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From: David Kinder
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 08:11

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TITLE

	Frotz

VERSION

	1.01 (Amiga Release 2)

AUTHORS

	Frotz 1.01 (MS-DOS)
		Stefan Jokisch
		jokisch@euklid.informatik.uni-dortmund.de

	Amiga version
		David Kinder
		kinder@teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk

DESCRIPTION

	Frotz is an interpreter for the games produced by Infocom, Inc.,
	which were released in a machine-independant format. On all
	platforms the games were released as a data file plus an
	interpreter, so this program can be used to play Infocom games
	released for any platform. Frotz is the fastest and most
	accurate Infocom interpreter currently available for the Amiga.

FEATURES

      - timed input ('Border Zone')
      - built-in graphic font ('Beyond Zork')
      - mouse support ('Beyond Zork')
      - function key support including number pad keys ('Beyond Zork')
      - command line editing
      - command line history
      - small save files (Zip 2.0 format is still understood)
      - switch for setting the Tandy bit
      - colour
      - sound effects ('Lurking Horror' and 'Sherlock')
      - cheat functions
      - support for V7 and V8 games
      - multiple UNDO (via hot key, even for old V1 to V4 games)
      - input line recording and playback (via hot key)
      - support for European characters ('Zork I German')
      - underlined, reverse and boldface text
      - fast performance without virtual memory
      - full standard 0.2 support (as defined by Graham Nelson)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

        Kickstart 2.04 or better is required.

AVAILABILITY

        Aminet: game/role/Frotz101.lha, e.g.
        ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/aminet/game/role/Frotz101.lha

DISTRIBUTABILITY

        Freely distributable.

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