Case study

ZZT Disassembly Project: documenting ZZT creature behavior

The ZZT Disassembly Project documents how creatures and other tile types behave in ZZT by disassembling ZZT.EXE. It publishes annotated assembly, pseudocode for functions and game objects, memory-layout notes, and an IDA database.

Targets: Binary · Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 15
Last commit: 2016-11-15
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

License: The annotated assembly and IDA database are dedicated to the public domain; documentation is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{zztasm-case,
  title = {{ZZT Disassembly Project: documenting ZZT creature behavior}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cknave/zztasm}},
  url = {https://github.com/cknave/zztasm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/zztasm-case/}}
}

Plain text

ZZT Disassembly Project: documenting ZZT creature behavior. https://github.com/cknave/zztasm (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/zztasm-case/

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README.md GitHub · cknave/zztasm · Revision af27654
docs/index.md GitHub · cknave/zztasm · Revision af27654