I want to port the Frotz z-machine interpreter to the Amazon Kindle. Is this even possible?

Question

I want to be able to play works of interactive fiction on an Amazon Kindle 2. In order to do this, I would need to port the Frotz interpreter to the Kindle. So far, I have not been able to find anywhere that Kindle application development is discussed. Does such a thing exist? Where can I find more information?

Answer 1

This blog reversing everything is about kindle hacking. (it's a linux box after all)

Answer 2

You could build it as a web app and use the Kindle browser to play.

http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/kindle-formatting-for-web-geeks

Answer 3

There's already a web app. Does the kindle support javascript? If so this might be worth a try: http://parchment.toolness.com/

Answer 4

Yes the KDK allows for apps like this, you just have to write it in Java (1.4) but other than that you are free to do this (and it would be a cool use of the KDK, you should apply to the beta program)

Answer 5

Since the Kindle Development Kit (KDK) is Java-based, perhaps a good starting point is a Java-based Z-machine interpreter like http://zmpp.sourceforge.net/

Answer 6

There is an open source project going on here: http://adq.livejournal.com/109224.html But it is outside the KDK since the KDK is not widely available.