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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 Jun 28, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 20 February 1986
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
In the frozen month of February 1986, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode twenty of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the epic Eidolon, the fearful Friday the 13th and the dastardly Desert Fox and wonder... is a film soundtrack enough source material for a game?
Games covered in this episode:
- The Eidolon
- Friday the 13th
- Revs
- Blade Runner
- Desert Fox
- One Bite too Deep
- Space Pilot 2
- Zorro
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 19 February 1986
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
In the frozen month of February 1986, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode nineteen of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the bouncy Bounder, the raucous Rambo and the gravitational Gyroscope and wonder why anyone thought collecting vector letters in space would be fun...
Games covered in this episode:
- Bounder
- Rambo
- Outlaws
- Starion
- Fight Night
- Gyroscope
- Gertie Goose
- Commando
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 18 January 1986
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
In the unending month of January 1986, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode eighteen of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the balletic Ballblazer, the detonating Dynamite Dan and the winsome Willow Pattern and wonder if games should ever be based on crockery patterns?
Games covered in this episode:
- Ballblazer
- Underwurlde
- Imhotep
- Thunderbirds
- Dynamite Dan
- Willow Pattern
- The Last V8
- Scalextric
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Monday Jun 07, 2021
Zapped to the Past Episode 17 January 1986
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
In the unending month of January 1986, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode seventeen of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the chatty Chimera, the fearsome Fighting Warrior and the roving Robin of the Wood, and wonder...how many sprites would it have taken to add Friar Tuck?
Games covered in this episode:
- Koronis Rift
- Goonies
- Fighting Warrior
- Skooldaze
- Robin of the Wood
- Chimera
- Metabolis
- Hero of the Golden Talisman
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