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| release_date = 1991 | | release_date = 1991 | ||
| made_by = Tim Sweeney | | made_by = Tim Sweeney | ||
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== Running == | == Running == | ||
The best way to use ZZT is via [http://www.dosbox.com/ DOSBox]! You may also want to grab a DOSBox frontend like [http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/ DBGL]. The only other thing you need is ZZT itself, which you can grab from [https://museumofzzt.com/getting-started The Museum of ZZT]. | The best way to use ZZT is via [http://www.dosbox.com/ DOSBox]! You may also want to grab a DOSBox frontend like [http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/ DBGL]. The only other thing you need is ZZT itself, which you can grab from [https://museumofzzt.com/getting-started The Museum of ZZT]. | ||
* [https://zeta.asie.pl/ Zeta] | |||
=== Ports === | |||
* [https://zeta.asie.pl/wiki/doku.php?id=release:tinyzoo TinyZoo] - Game Boy Color, Analogue Pocket, more to come. | |||
== Examples == | |||
* ''[https://asie.itch.io/atop-the-witchs-tower-gb Atop the Witch's Tower GB]'' - Port of a ZZT game, and the ZZT engine, to the Game Boy Color. | |||
=== See Also === | |||
* [https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/6557 ZZTV 11] - [[Distribution:Glorious Trainwrecks|Glorious Trainwrecks]] event. | |||
* [https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/3348 Glorious Weekend of ZZT Blitzkrieg-a-thon!] - Glorious Trainwrecks event. | |||
* Search for '[https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/search/node/zzt zzt]' on Glorious Trainwrecks. | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150907203602if_/http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=443 zzt recommended reading list] - Article by Anna Anthropy. | |||
== Press == | |||
Talks, interviews, reviews... | |||
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4035/from_the_past_to_the_future_tim_.php From Past to the Future: Tim Sweeney Talks] - Gamasutra interview. | |||
* [http://hydra78.tripod.com/hm-tims.htm Hercules Meets Tim Sweeney] - Interview. | |||
* [http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12521 DigitalMZX Interview] | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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* [https://www.museumofzzt.com/ Museum of ZZT] - The modern ZZT archive, with new releases, articles, and the ability to play and inspect games in-browser. | * [https://www.museumofzzt.com/ Museum of ZZT] - The modern ZZT archive, with new releases, articles, and the ability to play and inspect games in-browser. | ||
* [http://zzt.org/ Z2] - The historical (no longer updated) ZZT archive and community site. | * [http://zzt.org/ Z2] - The historical (no longer updated) ZZT archive and community site. | ||
* [ | * [https://zeta.asie.pl/wiki/ Wiki of Weavers] - 'place to document the myriad of attempts at extending, modifying or succeeding ZZT made throughout the years' | ||
[[Category:Game Builder]][[Category:2-D]][[Category:Adventure]][[Category:DOS]] | [[Category:Game Builder]][[Category:2-D]][[Category:Adventure]][[Category:DOS]] | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 2 September 2022
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| Release date: | 1991 |
| Made by: | Tim Sweeney |
| Runs on: | DOS |
| Exports to: | DOS |
ZZT* is text-mode based game creation system. It had a sequel known as Super ZZT, which was markedly less successful because the editor was hidden behind a commandline argument. Megazeux would later become game's de facto successor. Over the years there have been other attempts at making ZZT clones, such as ZIG, Bang!, Plastic, and heaven knows what else, but none of them ever caught on.
*Named such so as to be at the bottom of alphabetical shareware lists. The name is not an abbreviation or acronym.
Running
The best way to use ZZT is via DOSBox! You may also want to grab a DOSBox frontend like DBGL. The only other thing you need is ZZT itself, which you can grab from The Museum of ZZT.
Ports
- TinyZoo - Game Boy Color, Analogue Pocket, more to come.
Examples
- Atop the Witch's Tower GB - Port of a ZZT game, and the ZZT engine, to the Game Boy Color.
See Also
- ZZTV 11 - Glorious Trainwrecks event.
- Glorious Weekend of ZZT Blitzkrieg-a-thon! - Glorious Trainwrecks event.
- Search for 'zzt' on Glorious Trainwrecks.
- zzt recommended reading list - Article by Anna Anthropy.
Press
Talks, interviews, reviews...
- From Past to the Future: Tim Sweeney Talks - Gamasutra interview.
- Hercules Meets Tim Sweeney - Interview.
- DigitalMZX Interview
See Also
- ZZT in the Guides section.
- ZZT on Wikipedia.
- The Reconstruction of ZZT - A reversed-engineered reconstruction of the Pascal source code of ZZT!
- ZZT on Mobygames.
- Museum of ZZT - The modern ZZT archive, with new releases, articles, and the ability to play and inspect games in-browser.
- Z2 - The historical (no longer updated) ZZT archive and community site.
- Wiki of Weavers - 'place to document the myriad of attempts at extending, modifying or succeeding ZZT made throughout the years'
