Want to take part in a ZZT/MZX documentary?

[MeeksMixedMedia]

I'm putting together a documentary about the ZZT/MZX community over the past 20 years. Were you there for the Prodigy days? AOL message boards? Released a game in the past six months? Have a video/web cam? I want to talk to you! Please PM me and I'll give you an e-mail address where we can communicate further. Hoping to make a great all-inclusive documentary that everybody can enjoy.

Thanks!

Bill Meeks
Meeks Mixed Media

[Quantum P.]

Sounds interesting. Do you mind telling us more about the project and why you're doing it (Why ZZT? Did you used to be in the community?)

[MeeksMixedMedia]

I was in the community back in the day, made many crappy games. Tim City and Mario Bros. 2.0 are probably the most well-known. My interactions in the community and where it eventually led me (running my own media company) have a very special place in my heart and I kind of want to document the whole 'scene' before all evidence of it disappears from the web. Luckily was able to save a lot of research material before they pulled Geocities down.

[Quantum P.]

Forgot to mention, ZUltimate might interest you.

[Commodore]

don't forget http://www.autofish.net/video_games/cre ... index.html

but you probably already knew that

Chris Jong had a website for modifying cars at www.beyondzreality.com but it doesn't seem to be around anymore. :(

[wil]

TIM CITY!

[Commodore]

and madguy can be found here

http://madgames.adventuredevelopers.com/index.html

[wil]

The Historic Tale of ZZT

[RobertP]

Chances are you've found these already, but the two Interactive Fantasies websites are still online.

http://if.digitalmzx.net/

http://hydra78.tripod.com/

I'm not sure if Hydra and/or Hercules can be reached on those old e-mail adresses, but getting either one of them to talk about ZZT, the community in particular, would be pretty neat. They were very involved in the scene. From what I know, they've pretty much moved on, but it may be worth a shot.

[Terryn]

For the MZX side, go and visit http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/ and PM Luke Drelick and Exophase. Although they don't do much on the boards nowadays, they will respond to a message.