Games
This is a complete collection of the MegaZeux and ZZT games I have worked on. Most of these games were done entirely in a 24-hour period by a team of 3 for various competitions. In order to play them, you will need to download their respective programs:
- MegaZeux, which now has native Win32 support (and compiles for Linux).
- ZZT, a DOS program. If you can't run DOS programs, try the DOSBox emulator.
If you don't know where to start, check out Captain Proton and the Reality Ripper, Max Overdrive in High Council Catastrophe, and Ray of H.O.P.E. Those are my top three.
dsmzx v01-SVNr314
- Description
- This is a port of MegaZeux to the DS. Extract it to the root of your flash card so the files are in /games/megazeux. Apply the appropriate DLDI patch. Gameplay works for medium-sized worlds (~500KB). Larger worlds will run out of memory and crash.
- Date
- September 11, 2007
HexxagonDS alpha1
- Description
- HexxagonDS is a work-in-progress clone of the DOS classic Hexxagon for the Nintendo DS. The current version, alpha1, supports the basic gameplay mechanics for two human players. It works best if you have one stylus for each player. Planned features: play against the CPU and over the Wi-Fi connection, title screen and menus, gamepiece color customization, music and sound, and game board editor.
- Date
- August 24, 2006
Captain Proton and the Reality Ripper
- Description
- This is the MegaZeux game that I'm most proud of. Created in only 48 hours, it actually approaches a fun, playable game. Guide Captain Proton (uh, a completely original superhero) through strange alternate dimensions to stop Doctor Electron's reality ripper. Lots of fun mini-games, a cool "timeline" world map, and an original soundtrack.
- Competition
- WEoZ Summer 1999 - 1st place
- Date
- June 1999
COMMANDER bROTON in Plant Problem
- Description
- A parody of our previous game Captain Proton and the Reality Ripper. Created in 24 hours. Unfortunately, we did not finish in time and the game is impossible to win. Includes a ZZT-style board, 2 minigames, all original music, and some original sounds.
- Competition
- Dualstream DoZ 2001 - 7th place
- Date
- July 2001
Fury of the Fuzzies
- Description
- Created in 24 hours. The adventures of Daniel after she crash lands on a mysterious planet. A planet... of the fuzzies! Puzzles, mini-games, RPG style combat, all original music, and some original sounds from my JP-8000.
- Competition
- DoZ Summer 2000 - ??? place
- Date
- June 2000
Max Overdrive in High Council Catastrophe
- Description
- Created in 24 hours, with the soundtrack composed in the last couple hours. Max Overdrive's latest (and only) adventure requires him to find the elusive Dr. Costan, a criminal wanted by the Mars High Council. This is an adventure/action game (first one, then the other) with lots of goofy references to geeky subjects, including 1999 topical humor—that Mozilla will never be finished! Ha ha ha!
- Competition
- DoZ Winter 1999 - 1st place
- Date
- December 1999
Oh No! Not Another Star Wars Parody!
- Description
- The original MegaZeux Star Wars parody. What seems to make it a parody is that everybody has a funny name. Sure, it's well explored territory for Muppet Babies, but this is MegaZeux! It's got all-original music (with all-ripped samples), and a couple of scenes were designed in ACiDDraw. This might have nostalgic value for you, since it's among many MZXers' first games.
- Date
- September 1996
The Impetus Device
- Description
- Created in 24 hours. In the 1980s, a disgruntled postal worker discovers a stress-causing weapon and is pursued by rival superpowers. This game briefly features a talking rat and all original music.
- Competition
- DoZ Spring 1999 - 1st place
- Date
- April 1999
EL8 Time Guardian
- Description
- Created in 24 hours for the very first "24 Hours of MegaZeux" competition. Help the EL8 Time Guardian fix the timeline as other idiot time travellers screw it up! All original music. Several missions including the popular Lizard First Aid!
- Competition
- 24 Hours of MegaZeux Summer 1998 - 2nd place
- Date
- June 1998
Binary
- Description
- Simon Martinov seems like a lonely space prisoner, but his place in the universe may be much more in this wacky adventure game. Created in 24 hours.
- Competition
- 24HoZZT Summer 2000 - 5th place
- Date
- August 2000
Ray of H.O.P.E
- Description
- You are Joe the Apprentice, and something has just gone very wrong... Help Professor Bigbrains correct the timeline and defeat the evil wizard XALTON. Your only weapon is the Ray of H.O.P.E. (hopidron outwards particle emitter), powered by ängelberries. Created in 24 hours with some original music, and some C64 classics transcribed to ZZT.
- Competition
- 24HoZZT Autumn 2001 - 2nd place
- Date
- October 2001
John Smoov in Instability Syndrome
- Description
- You must guide... special secret agent John Smoov through various missions in order to foil the notorious A.J.Ax. Pretty fun, but the missions can be a little difficult. Made in 24 hours, with all original music (including a cool Deus Ex medley).
- Competition
- Dualstream DoZ Winter 2002 - 3rd place
- Date
- December 2001
Secret of Conflict Island
- Description
- How close can a game be to The Secret of Monkey Island before you'd call it copyright infringement? Less than this! Guide our strangely named hero through three familiar-looking quests to fulfill his dream of becoming a mighty pirate. Made in 24 hours, featuring all original music.
- Competition
- DoZ Winter 2000 - 5th place
- Date
- December 2000
Areocon
- Description
- Space hero Laron Gehaldi lands an escape pod onto the supposedly dead planet Areocon, finding out that the planet is now quite alive! Made in 24 hours.
- Competition
- 24HoZZT Winter 1998 - ??? place
- Date
- December 1998
Manuel Manx in Afterlife Ahoy
- Description
- Manuel Manx wants to get into the eternal disco party in heaven. Help him get there by ending all nine of his lives! That was the theory, anyway. Despite having a week to work on this game, it does not get that far. Still, it has nearly all original music, great artwork, and some atrocious "German" voice samples by yours truly.
- Competition
- Dualstream Week of Zeux 2002 - 2nd place
- Date
- October 2002