventure Collection v1.5 -

    authors - misc
    editor - Infocom
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Infocom Comedy Collection

    includes : Nord'n Bert, Hollywood Hijinx, Ballyhoo, Bureaucracy & a bonus game : Leather Godesses of Phobos

    - download - The Infocom Comedy Collection v1.5 -

    authors - misc
    editor - Infocom
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Infocom Mystery Collection

    includes : Deadline, The Witness, Suspect, Moon Mist, Sherlock (The Riddle of the Crown Jewels) & The Lurking Horror

    - download - The Infocom Mystery Collection v1.5 -

    authors - misc
    editor - Infocom
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Infocom Sci-Fi Collection

    includes : Starcross, Suspended, The Hitchiker Guide to the Galaxy, Planetfall, A Mind Forever Voyaging & Stationfall

    - download - The Infocom Sci-Fi Collection v1.5 -

    authors - misc
    editor - Infocom
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Infocom Fantasy Collection

    'Welcome to the world of the Enchanter saga - a world where magic is commonplace, a world where guilds of professional magic-users spend their lifetimes mastering the intricacies of thaumaturgy, a world where great forces of evil must constantly be held at bay. '

    includes : The Enchanter Trilogy (Enchanter, Sorcerer & Spellbreaker), Seastalker & Wishbringer

    - download - The Infocom Fantasy Collection v1.5 -

    authors - misc
    editor - Infocom
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Infocom's Zork Trilogy

    'Welcome to ZORK! You are about to experience a classic interactive fantasy, set in a magical universe. The ZORK trilogy takes place in the ruins of an ancient empire lying far underground. You, a dauntless treasure-hunter, are venturing into this dangerous land in search of wealth and adventure.'.

    includes : Zork I (The Great Underground Empire), Zork II (The Wizard of Frobozz) & Zork III (The Dungeon Master)

    - download - The Infocom Zork Trilogy v1.5 -

    authors - Dave Liebling
    editor - Infocom
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     


    Classic Text Adventures

     

    Colossal Cave, aka Adventure

    The first 'interactive fiction' game ever... Created in 1976 by Will Crowther & Don Woods... A Legend, Don't miss it !

    - download - The Colossal Cave Adventure v1.5 -

    authors - Will Crowther & Don Woods
    1st releases - 1976
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Softporn Adventure

    The first 'interactive porn fiction' ever... Created in 1982 by Chuck Benton and the 'Sierra On-Line' Ken & Roberta Williams !

    - download - Softporn Adventure v1.5 -

    authors - Chuck Benton
    1st releases - 1982
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Topologika's Doom Trilogy

    A great science-fiction and time-travel trilogy, created in 1982 by Peter D. Killworth and edited by Topologika's Software; very nice games...

    includes : Countdown to Doom, Last Days of Doom & Return to Doom

    - download - Doom Trilogy v1.5 -

    author - Peter D. Killworth
    1st releases - 1982
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    Other Zork Stories

    A set of eight epic, humoristic, short or very long stories in the world of Zork...

    includes : Dungeon, Zork : The Undiscovered Underground, Return to Zork: Another Story, Spiritwrak, Zork: The Cavern of Doom, Dawn of the Demon, Perilous Magic & Zork: A Troll's-Eye View

    - download - Zork Stories v1.5 -



    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    - DoubleScott-

    - compilation of the 17 Scott Adam's Classic Adventures from 1981 to 1985 - includes :

    - Adventureland - Pirate Adventure - Secret Mission - Voodoo Castle - The Count - Strange Odyssey - Mystery Fun House - Pyramid of Doom - Ghost Town - Savage Island, Part I & II - The Golden Voyage - Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle - Return to Pirate's Isle - Buckaroo Banzai - The Hulk & Spiderman

    - download - DoubleScott v 0.9 -

    authors - Scott Adams
    editor - Adventure International
    1st releases - 1981-1985
    game engine - Scottfree
    DS version - papafuji

     

    - Mysterious Adventures -

    - compilation of the 15 Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures from 1983 to 1986 - includes :

    - The Golden Baton - The Time Machine - Arrow of Death I & II - Escape from Pulsar 7 - Circus - Feasibility Experiment - The Wizard of Akyrz - Perseus and Andromeda - Ten Little Indians - Waxworks - Supergran - Gremlins - Robin of Sherwood & Seas of Blood

    - download - Mysterious v 0.9 -

    authors - Brian Howarth
    editor - Digital Fantasia
    1st releases - 1983-1987
    game engine - Scottfree
    DS version - papafuji

     


    The FUJIforce Inform Disks

    The 'FUJIforce Inform Disks' are compilations of selected Inform games, that had been ported in the 90's to the Atari ST by the ATARIforce team. The name of these compilations is just a tribute to this coding crew.

    These compilations contain Interactive Fictions masterpieces as well as little games, and sometimes little demos, but all of must be seen... You'll find there a lot of fantastic, fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, espionage, horror, surreal, romantic or even pornographic stories; you won't be disappointed... Have a lot of fun !!!

