Chess--at least, a few moves of it--implemented for the Z-machine, though it's not really a Z-Abuse as such. The board is represented in a status line of sorts, but you still enter your commands as text. Cleverly done; might be even better if implemented as full-blown chess exercise. This was one of the games in the 1998 April Fool's hoax called Textfire.

Rating: Not rated

Reviewed by Duncan Stevens (12 Jul 2000)

12pack.zip (522.48 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: 1)

zugzwang.zip (51.94 KB)

Z-code 5 executable (version: Release 2, post-Textfire release, zipped together with source code)