Museum of ZZT

Welcome to the Museum of ZZT, a site dedicated to the preservation and curation of the many games and worlds created with ZZT.

ZZT is a text-mode game from 1991 created by Tim Sweeney of Epic Games. ZZT has its own editor and scripting language which offers what may still be an unmatched level of accessibility to beginning game developers. A significant number of ZZT worlds were created by authors in their early teenage years, with some being made by children under 10. ZZT's simple ZZT-OOP scripting language gave many a friendly introduction to programming.

The goal of the Museum of ZZT site is to collect these worlds, offer discussions into them and the community built around them, and keep them safely preserved. It is the hope of the Museum that the generally unknown works of ZZT community can be easily discovered and that their importance can be recognized.

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Dr. Dos
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Aug 20, 2025
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A cursed kingdom under a perpetually red sky can only be freed by yourself, ...if you can learn some spells first
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Dr. Dos
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Aug 18, 2025
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Not dumb, just stupid. The continuing adventures of Yoshi and his great great great great great grandfather.
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Dr. Dos
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Aug 15, 2025
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Discovering that Sailor Moon is as much of a historic event as Columbus's voyage west
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Dr. Dos
Aug 14, 2025
Closer Look
A real race to the bottom as the wheels come off of a dungeon crawler that starts off as one of the most impressive I've seen in ZZT
Dr. Dos
Aug 13, 2025
Contest
An overview of the Summer 1998 24 HoZZT competition featuring top 3 rankings and game information
Dr. Dos
Aug 11, 2025
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Brainwashing Lee Press-On Nails, Disco dancing teachers, and dinosaur potty humor awaits in these classic Mario World (Cartoon) fan games
Dr. Dos
Aug 10, 2025
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A complete, commentary free playthrough of Gladiator: Knight's Saga
Dr. Dos
Aug 10, 2025
Playthrough
A complete, commentary free playthrough of Gladiator
Dr. Dos
Aug 07, 2025
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Mutant carrots, history class, time-warping to the past, ZZT's shocking origin story, and some surly art of George Washington in these games made in 24 hours!
Dr. Dos
Aug 05, 2025
Livestream
A sip of wine, an accidental murder or two, a deliberate murder, and then a magazine unlike any other
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