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On 2023-07-31, ladislau szilagyi <ladislau_szilagyi@euroqst.ro> wrote:

Would a 20MHZ z80 (or more) be able to play Zmachine games (z5 and z8 version)
with enough speed? I think the 6502 on the C64 with a REU it's able to play >> Z5 games with a few seconds delay and Z8 games run very slow.

You know, the interpreter to run Infocom games, but there are several
"amateur" (not so amateur since the 1993's game 'Curses!'). games to try. >>
Bear in mind Z3 games will run fine in any 8bit machine, but for Z8
games a 286.386, or 68k machine it's expected.

I'm not an expert on Z machine games... can you give me a hint about where to download some v5 or v8 games for Z80?

I suppose no color/graphics is required...

I have a 25MHz Z80 machine (Z80ALL), the screen has 64x48, it is VT52 compatible, let's give it a try :)

Ladislau

gopher://gopher.661.org
ftp://ftp.if-archive.org

Under games/zcode.

Anchor.z8 it's pretty well known, and 'Tangle.z5' (Spider and Web)
it's another good example for Z5 games.

Not for Z80, but for a Z machine interpreter. ZXZVM it's a good
example:

https://www.seasip.info/ZX/zxzvm.html

Porting hints:

https://www.seasip.info/ZX/zxzvmport.html
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