About ZooBerry
Keeping Zoo Tycoon mods findable, old and new.
ZooBerry is a fan-made home for Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2 mods, zoos and tutorials. It rescues files from the fan sites that kept the community going for twenty years, and gives today's modders a place to share their work.
Why it exists
ZooBerry began in 2023 as a side project while Goosifer was studying Computer Science at university. Having modded Zoo Tycoon in middle school, he was curious to see how the community had changed. But one website after another had gone offline, and old download links led nowhere. Discouraged to find that the mods he remembered were disappearing, he decided to build a new home for whatever he could still preserve.
The website initially set out to archive just three websites: ZooMania, Northern Skies, and Artifex. With the blessing of other website owners and mod authors, that effort gradually expanded to include many more. Along the way, ZooBerry attracted a small community of active modders. Today, it preserves the game's history while giving creators a place to share new mods and players a place to discover them.
If you've ever gone looking for a mod you loved as a kid and found only a dead link, you know exactly why ZooBerry exists.
ZooBerry today
- Mods
- 1.2k
- Downloads
- 20
- Modders
- 275
- Articles
- 28
- Organizations
- 3
- Archived sites
- 11
What ZooBerry does
Preserve
Mods and tutorials from 16 fan sites, credited to the people who made them, with the sites' own history kept alongside.
Share
Current modders upload new work, write tutorials, and team up as organizations.
Connect
Follow modders and mods, join our Discord, and get a new message of the day on the front page.
The archive
ZooBerry started with three sites and has committed to archiving mods and tutorials from all of these.
- ZooMania
- Northern Skies
- Artifex
- ZT2 Designing Centre
- Penguika
- Penguin's Peak
- Shen's Den
- Zoo Tycoon Hideout
- Zoo Tycoon Volcano
- Z-Studio
- Bunyupy's Projects
- Hispa Designs
- Dannybob's Forum
- Stalker's Ranch
- ZooTek Phoenix
- Zoo Admin
Questions
Something not covered here? Ask on our Discord, or write to [email protected].
Which websites does ZooBerry archive?
16 Zoo Tycoon fan sites, including ZooMania, Northern Skies, Artifex and Zoo Admin. Each has its own page under Archived websites with what's been recovered so far.
Do you have permission to host these mods?
Yes. Former site owners, members of their design teams, and the original authors who are still around gave their permission. Some site owners handed stewardship of their mods over to ZooBerry entirely.
I make mods today. Can I upload them here?
Please do. Archiving is ZooBerry's first job, but new work is just as welcome. Create an account, use New > Mod, and read the rules for mods first. A new member's first upload is checked by a moderator before it goes live.
Who owns the mods?
The people who made them. Most original authors have left the community, so ZooBerry contacts any it can reach first, and otherwise asks the site's owner to take on stewardship, usually once the old download links start breaking. If you made a mod and want it taken down, write to [email protected]. Alternatively, feel free to make an account and we would be happy to hand you management over your files.
Is there a forum?
Not anymore. It cost a lot to run and few people used it. Conversation, help with mods and support happen on the ZooBerry Discord server instead: join it here. Questions for the moderators can also go to ZooBerry Staff.
What do the badges next to some names mean?
They're roles, like Moderator or Archivist. Click one to see what the role is and what it lets that person do.
The site team
Admins and moderators who look after files, reports and the front page.
ZooBerry is a fan project. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. Zoo Tycoon and all related trademarks belong to Microsoft Corporation.