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["Peter Expolio" <info.wetware AT lycos.com>]

For those interested in text-adventure (interactive fiction) games, 
I've tried out the nitfol z-file interpreter, and it works fine 
with BL2. It has three modes: cheapnitfol for debugging, nitfol 
for bash, and termnitfol and xnitfol. Only xnitfol requires some 
additional libraries, but you can always use termnitfol from an xterm.

The binaries are here:
http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/nitfol/nitfol-0.5_linux.tgz
 

But do try other stuff (source, etc.) in the nitfol folder there:


http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/nitfol/


Since the nitfol interface is not exactly user-friendly, you can 
try and add the z-file association in links (go to the setup menu), 
and then associate these files (.z1-.z8) to termnitfol. This way 
you can simply browse through the files in links and start playing 
any one you choose with termnitfol.
 
Other interpreters (xfrots, zip, zeal, etc.) for Linux are also 
available in the IFarchive, although I haven't tried them yet. I'm 
running BL2 on a cranked-out 486DX with 16 RAM, and Im generally 
new to Linux, although already a bit of an addict. The thing is, 
I haven´t actually gone around to installing the c libraries, so 
I can't compile most of the .tar.gz packages. This is mainly due 
to my slow modem and a faulty CD-ROM. But that will be sorted soon.

Best,

Kamen






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