ZZT Magazine Directory

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This is magazine content that used to be on ZZT On ZZT. While perusing early AOL-era mags is great fun, some of the content of later magazines either isn't necessarily about ZZTing, is difficult to categorize, or is fossilized drama.

So this page specifically will be on hiatus until I figure out what I'm doing.


ZPower

Author: Carlos Barreto / ZPower Productions

Year: 1995, 1996, 1997

Description: A series of magazines with reviews, mini-games, and advertisements for upcoming games.


ZPower 1


Games reviewed

  • Power (Couldn't locate on MoZZT, will search AOL Compilation later on. Author would be ZZTurbo according to review.)


Games advertised

(Released as Station Z.)


Engines or How-Tos

ZPower 2

Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zpower2.zip?file=ZPOWER2.ZZT

Games reviewed

(View game on MoZZT)

(Couldn't find on MoZZT)

(Couldn't find on MoZZT)


Games advertised

Space Station Z (Same as issue 1)

(Released as Station Z.)

Engines or How-Tos

An unnamed space shooter mini-game


Other

"ZZT Game Supreme" awards for Code Red and Castle ZaZoomDa.


ZPower 3

Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/ZPOWER3.zip?file=ZPOWER3.ZZT

Games reviewed

(This is is "Adventure Part 1: The Adventures of David Daron", as confirmed by a preview board in this magazine matching one in that game.)

(View game on MoZZT)


(View game on MoZZT)


(Couldn't find on Museum)


Games advertised

Space Station Z

(Released as Station Z.)

A non-interactive battle scene for a game called "The Seven Crystals"

A preview for "Ultra ZZT", which seems to be a set of custom objects to be used in ZZT games. (No relation to ZZT Ultra, a ZZT reimplementation / superset made much later by Chris Allen.) The Seven Crystals was planned to use these objects.


Engines or How-Tos

"Q&A, Problems, Tips". Includes directions on how to upload your game to the AOL archive.


Other

ZPower Hall of Fame, housing trophies for the following:

  • Code Red 1-3
  • Space Fighter 2000
  • Adventure 1
  • Escape From Castle ZaZoomDa


ZPower 4

Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zpower4.zip?file=ZPOWER4.ZZT

Games reviewed

(Couldn't find on Museum)

(Couldn't find on Museum)

(View game on MoZZT)

(Couldn't find on Museum)

(The game author is redacted in this review, but this Starship matches the title and is close to the file size listed.)

(Couldn't find on Museum.)

(This is the pack-in game for MegaZeux.)

(Couldn't find on Museum)

(MegaZeux game, couldn't find on DigialMZX.)

(View game on MoZZT)


Games advertised

These games are listed as in development:

Slated for 1995:

Slated for 1996:

  • Invasion `95
  • BattleStations
  • Ver1.2 of Space Station Z
  • Guardian
  • The Sunken Treasure of Atlantis
  • Some information on Sivion MZX here and here.


Engines or How-Tos


Other


ZPower 5

The file for this one on the museum seems to be a duplicate of ZPower 4.


ZZTeam

Author: ZZTurbo

Year: 1995, 1996

Description: A magazine with reviews, hints and upcoming game previews.


ZZTeam 1

Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zzteam1.zip?file=ZZTEAM1.ZZT

Games reviewed

All reviews are located in this object. I couldn't find any of them on the museum site.

  • Space Fighter 2000
  • Joe 2: Joe Goes to School (The sequel to Joe Goes Skiing)
  • Tim's Adventure


Engines or How-Tos


Games advertised

  • Planet X (Public Domain)

There are a couple of Planet X's on the museum but they don't seem to be associated with this author.


ZZTeam 2

Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zzteam2.zip?file=ZZTEAM2.ZZT

Games Reviewed

(Couldn't find on Museum)

(Couldn't find on Museum)

(View on MoZZT)

(Couldn't find on Museum. Apparently was included with POWER.)

(View on MoZZT)

(Sequel to Planet X. Couldn't find on Museum.)


Other


Power ZZT

Author: Unknown

Year: Unknown

Description: Seems to be AOL-era one-liner reviews with preview boards for ten games. I could only find entries for a few of them on the Museum of ZZT.


Games reviewed

  • Alien Takeover
  • Escape From The Isle Of Peril
  • Rampage
  • Warania
  • Cave Of Death
  • Crazy Zoo