Short:        Frotz 2.55R19 Infocom game interpreter
Author:       Stefan Jokisch, David Kinder, Ingo Paschke
Uploader:     ipaschke lpclabs de
Type:         game/role
Version:      255r19
Replaces:     game/role/Frotz.lha; game/role/Frotz232r11.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4

Frotz is a fast and portable Infocom and Z-machine interpreter. The
original MS-DOS version was written by Stefan Jokisch, the Amiga port
by David Kinder and Ingo Paschke. The feature list is:

    - support for V1 to V8 games
    - timed input ('Border Zone')
    - built-in graphic font ('Beyond Zork')
    - mouse support ('Beyond Zork' and all V6 games)
    - function key support including number pad keys ('Beyond Zork')
    - command line editing and history
    - small save files (Zip 2.0 format is still understood)
    - switch for setting the Tandy bit
    - sound effects ('Lurking Horror' and 'Sherlock')
    - cheat functions
    - multiple UNDO (via hot key, even for old V1 to V4 games)
    - input line recording and playback (via hot key)
    - support for European characters ('Zork I German')
    - underlined, reverse and boldface text
    - fast performance without virtual memory
    - V6 graphical games with picture display

Changes in Release 19:

    - Updated the Z-machine core from Frotz 2.41 to Frotz 2.55,
      bringing numerous upstream bug fixes and improvements.
    - Ported from DICE C to GCC (m68k-amigaos-gcc 6.5.0b).
    - Quetzal save format is now the default (old format still
      available via -R flag or Preferences).
    - Please send questions and bug reports regarding this port to
      ipaschke@lpclabs.de.