Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games
Hi, one more thing to add is that the Inform (infocom) style games are not the only ones out there now-a-days. There are also tads and adrift games. These require their own interpreters, but are just as accessible. In most cases when playing, it might be best to use your Jaws cursor, or mouse pointer or virtual cursor, what ever the screen reader calls it, to review the screen and you can get the output there. Not automatic, but still makes things usable. I hope this helps. PS, I read in another post that you like lusty games. You might want to try the adrift games I wrote called Riding Home and Last Week. You can find them in the below links. Note that these are an adult oriented-games. http://asmodean.net/games/aif/RidingHome-1.0.zip http://asmodean.net/games/aif/LastWeek-1.2.zip -- Raul A. Gallegos wifi = Where Is the Friggin Internet - Selah Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/14/2012 6:58 PM, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote: Hi Dark. Thank you very much for your assistance, I had considered using the old console mode version of Frotz which was specifically built for Windows 95 console mode, however it is as old as the hills and doesn't support things like timed input, music etc. etc. I'm looking for a fully featured interpreter as I'm not only planning to play these games myself but also introduce these Infocom games to friends who until now have never heard of them. I have to consider ease of setting up and use, if people have to keep coming back to me then either they or I will lose interest. When we talk about the latest DOS frotz interpreter, do we mean the DJGPP version? All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: dark Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] several messages Good to know filfre works with some infocom titles, I just remember hereing it wouldn't do arthur and other games in the old zip format (not to be confused with compression). Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Tobias Vinteus tob...@algonet.se To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] several messages I have had success with the Filfre interpreter, available from the interactive fiction archive, although the sounds in Lurking Horror and Sherlock doesn't seem to work with Filfre. I've also been able to run the latest version of Frotz for Dos in the command prompt under Windows XP. Maybe it work sunder Windows 7 too. I know there are Windows versions of Nfrotz and Fizmo, compiled under the Cygwin framework. Those can be a little tricky to set up though, at least if you don't have som e Linux/Unix experience. On Sun, 14 Oct 2012, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote: Hi Everyone. First of all, a big hello! to you all. My name is Ibrahim and I live in the UK in a town called Peterborough. I am totally blind and an avid gamer. I particularly enjoy action/adventure games on both my PC and IPhone but am eager to try all sorts of new games as I am very open minded. I am here both to make new friends and help others, so I will be contributing as much as time and opportunity allows. Right, on to my question then. I used to play Interactive Fiction AKA text adventures years ago and want to do so once more. I’m particularly desirous to play the classic Infocom titles and so am try to find an accessible way to do this. I have tried Winfrotz as referenced by the audio games.net website archive, however it doesn’t appear to work well with JAWS 13, for though I’m able to read the status line, JAWS wont read the textual description of the location and objects etc.. Please could anyone tell me how i can resolve this, either by using a different interpreter or via another method? All the best, Ibrahim. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. On Sun, 14 Oct 2012, dark wrote: Hi Ibrihim and welcome. Firstly, I'm glad you find the audiogames.net db usefull, it is always good to here people have been reading and using the entries to games. As regards interactive fiction and winfrotz, well I believe there are some jaws scripts but I'll leave that to people who actually use jaws. in winfrotz, you can also enable sapi support to ahve incoming text read automatically by your sapi voice, go to options, and to the speech page then check the box. the sapi support is still a little clunky as there is no speech interupt or ability to reread what
Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games
Hi Raul. Thanks for your advice and the links to the games you wrote. I've been playing text adventure games for the past 15 years on and off so am familiar with the different IF writing systems and their interpreters. I have no issues with any of them except the Zcode interpreters at the moment, I'm going to investigate a number of alternatives to David Kinder's port of Frotz and will feed back if I have any luck for the benefit of the community. All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 1:17 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games Hi, one more thing to add is that the Inform (infocom) style games are not the only ones out there now-a-days. There are also tads and adrift games. These require their own interpreters, but are just as accessible. In most cases when playing, it might be best to use your Jaws cursor, or mouse pointer or virtual cursor, what ever the screen reader calls it, to review the screen and you can get the output there. Not automatic, but still makes things usable. I hope this helps. PS, I read in another post that you like lusty games. You might want to try the adrift games I wrote called Riding Home and Last Week. You can find