List of games that don't work 100% (using an iPod Touch)

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I am currently using Frotz 1.6 (the latest at the time of writing) using an 
iPod Touch iOS 5 (or whatever Apple's calling it. Also, don't ask me about the 
gen. It was bought in January 2013 and let's leave it at that).

This is to be a list of every game that doesn't, at present, really work 
smashingly on Frotz, as well as the reason why, as far as I could tell. I will 
add to it as I play the games. This list will include known problems, such as 
the .z6 games, because it's as well to have all these things in a big list and 
watch it dwindle to nothingness. :)

Let's begin.

007 - Alto Secreto: Crashes, simply put.
222 Contra el Cangrejo: after some seconds of working nicely, some weirdness 
ensues. The line that indicates where my text will go jumps up and down, I stop 
seeing what I'm writing, and before long, crash.

Incidently, there may be some issues with some Spanish games, probably the same 
issues that there are in Git (nevertheless they work fine on Glulx).

Balances (Glulx version): the problem is mostly due to the size of the screen, 
and the size of the hyperlinks. If we could pinch/zoom them, as per another 
suggestion, it would be perfect.

Glkchess: the display is quite off. Images are chopped in the middle. Without 
pinching, it's also not really playable. With pinching, however...

zRogue: I know, I know, it's an abuse, you don't *have* to run it. But it 
starts to display surprisingly well. Then something goes FUBAR and it 
completely stops responding. At which point there's nothing to do but to 
totally remove the game with DiskAid; because Frotz will save it as is, in its 
unresponsive state. ;)

Z-Chess: completely unplayable without arrow keys. I understand this is very 
specific, so a suggestion would be to define, in Frotz's settings whether not 
the arrow keys were currently emulated, and let the user define which keys 
would do, for the duration of the session. It's a bit of a hoop, yes, but very 
few games require this (which I know is an argument against it being 
implemented at all, naturally).

I will keep you posted as I play (might be a while since I'm currently playing 
a puzzle fest!). Feel free to add to this.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 27 Jan 2013 at 11:16

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Funeral for a Friend - this sort and strange one uses sounds, not supported by 
iFrotz. But they're not critical for finishing the game.

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 28 Feb 2014 at 12:32

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - this first chapter of what seems to 
be an ongoing multi-part WiP uses sounds, not currently supported. Otherwise 
playable as far as I know.

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2014 at 10:49

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I've fixed the known issues with hyperlinks in text buffer glk windows for the 
upcoming release.  The issue doesn't have its own top-level issue report.

Original comment by spath...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2014 at 5:57

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Both Groove Billygoat and Invisible Parties support 'X' instead of ESC to exit 
menus.

Original comment by spath...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2014 at 1:35

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GlkeBook: Doesn't work, because it asks to import a file. Mind, this isn't 
anything resembling a game, so the loss isn't that big. But it does expose the 
problem with accessing external files.

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2014 at 9:46

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Aladino e le Perle di Saggezze: plays sound which iFrotz doesn't play yet. 
Fully playable and crash-free as of iFrotz 1.7.

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2014 at 9:53

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Casa Tomada - this game's graphics are cropped instead of resized. Not a big 
deal, since the game is more of an introduction, but still.

UPDATE re 1.7: You'd think pinch/zoom would correct this, but surprisingly, I 
can only pinch the cropped image. I never get the complete one

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2014 at 10:01

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Heroés de la Mazmorra - this one has sound that, as we know, currently isn't 
played in iFrotz. Also, word completion doesn't actually happen, which is odd, 
but it must be the game doing something fancy internally.

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2014 at 9:26

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Homo Homini Orcus (Glulx version) - has sound that isn't played in iFrotz 
(yet!).

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2014 at 9:27

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I sometimes have a hard time finding the non-Englsih games you reference when 
they are hosted by a site other than IFDB and the site itself is not in 
English.  It would be helpful in these cases if you would provide a game link 
with the description of the problem.  Thanks.

Original comment by spath...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2014 at 10:24

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I think I have fixes for several of the crashes on launch in Spanish games 
(such as Sarimek and La Conferencia)

The drawing problems in MHTO (Glass Boxes) and related games are in the games 
themselves.
They are querying the screen size, splitting it to make a graphics window, then 
centering the center of the picture in the center of the graphics window,  but 
drawing it without scaling so the outer edges are clipped.  Not sure what could 
be done about it.  I'm sure you'll suggest adding an option to scale all images 
and making it a configurable option, but I''m really loathe to add fiddly 
options in the interface just to work around bugs in certain games.

Have you considered investing in an iPad mini? :-)

Original comment by spath...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2014 at 6:13

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I have, but the pocket-size format of the iPod wins me every time. I can grip 
it like it's harder for someone to steal it from me in the tube, and it just 
goes in and out of my shirt breast pocket whenever I want it to. ;)

Fixes for the crashes - awesome!

Drawing problems - meh, as long as you know what's going on and can document 
that it's known that games like so-and-so, that fail to consider smaller 
devices, are known not to display properly on the iPod. I think with that you'd 
have done your bit.

One of the games in the last list, I think it's Sarimek, actually says in the 
readme it allows for a configurable graphics panel - the user can make it 
smaller. Not all games are this considerate, shame...

Original comment by ilprimoc...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2014 at 10:35