Vanyar
A downloadable game
When an ancient diamond falls into the hands of a rebellious lord and his dragon, a kingdom's fate rests on your blade and an elven sage's quiet magic. Experience an authentic retro journey; a resurrected 1980s BASIC text adventure complete with nostalgia-fueled PETSCII graphics.
This game is available as a standard Z5 file for purists seeking the pure, text-only Z-machine experience, as well as an enhanced Z6 version that utilizes Infocom’s graphical standard to add atmospheric visuals.
The game also has a github page at: https://github.com/johanberntsson/Vanyar
The current version is release 2, added 29 September 2026.
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Install instructions
For pure text, download the single z5 file;. For graphics you will need both the z6 file and the blb resource file. Both formats require a Z-machine interpreter, such as Windows Frotz, to run
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How about a pre-built d64 image for C64? Ozmoo is free to use.
I know, the Ozmoo project is on my github and I wrote the first lines of its code :) You can easily create a d64 image yourself using Ozmoo Online and the vanyar.z5 file found above.