them in the below links. Note that these are an adult oriented-games. http://asmodean.net/games/aif/RidingHome-1.0.zip http://asmodean.net/games/aif/LastWeek-1.2.zip -- Raul A. Gallegos wifi = Where Is the Friggin Internet - Selah Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 10/14/2012 6:58 PM, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote: Hi Dark. Thank you very much for your assistance, I had considered using the old console mode version of Frotz which was specifically built for Windows 95 console mode, however it is as old as the hills and doesn't support things like timed input, music etc. etc. I'm looking for a fully featured interpreter as I'm not only planning to play these games myself but also introduce these Infocom games to friends who until now have never heard of them. I have to consider ease of setting up and use, if people have to keep coming back to me then either they or I will lose interest. When we talk about the latest DOS frotz interpreter, do we mean the DJGPP version? All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: dark Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] several messages Good to know filfre works with some infocom titles, I just remember hereing it wouldn't do arthur and other games in the old zip format (not to be confused with compression). Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Tobias Vinteus tob...@algonet.se To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] several messages I have had success with the Filfre interpreter, available from the interactive fiction archive, although the sounds in Lurking Horror and Sherlock doesn't seem to work with Filfre. I've also been able to run the latest version of Frotz for Dos in the command prompt under Windows XP. Maybe it work sunder Windows 7 too. I know there are Windows versions of Nfrotz and Fizmo, compiled under the Cygwin framework. Those can be a little tricky to set up though, at least if you don't have som e Linux/Unix experience. On Sun, 14 Oct 2012, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote: Hi Everyone. First of all, a big hello! to you all. My name is Ibrahim and I live in the UK in a town called Peterborough. I am totally blind and an avid gamer. I particularly enjoy action/adventure games on both my PC and IPhone but am eager to try all sorts of new games as I am very open minded. I am here both to make new friends and help others, so I will be contributing as much as time and opportunity allows. Right, on to my question then. I used to play Interactive Fiction AKA text adventures years ago and want to do so once more. I’m particularly desirous to play the classic Infocom titles and so am try to find an accessible way to do this. I have tried Winfrotz as referenced by the audio games.net website archive, however it doesn’t appear to work well with JAWS 13, for though I’m able to read the status line, JAWS wont read the textual description of the location and objects etc.. Please could anyone tell me how i can resolve this, either by using a different interpreter or via another method? All the best, Ibrahim. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail
[Audyssey] text adventure games
Hey gamers. Can someone tell me where I can find text adventure games that I can save onto my memory stick? All the other types of games areen't working. Thanks. Have fun! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] text adventure games
Hi Shirley, A really good resource for free interactive fiction text adventures is http://www.ifarchive.org but you will need to download some additional software to run them such as wintads, the Adrift Runner, Winfrotz, etc. Which interpretor you need depends on the game you download. Another game you might want to look at is Sryth. It is a large web based roll playing game which you play in your web browser of choice. To sign up and play Sryth go to http://www.sryth.com. HTH On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 06:24 -0600, Shirley Starblanket wrote: Hey gamers. Can someone tell me where I can find text adventure games that I can save onto my memory stick? All the other types of games areen't working. Thanks. Have fun! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] text adventure games
I now code factory used to do one called time adventures, but I don't know where to get it from now. I haven't played it for nearly 9 months. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Shirley Starblanket Sent: 08 January 2010 12:24 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] text adventure games Hey gamers. Can someone tell me where I can find text adventure games that I can save onto my memory stick? All the other types of games areen't working. Thanks. Have fun! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] text adventure games
www.ifarchive.org for tads, and in fact most games you will need installed an interpreter. www.lacunastory.com has a game on there and a good interpriter. I would recomend glulx and hugo as quite accessible but there are others. some things may be portable to but I don't know don't really play those type of games anymore. At 01:24 a.m. 9/01/2010, you wrote: Hey gamers. Can someone tell me where I can find text adventure games that I can save onto my memory stick? All the other types of games areen't working. Thanks. Have fun! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
[Audyssey] text adventure games
Hi folks, What text adventures can we play, using which interpreters? Lindsay Cowell --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] text adventure games and system access
