Zzap 002

You might also like

Download as pdf
Download as pdf
You are on page 1of 116
need all your help to find my furry friends in the nasty Rodent World where all kinds of monster meanies, ee you on your sereen, from your cud OCR CCLC LE ants ISSUE No.2 THEATRE EUROPE Nuclear on your 64, and how Everyone's a Wally ae ree Peed ee dial o me Boo of onal for Recklor flue come for ue 12 QHALLENGE ogra tested on Reid, Spy v Spr Brice Use ADVENTURE | oo Fas Ex Banger thumps throwsh the aps. tcticy, statopy, cheats ‘ea MINTER Lode Runner le graphics and sound, Pitstop I fore “feat = sche Rocky Horror Show A sane lbw Tatin and fone cf 30 coalee of tho (gate fem Cuts be yours Jou can spatshe-citorenes, JUNE 1985 Pee oe ZZAP! 64 June 1985 3 for ATARI, 64, BBC, SPECTRUM, rom Siei1aOntne Sctware_Allohervesions monufockres unser iconce oporaion wea inte smo tonnes aha Cane cnsege Sea mage sae I Incredibly important and dyna: ‘mie publishers Roger Keen, Franco Froy Extremely unimportant and di agreeable editor Chis Anderson Game review king Bob Wade Reviewing minions ‘ullareRignall, Gary Penn Ed office wonder woman Lscy Anderson Haireet columnist in golaxy Jeff Miter Michelangelo d2 Vinci Oliver Frey Layout layabouts David Western, Gordon Druce Advertisers’ friend John Edwards ‘Subscriptions supergit Denise Roberts Male order Carol Kinsey Esitorial shack (reviews, news, ‘comps, fanmail, etc) Zzapl 64, 1 Church Terrace, ‘Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1HX (Tel (0835-78611) plaints, ete) Newstield Ltd, 1-2 King Stroat Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1Ad (Tel 0584-5851) @ Wondrous technicolour ‘effects created by Scan Studios, Wallace Rload, London Ni @ Forests of paper covered in ink by Redwood Web Offset Yeoman Way, Trowbridge, Wilt shire BAIA 0 @ Intergalactic distribution ‘organised by COMAG, Tavis tock Road, West Drayton. Mi- dlesex, UB7 7OE. {For circula tion eriquiries buzz Tom Hari ton on 021-742-5368) ereMoneRST © 1965 Newaied Lined coverny MVE version) Bees Ta tt me ase ction this 0 tho playing tol thousands of ine down the tare, |ner® grea thing [pew ites ts that ween TWO. toward turnin Sociable institution | yoflere’s hoping this decide. whi [senate of | Enjoy the may [Next month, next year ve decided thet one of the ‘woret harerde of publishing sage in “nut me page offer plz trips to Loe Angelos bat the softwere house we were doing the como with pulled out Proview Sous Ex Machina 64 Ubut Avtomata couldnt provide twin 9 wothing eoby) ‘pnt 3 Pst Wsenor map jout ‘wares rying to decher the (guen ve by he programmer Sorry about hatte you can (guess wy there isnt 9 ‘nowt ‘ont pepe this time Feel the quality, feel the width One interesting way to see if You're getting good value for roney from a magazine is 10 Count the number of pages. In fact there are THREE numbers worn checking: the over umber of pages, the number (whieh aren’® ads, and the num ‘ber containing something you find enjoyable or interesting Try thie out in Smith's some. time. in panicular, try compar ing. the aifferent ‘Commodore ‘magazines this way. I's an x reise youl find very revealing Sead Raa ce aia Nica cea epee Hi Reece cae is means is Will be takin ids but on th neied 64 sue of 22a ich spor 28 summer, vs ‘ that the REAL sports 19 Dlace not 1 joysticks of ners up st "0 will no UW want The Zzap ratings PRESENTATION: Packaging, in structions, loading, olay. op- tions, program facilities, on: soreen Impression ~ everything ‘excopt tha game itself GRAPHICS: Variety, detail and ffectiveness of scroon picturas, Quality of animation, smooth ‘Ross of movement. SOUND: Varity and offective nese of eound effects, quality of music. Also: does the sound annoy? ORIGINALITY: How similar ie thie to programe already aval able on the 647 HOOKABILITY: How stronaly does the game make you want te ke0p playing? LASTABILITY: How long will it keep its hold on you? VALUE FOR MONEY: Takes into faccount the price plus all the above ratings. especially the last two. Na Te Cee rad At time of writing, somethin ee ping chains such as Boots and Bgl erent) rarer in thoes) ees ead ck, eens ON oar i eet eneteereteeroren The Zzap labels GOLD MEDAL AWARD: 01 | Biggest