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First, You Will Need an Interpreter to Play Our Free Games.
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Malinche games are story files which are loaded via an "interpreter" that allows you to play the game. 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 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!
Windows/DOS
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.)
WindowsFrotz Text-to-Speech - Designed specifically for the blind, this special version of WindowsFrotz speaks the text as the game generates it.
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 and Smart Phones
Zork 9210 - Play our games on your Nokia 9210 Communicator!
Frotz UIQ - Plays your Malinche games 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.
PocketPC/Windows CE
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
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. Palm Treo & Tungsten users -- this is the version you want.
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 Games!
Please remember: You need to download and install at least one of the above interpreters to play these games.
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.
BOFH - Are you worthy of bearing the title "Bastard Operator from Hell?
Azteca - Unravel the dark mysteries of a newly-discovered Aztec temple.
Questions? Stuck Somewhere? Feel Free to Email Us!