http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Quetzal 2026-04-17T20:47:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=51507&oldid=prev 2026-02-19T15:48:52Z

<p>add some links</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:48, 19 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Resources ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Resources ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www.</del>ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification/savefile_14.txt Quetzal v1.4 spec]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://ifarchive.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification/savefile_14.txt Quetzal v1.4 spec<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] (covering Z-code)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [https://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/standards/quetzal/index.html HTML version of the same spec]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [https://www.ifwiki.org/Quetzal Quetzal on the IF Wiki</ins>]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:IFF based file formats]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:IFF based file formats]]</div></td></tr> </table>

JTN http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=51499&oldid=prev 2026-02-19T11:45:34Z

<p>detail</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 11:45, 19 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|subcat=Saved Games</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|subcat=Saved Games</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Quetzal''' is a saved-game format for [[Z-code]] and [[Glulx]] games.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It was devised for [[Z-code]] in 1997 by Martin Frost, and was universally adopted shortly thereafter. (Prior to its adoption, every Z-code interpreter, including Infocom's, used its own format for saved games, and they were not formally specified or interoperable.)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The same basic format was re-used by the later [[Glulx]] virtual machine (circa 1999). The specification for the Glulx VM describes how Quetzal usage differs for Glulx.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is an [[IFF]]-based format (FORM IFZS). There isn't a widely-used conventional filename extension.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Resources ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Resources ==</div></td></tr> </table>

JTN http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=51498&oldid=prev 2026-02-19T11:44:44Z

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JTN http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=2774&oldid=prev 2012-11-11T07:30:07Z

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Gphemsley http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=2063&oldid=prev 2012-11-07T06:54:02Z

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Dan Tobias http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=435&oldid=prev 2012-10-29T02:11:10Z

<p>Changed link to main IF Archive</p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:11, 29 October 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Resources ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Resources ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ifarchive</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ifreviews</del>.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification/savefile_14.txt Quetzal v1.4 spec]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ifarchive</ins>.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification/savefile_14.txt Quetzal v1.4 spec]</div></td></tr> </table>

Rhetoric X http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Quetzal&diff=67&oldid=prev 2012-10-26T10:46:22Z

<p>linking to the Quetzal spec on ifarchive</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> == Resources ==<br /> * [http://ifarchive.ifreviews.org/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/specification/savefile_14.txt Quetzal v1.4 spec]</div>

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