rave of the month, Get ® SIZZLE: we think i's very hot Indeed ~ normally must score 20% or more. in value. tor money. We reckon sny Zze0 Sizler's a great buy, unless you really hate thet pariculer type of game TACKY: in our view, a lousy Dace of Sokware. Seer wel The Zzap Reviewers “7 2o-yoarold | software editor. Sought 0 but then decided he wanted & ‘machine. you could have FUN | ‘on. Supports Wimbledon foot-| tail cht otherwise fully sane. Lves Boulder Dash ‘GARY PENN: Aged 19, born and | bred in Berkhamstead, rockons to have played just about every | single 64 title ver released ioves drawing cartoons, Gets | Fecognised. walking about town SSULIAN RIGNALL: Wasted hia youth and money in. the ("emo lreades instead of at school, but passed six A levels In tac: ties ‘on Defender. 20-year-old former Atari owner, who's seen the light. Eats pot noodles for breakfast. ZZAPI 64 June 1985 5 " 4 § worthy of a game from the Mastertronic! Dear Ed, Zzapl6s js the best bundle of paper this side of the Uranium Cluster. In other words it's 100% on all_your scores, The main reason for me putting tire to paper is to complain (mosh) ‘about the high priens of today's ‘games. Most are highly priced 30 £9.96 oF £7.95. W takes pro- bls, well me, ages to save up to ‘that price. The only companies TEM en eek a Seen ee ee ee ene me aL a ae ee et eT eee ee eee | eee a nee ears he ere more ry Tee i ‘who ate considerate about this tre Meatertronie and Firebird These games may not be fan taste burt they are at down to cath prices "The reasno for 80 much pire cy is becmse no-one wants *0 fork aut ten. quid when they gould copy the games. Even Tony Groviher sid that games were Far too expensive 'So after reading my litle sob story, put away your violins and fry to send mea litle some: hing PS. |haven't got 2 guinea pig, will» tortoise do?! Steven Meyes, Blackburn, Lance, Tortoise?! Mo way, Rate the loading screen | waited impatiently forthe 11th April, and when itcame | rushed ‘out and bouant Zzap! without ‘oven looking at it. | rushed hhome and sat down and road Just about every word. which took ages, but | enjayed every bit, W's easily the best 64 mag ‘on the market ‘have thought of two small facts that you could include in ‘your reviews. One is what the Computer does while the game is loading Some stick to the boring old plain blue screen, most have obloured stripes and quite a few draw pictures (why ‘Should Speceies draw them and rot 84s?) ‘The other thing was how long the game took to load and if itis a fast loader, | fet this is very important because | was ripped ‘olf when | Bought Football Man fager..| hed heard it was an ‘gecellent game, and so | paid £7.98 for it, only to find that it ‘wale mostly in Basic and took 20 minutes to load. We quite bor ing watching @ bive sereen for 20 minutes, but now Ive got 2zap to reed, ‘By tho wo, | don’t know if you know, but Ulimate’s next ‘game for the 64 te called En fombed and will be out in 9 ‘month or $0; | got this informe: tion by writing to Ultimate themselves. I's about time they saw some sense and gave ud 6 ZZAP!64 June 1985 | the Speccy and changed to the | et | Gary Duncan, Sunderland, Tyme | & Wear | The vast majority of now games now have fastioadere we would certainly say if one | DIDN'T thie would cise mean 2 much lower prosentation mark. We'd algo say if we were particulary struck by @ loading Sereen, but let's face it the main thing is the game itsert Serr ihe ibe se weet. The siivensure section and eompati- {iow are anjoyable, The artwork Scr ust get th Can‘t stand Carl! ARARGH! He's here! (Gibbe We can't get rid of hin. The Musive ncuattiova Ca] one He gets everywherel Not eon ten with fouling the pages of CG connect Pa rat nth te eee at nor font into Zz9p!"'64_ with Ris mind-numbingly boring te Siem is yf bole Nets video. nasty whien has crept from ple of sompott in CA's garden, to spread his. deodly Snecdotes throughout the thor cughly. wholesome. Zzap!” 64 ‘has wreaking. havee to all 64 Usore, Please! {e0b) no more Mark Inglis (deceased), De abu He's 2 coo! uy, Cart Lyons, don't knock him. Besides he doesn't write reviews. The mind.numbingly. baring ones You're referring to were prob- ably writen