Windows interpreters

This page shows stable interpreters which are downloadable on Windows. They are listed in date order (latest release first).

Click to download the interpreter, or to play online, as appropriate.

Interpreter	Link	Format	System	Updated	Multimedia support
Windows Frotz	Download	Z-code	Windows	2026-04-01	Color, Graphics, Sound
Gargoyle	Download	ADRIFT 4, AdvSys, AGT, Alan 2, Alan 3, Glulx, Hugo, Level 9, Magnetic Scrolls, ScottFree, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code	Windows, macOS, Linux	2026-02-08	Different for each game format
Lectrote	Download	ADRIFT 4, Glulx, Hugo, Ink JSON, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code	Windows, macOS, Linux	2025-10-04	Color, Graphics (No TADS multimedia support)
Windows Glulxe	Download	Glulx	Windows	2025-07-19	Color effects, graphics, sound
ScummVM	Download	ADRIFT 4, AdvSys, AGT, Alan 2, Alan 3, Glulx, Hugo, Level 9, Magnetic Scrolls, Quest, ScottFree, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code, Other	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Other	2025-05-25
Level9	Download	Level 9	Windows, macOS, Linux, MS-DOS, Commodore Amiga, Sinclair QL, Other	2025-05-25	Both line-drawn and bitmap graphics
ThinBASIC Adventure Builder	Download	Other	Windows	2024-11-13	Graphics: jpg, png, bmp, gif Sound: wav, ogg, mp3, aiff, mod FMVideo: wmv
UnQuill		Other	Windows, Linux, MS-DOS	2024-08-30	Colours and character-based graphics
FrankenDrift	Download	ADRIFT 4, ADRIFT 5	Windows, macOS, Linux	2024-08-10	Graphics, color
Magnetic for Windows	Download	Magnetic Scrolls	Windows	2023-12-19
Windows Git	Download	Glulx	Windows	2023-07-19	Color, graphics, sound
QTads	Download	TADS 2, TADS 3	Windows, macOS, Linux	2023-05-17	All multimedia features of TADS are supported.
DMagnetic	Download Play	Magnetic Scrolls	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, CP/M, Other	2023-05-17	Colour text effects: yes. Graphics: ANSI, ASCII, sixel, UTF-8. Sound: No.
Hugor	Download	Hugo	Windows, macOS, Linux	2022-05-09
WinArun	Download	Alan 2, Alan 3	Windows	2021-09-21
ADRIFT Runner	Download	ADRIFT 4, ADRIFT 5	Windows	2020-09-12
Encrusted	Download Play	Z-code	Browser, Windows, Linux	2019-02-25
Quest for Windows	Download	Quest	Windows	2018-07-20

You may also be interested in the following interpreters which will run within a browser window:

Interpreter	Link	Format	System	Updated	Multimedia support
Parchment	Download Play	ADRIFT 4, Glulx, Hugo, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code	Browser	2025-01-14	Colours, graphics, sound (in Glulx only)
Infocom Frotz	Play	Z-code	Browser	2024-09-01	Fully supports Z6 multimedia (colour, graphics, sound)
ElseIFPlayer	Play	ADRIFT 4, Glulx, Hugo, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code	Browser	2023-06-29	No multimedia
Parchmap	Play	Glulx, Hugo, TADS 2, TADS 3, Z-code	Browser	2023-06-17
DMagnetic	Download Play	Magnetic Scrolls	Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, CP/M, Other	2023-05-17	Colour text effects: yes. Graphics: ANSI, ASCII, sixel, UTF-8. Sound: No.
ADRIFT WebRunner	Play	ADRIFT 4, ADRIFT 5	Browser	2020-09-12
Encrusted	Download Play	Z-code	Browser, Windows, Linux	2019-02-25
Magnetic Scripts	Play	Magnetic Scrolls	Browser	2015-12-18
Quest for Web	Play	Quest	Browser

To see all Windows interpreters, including ones that may not be stable, or that may not be as simple to download and run, you can use the search form or drilldown page (see navbox below).

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