Typically I use frob to play tads games. However, frob is a Linux/Unix program. So, this won't work with Window-Eyes. Bryan Mckinnish said the following on 2/20/2008 6:14 PM: Hi everyone. I thought of trying out some tads games today. Does anyone know if the tads inturprater works well with system access? Or is there another inturprater that speaks that works with tads games? I have made some test games in both tads and inform. Thanks. Bryan Mckinnish --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Audyssey] text adventure games and system access
Hi everyone. I thought of trying out some tads games today. Does anyone know if the tads inturprater works well with system access? Or is there another inturprater that speaks that works with tads games? I have made some test games in both tads and inform. Thanks. Bryan Mckinnish --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games
do you have to use the jaws cursor with adrift? I could never get the screens to read automatically. - Original Message - From: Raul a. Gallegos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games I personally like games written with Adrift and with TADS. if you google around, you can find some I'm sure. I do know the Adrift games and the engine is found at www.adrift.org.uk. HTH Catherine Turner said the following on 12/17/2007 1:26 PM: Hi, I haven't played any text adventure games for ages and want to get back into it. I remember ages ago I had a collection someone put together called Times Ashes. Is there anywhere I can download that collection now? And where do I download an interpreter? I also had a game called Darkness. Is that still around? Any recommendations for where to look for text adventure games? Catherine --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Raul A. Gallegos .. http://www.asmodean.net --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games
and, don't forget the winfrotz interpreter, and adrift. - Original Message - From: ari [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games Hi Catherine, First, curious, but are you the same Catherine from the access-uk list? OK, about text adventures. Time's Ashes is at the Interactive Fiction archive, you go to the /starters page, the file ashes.exe http://www.ifarchive.org/ There's also many compilations of new text adventures now, when you go to the /ganes directory, you can download packages of entries for the IF competitions, including interpreters. Some games I've enjoyed playing use a new interpreter called Alan, one is called Coming Out Of The Closet by Mikko Voreunen, a one-location, very fun one. There are also other cool sites with ta's like Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy, Humbug, etc. Ari --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Audyssey] Text adventure games
Hi, I haven't played any text adventure games for ages and want to get back into it. I remember ages ago I had a collection someone put together called Times Ashes. Is there anywhere I can download that collection now? And where do I download an interpreter? I also had a game called Darkness. Is that still around? Any recommendations for where to look for text adventure games? Catherine --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games
Hi Catherine, First, curious, but are you the same Catherine from the access-uk list? OK, about text adventures. Time's Ashes is at the Interactive Fiction archive, you go to the /starters page, the file ashes.exe http://www.ifarchive.org/ There's also many compilations of new text adventures now, when you go to the /ganes directory, you can download packages of entries for the IF competitions, including interpreters. Some games I've enjoyed playing use a new interpreter called Alan, one is called Coming Out Of The Closet by Mikko Voreunen, a one-location, very fun one. There are also other cool sites with ta's like Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy, Humbug, etc. Ari --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Text adventure games
I personally like games written with Adrift and with TADS. if you google around, you can find some I'm sure. I do know the Adrift games and the engine is found at www.adrift.org.uk. HTH Catherine Turner said the following on 12/17/2007 1:26 PM: Hi, I haven't played any text adventure games for ages and want to get back into it. I remember ages ago I had a collection someone put together called Times Ashes. Is there anywhere I can download that collection now? And where do I download an interpreter? I also had a game called Darkness. Is that still around? Any recommendations for where to look for text adventure games? Catherine --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Raul A. Gallegos .. http://www.asmodean.net --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Audyssey] Text adventure games
All text adventure games from here on called IF games which stands for Interactive Fiction games are written in different languages. the most common of these are as follows. Inform TADS Adrift AGT So, to answer your question, when someone talks about an AGT game they are simply talking about a game written using the AGT authoring system. There are many game runners (programs) to run the games from dos, windows, mac, and Linux. The most common runner for windows Inform games is Winfrotz. The most common tads runner for windows is htmltads. The most common runner for windows AGT games is Agility. Good luck and hope this helps. * Richard Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060922 19:32]: What is meant by a agt game? Thanks for the info. -- At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer. -- Marshall Lumsden Raul A. Gallegos ... IliwSsmc ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