by Gary Perv Any- way, have ® lucky dp program for making us simile eeu Horde ferre are ip the pert rire Pe emo WEES eee The price is wrong Deor Sit [Thave just bought your new ‘mag. When | saw the price. | got bit of ashok. Ach main got! 8s the Germans say. 559? What 28 ip off thougtt. But | bought it all the same. | stil think that the price is totally wrong. £1.95, would be far more realistic By the way, did you know that Yugoslavia have started to pro: duce software. The first game is called DESTROY THE ENTIRE NATO FLEET IN 8 DAYS. Talk about sickIIH1 Ford Prefect alias Agragag- Wimbledon Village, London, Well, i’ me worse than Raid Over Moscow. And who's Sir?, Pants Cre eee) Portemouth, Don't knock the Speccy! Doar Sir, ‘On the letters page in the first Iscue you argue that Zzapl64 is NOT Kiday. However on nearly every page you siog off the Spectrum in te 'My Dad is Better than your Dad’ style. 1 may be slightly biased being an @x-Spectrum owner, but {fill feel itis very unfair andl childish ‘After all not avery one cant afford 9 Commodore 64 and cannot enjoy being told how Aer this moan however I wil geton to say thal your reviews are excellent, by Tar tho. best ‘and overall Zzap! is simply thtakingly Mega-Kosm thew Skidmore, Haie- sowen, West Midlands Slag off the Speccy??? Us?777?? (ere eres eee eet ans witaapines Ee aba toe /* S ZZAP!64 June 1985 7 ee nea) areca Po utaior mes eeu Ceara tl ere tt beeen ence eo Cee ee pres (Siti es ire errr Pecan a eerie ee rs nae earner ae meres eee) Peer Pee a Multi-comp entries Dear Chris, Tam writing to congratulate you ang the team on a superb first issue of Zeap! 64. When | rend the cover ofthe mogazine | ‘was amazed to read that you (offered 50 pages of reviews! “The setting aut of the mag is also bel, offering four compet tions, all of which | entered, Continued on page 14 WF 8 ZZAPI64 June 1985 WOW! GEE! MAN! GUL. YEAH! etc Dear Zeap! 64, ‘Wow! Fantastic! Stands-back invamaeemen! What 2 mage- nel Zap! 64 has got every thing Lever wanted ina mage- Eine! The reviews are outstand ing. the layout is perfect, wath the min review surrounded by personal remarks from Julian Gary and Bob, who are the best, most professional games play fs | have ever come across The photos of the games are crystal clear (well almost! — ex ‘opt for pages 116 and 49, but ‘that didn't matter a6 those two | games waren’t too briliant). ‘The marking system is the best I've soon. The Froy aro fabulous and 6. the enjoyment of Talking of illustrations, | ally liked the Rockford enarecter, in the margins and hie amusing ‘comments. He was great and | ope he’s in the second and further isauee, (One of the other important ‘contributors to the magazine fare the competitions and spe Gal offers, which are excollent ‘and challenging. Ive entered all ‘of them but t's cost me # bomb in postage! Talking of chalieng- ing things, the new Zrep! Chat lenge look very promising, but Fue long way'to goto beat any of your scores! Jeff (Yk the Hairy) Minter's page is great and is just as fetertaining and informative as Usmasoft’s ‘Nature of the Boast nowsietters “The Tips column is the most wate 've seen for a long ‘especially the Karnath Map, which is far better detailed and informative than anoth ‘map featurod in a lessor mage Zine. 'Il-B@ sending my tipe to Garrving out the ones you fea tute already. ‘The new software chart boing formed, sounds very promising, ‘mulch batter than the 60 callod ompiled-shop-to-shop charts. | have already sent in my votes The adventure pages ‘by the White Wizard are really ‘great nd very helpful So far I've had several ‘Crash readers other magazine readers ‘Swarming round re when | got Zzapl6a out of roy school bag at break at school. Three of four of them wore $0 jealous they said "Oh, it's awiul (or words to that effect, just all writing’ But ten ‘minutes later, they eame back trying to gat 4 look in re one of aes fw 54 own ‘rs who only buy originale of the games, 30 your reviews, reviews, newe and charts will hhelp me a great deal in selecting only the best software as £8 a {game is a lot. Well done on a ‘rest mag. Steven Modcrett, al Essex igh, Hove | got this right you liked the frst sue? reading this) ‘>pologise