Thanks for the response.

The download description on: http://zorro-trader.com/download.php, says this.

"D1 SPY Options 2011..2017 - Artificial option chain history (.t8 format, 30 MB)"

So, I assume it contains options data from 2011-2017, inclusive. Based on simulations results, it appears there are options chain data when requested by contractUpdate().

The OptionsSimulate.c script has these variables:
StartDate = 2011;
EndDate = 2017;

So, I assume it will generate options data from 2011-2017, as described in the Financial Hacker blog. The only difference as I understand it is that jcl provided a SPY.t8 download as an alternative to generating the .t8 using the script, which is time consuming.

http://www.financial-hacker.com/algorithmic-options-trading/#more-2198