Lost Treasures of Infocom question

Marcuz · 20 September 2019, 19:18

Is there anybody who plaid the Lost Treasures of Infocom?

I wanted to ask whether the games interface is different, because of the updated interpreter, in particular for the ones with graphic, like Journey.

I ask, because the only screenshot in the collection page in HOL is on Workbench 3.0, with a different font than the one of the same game in its own page. Just curious whether it's that the case, or it is just different Workbench version:

http://hol.abime.net/27

http://hol.abime.net/717

[edit: apolgies, I realised Journey is not in that collection , but in a different one, released in 1996, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classi...ces_of_Infocom ... Still, if anybody has plaid that the question is the same

]

Minuous · 20 September 2019, 21:19

According to my information, the 1996 one was only for DOS and Mac.

mark_k · 20 September 2019, 21:25

The first HOL screenshot you linked shows the game running in the Frotz interpreter. Frotz was not included with the game (it didn't exist then and is not an Infocom product), so that screenshot is misleading.

Playing Infocom games with a third-party interpreter like Frotz is a nicer experience than the original bare-bones Amiga interpreter.

Marcuz · 20 September 2019, 22:36

Cool, thank you! (I think I used Frotz to play Anchorhead back in 2002 or 2003, but on Windows, never on Amiga yet)

20 September 2019, 19:18	#1
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	Lost Treasures of Infocom question Is there anybody who plaid the Lost Treasures of Infocom? I wanted to ask whether the games interface is different, because of the updated interpreter, in particular for the ones with graphic, like Journey. I ask, because the only screenshot in the collection page in HOL is on Workbench 3.0, with a different font than the one of the same game in its own page. Just curious whether it's that the case, or it is just different Workbench version: http://hol.abime.net/27 http://hol.abime.net/717 [edit: apolgies, I realised Journey is not in that collection , but in a different one, released in 1996, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classi...ces_of_Infocom ... Still, if anybody has plaid that the question is the same ] Last edited by Marcuz; 20 September 2019 at 19:24.

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20 September 2019, 21:19	#2
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,630	According to my information, the 1996 one was only for DOS and Mac.

20 September 2019, 21:25	#3
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,334	The first HOL screenshot you linked shows the game running in the Frotz interpreter. Frotz was not included with the game (it didn't exist then and is not an Infocom product), so that screenshot is misleading. Playing Infocom games with a third-party interpreter like Frotz is a nicer experience than the original bare-bones Amiga interpreter.

20 September 2019, 22:36	#4
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	Cool, thank you! (I think I used Frotz to play Anchorhead back in 2002 or 2003, but on Windows, never on Amiga yet)

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