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From: rcmartin@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Anyone know of If-fiction FTP sites?
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Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 03:50:28 GMT
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In <4oa17u$be4@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, nulldogma@aol.com (Nulldogma) writes:
>> >Dude, you're missing the point: *you don't need a compiler* to play
>these
>> >games, or even an interpreter for that matter. They contain PC
>> >executables, and you just need to type "shelby" or "lostny" or whatever
>to
>> >be on your way.
>>
>> I downloaded both of these only moments before I made this post. 
>> They both contain a .txt file and a .gam file. Neither is a PC 
>> executable. You are mistaken on this.
>
>Then you got the wrong file. I can't speak for Shelby, but for Lost NY,
>there is both a .zip file with a .gam enclosed (lostny.zip, which you
>found), and one (lostnypc.zip) with a .exe file (actually, in the more
>recent version, a .bat file). The former is for non-PC, non-Mac users, and
>should be in /games/tads; the latter should be in /games/pc. (Though I
>think the most recent versions of both are still in /unprocessed right
>now.)
>
>I'll agree with you on your main point, however: Authors should *always*
>provide platform-specific executables, especially when uploading to sites
>other than GMD. It may seem trivial to us to find an interpreter for a
>game, but it's a daunting task to someone who has just stumbled upon I-F
>for the first time. We've discussed this before on this newsgroup, but
>it's worth repeating.
>
>Neil
You can say that again. I have been following this newsgroup for the last		
2 to 3 months and have not been able to find out which interpreter is the
right one for the different types of games if I want to play them on a PC.
I have not been able to extract the info at gmde either. 
I have seen jzip mentioned and I have seen references to a C64 interpreter,
I also gather that there is an interpreter to play the Apple games. Can
anybody spell it out please? 
Rosemarie
