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ZZT

1991Tim SweeneyActionAdventurePuzzle

ZZT is a 1991 action-adventure puzzle video game and game creation system developed and published by Potomac Computer Systems for MS-DOS. It was later released as freeware in 1997. It is an early game allowing user-generated content using object-oriented programming. Players control a smiley face to battle various creatures and solve puzzles in different grid-based boards in a chosen world. It has four worlds where players explore different boards and interact with objects such as ammo, bombs, and scrolls to reach the end of the game. It includes an in-game editor, allowing players to develop worlds using the game's scripting language, ZZT-OOP.

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Halted
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A byte-for-byte accurate reverse-engineered reconstruction of ZZT 3.2's lost original source code.
Platforms:DOS
Stars385
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Halted
Original game (original game, not this project)Original game image
A near-complete, authentic snapshot of a real 1991 ZZT development build's Pascal source, not a decompilation, targeting DOS.
Platforms:DOS
Stars102
Updated3 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2023
Sporadic
Original game (original game, not this project)Original game image
A lightweight emulator that runs ZZT and Super ZZT accurately in modern environments, including in a web browser.
Platforms:WebWindowsLinux
Stars70
Updated6 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2020
Halted
KevEdit screenshot
KevEdit is a ZZT world editor originally made 2000-2005 by Kevin Vance and Ryan Phillips, revived on GitHub since 2023.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars66
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2017
Halted
RuZZT screenshot
A faithful Rust reimplementation of the ZZT engine, verified against the original game using a disassembler.
Platforms:None
Stars50
Updated7 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2019
Halted
DreamZZT screenshot
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars44
Updated15 years ago
LicenseGPL-2.0
Release2011
Halted
zztgo screenshot
A Go port of a reconstructed ZZT source code base, using a custom Pascal-to-Go converter and the tcell terminal library.
Platforms:None
Stars30
Updated6 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2020
Active
Original game (original game, not this project)Original game image
A C# emulator of the ZZT and Super ZZT game-creation engines, with an SDL-based Lyon frontend.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars24
Updated1 month ago
LicenseISC
Release2015
Tyger screenshot
Platforms:Windows
LicenseMIT*