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ZLR is a virtual machine for playing interactive fiction games (a.k.a. text adventures), with front ends for Windows and the .NET console.

Version 0.07 adds support for Unicode input/output and color changes, and improves the handling of styled text, for the Windows version (Demona). The console version gains a "more" prompt for when the screen fills up with text. Both versions benefit from a few minor bug fixes.... read more

ZLR is a virtual machine for playing interactive fiction games (a.k.a. text adventures), with front ends for Windows and the .NET console.

Version 0.06 improves compliance with the Z-Machine Standard 1.0 by adding a few features and fixing several bugs. Notably, line and character input have been improved, background colors are displayed correctly in the console version, and commands can be recorded to or played back from a file (if the game supports it).... read more

Version 0.05 includes updates to the ZLR core and the Demona and ConsoleZLR interfaces.

For Demona, it adds some small enhancements such as file type filters when saving games; supports sound effects; and handles international characters better.

For ConsoleZLR, it adds word wrapping.

Both interfaces also feature many corrections to their screen models, so games with hint menus should look better. Also, this release fixes several bugs in the ZLR core that interfered with playing large games.... read more