The August 1989 issue of Zzap!
How I wish we’d had a magazine like this in the U.S. I greatly enjoyed Run, Commodore Magazine and video game magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment but a Commodore 64 gaming magazine would have been amazing. Zzap! was such a beast and long running too but alas published in the U.K. The August 1989 issue includes:
Two-Face Features
- Randy’s Life Story – Part 2! – The uncut version – sensitive readers should close their eyes when reading this!
- Batmania – A history of the Caped Crusader from his 1930s origin to the mega-hyped film and latest computer game.
- A Free Bat-Poster! – We’ve seen the future and it will be…
- Psygnosis Special – Discover all about Liverpool’s finest software house and see the first screenshots of the amazing BEAST.
Catwoman Comps
- Phone The Angel Of Death! – Hewson are giving away loadsa fab goodies in our Hotline comp.
- Draw A Super Piccy… – …And win SCULPT 4D from Psygnosis.
- Dig Those Prizes, Man – Some great Indiana Jones prizes on offer from US Gold.
Gotham Games
- Citadel – Martin Walker’s pudding is ready to consume.
- Astaroth – Admire the beautiful scenery in Empire’s fab Amiga arcade adventure.
- The New Zealand Story – A cute kiwi aims to rescue his friends in this superb Ocean coin-op conversion.
Robin Regulars
- The Word – All the hottest news in town including details of two amazing new handheld consoles.
- Lloyd’s Rrap – Lloyd ignores the insults, claims all the praise and laughs so much at the jokes his bag almost falls off.
- Here Comms Randy – More manic modem fun as Randy interviews the Editor of Compunet and reveals the best ZZAP! log comp entries.
- Norman Nutz – The mad professor goes on a journey to Flatheadia and gets a sense of deja vu too.
- Strategy – Field Commander Hogg reviews the latest tactical treats from PSS and CDS.
- Scores – Old rustbucket adds some new games to his list.
- Walker’s Final Way – Boo hoo, sob, it’s the mad axeman’s last diary installment.
- Classifieds – For Sale: One Rottweiler, likes Pedigree Chum and absolutely loves children.
- Zzuperstore – Joysticks, games, ZZAP! back issues…they’re all here at bargain prices.
- Cor Blimey! – Reviews of all the latest cut-price software.
- Tips Oot For The Ladz – By popular demand Randy reveals the complete Dragon’s Lair solution.
- Previews – Be whipped into a frenzy by the two new Indiana Jones games and take a peek at the very latest Virgin shoot-em up, Gemini Wing.
…and more!