forthe paper, but i's all | had, and | ‘Simply could not wait to write to ‘you about your sizling, zenza tional, zeductive, zuberb maga: magatine, Zzap! 64. Its pretty good! ‘Of course, the hairiest thing ‘about i is the amazing number (of increcibiy in-dopth reviews. Totoll you the truth, when tsa aap! on the shelf of my nowss- gent for the fret time, with the Unbelievable claim of 80 pages of reviews. | almost fll fat on my. back, knocking over the Pick'n'mix® counter Inthe pro tes, [By the way, thanks, to the old lady who saved me — and ‘about 20. pounds of totfees. fudges and strawberry sup: remes— but | doubt if she'll see this]. Anyway, the alam WAS true, x bought the THE?) mag ‘end, as the Hairy One might say, was ‘totally zzapped into the cosmic era, complete with funky vibes and fity Bits’ [or Something like that, in any case) ‘Anyway, 10 get back to the reviews, You, and your hhave an excellent system, giv ing Tair and precise ratings on ‘the most crucial subjects so ‘Now, "like 10 give you my pinion of Zzap! 84. in the ‘mathod you use to judge sof ‘ware, (Weis, a8 I'm sure you realise, fair and unbiased, and ‘yes, | did stay up most of the hight rosting the magazine out) PRESENTATION: 88% very col urfu. plenty of sereen shots. ‘Good, fil eviews. ORIGINALITY: 90% Combines the best perts of other 64 maga Zines, but adds that litle som thing special! GRAPHICS: 95% Er..well, good | drawings of BW, JA and GP_.mmm...Rockford looks 100d! ROOKABILITY: 29% Grabs you in the neck immediately. Stands out from the rest on the: imag shelves SOUND: 96%% Sounds like it's ‘going to be a 'sizler itself! UASTABILITY: 87% I's here 10 stay, and you'll get withdrawal symptoms if you miss it just VALUE FOR MONEY: 93% If you're reading this in a newsa- ont and haven't boushe it yet — ‘wnat are you waiting fori?! Groat value! | Brian Don, Milngavis, Glaegow. Dest Editor T think thot 2zapi64 is Excel lant! Fantastic! Absolutely Bri Hlant). Before rap | was roam- ing my newsagents looking for a roagazine just for the 64. But to my horror, | couldn't find fone. | was very angry, the magazine | got ‘every thonth was Computer & Video Games that had only an_average of thes 64 reviews. The reviews fe very shart and wiong 19 many oases. But one day when Wont into my newsagents. to bay some sweets, 1 saw up ‘more on the far shall, a mage 2ine with the number 64 printed fon it. | jumped for joy and ‘grabbed it off the shelf | had a ook at It and thought ust the kindof mag I've boon looking for, for month.’ | boughr it, and when I got home | was. so pleased with the quality of the eviews, | decided to writo the Editor a letter, and here it (Com Akbay. Bromiley, Kent. And here's the reply! Dear Zap, ve just rushed out end bought your magarine. They're selling Hike hot cakes in’ Hoty head) ‘All my fiends agree that the magazine is brillant and that the reviews are good. | hope that you can keep to this high standard which puts other agazines like CAVG to shame By the way Kindly review Black Thunder and Gryphon, and Everyone's 2 Wally Hare's a joke for Zzap. ©. What's small, black and rub Dery and woars tartan trousers? ‘A. Rupert the Spectrum. ‘Bad wae it and | warn you. if (don't get 2 trea tape there be more Atwel Owen, Holyhead, NWales Looks tke you'll have to sends Meet the Gang! sp 9 “canores 0 Well 1. EVER MULTI-ROLE ARCADE ADVENTURE Includes Hit Single on reverse “Everyone's A Wally” performed by Mike Berry eee Eyes Commodore 6429.95 ; a Available shortly on Amstrad CPC 464 44 The Broadway, Bracknell, Berks. 0344 427317 9 SCALPED! DUG LSE Sark acura (og Terrible news, gamesplayers, terrible, woeful news Despite my most careful efforts, my cunning, dastardly ae ee eran ey ee ae a eres car rca ea te en ‘overthrown. Ever since the first issue of the Zzap journal Pe etre ee og Ce ar eee erring In the person of Andrew Clarke, from Atherstone town the planet of Warwickshire, | thought t had found him. Preece cna Cee ery ee cra ae ay supplier of export playing tips on both these games and iso on Bruce Lee, Surely he could defeat the rancid cro eo Ce Cn challenge not on just one game, but on three?! Surely by choosing games young Clarke was proficient at, and