Seriously, nobody's heard of the app Parchment? Is that still available? On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: > Parchment is really difficult to erase. All kinds of Pagan Literature > from the days when Rome was a major power are being recovered because of > this. For sure, clay tablets with a stylus can be used to play those > games so long as the clay isn't hardened. :-) > On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler > Zahnke wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:28:50 >> From: Tyler Zahnke <programmer...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >> >> I wonder if they can be played on Parchment. I think Parchment is >> cross-platform. And I thought people were still making games for the >> Z-machine using Inform 6 and 7, mostly 7. >> >> On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: >>> Hard? Have you tried a google search like frotz for windows yet? Or >>> frotz for mac yet? >>> >>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler Zahnke wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 10:21:27 >>>> From: Tyler Zahnke <programmer...@gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >>>> >>>> I mean, even the Apex can play Z5 files, so why is it so hard to find >>>> software that can play them? >>>> >>>> On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: >>>>> Most of them aren't playing on the original z-machine any longer. You >>>>> might be able to find one of them in Rick's Pawn Shop or that Pawn >>>>> Shop >>>>> in Detroit that's on TV or maybe the Smithsonian Museum by now. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler Zahnke wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 07:46:27 >>>>>> From: Tyler Zahnke <programmer...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, if I remember correctly, Zork was for the original Z machine, >>>>>> and that's a game that's held up just as well as any 80s video game; >>>>>> millions still play it. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: >>>>>>> z8 is the last so far of the z-machine formats the .z5 format was an >>>>>>> earlier format. >>>>>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Tyler Zahnke wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 07:39:55 >>>>>>>> From: Tyler Zahnke <programmer...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>>>> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Wait, I'm confused. Based on the numbers, Z8 sounds newer than Z5. >>>>>>>> Why >>>>>>>> would it be harder to find software that's compatible with Z8 games >>>>>>>> than it is to find software compatible with Z5 games? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2/24/18, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> z8 games can be played even on modern platforms. You would >>>>>>>>> probably >>>>>>>>> need win-frotz to play them though. For those using Linux, we >>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>> frotz and jzip available to us. The mac platform might have a >>>>>>>>> problem >>>>>>>>> unless these packages are on darwin or fink or in the apple store, >>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> iPhone users and iPad users won't have any problem since the frotz >>>>>>>>> app >>>>>>>>> is available in the app store and now you can use it to browse >>>>>>>>> ifarchives for games. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, mattias wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:47:45 >>>>>>>>>> From: mattias <mjonsson1...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>>>>>> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> z8? i think you cant play so old games on modern platforms >>>>>>>>>> accessible? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> e.g here in sweden there is a old webpage with swedish text >>>>>>>>>> adventures >>>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>>> i >>>>>>>>>> think amiga and some more >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> but no no you cant play it accessible >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Den 2018-02-24 kl. 06:27, skrev Jude DaShiell: >>>>>>>>>>> I forget if this is a .z8 game or .tads but I remember one of >>>>>>>>>>> them >>>>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>>>> the title "chicken vindalou" in which you prepared that dish. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, dark wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:07:56 >>>>>>>>>>>> From: dark <d...@xgam.org> >>>>>>>>>>>> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>>>>>>>> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Not as yet. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I believe Aprone is working on a restaurant management sim >>>>>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>>>>> we >>>>>>>>>>>> might >>>>>>>>>>>> see at some point, revelation involves lots of recipes some of >>>>>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>>>>> re >>>>>>>>>>>> cooking based, and as part of Parkboss you can setup snack >>>>>>>>>>>> stands, >>>>>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>>>>> that is about it in the world of audiogames. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> There are however lots of muds and several browser games which >>>>>>>>>>>> feature >>>>>>>>>>>> cooking, some of it fairly in depth cooking as an activity, >>>>>>>>>>>> though >>>>>>>>>>>> none >>>>>>>>>>>> concentrate on cooking specifically. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> off the top of my head Kingdom of loathing and metroplexity >>>>>>>>>>>> both >>>>>>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>>>>>> cooking and coctail crafting as major parts of their rp ethos, >>>>>>>>>>>> while >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>> creature rpg puppet? nightmares lets you make recipes to feed >>>>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>>> your >>>>>>>>>>>> soul puppets and even has a major quest chain where you work >>>>>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>>>>> a? >>>>>>>>>>>> chef. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Gates of survival has cooking as an activity, but the access >>>>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>>>> one >>>>>>>>>>>> is a little iffy. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Mud wise, many of the crafting and survival muds such as Clok >>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>>> lament >>>>>>>>>>>> have cooking, and I believe alteraeon is just introducing it >>>>>>>>>>>> too. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Flexible survival also has cooking recipes as? parts of the >>>>>>>>>>>> general >>>>>>>>>>>> crafting. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> i know these aren't exactly what your looking for but these >>>>>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>>>>> thus >>>>>>>>>>>> far >>>>>>>>>>>> the best examples of? games with cooking in that I can think >>>>>>>>>>>> of. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> hth. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> All the best, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Dark. >>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Zahnke" >>>>>>>>>>>> <programmer...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>> To: <blind-gamers@groups.io> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:35 AM >>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [blind-gamers] games about food and cooking >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ?In the mainstream video game world, there are games like >>>>>>>>>>>>> Cooking >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mama >>>>>>>>>>>>> ?and Burger Time. I was wondering if there were any >>>>>>>>>>>>> audio-based >>>>>>>>>>>>> games >>>>>>>>>>>>> ?with a food/cooking theme. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > >
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