*VERY* old skool char only game - ZZT from Epic Megagames
Friday, February 27, 2015, 11:00 PM
Posted by Administrator
For those IT oldtimers, "Nethack" is well known for several platforms, even for CP/M-80 Nethacks predecessor "
Rogue" is available.
"
Nethack" has still its own living community, especially for LINUX.
But there was also a more colorful variant available, "ZZT" from Epic Megagames.
It uses the special characters from IBM PCs screen font of the text mode, which is still present even today in modern 8-core i7 Personal Computers.
But take a look for yourself (Startscreen Ezanya World):
![](../images/ZZT-Ezanya-startscreen.jpg)
After a few steps in front of a pub (Hic!):
![](../images/ZZT-Ezanya-in-front-of-the-pub.jpg)
Talking with the barkeeper:
![](../images/ZZT-Ezanya-in-the-pub.jpg)
Using a torch (in a dungeon, only for 20 seconds!):
![](../images/ZZT-Ezanya-using-a-torch.jpg)
You can be dead very fast, so you will have hours to practice (to survive longer) ...
I tried it also on my old PC with monochrome screen, it has a mode for it:
![](../images/ZZT-Ezanya-monochrome.jpg)
There is also another blog entry about it:
http://jeff.rainbow-100.com/?p=87 And there is also a modern version named "
DreamZZT" available (Mac OS X, Windows ....).
See related link for a download possibility.