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OpenZ

2026 · PC

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  • OpenZ

    By playopenz36 stars on its repository

    Releases

    ReimplementationWindowsmacOSLinux

    Latest release v1.2, Oct 29, 2026Code last updated Oct 29, 2026License: GPL-3.0

    How to play
    1. Download the build for your system (Windows, macOS and Linux) from the project's release page.
    2. The project's page says what it needs from your own copy of OpenZ, if anything.
    3. Launch it.

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  1. Release · Oct 29, 2026OpenZ v1.2, and 2 more since Oct 12, 2026

About

OpenZ is a free, open-source 3D fan remake of Z (The Bitmap Brothers, 1996), released for the 30th anniversary of the original. Version 1.1 rebuilds three of its levels, Level 2 (Desert), Level 16 (Jungle) and Level 17 (Car Park), as a real-time strategy game in which red and blue robot armies capture flags to take territories, build robots and vehicles in captured factories, and win by entering or destroying the enemy fort. There is no resource gathering and no base building. The gameplay rules, unit statistics and computer opponent follow the open-source Zod Engine. All models, textures, sounds, voices and music were newly made. The game adds two new units, the Mech and the Electrobot, a hero squad of Allan and Brad with their flying shuttle on the Jungle level, a day and night cycle, weather and three difficulty levels. It runs on Windows, with an experimental Mac build. OpenZ is unofficial and non-commercial, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rebellion or The Bitmap Brothers.

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