Is there anyway to play Zork I on a Portfolio?

[Hawkangel]

Subject asks all. 

[+davidcalgary29]

Yes, absolutely. I asked the same question in 2018, and was given help here. 

 

Of course, you can always try this...

[doctorclu]

They have a Z-Interpreter for Portfolio?

 

[bttr]

From https://palmtop.cosi.com.pl/2012/09/28/games-a-for-adventure/

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Atari Portfolio

You can download a few games from atari-portfolio.co.uk. I don't think that any DOS Z-code interpreter would run on a Portfolio, but I didn't even try. Maybe there is a lightweight version, capable of running on a very basic XT?

EDIT: There is an interpreter with a few games (including Zork Trilogy). You can download it from PofoWiki's download section (infocom.zip).

 

[naujoks]

I'm trying to run the Infocom games on the Portfolio, but with every game I try I'm getting a "Gamefile not found" error.

Does anyone know what's wrong?

I'm trying to run this off a Memory Card, as there is not enough memory on the Portfolio itself. Or do I need to run these with the RAM expansion?

Edited August 26 by naujoks

[naujoks]

I put the RAM expansion in and trasferred the files to C:, but I'm still getting the Gamefile not found error.

[naujoks]

By looking at the ZORK1.COM file, I found out that ZORK1.DAT is supposed in a directory called DATA.

But now I'm getting a Division by zero error.

[JasonACT]

Does this help?

 

PORTDIV.zip

[naujoks]

No. The only difference is that the message "Division Fault" now appears in a pretty box.

[JasonACT]

Don't know then, I compiled my own z-machine 24 years ago - for my LCD driver that does 10 or 12 x 60 tiny text...  You could try that I guess?

 

I would have liked to see it working on something more POFO standard, but I never tried anything else before.