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Z-machine

virtual machine
CreativeWork virtual_machine Q135811

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
virtual machine, game engine[2]
P14470
Concepts/Z_Machine[14]
Programmed in
ZIL, Inform[3][4]
Readable file format
Blorb[13]
Software version identifier
8 (1–8, n=8)[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Z-code en Z-machine es Maquina-Z es Máquina-Z it macchina Z it Z-code ru Z-machine (игровой движок) uk Z-code
🔖 Identifiers · 9
C64-Wiki ID
Z-Machine
File Format Wiki page ID
Z-code
Freebase ID
/m/089lg
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3015-860
GitHub topic
z-machine
Internet Game Database game engine ID
z-machine
Lutris platform ID
z-machine
MobyGames platform ID
z-machine
ScreenScraper platform ID
215

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🔗 Connections
← Software engine 25
Zork, A Mind Forever Voyaging, Deadline, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ballyhoo, Bureaucracy, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Wishbringer +17 more
← Implementation of 3
Frotz, Parchment, Spatterlight
Instance of 2
game engine, virtual machine
Programmed in 2
Inform, ZIL
← FactGrid item ID 1
Senlecques
← Platform 1
Galatea
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Summary

Z-machine is a virtual machine[1].

Related Entities

Book and Volume Frotz Inform Senlecques Shrapnel Spatterlight ZIL

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  4. [5] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ifwiki.org. ifwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Programming language → —
    Instance of → —
    Programmed in → ZIL, Inform
    Readable file format → Blorb
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Z_Machine, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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