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Lost Files of ZZT

This is an index of known lost ZZT-related files, especially including game worlds.

Do you have any of these files? Do you have any other ZZT-related files? Please contact me at asiekierka at gmail.com (or kontakt at asie.pl).

Confirmed as lost

This table lists ZZT-related files that are proven to have been publicly available at some point in time.

Type Name Author Date (D/M/Y) Original URL Comment
Utility ZZT 3.25 Smallhacker http://www.geocities.com/jddgames/zzt3_25.zip Website mirror
Demo Brawlers Demo Evan Darrow 1993-1994? BRAWLDMO.ZZT found in private archive, but corrupt; partial restoration here
Game Crazy Maze thecomputerwhiz ??/??/2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP_3Rh08x8M
Demo Rhygar 2 Demo Bongo79 18/04/1997 R2DEMRD.TXT
Demo Terrorist Tower GreaseMonkey (thematrixeatsyou) 27/09/2006 http://tmey.cjb.net/ttower.html z2 forum thread
Game Citrus Yoshi Goshi 28/12/2002 http://camex.phenominet.com/mzx/CitrusYoshi.zip DigitalMZX forum thread
Game Hell Paladin 2000? http://superwad.homepage.com/zzt/hell.zip Hosted on SuperWAD's website
Game Pete the Pirate Wonder103 14/07/2001 Pirate.txt, formerly/briefly available on z2
Game Pokey's Volleyball Knightt http://voighdt.trap.cx/volypkey.zip Listed on Red Aureole
Game Town of ZZT 2 ff6sabin http://voighdt.trap.cx/town2.zip Listed on Red Aureole
Game ZZT is Stupid Paladin 2000? http://superwad.homepage.com/zzt/zzt_is_stupid.zip Hosted on SuperWAD's website
Demo Blue's Clues oryx-de-cow http://voighdt.trap.cx/blueclue.zip Listed on Red Aureole
Demo Super Mario ZZT thepiper http://voighdt.trap.cx/mario.zip Listed on Red Aureole
Demo Any Colour You Like http://voighdt.trap.cx/colours1.zip Listed on Red Aureole
Game Bad Ships Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/badships.zzt Listed on homepage
Game Dig Dug Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/digdug.rar Listed on homepage
Game Fear Runner Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/runner-8.zzt Listed on homepage
Game Grass War Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/graswar9.zzt Listed on homepage
Game Jungle of Escape Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/jungle-7.zzt Listed on homepage
Game Mission: Implausible (“Mathmo”) Rachael Luckett (Woodpijn) http://student.cusu.cam.ac.uk/~tmn22/mathmo.zzt
Game Multi Terrains Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/multi8.zzt Listed on homepage
Game Remote Planet Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/remotep9.zzt Listed on homepage
Game Rosewood Knight Robert Pragt http://www1.tip.nl/~t866896/robert/roswood.zip Listed on homepage
Game Space Protector Easy Cyan (David Thayer) http://www.compstuff.net:80/Zzt/Worlds/SP-V01.SAV Listed on homepage
Game NES Museum Yoshi011 http://www.smbland.com/fanmadegames/nes.zip Listed on smbland.com
Game Journey Doc http://www.ims-1.com/~modrnart/journey.zzt http://www.ims-1.com/~modrnart/zzt.html
Game Forest Journey Doc http://www.ims-1.com/~modrnart/journyf.zzt http://www.ims-1.com/~modrnart/zzt.html
Game T'Bay (TBAY.PAK) 17/03/1991 Listed on RBBS-FMS OffLine Catalogue
Game Planet Destroyer Evan Darrow ??/06/1993 Listed in AOL upload listing
Utility Supa Font Robert Pragt http://www1.tip.nl/~t866896/robert/supaf.zip Listed on homepage
??? SoundMan ZZT Club; appears in Brian Schweitzer's list and a 1992 BBS file list
??? a bunch of zzt boards from games i started but never finished (circa 1994-96) Mono http://www.barrelremnants.com/zzt/mono.zip

Suspected lost

This table lists ZZT-related files that are not preserved, but have been mentioned in forum posts or magazines - however, without concrete proof as to their public existence or lack thereof.

