About Frotz
[*Warning* Playing Frotz involves reading, thinking, and typing. If you just want to blow stuff up, this is not the app for you!] Burned out on all the new-fangled graphics and dazzling eye candy on your shiny new iPhone...
[*Warning* Playing Frotz involves reading, thinking, and typing. If you just want to blow stuff up, this is not the app for you!]
Burned out on all the new-fangled graphics and dazzling eye candy on your shiny new iPhone or iPad? Nostalgic for a simpler time? Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive.
Frotz lets you play hundreds of free works of Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. text adventure games) on your iPhone or iPad.
Frotz plays titles written in the Z-Machine format (which was invented by Infocom and was used to produce classic text adventures from the 80s such as the Zork Trilogy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Trinity), as well as glulx and TADS formats.
In the past couple of decades, text adventures have experienced a renaissance of sorts due to the efforts of a diverse Internet community of talented interactive fiction writers and fans. Many of these games are written using the same engine that powered Infocom's titles, thanks to the Inform compiler and authoring system created by Graham Nelson.
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Frotz for iOS - Interactive Fiction at Your Fingertips
Sep 24, 2023
Version 1.8.8
- Fixed arrow key support for Bluetooth keyboards
New in 1.8.7:
- Better support for Unicode/non-Latin alphabet stories.
- Updated to git glulx interpreter version 1.3.7 (conforming to Glulx VM standard 3.1.3.)
- New IFDB search options, updated search URLs and built-in bookmarks.
- Dropbox API update, sync improvements.
- Option to swap text/background colors in color picker.
- Improved handling of ZIP file downloads from IFDB: you can now select which stories to install.
- Enable 'iTunes File sharing: supported story files and saved games dragged into Frotz will be automatically installed.
- Restored keyboard long-press hide/lock functionality.
- Other bug fixes/minor UI tweaks.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Frotz since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-24 11:31:56.
The latest version is 1.8.8 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 20:51:31. See below the changes in each version.
Frotz version 1.8.8
Updated At: 2023-09-24
Changes: Sep 24, 2023
Version 1.8.8
- Fixed arrow key support for Bluetooth keyboards
New in 1.8.7:
- Better support for Unicode/non-Latin alphabet stories.
- Updated to git glulx interpreter version 1.3.7 (conforming to Glulx VM standard 3.1.3.)
- New IFDB search options, updated search URLs and built-in bookmarks.
- Dropbox API update, sync improvements.
- Option to swap text/background colors in color picker.
- Improved handling of ZIP file downloads from IFDB: you can now select which stories to install.
- Enable 'iTunes File sharing: supported story files and saved games dragged into Frotz will be automatically installed.
- Restored keyboard long-press hide/lock functionality.
- Other bug fixes/minor UI tweaks.
Frotz version 1.8.7
Updated At: 2023-06-08
Changes: Jun 8, 2023
Version 1.8.7
- Better support for Unicode/non-Latin alphabet stories.
- Update glulx (git) specification standard to 1.3.7.
- New IFDB search options, updated search URLs and built-in bookmarks.
- Dropbox API update, sync improvements.
- Option to swap text/background colors in color picker.
- Improved handling of ZIP file downloads from IFDB: you can now select which stories to install.
- Enable 'iTunes File sharing: supported story files and saved games dragged into Frotz will be automatically installed.
- Restored keyboard long-press hide/lock functionality.
- Other bug fixes/minor UI tweaks.
Frotz version 1.8.6
Updated At: 2020-09-07
Changes: Sep 7, 2020 Version 1.8.6
- Fix crash on iPad when trying to restart story from Story Details view.
- Fix hang which can occur when scrolling in Frotz Settings.
Frotz version 1.8.5
Updated At: 2020-09-03
Changes: Sep 3, 2020 Version 1.8.5
- Configurable text size and font on Notes screen.
- Fix unreadable Notes text in dark mode.
- General bug fixes and refactoring to use more modern iOS APIs.
Frotz version 1.8.4
Updated At: 2020-07-03
Changes: Jul 3, 2020 Version 1.8.4
- Improved support for iOS 13, including light/dark mode, and for newer devices/screen sizes.
- Fix a bug causing manual saved games to fail.
- Other bug fixes.
Frotz version 1.8.3
Updated At: 2020-07-01
Changes: 1 Jul 2020 Version 1.8.3
- Improved support for iOS 13 and newer devices.
- Bug fixes.
Frotz version 1.8.2
Updated At: 2017-10-03
Changes: Oct 3, 2017 Version 1.8.2
- Prevent games from being confused by iOS 11 “smart punctuation”.
- Fix bug with text sub-window sizing in glulx games.
- Add launch shortcut to Story List (without resuming current story).
- Other minor bug fixes.
[New in 1.8.1]: Support for new Dropbox API for syncing saved games
[New in 1.8]: TADS support, multitasking, 64-bit.
Frotz version 1.8
Updated At: 2008-08-12
Frotz version 1.8.2
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 2017年10月3日 Version 1.8.2
- Prevent games from being confused by iOS 11 “smart punctuation”.
- Fix bug with text sub-window sizing in glulx games.
- Add launch shortcut to Story List (without resuming current story).
- Other minor bug fixes.
[New in 1.8.1]: Support for new Dropbox API for syncing saved games
[New in 1.8]: TADS support, multitasking, 64-bit.
Frotz version 1.8.4
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 2020年7月3日 Version 1.8.4
- Improved support for iOS 13, including light/dark mode, and for newer devices/screen sizes.
- Fix a bug causing manual saved games to fail.
- Other bug fixes.
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