special

    Graphics

    The graphics characters used in Beyond Zork and Journey are built into
    Frotz, so no extra files are required to play. If the fixed width font is
    not 8 pixels by 8 pixels, the graphics will be scaled accordingly.

    The Atari ST release of Beyond Zork has a title picture, which Frotz can
    display. The picture must be in MCGA format (the same as that used for the
    V6 graphics files) and can be downloaded from the IF Archive. The graphics
    file must have the same name as the story file, except for the different
    file ending, e.g.

    	BeyondZork.z5 		Story file
    	BeyondZork.mg1		Title graphics file

    Colour

    If Frotz is running on a custom screen, or Frotz is running on Workbench 3.0
    or higher on a Workbench screen with enough free pens, then colour in games
    is supported. If Frotz is using a cutom screen this requires the opening of
    a 16 colour screen (as opposed to the usual 4 colour screen), which may
    result in a slowing down of Frotz, depending on your system. Due to this,
    colour is disabled by default, and must be enabled from within preferences.
    Beyond Zork and V6 games are supported as special cases, since these games
    force changes to the background colour of the entire screen.

    Note that in non-colour mode, Frotz represents reversed text as white on
    blue, as this is more readable, but in colour mode the text really is
    reversed.

    Sound

    The sound files which were released with both the Amiga version of The
    Lurking Horror and the Amiga and Macintosh versions of Sherlock are
    supported by Frotz. Also supported are versions of these sound files which
    were prepared by Stefan Jokisch for use with IBM PC sound cards. This last
    set of files can be downloaded from the IF Archive.

    As distributed by Infocom, the sound files were stored in a sub-directory
    Sound of the directory where the game file was kept. However, some of the
    sound files from the two different games have the same name. For this
    reason, Frotz looks first for the sound files in the sub-directories
    LurkingHorrorSound or SherlockSound (depending on the game), and then in
    Sound.

    Note that some game files (particularly those released for the PC) do not
    contain the required instructions for playing the sound files, so to get the
    sound effects a suitable (i.e. Amiga or Macintosh) game file is required, as
    well as the sound files. The Lurking Horror releases 219 and 221 contain the
    sound instructions, as does Sherlock release 26 (see the release and serial
    numbers displayed when the game is first started).

    As of Amiga Frotz 2.41, AIFF format samples stored in Blorb resource files
    can be played, provided that the samples are 8bit mono. The Blorb file
    must have the same name as the game file it is associated with, except that
    its extension should be ".blb".

    Input and Output

    Frotz supports the timed input of Border Zone, which has an internal clock
    that runs in real-time, i.e. events take place even if you do not type in
    any instructions. Frotz also supports the accented characters used in the
    unreleased German version of Zork 1.

    In Beyond Zork, some location descriptions can occasionally be longer than
    the upper window will allow. In this case Alt Cursor Up and Alt Cursor Down
    can be used to scroll the description.

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