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This is fantastic. Tangentially, I did not know the source code was lost: "Please don't ask for the source; if I had it, I'd release it, but I lost it in a cra

This is fantastic. Tangentially, I did not know the source code was lost: "Please don't ask for the source; if I had it, I'd release it, but I lost it in a crash a long time ago." -Tim Sweeney https://web.archive.org/web/19991010013339/http://www.epicgames.com/zzt.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19991010013339/http://www.epicga... I find the whole thing interesting, because I remember the shareware versions that I downloaded from my friendly neighborhood BBS offered the source code for a fee; a large fee, if memory serves. I wonder if any of the purchasers of said source code might still have it sitting around on their floppies somewhere.

asiekierka 7y ago
>I remember the shareware versions that I downloaded from my friendly neighborhood BBS offered the source code for a fee; a large fee, if memory serves. None of the BBS releases for ZZT we found have such a statement; though I do think there exist some pieces of software which did.
- npongratz 7y ago
  Very interesting! I'll try to dig out my old floppies with the shareware version and see. Thank you so much for what you did here! This is seriously awesome! Edit: I haven't found the floppy yet, but as I think about it some more, I may be remembering Kroz (and not ZZT) as offering the source code for a fee...
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  - tssva 7y ago
    The source for Kroz was definitely available for a fee.
- endgame 7y ago
  BTW, I'm replying to Asiekierka, who built this reconstruction and secured Tim's permission to do so.