Xyzzy
Free Game
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About Xyzzy
Xyzzy is a ZCode interpreter for Android, able to play both classic Infocom text adventures and modern, Inform-compiled interactive fiction. In comparison to other zcode interpreters on the android market, it has the following advantages:
* Android native: the default keyboard is used for input, and predictive text can be used for command entry.
* Stable: it passes the standard CZECH test suite for emulation, and a number of both classic and modern games have been played to completion on it.
* Accessible: text-size and colour can be enabled and disabled during play.
* Fast: a number of caches are implemented and optimisations have been performed so that story files are responsive, and the story history can be reviewed quickly.
* Comprehensive: Xyzzy works with z3, z4, z5, z8 and zblorb story files
* Open-source: Xyzzy is distributed under the GPL V3 license, and the source is freely available on Google code.
Xyzzy includes Graham Nelson's "Curses", and many hundreds of other games can be downloaded from the IF archive at http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXzcode.html
Xyzzy requires the Android permission "Read external storage" in order to load games. No other permissions are required, and no personal information is requested, stored or transmitted by the app.
* Android native: the default keyboard is used for input, and predictive text can be used for command entry.
* Stable: it passes the standard CZECH test suite for emulation, and a number of both classic and modern games have been played to completion on it.
* Accessible: text-size and colour can be enabled and disabled during play.
* Fast: a number of caches are implemented and optimisations have been performed so that story files are responsive, and the story history can be reviewed quickly.
* Comprehensive: Xyzzy works with z3, z4, z5, z8 and zblorb story files
* Open-source: Xyzzy is distributed under the GPL V3 license, and the source is freely available on Google code.
Xyzzy includes Graham Nelson's "Curses", and many hundreds of other games can be downloaded from the IF archive at http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXzcode.html
Xyzzy requires the Android permission "Read external storage" in order to load games. No other permissions are required, and no personal information is requested, stored or transmitted by the app.
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Android
2.3+
2.3+
Android game
Game History & Updates
What's Changed
Adds additional debug settings. Corrects some issues when stories try to match uppercase player input in ZMachine versions 5 and greater.
Adds additional debug settings. Corrects some issues when stories try to match uppercase player input in ZMachine versions 5 and greater.
Version update Xyzzy was updated to version 17th
Version update Xyzzy was updated to version 20th
More downloads Xyzzy reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
More downloads Xyzzy reached 500 - 1 000 downloads
What are users saying about Xyzzy
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by U####:
by U####:
Isn't this listed on F-Droid? I HATE the Play Store! :) A little light on the features. I would like to be able to define my library location, and have it read all of the z.. files. I would like it to read the summary of off IF and store it.
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by O####:
by O####:
This is very nearly a great inform parser. However there is a bug where if the user restarts a game, the game items are not properly reset to their original positions. This makes games unplayable after a restart. A workaround is to restart the whole app, but it's annoying.
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by U####:
by U####:
had a great time with this. My son found it and my favorite adventures to play on it. Just a niggle, when using a keyboard, get extra carriage return for each command
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by Z####:
by Z####:
Meh. This era has passed by, I am afraid.
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by U####:
by U####:
Responsive enough, but a tad slow, and needs .gblorb support.
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by P####:
by P####:
A valiant attempt, but other Android z-code interpreters' features greatly improve upon its ease of use. Examples: direct-selection of story words for input, customizable quick picker for common commands, one-touch movement.
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by R####:
by R####:
I love the game Anchorhead, so I used that as a benchmark. Items would often end up in the wrong room, or suddenly appear or disappear from my inventory. I also would get the room description for the wrong room sometimes. These are not small forgivable errors, so I am going to have to try another interpreter. Other issues include: the Enter key would often double-echo, resulting in annoying responses to no-commands. No support for .z6 games, and the "abuse" games like RobotFindsKitten don't work either. Finally, I don't like the story selection interface. It seems pretty dated. I don't think I should have to manually add each file to a library and manually enter story names either, because that can be read directly from each file. While entering story names, if I rotate the display, it cancels out the name dialog. Those are just the "forgivable" issues though.
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by R####:
by R####:
Nice to see this being updated. Needs TADS and gluxe support, through.
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by X####:
by X####:
I don't know if it is just my copy of Adventure, but **SPOILER ALERT** waving the rod causes the crystal bridge to just vanish, even if it hasn't appeared yet. Doesn't even appear then vanish. Kind of frustrating that you can't play the game the app gets its name from. Other than that, even if it isn't as customizable or updated as JFrotz, the design is much more minimalist, and I really appreciate that. Needs more polish/customization though. Low rating to get attention; will raise when noticed.
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by X####:
by X####:
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for building this!
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by X####:
by X####:
Responsive enough, but a tad slow, and needs .gblorb support.
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by X####:
by X####:
Need an option to sort game list.
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by R####:
by R####:
An alpha version. I don't like the commands being aligned to the right. Needs a quit button
by N####:
An alpha version. I don't like the commands being aligned to the right. Needs a quit button