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.
Latest Files
Latest Articles
Closer Look: Village
Livestream - Super Archaeologist Simulator (Part 1)
Closer Look: Scarlet Green
| Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livestream - AKWare ZZT Halloween Special / Death | Dr. Dos | Oct. 30th | Trick-or-treat and Kill-or-be-killed in this spooky double feature! |
| Closer Look: ZZT's City + Interview With Stuart Hardwick | Dr. Dos | Oct. 15th | Contrasting the newly discovered Softdisk published version of ZZT with the Epic MegaGames version we all know |
| Livestream - Yuki and the Space Show (Ep. 2) | Dr. Dos | Oct. 10th | Chutes, Secrets, and Orbs |
| Livestream - Yuki and the Space Show (Ep. 1) | Dr. Dos | Oct. 3rd | Pumpkins, slimes, and space aliens! |
| Closer Look: Fred! Episode 1: Space Fred! | Dr. Dos | Sept. 30th | EAT. THE. FLOWERS. |
| Livestream - For Elise (Part 3) | Dr. Dos | Sept. 18th | Delving beneath Yomi in the last chapter of this brilliantly well-made dungeon crawl |
| Closer Look: Atop The Witch's Tower | Dr. Dos | Sept. 17th | Thyer's first ever ZZT world: The story of a witch's anxiety and her sacrificial princess |
Latest Reviews
| File | Author | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Russian Sexy Boi DEMO | gary busey | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| Faux Amis (v1.02) | Zephyr | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| Orc Killer: Blood-Slave of Gargax | Zinfandel Z.T. | 4.0 / 5.0 |
| Dr. Zeebo | Agent Orange | 4.0 / 5.0 |
| Unlimited Maze Works | Ando | 3.5 / 5.0 |
| Daedalus' Obelisk | Ando | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| November Eve | Agent Orange | 3.0 / 5.0 |
| Akim Productions Comedy 24 Hours of ZZT Spring 2001 [Vegetables] | K | — |
| Faux Amis (v1.01) | KKairos | 4.5 / 5.0 |
| Generic | KKairos | 3.0 / 5.0 |
