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From: v.d.drift@ams.chem.ruu.nl (Koen v.d. Drift)
Subject: Re: REQ: Where can I find 'Curses'?
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 15:11:08 GMT
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In article <35c304$6o1@fbi-news.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>, jokisch@laempel.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Stefan Jokisch (PG233)) wrote:

> v.d.drift@ams.chem.ruu.nl (Koen v.d. Drift) writes:
> |> I understand from a earlier message that the Infocom-game Curses is a
> |> freeware 
> |> or shareware game. Can anybody please tell where I can download it from
> |> (only 
> |> the Mac-version!!). I have searched in some ftp sites, but I haven't
> |> seen it 
> |> yet.
> |> 
> 
> Curses is written in Z-code.  Z-code is an assembler-like language
> that was designed by Infocom for their text adventures.  This means
> that you need two things:
> 
> * The datafile with the machine independent Z-code.  See ftp.gmd.de,
>   directory /if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform, file curses.z5.
>   (I could be mistaken about the path).
> 
> * A Z-code interpreter for the Mac to run the whole thing.  See ftp.gmd.de,
>   directory /if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip, file
>   ZIP_interpreter_binary.cptr1.1.
> 
> Curses is no Infocom game in the strict sense... but it looks a lot
> like the classics, has an Infocom-like parser and is really a great
> game.  It was written by Graham Nelson and is free.  Hope this helps,
> 
> -- Stefan

OK, guess what. I downloaded the files you mentioned and was even able to decompress the second one. Then I run ZIP and load curses.z5, the program runs, and a message appears: -loading game- or something like that. After that a message appears: -hit any key to exit-. So the game quits.

What should I do?

Koen.

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