View source for Retro Games

=DosBox Based=
Ok, Still working this one out

=Terminal Based=
==Method==
https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd

Download and install the ttyd terminal emulator:

<syntaxhighlight lang=shell>
sudo snap install ttyd --classic
</syntaxhighlight>

Note that the instructions have you download the latest release but it doesn't seem to use it during the install.

Manual page is here: https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/blob/main/man/ttyd.man.md

[https://www.tecmint.com/ttyd-share-linux-terminal-over-web/ Installation instructions]

=Z-Machine Based=

The Z-Machine is a machine independent format that was used to define text based interactive fiction games. It was developed by Infocom to support their development and game play.
=Web Site Game Play=
To supply interactive fiction games through the wiki web site, the games are converted from the original Z-Machine format into an HTML equivalent. The html files are then placed into the resources/ifiction directory in the Mediawiki home page.

To run the game on a web page, the following code, with the appropriate game information, is placed on the appropriate web page:
<syntaxhighlight lang=html> 
<htmltag tagname="iframe" id="serviceFrameSnd" src="./resources/ifiction/Advent.z5.html" height="480" width="800" title="Adventure"></htmltag>
</syntaxhighlight>

==Z-Machine and Game Sources==
The Frotz interpreter: https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/frotz

Get Infocom games in 'z' format: https://eblong.com/infocom/#zork1

The Frotz interpreter can be run on a terminal. To get it on the website, use the ttyd application.

Perhaps an easier approach is to convert the 'z' files directly to HTML:

https://iplayif.com/api/sitegen

Walk throughs: [http://www.eristic.net/index.html Ifiction Game Walkthroughs]

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