Closer Look Poll 77

This poll is Closed. Votes were accepted from Jan. 12, 2026 through Jan. 18, 2026

Mario and the Sapphire of Justice

OSWFootball47

Mario found this cool Sapphire to destroy Bowser. Bowser hid it. Now you must stop him in this game that looks to be inspired by Link's Adventure

🗝️

Corrupt Mind

AKNeutron

The game's author has fallen mysteriously ill. Time to plug him in via modem to the computer and explore his innermost mind to save him from himself!

Battle Tech

Alex Drelick

"From your humble beginnings as a MechWarrior trainee, whose father was presumed dead, you set out to destroy the Wolf Clan, and investigate a strange portal."

PATRON NOMINATED

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Third Turkey Day

Aric McKeown

Aliens from another universe are going to kill Joel? _And_ it's Thanksgiving? An MST3K game that looks at least a step above the more well-preserved one

PATRON NOMINATED

The Quest of Cesteron

Unknown

A wandering rogue rescues the great wizard Zantor from the demon Jihon Jedidiah Jacobia! A sprawling adventure with traditional ZZT gameplay

PATRON NOMINATED

Poll Results

• Results shown reflect the current votes in the database prior to filtering ineligible votes when choosing a winner.
• Current totals may therefore differ from the final results!
• In the event of a tie, priority will be given to Patron selected poll options.
• If two Patron selected options tie, a winner will be selected randomly.

Poll Rules

• Only patrons are eligible for voting. If you are not an active patron, you may make a pledge on the Worlds of ZZT Patreon!
• Votes which do not provide an e-mail address associated with an active patron will be rejected during the final vote tallying process.
• Patrons at the $20/month level can select a game to be featured in the poll. Patrons who do so will have their chosen game appear in all subsequent polls until:
  • The game receive the most votes in a poll
  • The patron decides to switch to a different game. (Starting with the next poll.)
  • Six months pass without the game winning a poll, in which case the game will be covered as a non-patron poll selected game as soon as possible.
• Only the most recent is counted, you may change your vote by simply placing a new vote.
• Take descriptions with a grain of salt. They are written based on pre-existing knowledge and cursory exploration of games. I have been off base before. (But if you know I am, get in touch so I can provide a more accurate description.)