ZZT Magazine Directory
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
- Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zpower1.zip?file=ZPOWER1.ZZT
Games reviewed
- Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope (Couldn't locate on MoZZT, will search AOL Compilation later on)
- 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
- "Apolcalypse Armor", a set of objects that the player encases themselves in.
ZPower 2
Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zpower2.zip?file=ZPOWER2.ZZT
Games reviewed
(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.)
(Couldn't find on Museum)
Games advertised
(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)
(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.)
Games advertised
- The advertisement board contains a cinema ad for Power II. This game appears to have been completed and is preserved on the Museum.
These games are listed as in development:
Slated for 1995:
- NTBN (MoZZT)
- DigIt (MoZZT)
- Power II (MoZZT)
- Part I of Magik Trilogy (MoZZT)
- The Lost Adventures of ZZTurbo
Slated for 1996:
- Invasion `95
- BattleStations
- Ver1.2 of Space Station Z
- Guardian
- The Sunken Treasure of Atlantis
- Some preview boards of Power II.
- A gameplay board ("Ricochet Maze") from Space Station Z.
Engines or How-Tos
Other
- The ZPower Trophy Room commemorates the following games:
- Adventure 1 (MoZZT)
- Space Fighter 2000
- Code Red (MoZZT)
- Sivion Gold (MoZZT)
- Caverns of Zeux (MegaZeux) (DigitalMZX)
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
- A hint object lists the ZZT cheat codes.
- A Basic Training room.
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)
(Couldn't find on Museum. Apparently was included with POWER.)
(Sequel to Planet X. Couldn't find on Museum.)
Other
- Game Room: Maze Craze
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