ZIL

File Format
Name	ZIL
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Interactive Fiction ZIL
Extension(s)	.zil

ZIL (Zork Implementation Language) is a programming language (based on MDL) used to develop interactive fiction games. It was developed by Infocom. It compiles into Z-code via the intermediary code ZAP (via a compiler that's apparently lost; however, see ZILF below for a new working compiler).

Documentation

• Learning ZIL

Tools

• ZILF: Tools for working with ZIL, including a compiler
• VirtualStudio ZIL support files

Sample files

• Historical Source (Infocom source code in ZIL)