DOS

Super ZZT

Configuration at startup

Start menu

Good luck beating the reigning champion! I think he's got an edge...

Not entirely unlike Half-Life, the stream conveys you through an introduction

Warnings of monsters you'll experience later on

Also acting as a legend of sorts, to decode their NetHackian symbol-analogues

Starting location

Scrolls expand into reams of text

A stack of ammunition -- how convenient!

Avoiding a menacing monster in the woods

This scroll will tell me to collect the bananas from that tree

A merry gem-collecting spree

Entry denied! Procuring colour-coded keys is something this game has in common with DooM!

The stream spits me out in a cave with a one-way entrance, behind which lies a segmented Centipede-style snake.

Shall I gaze into my radiant beauty with this mirror?

Oh, never mind... apparently it's a key.

The question mark is ... unknown.

Oh, a quiz! I'm good at those!

Not a bad reward either.

Nag screen.