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'''ZZT''' was a text mode MS-DOS video game developed by Epic MegaGames (then named Potomac Computer Systems). This article is mainly about the ZZT game engine and game format, which are used by many third-party games.
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'''ZZT''' was a text mode MS-DOS video game developed by Epic MegaGames (then named Potomac Computer Systems). This article is mainly about the ZZT game engine and game format, which are used by many third-party games. The save game format is the same as the world format.
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [http://zzt.org/versions/ zzt.org: ZZT versions]
 
* [http://zzt.org/versions/ zzt.org: ZZT versions]
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* [https://github.com/asiekierka/reconstruction-of-zzt ZZT source code], from a decompilation project
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
* http://cd.textfiles.com/arcadebbs/GAMES/ZZT/
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* {{CdTextfilesURL|arcadebbs/GAMES/ZZT/}}
 
* [https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_zzt Internet Archive ZZT software library]
 
* [https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_zzt Internet Archive ZZT software library]
 
* [http://zzt.org/?p=database zzt.org game database]
 
* [http://zzt.org/?p=database zzt.org game database]
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* [[Wikipedia: ZZT-oop]] -  ZZT's scripting language
 
* [[Wikipedia: ZZT-oop]] -  ZZT's scripting language
 
* [[Wikipedia: Super ZZT]]
 
* [[Wikipedia: Super ZZT]]
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* [https://pokyfriends.com/blog/20/worlds-of-zzt-patreon Worlds of ZZT Patreon announcement]
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* [http://www.museumofzzt.com/ Museum of ZZT]
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== See also ==
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* [[ZXT/ZAX]]

Revision as of 14:20, 1 September 2023

File Format
Name ZZT
Ontology
Extension(s) .zzt, .szt
Released 1991

ZZT was a text mode MS-DOS video game developed by Epic MegaGames (then named Potomac Computer Systems). This article is mainly about the ZZT game engine and game format, which are used by many third-party games. The save game format is the same as the world format.

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.ZZT game files begin with bytes 0xff 0xff.

.SZT (Super ZZT) game files begin with 0xfe 0xff.

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