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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.
Episodes
Monday May 31, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 16 Pilot Episode Zero - Part 2
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
In the second part of this special episode of Zapped to the Past, we look at a selection of games from 1984 including the ghostly Ghostbusters, the alarming Alien, and the infallible Impossible Mission and wondered if there was any mileage in a Commodore 64 podcast. Turns out… there was!
Games covered in this episode:
- Alien
- Black Hawk
- Boulder Dash
- Daley Thompson’s Decathlon / Activision’s Decathlon
- Ghostbusters
- Football Manager
- Impossible Mission
- Monty Mole
- Pitstop 2
- Raid Over Moscow
- Spy Vs Spy
- Summer Games
- Zaxxon
- Tapper
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Monday May 31, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 16 Pilot Episode Zero - Part 1
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
In the first part of this special episode of Zapped to the Past, we look at a selection of games from the years 1982 and 1983, including the frightening Forbidden Forest, the athletic Aztec Challenge, and the blasting Beach Head and wondered if there was any mileage in a Commodore 64 podcast. Turns out… there was!
Games covered in this episode:
- Choplifter
- Attack of the Mutant Camels
- Aztec Challenge
- Beach Head
- Blue Max
- Forbidden Forest
- Hunchback
- Pitstop
- Manic Miner
- International Soccer
- The A-Team
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Monday May 24, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 15 1985 Awards - Part 2
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
As a final farewell to 1985, we look back over the year and the games from the first eight issues of Zzap, selecting some of the titles we have played for our prestigious Zapped to the Past awards. Which game will be heralded as the ‘Best Game of 1985’ or win the ‘Craziest Concept’ award and what were some of our listener’s favourites of the year? There is only one way to find out!
Awards in this episode:
- Craziest Concept
- Best Game
- Crappest Crapvert
- Listener's Awards
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Monday May 24, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 15 1985 Awards - Part 1
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
As a final farewell to 1985, we look back over the year and the games from the first eight issues of Zzap, selecting some of the titles we have played for our prestigious Zapped to the Past awards. Which game will be heralded as having the ‘Best Visuals of 1985’ or win the ‘Best Music’ or the ‘Sunday Best Award? There is only one way to find out!
Awards in this episode:
- Best Visuals
- Best Sound FX
- Sunday Best Award
- Best Music
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Monday May 17, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 14 December 1985
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
In the festive month of December 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode Fourteen of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the warmongering Who Dares Wins 2, the cosmic Crazy Comets and the blackbeardy Blackwyche, and wonder… will our Electric Dreams ever be the same again?
Games covered in this episode:
- Who Dares Wins 2
- Spy’s Demise/Spy Strikes Back
- Rupert and the Ice Palace
- Ace
- Blackwyche
- Codename Mat II
- Crazy Comets
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Monday May 10, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 13 December 1985
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
In the festive month of December 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode thirteen of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the spooky Scarabeus, the frightful Frank Bruno’s Boxing and the bemusing Batalyx and wonder… should climbing stairs in games ever be one click at a time?
Games covered in this episode:
- Scarabeus
- Frank Bruno’s Boxing
- Topper the Copper
- Schizofrenia
- Batalyx
- Zyto
- Doriath
- Z
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Monday May 03, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 12 November 1985
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
In the dark month of November 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode twelve of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the whizzy Wizard’s Lair, the hypnotic Hacker and the dreadful Doughboy and wonder… Do snooker games need weighty balls?
Games covered in this episode:
- Wizard’s Lair
- Steve Davis’ Snooker
- Doughboy
- The Castles of Dr Creep
- Hacker
- William Wobbler
- Cops and Robbers
- Karateka
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