A white smiley-face hero walking a colorful tiled plaza of a cyan lion, a giant magenta key, and a purple ruffian

The Arcade · 1991 shareware

ZZT 1991

Towns of colored blocks and a built-in editor — make the next board yourself.

  • World editor
  • Towns of ZZT
  • Boards and keys
  • Walk the grid

The best shareware was a toy you could open.

In this game

A 30-day pass to The Arcade — a cabinet of playable titles. You buy access to the collection, not the games themselves.

← Back to The Arcade

Insert coin · cabinet pass · not a purchase of the title

About this cabinet In the cabinet

Tim Sweeney's ZZT — walk a world of colored ASCII, then open the editor. Shareware that taught a generation to build.

Hosted as the circulated shareware set. The pass is the cabinet, not the program.

Arrows to walk. Saves stay in this browser.