Note that many of these games are known to have existed - for the purposes of these lists, I consider “proof” very literally.

Type Name Author Comment
Game A“Maze”ing ? John Shipley's ZZT Club list
Game Attack over ZZT Aran Meuser John Shipley's ZZT Club list
Demo Excalibur ? John Shipley's ZZT Club list
Game Gold Fever Chris Jong John Shipley's ZZT Club list
Game Sword of Fury John Shipley Mentioned in IF interview and other j.shipley2 games
Game The Life and Times of Chad Slacker ? John Shipley's ZZT Club list
Game Die, Scum, Die! zamros's older brother AOL file library release; information source
Game Los Refritos 2, 3, 4, 5 gchucky
Game Leftovers RbdWombat Geocities webpage
Game ZZTLand 1-2 Collin Tedlock? Mentioned in ZPower2.
Game WEIRD 0.04 Scott Hammack Mentioned in AOL logs and in maxzzt.zip; conversely, author claims it did not exist publicly or in a finished form
Game Sivion pre-2.00g Monthigos Mentioned in The NL, as well as implied by the game itself.
Game Caves of Terror (1991) Lee Savage Mentioned in the H1 1991 ZZT newsletter
Game Unnamed Star Trek trivia game (1991) Gail Eppers Mentioned in the H1 1991 ZZT newsletter
Game Silver Stars series games, etc. SkunkStarlight https://www.deviantart.com/skunkstarlight/art/History-of-Work-858160127
Game AKWare Exterminator Mentioned by Zinfandel on the Museum of ZZT Discord
NUMBERS.ZIP      2676  03-30-93  This Is A Zzt Random Number Picker. 
							   | Created By Joe Moone.
							   | You Need Zzt.Zip To Play This Game.
							   | (Newest File Date: 02-06-93)
							   	README.ZIP       3515  03-30-93  Download This Before Downloading Any Of The 
							   | Landland Games!
							   | You Need Zzt.Zip To Use This File!
							   | (Newest File Date: 02-06-93)

Partially lost

The following items are at least partially usable (so preserved beyond a mention or text file), but are missing some auxillary files.

Type Name Author Comment

Brian Schweitzer's list (1993)

Bundled in COLORUS.SZT - only suspected missing games without other evidence listed.

Name/Filename Comment
Citadel Possibly unreleased
Easier Citadel Possibly unreleased
Doc.zzt
Space Ducky 2 Likely unreleased
Gunner.zzt
Orb.zzt
Reds.zzt
Sword.zzt
Sword2.zzt

The total count is 34-36 ZZT games and 7 Super ZZT games.

z2 rejections

Nothing else is known about these other than the date of their removal from the upload queue. Some games made as obvious trolls by prominent ZZTers are not listed, as well as games which can circumstancially be proven to have been uploaded.

