If you want to release a ZZT game stand-alone, you can just rename the Zeta emulator to match your game.įor example, if your game file is 'COOLGAME.ZZT', just rename Zeta to 'COOLGAME.EXE'!.

To use Zeta with ZZT, just drop it into a directory with ZZT or Super ZZT and double-click the executable!.

Web Zeta provides configuration options for configuration - see the included README to learn more.

Desktop Zeta provides many command line arguments for configuration - type 'zeta86 -h' in a command line to learn more.

F9 - hold for 'turbo' mode (no speed limit).

Ctrl+Plus/Minus - resize Zeta window to the nearest integer multiple up/down.

Ctrl+F6 - toggle audio recording (start/stop).

Specific to SDL port (Windows/Linux/etc.):.F11 - open help/settings pop-up menu (1.0.2+).Wiki of Weavers - documentation on ZZT forks, ports, clones and emulators (including Zeta!).Museum of ZZT - find games and articles here!.worlds/games, as well as other utilities and periphery. If you have any archives of your own that you'd like to share, please contact me (kontakt at this domain)! I will do my best to ensure adequate preservation of the contained ZZT/Super ZZT/ZIG/MegaZeux/etc. PSA: Hard drives and floppy drives containing many potentially unpreserved, historical ZZT worlds are rapidly decaying.To run the desktop version of the emulator, you'll need a copy of ZZT or Super ZZT extracted in the same directory!įor distribution, including usage with the HTML5 port, I highly recommend using the following MIT-licensed releases of ZZT: Web (WebAssembly-based modern web browsers),.Easy to port to various platforms, including:.Automatic, CPU-friendly speed scaling, taking into account ZZT's engine design,.100% gameplay accuracy - it's an emulator, not a clone,.

Zeta is a small emulator, implementing a fraction of a DOS-compatible environment just large enough to run ZZT and Super ZZT, allowing user-friendly and accurate usage of them in modernĮnvironments, as well as easy packaging, distribution and embedding of ZZT games.

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