What's your favorite ZZT sidescrolling engine?

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:51 am

To your knowledge, has anyone done a truly nonlinear ZZT sidescroller before?

Sid's disaster was nonlinear in that you had two routes you could take (We should have a lovefest for that game, it's well deserved), but I'm talking literally being able to go back and forth between one board and another.

wil · Post by **wil** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:18 pm

i've done it but onyl as a test.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:04 pm

Actually I take that back; Sid's Disaster was my favorite.

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:47 pm

I think we should buy whomever made Sid's Disaster a cookie!

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:50 pm

did i forget to put my name on the game or something?

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:14 pm

Commodore wrote:did i forget to put my name on the game or something?

I knew that you made it!

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:22 pm

i'm surprised nobody's mentioned "forest of zzt" by the agonizer yet. that was a good game, even though the engine itself was nothing special.

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:26 pm

If only we knew who the maker of Sid's Disaster was! Three cheers would be offered!

..Re: Forest of ZZT - I think it got mentioned on the first page? I know because I downloaded it based on his recommendation. It had some really interesting layouts, but the engine killed it a bit for me. I ended up quitting halfway through and just flipping through the interesting board designs.

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:39 pm

Zenith Nadir wrote:i'm surprised nobody's mentioned "forest of zzt" by the agonizer yet. that was a good game, even though the engine itself was nothing special.

Dr. Dos wrote:I always liked Forest of ZZT and Freak Da Cat.

Hello Nadir.

Post by **Quantum P.** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:16 pm

I don't remember the two Freak Da Cat games that well, but I remember the experience of playing them, and they were quite fun. Also, one of the two missions in New Earth Operations had a pretty nice sidescrolling engine. It was really difficult, but it was nice programming.

Post by **Zenith Nadir** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:19 am