DSFrotz 2.0 alpha released.

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DSFrotz 2.0 alpha released.
Z-machine VM updated
DSFrotz has had an alpha version of 2.0 released, the authors stress it is for testing and debugging only.

No changelog per se but the author states
- games data read directly from your cart
- new input & keyboard features
- new design & multi-size and accentuated fonts
- user customization via the .ini files
- a lot of drawing and input bugs killed


For those unaware DSFrotz is DS code implementation of the Z-machine virtual machine. Virtual machines are ways of running code using a scripting language with prominent examples being SCUMM and ZZT (both of which have implementations for the DS).

DSFrotz homepage

Z-machine fan site

Thanks to pdroms.de for the news.

 

[adzix]

great to see DSFrotz updated.
reminds me to play some more Fish, awesome game.
anyways, gonna grab it right away and see how it compares

cheers

 

[larvi]

I thought Frotz was for emulating Infocom games, not SCUMM games

 

[Jackreyes]

seeing the letter on the screenshot and frotz (same starting letter as fonts)
I thought this was an application to make your own fonts using the stylus,
unfortunately its not, but that'd be a nice piece of software.

 

[TrolleyDave]

How well does this play? I love the old Infocom adventures and there's some it emulates I've not played. If the interface isn't too frustrating I'll give them a go.

 

[Ramzee]

How well does this play? ... If the interface isn't too frustrating I'll give them a go.

Haven't tried this version, but the gui in 1.5 worked pretty well and I quickly learn't the input strokes for each letter. The only limitations and frustrations I suffered were those inherent with text adventures/puzzles. For anyone feeling nostalgic for an old text adventure they were once stuck on and who has a long journey and plenty of time to kill, I can recomended it.