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Remember Z, the original from 1996, not Steel Soldiers? The RTS where time was the only resource: no mining, no base building, just flags, territory and factories that build faster the more ground you hold. It turned 30 this year, so I rebuilt it in 3D in Unity with several of the classic levels. Version 1.1 just came out with a jungle level, a flying shuttle and Alan and Brad as a hero squad.

It's free and open source (code GPL-3.0, assets CC BY-NC-SA), nothing is sold, and it's not affiliated with Rebellion or The Bitmap Brothers.

https://github.com/playopenz/OpenZ

Would love to hear from anyone who played the original. What did you love or hate about it?

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[-] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It was either you are on top of everything or on the back foot losing there was nothing in-between

[-] playopenz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

So true. Lose one flag and suddenly the whole map turns against you. That is what made it so tense.

this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2026
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