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From: kjfair@midway.uchicago.edu (Kenneth Fair)
Subject: Re: Question about Infocom interpreters
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In article <3183961B.197E@worldnet.att.net>, Erik Buljan
<ebuljan@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am a fan of Infocom from the old Commodore 64 days.  When I found out
about this group I 
>was pretty jazzed.  I bought LTOI and love it.  Anyway, I head about
these Z-interpreters 
>and downloaded one.  Now I would like to find the games!  I hear people
talking about 
>playing actual Infocom titles using the interpreter, and I assume that
way you also get to 
>see the source code.  So, where can I find the source code for Infocom games?

The source code for *Infocom* games is still owned by Activision and is
under copyright.  However, you can find *other* games in the same
format as Infocom games.  Look on ftp.gmd.de at
<ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/infocom>.  Everything ending with
.z3, .z5, and .z8 is a Z-code game.

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