Z9K

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.

Actually you're on the train on the way to work, because now you can play Zork and most of the Infocom games on your Nokia Communicator.

If you don't know what I'm talking about - take a look at some of the following links:

Click here for some screenshots of Z9K in action

Version 1.0 14th February 2001

See the release notes at the bottom of this page for details

Click the following link to download the zip file containing the program, help and installation file for installing from the PC Suite for the Communicator:

z9k.zip

Alternatively, if you're browsing this on your Nokia, you can install directly from the web using the following aos link:

z9k.aos

Enjoy!

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email me at mailto:z9k@andyc.easynet.co.uk

For my other Nokia 9110 developments, click here

Release Notes

Version 1.0, 14th February 2001

There are no major changes or fixes to release candidate 1.

Fixed a typo in the help file, but that's about it!

Release Candidate 1, 9th January 2001

Changes and Fixes:

Enter key now works as default selection on all file selectors
The Extras Icon is now showing

WARNING (If you're upgrading from Beta 2):
The Z9K directory has been removed. If you do not have an extended file manager for the 9110, use the remove story/save from Z9K directory menu option in Beta 2 to remove all the files from this directory before upgrading to RC1. The Z9K folder will be removed when RC1 starts, but it must be empty first. Beta 2 is available here if you have uninstalled it.
Note: This automatic deletion will be removed from the final version.

Beta 4, 30th November 2000

Changes and Fixes:

Not a huge amout, but it now displays German characters correctly, i.e. „äöüÄÖÜß“

Beta 3, 29th November 2000

Changes and Fixes:

I've removed the Z9K directory idea - it was causing problems and the new cacheing scheme is fast enough to run games from the MMC anyway.
New Font Menu to directly select font.
New 'tiny' font to give 80x25 display, plus the small font is a little narrower.
Slight bugfix in timed keypresses - now zRogue is playable.
Help file altered to reflect changes.
Faster screen redrawing - now many of the "abuses" are enjoyable.

Beta 2, 24th November 2000

Fixes:

The number formatter is working now, this was a silly bug in my itoa replacement
The line truncation seems to be working OK now - this was the scroller scrolling before the line just finished had completed its paint.
The Triggers have been converted to English only, so that we know the exact screen area. Note - if it works at all on a 9000, you'll get two menu triggers.

Beta 1, 23rd November 2000

First Public Beta Release