Glulx — is a 32 bit portable virtual machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction. It was designed by Andrew Plotkin to relieve some of the restrictions in the venerable Z machine format. For example, the Z machine provides native support … Wikipedia
Inform — This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see Inform (disambiguation). Inform Original author(s) Graham Nelson Developer(s) Graham Nelson … Wikipedia
Quetzal file format — Quetzal is a standardised file format for the saved state of Z machine games, invented by Martin Frost. Prior to the introduction of Quetzal, each Z machine interpreter saved games in its own format; Quetzal enabled players to begin a game on one … Wikipedia
Blorb — Infobox file format name = Blorb extension = .blorb, .blb, .gblorb, .glb, .zblorb, .zlb mime = application/x blorb owner = Andrew Plotkin creatorcode = genre = Package format container for = PNG, JPEG, AIFF, MOD contained by = extended from =… … Wikipedia
Inform — Тип исполнения: компилируемый Появился в: 1993 Автор(ы): Грэхем Нельсон Расширение файлов: .Z#, .inf, .Z5, .Z8 Inform компилируемый объектно ориентированный язык программирования, во многом похожий на Си … Википедия
Virtual machine — A virtual machine (VM) is a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system .[1] Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or (in the most… … Wikipedia
Z-machine — This article is about the Infocom virtual machine. For the x ray generator, see Z machine. The Z machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom… … Wikipedia
Andrew Plotkin — (born May 15, 1970), also known as Zarf, is an award winning interactive fiction author and an important figure in the modern interactive fiction community. Plotkin was one of the earliest writers to use Graham Nelson s Inform development system … Wikipedia
Comparison of application virtual machines — This article lists some software virtual machines that are typically used for allowing application bytecode to be portably run on many different computer architectures and operating systems. The application is usually run on the computer using an … Wikipedia
Floatpoint — Infobox VG title= Floatpoint caption= Floatpoint being played in a modern interpreter. developer=Emily Short publisher=Self published designer=Emily Short engine=Glulx released= 2006 genre= Interactive Fiction, Adventure platforms= Glulx… … Wikipedia
