Zip 2000 – the Z-code interpreter

Welcome to the Zip 2000 home page. Zip 2000 is the best Z-code interpreter on any platform, so if you own a RISC OS machine, you're in luck!

Feature summary

• Full support for Version 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 & 8 games
• Full conformance to Graham Nelson's "Z-Machine Standards Document", Revision 1.0
• Complete Blorb version 1.1 support
• Graphics support (Infocom .MG1 format and Blorb PNG and JPEG)
• Sound support (Blorb AIFF, SONG and MOD)
• Colour support
• Timed-input support
• Mouse support
• Menu support
• Full function key/cursor key/keypad support
• Full foreign language support, including runes and Unicode
• Easily adjustable screen size
• Full use of anti-aliased outline fonts
• Line editing & command recall
• Quetzal-format save files
• Full alpha-compositing, dithering and gamma correction for PNG pictures
• Multiple UNDO
• High speed - the fastest Z-code interpreter for RISC OS
• The best-looking Z-code interpreter on any platform

Screenshots

These screenshots were taken from version 1.32. Note that all the Infocom graphics shown are from the .MG1 files - at the time working Blorb versions of the Infocom were not yet available. With version 1.40's support for a new extension to the Blorb format, the Infocom games can now be accurately reproduced.

1. The Jigsaw opening scene.
2. Playing Double Fanucci in Zork Zero.
3. The opening scene of Shogun.
4. Journey showing its menu.
5. Zork I running in a 180dpi screen mode.
6. Alpha-channel compositing with my toucan-drawing program.

Downloads

Zip 2000 is available for download from the Interactive Fiction Archive. The current version is 1.41 (21-Nov-01). The source code is also available. You can check the current version's Help file to see the change history.

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