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #1

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Beat the Devil, Heroine's Mantle & Kook U.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #1 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #2

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : The Aawakening, Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina & Shade.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #2 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #3

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Jack or Better to Murder/Aces to Win, A Day for Soft Food & Varicella.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #3 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #4

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : The Mulldoon Legacy, The Ice Princess & Rameses

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #4 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #5

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Guard Duty, Last Days of Doom & Reverberations.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #5 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #6

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Human Ressources Stories, Time & The Windhall Chronicles I: The Path to Fortune.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #6 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #7

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : The Jewel of Knowledge, Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup & The Fable.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #7 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #8

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Augmented Fourth & Heist.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #8 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #9

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Enlightenment, Jigsaw & So Far.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #9 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #10

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Blow Job Drifter, Galatea & Pytho's Mask.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #10 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #11

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Coke is it!, Curses, Sins against Mimesis & Spiritwak.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #11 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #12

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Guess the verb!, Life on Gue Street, Christminster & Inform School.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #12 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #13

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Chicks dig jerks, Masquerade, Spider and Web & Zork: a troll's eye view..

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #13 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #14

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Aisle, Delusions, Textfire Golf & Mother Loose.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #14 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #15

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Photopia, Sangraal, School Days & Winter Wonderland.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #15 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #16

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Chico and I Ran, Photopia, Rans & Theatre.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #16 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #17

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : I-0, Metamorphoses, Muse: An Autumn Romance, Robots & Return to Doom.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #17 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #18

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Pick up the phone booth and die, Degeneracy, Return to Karn, The Meteor The Stone and A Long Glass of Sherbet & Tryst of Fate.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #18 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #19

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Pick up the phone booth and die II, Calliope, Gumshoe, Informatory, The X-Child & Detective.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #19 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disk #20

    A tribute to the ATARIforce Inform compilations for the Atari ST...

    includes : Ad Verbum, Biscuit, Fyleet, Punk Points, Purple & The Space Under the Window.

    - download - FUJIforce Inform Disk #20 -

    authors - misc
    1st releases - misc
    game engine - DSFrotz
    DS version - papafuji

     

    FUJIforce Inform Disks #21 -> #30

    will come soon... please wait...

     


    How to play all these games ?

    All these games (graphic or text adventures) have the same interface (shown on the screenshot above), and can be played exactly the same way.

    typing the text

    There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS :

    • by default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet (cf. fig. 1)
    • second way : you can use the mini keyboard (cf. fig. 2) or the numerical keyboard

      just press the 'X' button to change the input type.

    fig. 1 - the Grafiti alphabet

    fig. 2 - the keyboard mode

    the icons

    to avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons - each icon has two or three states, for example, the hand means "GET ", "DROP " and "GIVE ", and the "N" button means "GO NORTH" and "GO UP" - just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order...

    the buttons

    • X : swap between mini-keyboard and letter-drawing modes
    • A : valid / OK (v1.2 games only)
    • B : abort / clear input text (v1.2 games only)
    • L / R : changes the image size (Level9 games only)
    • START : pause / exit the game
    • SELECT : save a game to the SRAM

    the vocabulary

    a sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, for example, "OPEN DOOR", "GO NORTH"...
    some sentences can have only one word, for example "INVENTORY" (to see what you're carrying), or "SCORE" (to see your score)

    each game has his own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games - here's a list of the most common words :

    - GO - ENTER - CLIMB - SWIM - LOOK - EXAMINE - GET - DROP - THROW - CAST - WEAR - REMOVE - OPEN - CLOSE - LOCK - UNLOCK - BREAK - CUT - CHOP - SAY - KILL - HELP -

    in many cases, you don't have to write the entire word to be understand, only the first letters are necessary : for example, "G HELM" is esquivalent to "GET HELMET", or "CLIM DRAWB" is equivalent to "CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE"

    the word completion

    the v1.2 (and upper) versions, a text completion funtionnality has been added. Just draw a slsh '/' in the middle of the word, and the game engine will try to complete it with the latest words that have been printed on the screen... You can draw this slash until you find the good word. For example:

        You are in the kitchen, you see a can wooden bench, 
        a bootle of wine, and a cute babe...
    
        >CLIMB ON B           -> draw a slash here completes to :
        >CLIMB ON BABE        -> draw another slash here completes to :
        >CLIMB ON BOTTLE      -> draw another slash here completes to :
        >CLIMB ON BENCH       -> that's fine
    	
    fine, isn't it ?

    Note : On DS-Frotz games, you can only complete the last noun.. But in Scott Adams or Brian Howarth adventures, you can complete the first verb too...

     

    the shortcuts

    as many words come often in the same game, some shortcuts have been defined :

    • N S E W : equivalent to "GO NORTH", "GO SOUTH", "GO EAST" and "GO WEST"
    • NE NW SE SW : in Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to "NORTH-EAST", "NORTH-WEST"...
    • H : HELP
    • I : INVENTORY
    • G : GET (or 'AGAIN' for Inform/Frotz games)
    • L : LOOK
    • SV : SAVE
    • LD : LOAD
    • R : RESTORE

     

    ok, now, let's go to the adventure !!!


    Note to the authors or owners of these games :

    All these games I've ported to the NDS are not for a commercial purpose, but only to bring NDS players all these classic, and sometimes cult, adventure games. If that's a problem for you, please contact me, we'll try to find a solution. Thank you...

    papafuji


    links

    IF-legends.org
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    PAlib games forum / PAlib web site

      

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