Zzap! 64 (August 1992)

Source: Zzap! 64 – August 1992

The U.K. was lucky enough to have a few different Commodore 64 gaming magazines over the years. Zzap! 64 was probably the most well known of those and it was published well into the 1990s. The August 1992 issue includes:

Regularz!

Zzap! Zone – Rumors of a Nintendo takeover of Commodore (not sure where that one came from) plus the Zzap! staff give their opinions of the U.S. in light of a special U.S. sports feature this month.

Tapeworm – An overview of the software on the cover tape this month which includes the following four complete games: Detective, Pi*r^2, L.A. Adventure (part 1), and Battle Bars.

Stuff – News and new product including a SCART TV in Australia, an international software pirate gets caught, and Parasol Stars for the C64 gets cancelled because the nearly complete copy was stolen from the developer. This story turned out to not be entirely accurate. It turned out that the guy’s wife left him and destroyed all his disks. However, more recently, a new port was shown nearing complete. Not sure if it has been released or not…

Compo – Answer a few trivia questions correctly for a chance to win every Hi-Tec game released for the Commodore 64. That’s 30 games.

U.S. Sports – An overview of some of the sports games released in the U.S. for the Commodore 64 including 4th and Inches, TV Sports Football, Cyberball, Superbowl Sunday, Grave Yardage, GFL Championship Football, Superbowl, Touchdown Football, On-Field Football, Mind Games American Football, Headcoach, Hardball, Street Sports Baseball, World Series Baseball, Tony La Russa’s Ultimate Baseball, On-Field Baseball, Two on Two Basketball, R.B.I. Baseball 2, Jordan Vs Bird, Superstar Ice Hockey, California Games, Powerplay Hockey, and International Basketball.

Previews – Previews of upcoming games for the C64 including Wrestling Superstars and Jimmy’s Grand Prix.

It’s Corky! – Tips, cheats, and hacks for Arnie, The Bod Squad, The Jetsons, Monty on the Run, DJ Puff, The Simpsons, Myth, WWF Wrestlemania, Microprose Soccer, and Turbo Charge.

How to Be a Megastar – A how to guide for getting your original game published.

Poster – Answers to letters from readers about setting up a printer and faulty game disks plus various comments about the magazine.

Flashback! – Review of an older Commodore 64 games including Supercars, Cyberball, Nightbreed, Klax, Silent Service, Crackdown, and Tusker.

Compilations – A look at inexpensive compilations of previously released games including The Olympiad Collection (Skeet Shooting, Fencing, Triple Jump, and Hurdles), Quattro Megastars (CJ’s Elephant Antics, Sky High, Bigfoot, and Little Puff), Winter Olympiad and(Ski Jump, Downhill, Biathlon, Slalom, Bobsleigh).

Bash Yer Brains – A look at The Cornwall Enigma, a new text adventures for the C64.

P.D. File – Some of the latest public domain games for the C64 including Tiger Hell and Jet Packer plus and offer to get a tape with nine public domain games and eleven demos for the equivalent of a few bucks.