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ZIL engine

Software entity

A text game engine. Z-machine games where written in ZIL and compiled with Zilch into Z-code files. Z-machines for any platform all ran the same Z-code.

63
games
20
platforms

Alternate names: Zork Implementation Language, Z-Machine

Trinity (Macintosh OS Classic)
Trinity
MAC 1986
The Lurking Horror (Apple II E)
The Lurking Horror
IIE 1987
Varicella (Linux)
Varicella
LIN 1999
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (Macintosh OS Classic)
Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels
MAC 1988
Infidel (Tandy Color Computer)
Infidel
COCO 1984
Infidel (Amstrad CPC)
Infidel
CPC 1986
Infidel (Macintosh OS Classic)
Infidel
MAC 1984
The Lurking Horror (Amstrad CPC)
The Lurking Horror
CPC 1987
James Clavell's Shōgun (Macintosh OS Classic)
James Clavell's Shōgun
MAC 1989
Suspect (Amstrad PCW)
Suspect
PCW 1986
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (MS-DOS)
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
DOS 1989
Infidel (Atari 400/800)
Infidel
A800 1983

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Game engines

Games by year

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The first ZIL engine video game was released in 1983.

Infocom, Fully Ramblomatic and Big Red Computer Club published most of these games.

Platforms

Mac OS Classic 20
MS-DOS 6
Linux 6
Apple II E 4
Amstrad PCW 3
Windows 3
Amiga 3
Amstrad CPC 2
Apple IIGS 2
Atari 400/800 2
Atari ST 2
Tandy Coco 2
C128 1
Commodore PET 1
C64 1
Oric 1
TRS-80 1
OS/2 1
BeOS 1
Coleco Adam 1