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The Commodore 64 had lots of games. Not all of them are good. In Zapped to the Past, we cast a retrospective eye over those games reviewed in each issue of Zzap!64 magazine. Hosted by two lifelong C64 fans, we throw off those rose tinted specs and see if those games are still worth playing today.
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Monday Mar 29, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 7 September 1985
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
In the slow month of September 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode seven of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the soaring Skyfox, the sumptuous Summer Games 2 and the monstrous Monster Trivia and ponder just how terrifying it would be to be a real air traffic controller...
Games covered in this episode:
- Skyfox
- Rupert and the Toy Maker’s Party
- Five-a-Side Football
- Kennedy Approach
- Summer Games 2
- Monster Trivia
- Mig Alley Ace
- Hyper Sports
- Kayak
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Monday Mar 22, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 6 August 1985
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
In the arid month of August 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode six of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the furtive The Fourth Protocol, the cracking Confuzion and the ethereal Elidon and ponder the ramifications of software that seems nothing more than just a cash grab…
Game covered in this episode:
- The Fourth Protocol
- Jump Jet
- Brian Bloodaxe
- Confuzion
- Captive
- Jet Set Willy 2
- Lands of Havoc
- Elidon
- International Tennis
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Monday Mar 15, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 5 August 1985
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
In the arid month of August 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode five of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the bombastic Beach Head 2, the wondrous Way of the Exploding Fist and the abominable A View to a Kill and ponder if Paris is really as brown as James Bond’s jacket…
Games covered in the episode:
- Beach Head 2
- Clumsy Colin - Action Biker
- Jack Charlton’s Match Fishing
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Nutcracka
- Way of the Exploding Fist
- Thing on a Spring
- A View to a Kill
- Stop The Express
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Monday Mar 08, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 4 July 1985
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
In the jazzy month of July 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode four of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the enticing Entombed, the weird Whirlinurd and the torturous Taskmaster and ponder the allure of the colour purple in the world of Conan…
Games covered in this episode:
- Entombed
- TaskMaster
- Whirlinurd
- Gribbly’s Day Out
- Hunchback At The Olympics
- GhettoBlaster
- Conan
- Operation Swordfish
- Boulderdash 2
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 3 July 1985
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
In the jazzy month of July 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode three of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the dynamic Dropzone, the awful Amazon Warrior and the calamitous Circus Circus and wonder just how many chickens you actually chase in Chicken Chase…
Games covered in this episode:
- Dropzone
- Roland Ratrace
- Cyphoid 9
- Kikstart
- Knockout
- Chicken Chase
- Strangeloop
- Amazon Warrior
- Circus Circus
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