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"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Joseph Addison
Free Text Adventure Games!
or Free Interactive Fiction Titles!
or Free Fiction Books!
It's All the Same To Us.
All Malinche Interactive Fiction Titles Work Perfectly on all versions of Windows (including Vista) and any version of Mac OS X. In addition, our interactive fiction books are compatible with Linux, Unix, the entire Palm family, Windows Mobile devices, most smartphones, Classic iPods and the Nintendo DS.
First, You Will Need an Interpreter to Play Our Free Games.
NEW! Windows and Mac users don't need to download any interpreters anymore; every Malinche title installs everything needed automatically. If you're loading our interactive fiction titles on anything other than Windows or Apple computers keep on reading.
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Malinche's interactive fiction titles are story files which are loaded via an "interpreter" that allows you to play the game. In the same way that e-books need a "reader" program that allows you to access the e-book, our interactive fiction titles need an interpreter that lets you read and interact with our fiction titles. Another way to look at this is to think of an interpreter as your favorite word processing program and the story file as a document you want to load.
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Download Any of the Below Programs you wish You may want to download WinFrotz for your Dell running Windows XP and CliFrotz so you can play your games on your Palm (Zire, Tungsteon, Treo, etc.) while on the bus commuting to work. Save all the programs you want to a relevant folder such as "Malinche"
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Run the file you downloaded to install/extract all necessary files. Then run the interpreter.
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PDA Users should consult their owner's manual on how to load software on your device. Cool thing: You can synchronize your saved game on your PDA with your desktop or laptop and resume your game where you left off on either computer!
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You can load all of our game files from your interpreter and begin to play them!
Interactive Fiction Interpreter List
Windows/DOS
Gargoyle - Don't let the name spook you - Gargoyle is quite possibly the best Windows-based interpreter of interactive fiction. The screen colors and fonts are very friendly to the reading eye.
WindowsFrotz - This will run under any version of Windows. Just run Windows Frotz and then load your story file. Click here to download the source code. (The source code is useful only if you're a programmer and is totally not needed to enjoy Malinche's interactive fiction books on your Windows computer.)
WindowsFrotz Text-to-Speech - Designed specifically for the blind, this special version of WindowsFrotz speaks the text as the game generates it. This super-good interpreter makes our titles truly accessible.
DOS Frotz - For the diehards among us! Unzip to any folder and simply run "frotz <storyfile.z5>".
Apple Macintosh
Zoom - An excellent GUI interpreter for Mac OS X users. Full of features, Howard highly recommends Zoom as the interpreter-of-choice for OS X people.
OS X Frotz - Frotz for the Macintosh running OS X under Terminal. While I highly suggest Zoom, Unix fans will prefer this interpreter. Just type "frotz ~/folder/filename.z8" to run your story after installation.
MaxZip - This Macintosh bin-hex file is all you need to load and play your Malinche story files. Designed for OS9.x, it will run under OS X in classic mode also.
MorphFrotz - Frotz for MorphOS which runs on most Amiga computers.
Cell Phones/Smart Phones/Tablets
Zork 9210 - Play our text adventure games on your Nokia 9210 Communicator!
Frotz UIQ - Plays your Malinche interactive fiction titles on the following Symbian UIQ phones: Motorola: M1000, A1000,A920, A925. SonyEricsson: P910, P900, P800. Other models: BenQ P30 and the Arima U300. If your phone is not on this list but is Symbian-based running UIQ you're all set.
GFrotz -- Load all of our stories on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet.
Windows Mobile 5.0/PocketPC/Windows CE
Frostz - Frotz for modern PocketPC 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0 - If you bought your PocketPC or Windows Mobile Device in the past three years -- try this first.
FrotzCE - The Interpreter for older Windows CE devices running a MIPS processor. 8MB min. RAM.
PocketFrotz -Frotz for the Pocket PC with ARM, MIPS or SH3 processors.
ZipCE - For the HPC, PocketPC and PalmPC Windows CE-based PDAs. If you have a newer PocketPC try this one first.
The Palm Family
CellarDoor - Just released in April, 2007 CellarDoor is based on CliFrotz (see next entry) but appears to run faster and adds some more nifty features. To install -- unzip this file on your PC then Hotsync the PRC file and you're off. If you're running a modern Palm or Tungsten this is the interpreter you want to use.
CliFrotz - Not just for the Sony Clie anymore, this version will run under PalmOS4 or later and loads our standard story files - no converting needed! Probably the snazziest Frotz interpreter for the Palm.
Frobnitz - The Interpreter Software you need for your Palm device if running PalmOS3 or earlier.
Linux/UNIX
RedHatFrotz - This is an RPM you install to Red Hat Linux.
Unix Frotz - Standard .tar file. Extract, compile and run. This works for all version of Linux too.
Second... Start Playing Some Free Text Adventure Games!
Please remember: You need to download and install at least one of the above interpreters to play these games.
Azteca - Unravel the dark mysteries of a newly-discovered Aztec temple in this action adventure interactive fiction book.
BOFH - Are you worthy of bearing the title "Bastard Operator from Hell?
Pentari: First Light Test Drive - This introduction to First Light places you at the beginning of your trials and whets your appetite for the full story. If you like science fiction in the fantasy adventure genre you'll have a lot of fun with First Light.
Enjoy other interactive fiction titles online now -- nothing to download, nothing to install. Play right in your browser.
Questions? Stuck Somewhere? Feel Free to Email Us.