

Zapped to the Past
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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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Mar 22, 2021 • 1h 42min
Zapped to the Past Episode 6 August 1985
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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Mar 15, 2021 • 1h 39min
Zapped to the Past Episode 5 August 1985
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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Mar 8, 2021 • 1h 57min
Zapped to the Past Episode 4 July 1985
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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Mar 1, 2021 • 1h 47min
Zapped to the Past Episode 3 July 1985
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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Feb 22, 2021 • 1h 43min
Zapped to the Past Episode 2 Part 2 June 1985
In the jaunty month of June 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode two - part two of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the Dreary Dambusters, the bewildering Blagger Goes to Hollywood and the hypnotic Hypercircuit and wonder just what the fascination with Quasimodo was…
Games covered in this episode:
Hypercircuit
Quasimodo
BC II - Grogs Revenge
Big Mac
Dambusters
Blagger Goes to Hollywood
Glider Pilot
StarFire/Fire One
ESTRA
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Feb 15, 2021 • 1h 37min
Zapped to the Past Episode 2 Part 1 June 1985
In the jaunty month of June 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode two - part one of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the terrifying Theatre Europe, the exasperating Everyone’s a Wally and the splendid Super Pipeline 2 and wonder just who exactly Richard Petty was.
Games covered in this episode:
Theatre Europe
On Court Tennis
M.U.L.E
Super Pipeline 2
Loderunner
International Basketball
Everyones a wally
World Series Baseball
Richard Petty's Talladega
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Feb 8, 2021 • 1h 33min
Zapped to the Past Episode 1 Part 2 May 1985
In the misty month of May 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one part two of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the perplexing Pastfinder, the slothful Shades and the bland Buck Rogers and wonder just how invigorated the Lords of Midnight really were…
Games covered in the episode:
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Pastfinder
Lords of Midnight
Dark Tower
Penetrator
Shades
Web Dimension
Buck Rogers
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Feb 1, 2021 • 1h 31min
Zapped to the Past Episode 1 Part 1 May 1985
In the misty month of May 1985, many games were released for the Commodore 64. In this first episode of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the expansive Elite, the stylish ShadowFire and the creepy Cauldron and we ponder whether Tim really does love cricket..
Games covered in this episode:
Elite
Spyhunter
Pole Position
Airwolf
Tir Na Nog
Bounty Bob Strikes Back
Tim Loves cricket
Super Huey
Cauldron
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