Name Date Preserved?
ZEBRA.zzt February 6, 2002
ateam.zip February 6, 2002
Bugger98.zip February 6, 2002
Hughes.zip February 6, 2002
Jhcaverns.zip February 6, 2002
Starfighter March 11, 2002
Spletch.zip March 17, 2002
Goofy Magazine 1 April 4, 2002
creations.zip April 27, 2002
jail.zzt May 6, 2002
Dirrco.zzt May 6, 2002
Search for Bin Laden.zip May 23, 2002
skuulkuuldemo.zip May 23, 2002
SuperRacers2002.zip May 23, 2002
Ultimate ZZT KIT.zip May 23, 2002
The_Cave.zip June 22, 2002
darkgulf.zip June 29, 2002
Diablo.zip July 25, 2002
microbe.zip July 25, 2002
LUKE.zip (also Luke's ZZT Game.zip on 08/23, ZZT-Luke.zip on 08/30, ZZT-Luke V. 2.ZIP, …) August 16, 2002
Sidemania.zip August 16, 2002
poodle.zip August 23, 2002
blinkmag.zip August 23, 2002
harold.zip September 6, 2002
2in1.zip September 6, 2002
Mr-pain.zip September 6, 2002
lavamandemo.zip (demo of lavaman.zip) September 13, 2002
goofdugdemo.zip September 20, 2002
Game.zip September 24, 2002
portalde.zip September 24, 2002
mportbeta.zip, bmportal.zip, etc. October 5, 2002
jamaster.zip October 26-28, 2002
paybereplacement.zip October 28, 2002
Art.zip (by Kuno) November 25, 2002
diebarney.ZIP December 22, 2002
Carni.zip January 30, 2003
Alchemy.zip March 13, 2003
ATOFTHNO.zip (stolen boards) March 13, 2003
skeletonworld.zip March 27, 2003
WOOTANY.zip April 6, 2003
Bestgaim.zip April 16, 2003
Militia1-2-3.zip May 2, 2003
Security1-2-3-4-5.zip May 2, 2003
evo2.zip (stolen boards) May 16, 2003
StickUp2.zip June 19, 2003
HORSE.zip July 2, 2003
DigDugZZT.zip July 12, 2003
STARWARS.zip July 18, 2003
School32.zip July 25, 2003
canada.zip August 3, 2003
COLLEGED.zip August 21, 2003
tr's toolkit August 21, 2003
nonewbde.zip August 21, 2003
poker.zip September 15, 2003
Davesw1.zip September 15, 2003
EFD.zip September 30, 2003
GameDemosthatreallyneedtouchingup.zip November 9, 2003
3demo!.zip November 9, 2003
Fun.zip (Super ZZT) December 2003
Mygame.zip December 9, 2003
maze.zip December 23, 2003
dadedadeda.zip January 16, 2004
pphis.zip January 16, 2004
FantasyAdventure2.0.zip January 16, 2004
pointles.zip February 2, 2004
C2.zip April 9, 2004
Shooting April 9, 2004
Maze.zip (Super ZZT) April 9, 2004
Wishv1.zip May 9, 2004
meteor.zip May 9, 2004
timewhat.zip September 3, 2004
ZZTDoors October 30, 2004
ZZTVGA October 30, 2004
Laugh.zip March 24, 2005
retraQ.zip April 17, 2005
GARFIELD.ZIP April 17, 2005
lab.zip June 14, 2005
myb**ch.zip June 14, 2005
splart.zip November 19, 2005
Demon.zip November 19, 2005
zztgame.zip April 7, 2006
directory.zip April 7, 2006
Townpcp.zip May 9, 2006
run.zip June 16, 2006
war.zip June 16, 2006
quindo.zip October 6, 2006
runtime.zip December 2006
GETTOBAS.zip December 2, 2006
SHOOT.zip December 2, 2006
Newbie.zip December 2006 - January 2007
badjump2.zip December 22, 2006
SVSG.zip December 22, 2006
mmzzt.zip December 22, 2006
Cowboys.zip December 22, 2006
corrupt.zip December 22, 2006
CORN.zip January 8, 2007
Madf2.zip January 8, 2007
DVHELP.zip February 15, 2007
TFNZ.ZZT April 5, 2007
A-WARS.ZIP April 27, 2007
FROGWARRIORS.ZIP April 27, 2007
MEGAZZT.ZIP April 27, 2007
NewgameX.zip May 10, 2007
DangerCitypart1.zip June 9, 2007
Xtopia5.zip October 27, 2009 https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/xtopia5/
rd(replacement).zip October 27, 2009

Other

  • The work-in-progress ZZT game “Escape From Castle Wolfenstein” by Commodore (2004) was lost, with the only two people holding beta builds (himself and John W. Wells) no longer having copies. z2 forum thread with screenshots.

Lost ZZT Clones

research/lost_zzt_files.txt · Last modified: 2024/12/13 13:32 by asie