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.
New Releases
New Finds
Latest Articles
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Dr. Dos | Jan 28, 2026 | Closer Look | A young man prepares to enlist in the middle of WW3, but what if it was actually aliens all along? |
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Dr. Dos | Jan 26, 2026 | Livestream | Life sucks...then you visit the Sucker. |
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Dr. Dos | Jan 20, 2026 | Livestream | Breaking out of the dungeons in this oddly surreal looking adventure |
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Dr. Dos | Jan 17, 2026 | Livestream | I would never hurt a centipede. Spelunking the caves in this lovely community collab project |
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Dr. Dos | Jan 15, 2026 | Livestream | Born in a text editor. Raised in the Caves. The Incredible ZZT Sucker is all that I crave. |
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Dr. Dos | Jan 14, 2026 | Closer Look | One last shot at a ZZT shooter finds all the ingredients to make it a compelling experience |
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Dr. Dos | Jan 10, 2026 | Livestream | Fixing up nuisances, and throwing out a board I don't care for in favor or something slightly more original as we mostly wrap up this still unnamed ZZT game |
Latest Feedback
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Mrs. Clause | Jun 29, 2025 | 3.50 / 5.00 |
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august | Jun 23, 2025 | 5.00 / 5.00 |
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august | Jun 23, 2025 | 5.00 / 5.00 |
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M.O. | Jun 19, 2025 | 1.00 / 5.00 |
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Chris Fourney | Jun 11, 2025 | 4.50 / 5.00 |
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May 29, 2025 | 3.00 / 5.00 |
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Commodore | May 26, 2025 | 4.00 / 5.00 |

