diff --git a/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix b/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix
index c358e599924..5b848350b67 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/zod/default.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,102 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, stdenv, unrar, unzip, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_mixer
-, libmysqlclient, makeWrapper }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "zod-engine-2011-03-18";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/zod/zod_src-2011-03-18.zip";
-    sha256 = "00ny7a1yfn9zgl7q1ys27qafwc92dzxv07wjxl8nxa4f98al2g4n";
+{ lib
+, config
+, fetchzip
+, stdenv
+, SDL
+, SDL_image
+, SDL_ttf
+, SDL_mixer
+, libmysqlclient
+, wxGTK
+, symlinkJoin
+, runCommandLocal
+, makeWrapper
+, coreutils
+}:
+let
+  version = "2011-09-06";
+  name = "zod-engine-${version}";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/zod/linux_releases/zod_linux-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "017v96aflrv07g8j8zk9mq8f8rqxl5228rjff5blq8dxpsv1sx7h";
   };
-
-  srcAssets = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/zod/zod_assets-2011-03-12.rar";
-    sha256 = "0gmg4ppr4y6ck04mandlp2fmdcyssmck999m012jx5v1rm57g2hn";
-  };
-
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    SDL
+    SDL_image
+    SDL_ttf
+    SDL_mixer
+    libmysqlclient
+    wxGTK
+    coreutils
+  ];
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  unpackPhase = ''
-    mkdir src
-    pushd src
-    unzip $src
-    popd
-    sourceRoot=`pwd`/src
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper unrar unzip ];
-  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image SDL_ttf SDL_mixer libmysqlclient ];
-
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-L${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql";
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/zod
-    pushd $out/share/zod
-    unrar x $srcAssets
-    popd
-    cp zod $out/bin
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/zod --run "cd $out/share/zod"
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Multiplayer remake of ZED";
-    homepage = "http://zod.sourceforge.net/";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus; /* Says the web */
+  zod_engine = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    inherit name version src nativeBuildInputs buildInputs hardeningDisable NIX_LDFLAGS;
+    pname = "${name}-engine";
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+    preBuild = "cd zod_src";
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      install -m755 zod $out/bin/
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/zod --run "cd ${zod_assets}/usr/lib/commander-zod"
+    '';
   };
-}
+  zod_map_editor = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    inherit name version src nativeBuildInputs buildInputs hardeningDisable NIX_LDFLAGS;
+    pname = "${name}-map_editor";
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+    preBuild = "cd zod_src";
+    makeFlags = [ "map_editor" ];
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      install -m755 zod_map_editor $out/bin
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/zod_map_editor --run "cd ${zod_assets}/usr/lib/commander-zod"
+    '';
+  };
+  zod_launcher = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      inherit name version src nativeBuildInputs buildInputs zod_engine zod_map_editor;
+      pname = "${name}-launcher";
+      # This is necessary because the zod_launcher has terrible fixed-width window
+      # the Idea is to apply the scalingFactor to all positions and sizes and I tested 1,2,3 and 4
+      # 2,3,4 look acceptable on my 4k monitor and 1 is unreadable.
+      # also the ./ in the run command is removed to have easier time starting the game
+      postPatch = ''
+        substituteInPlace zod_launcher_src/zod_launcherFrm.cpp \
+          --replace 'message = wxT("./zod");' 'message = wxT("zod");'
+      '';
+      preBuild = "cd zod_launcher_src";
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/bin
+        install -m755 zod_launcher $out/bin
+      '';
+  };
+  zod_assets = runCommandLocal "${name}-assets" {} ''
+    mkdir -p $out/usr/lib/commander-zod{,blank_maps}
+    cp -r ${src}/assets $out/usr/lib/commander-zod/assets
+    for i in ${src}/*.map ${src}/*.txt; do
+      install -m644 $i $out/usr/lib/commander-zod
+    done
+    for map in ${src}/blank_maps/*; do
+      install -m644 $map $out/usr/lib/commander-zod/blank_maps
+    done
+  '';
+in
+  symlinkJoin {
+    inherit name;
+    paths = [
+      zod_engine
+      zod_launcher
+      zod_map_editor
+      zod_assets
+    ];
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Multiplayer remake of ZED";
+      homepage = "http://zod.sourceforge.net/";
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ zeri ];
+      license = licenses.gpl3Plus; /* Says the website */
+    };
+  }