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156 points ChristopherDrum | 2 comments | 14 Apr 25 03:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

I recently brought Infocom's original UNIX z-machine source code back to life on modern systems. The modified source code, instructions on usage, a build of the z-machine, and examples of embedded game executables are available.

There is also a detailed write-up about the state of the original source code, the porting process, and the invaluable role Justine Tunney's Cosmpolitan project played in bringing the Zork trilogy (and more) to Windows/Mac/Linux/bsd for arm/x86 machines over the course of a lazy Sunday.

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hans_0l0 ◴[14 Apr 25 11:10 UTC] No.43680032[source]▶

>>43677909 (OP) #

What is going on here?

[~/Downloads] $ chmod +x zork*

[~/Downloads] $ ./zork1

Cannot open assembly './zork1': File does not contain a valid CIL image.

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jchw ◴[14 Apr 25 11:18 UTC] No.43680082[source]▶

>>43680032 #

Do you have some sort of binfmt_misc setup for Windows/.NET executables? You might be able to get it to work by running `sh ./zork1` instead.

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