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
Publish Date
Feb 05, 2025
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Livestream
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Floating around the dark world, fighting plants, listening to orbs, and slogging your way to erasing a dude from existence
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Dr. Dos
Publish Date
Feb 03, 2025
Category
Livestream
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Running from tower to tower to solve the robots' cruel puzzles and venting by exploding some monsters
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Dr. Dos
Jan 30, 2025
Livestream
More unique ideas, engines too powerful for ZZT, and strange stories from WiL. Also Mega Man with a time machine.
Dr. Dos
Jan 28, 2025
Closer Look
Cosmo's been promoted to captain, and he's going to do everything he can other than go to space to rescue the mayor's wife.
Dr. Dos
Jan 25, 2025
Livestream
A farmer, a monk, a princess, and a bird/god walk into another dimension... a grand fantasy epic for ZZT that actually has end!
Dr. Dos
Jan 22, 2025
Livestream
WiL puzzles. WiL tells stories. WiL goes to purgatory. And an unrelated miner strikes it rich
Dr. Dos
Jan 18, 2025
Livestream
A playthrough of one of the original ZZT worlds for ZZT's 34th birthday!
Dr. Dos
Jan 18, 2025
Livestream
Games with unusual visual styles, a too-edgy-for-AOL comedy, and some really creative puzzle games
Dr. Dos
Jan 14, 2025
Closer Look
Stepping outside into a dying world to rescue your loved one, and maybe save yourself in the process. Or maybe neither!
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