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Frotz

frotz

Infocom-style interactive fiction player.

Runs as frotz, dfrotz, sfrotz|macOS, Linux, Windows|661.org
Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 13 fields

Start the curses Frotz interpreter on a Z-code or Blorb file with display, sound and random-seed options. Debug watch options and screen size overrides are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun
Run in Otty
otty gui frotz
Play a story fileExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal
Basic
Story file*
file
Blorb file
file
Background color
8 choicesenum
Foreground color
8 choicesenum
Quiet (no sound)
-q
Plain ASCII output
-p
TasksEach one presets the form for one job
Play
storyblorbbackgroundforegroundplain_asciiquiet
Plain terminal (no color, ASCII)
storyno_colorplain_asciiquiet
ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form
Story file
Z-code or Blorb file.
path · positional 0
Blorb file
Optional alternatively-named Blorb file.
path · positional 1
Background color
enum
-bblackredgreenyellowbluemagentacyanwhite
Foreground color
enum
-fblackredgreenyellowbluemagentacyanwhite
Disable color
boolean
-d
Quiet (no sound)
boolean
-q
Plain ASCII output
boolean
-p
Random seed
integer
-s
Undo slots
integer
-u
Expand g, x and z
boolean
-x
Tandy bit
boolean
-t
Mouse support
boolean
-m
Restrict file access to
path
-R
SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these
man
frotz [options] file [blorb_file] -b <colorname> Sets the default background color. -f <colorname> Sets the default foreground color. -d Disable color. -F Force color mode. -e Enable sound. -q Quiet. Turns off sound effects. -m Enable mouse support. -p Plain ASCII output only. -s N Set the random number seed value. -t Sets the Z-machine's Tandy bit…
manual2.55+dfsg-3

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed frotz against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.