{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "ZT1-Engine reimplements Zoo Tycoon 1 for modern Windows by recovering game rules from zoo.exe and comparing behavior with the original. It reads art, sound, and other files from the player's installation and includes a lab for examining original addresses and execution traces. The author describes base-game freeform play as available in alpha, while expansion features and save parity remain incomplete.",
  "description_zh": "ZT1-Engine 通过研究 zoo.exe 并与原版行为对照，为现代 Windows 重实现《Zoo Tycoon 1》。它从玩家安装目录读取图像、声音等文件，另提供查看原版地址和执行轨迹的工作台。作者称 alpha 版已支持基础游戏的自由模式，但扩展内容与原版存档状态的完全一致性尚未完成。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/zt1-engine-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/zt1-engine-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/AlexC1991/zt1-engine/blob/6aec71d9d0fc757273def6379d2b0407340b5b85/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "zt1-engine-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/zt1-engine-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/zt1-engine-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/zt1-engine-case/index.md",
  "name": "ZT1-Engine: reconstructing Zoo Tycoon 1 from zoo.exe",
  "name_zh": "ZT1-Engine：依据 zoo.exe 重建《Zoo Tycoon 1》",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/zt1-engine-case.jpg",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, and the player's own Zoo Tycoon 1 installation are required.",
    "Building from source requires Python 3, CMake, and Visual Studio 2022 C++ build tools.",
    "The project is alpha; Dinosaur Digs and exact save-state parity remain incomplete.",
    "MIT License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要 64 位 Windows 10 或 11，以及玩家自己的《Zoo Tycoon 1》安装文件。",
    "从源码构建需要 Python 3、CMake 和 Visual Studio 2022 C++ 构建工具。",
    "项目处于 alpha 阶段；Dinosaur Digs 尚不可玩，与原版存档状态的完全一致性也尚未实现。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/AlexC1991/zt1-engine",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}