pe a Cn aL rene oe eee oe ne Cee eae eet re Pewee steerer et ed carefully, Absorb the details. And LEARN. Discover the ad This politically controversial ‘graphically exciting game from US Gold provides the first part fof the contest. it festures the ‘American response to a Soviet niuclesr strike against US cities “theidea isto try to take outthe three launch sites followed by @ nuclear reactor inthe Kremlin © As the players settle down two launches are matte {rom sites on # map of the northern hemisphere and as the time to impact starts to tick down both players swing into action. They each heve nine fighter craft in fan orbiting space tation and thai First problem is to get FIVE planes out. They need five be ‘cause in tha next stage thera are torrfic opportunities for high ‘eoring at the end of wien you ‘are awarded with up 10 four more pianos, Thus the tactic |e to deliberattly crash three or (but this ig risky) four pianos at the end of high-scoring bomb: Ing rune. and reolaim ther ll withthe ft, (© Thie 18-your-old is ough, fast, cunning and dangerous. © Botn players successfully launch five craft and guide one to the first Soviet launch site on the map. The sereen change: ' scrolling view a Zaxxon type jandscape where missiles, tanks, buildings and instal: tions are blasted while trying 10 avoid crashing inte. various obstacles © Clarke successfully makes four attack runs, crashing three planes before moving ono the ext stage. The champion, rash from a tushed waining course by Zzap Rafe expert Gary Pann, i taking more risks though and Geliberately crashes. four planes. Then — HAI ~ he Sccldentaliy crashes. the fifth {and has to return to the hangat for another, losing valuable time, My hopes rise dramatic: Iy! His excellent score of 80,100, ‘maaks the dire trouble thet he ie {© Things are going from bed to worse for Righall as he crashes his sixth plane on the ZZAP!64 June 1985 13 3 CHALLENGE Fein ae wet oon imme iaceis eee an wate for 90 | TEE hothe trying to get out ofthe KREMLIN, 28th chemm Begins champion to fnish hengar! Trechampon isswest. ha tid lounch site stack the @ Fighal, now totally wrapped | DEA TH-BLOW: fog nerd how. wath ony feo epproeen to the Kremlin othe up Is the econ, creshea the boos ltt and very ite dave some as tho one to tne launch slondard four plones on: tne | BPUCO Le Bolte she males impect on anesond onoe ters, ie Kiem” runup to hie rd launch Tog Vor. Tie sumcncn se WW ohne on ecenens Ne WH resend shectisg cf toe uly tet thn By Applele roche gusrced “on ‘sthar side Sy plane tt alo he sehaves Git the Core by a masais guards on high well and stork "D1. OOD the ste blows up Sealesice, ee. Chatncion i. Srivnt oft 4a0 me cigoped renee ‘ocked by ihe 86,000 ont poms with single shot bacocka sd foneing tim on 3800" ond in hove ta tue ont all ght sot omy Poche ont hardy cor. Gers A the tank ft fenp- Sy Monson, Allan nr iain my glee!) pear aftetatimel Youslsohave of the chsllenger's final score © Clarke mesrwhile is tackling to shoot five doors at the Front he risks everything on building the next slage on hie first of the building, one of which upenuigh polis with rapssied launch site. These are the five hides the reactor room. tuns at the approach. He 8 On @ The challenger loses one life crashes plane after plane ae hie the. main’ one when on the approach and ashe takes score courier rattles away. MY blown up will destroy the mis- out the guards, tank, doors and heart pounids. Surdly he's risk: silos in fight. The silos, at the Kremlin. towers he loses ing too much. But no, disaster! top of the sereen, have slits in another three to their rifle fire. He successfully kos his ninth ‘them shrough which to shoot The screen finaly falls quiet and and last pilot {a the Kremlin. | The deciding game isilled with and the players usually etimin- in tha hush he moves into the @ Here death comes quickly | tension, both levers fearing ato the four minor lige and resctor room. ‘with a bullet through the chest | the others” ability. Rignal, ear, then continuolly blast e fighter @ The challenger dispatches but Fignall’s gamble has poid | Is on old hand at this game, but Bane wich appoar a the left bon rnots with consummate of. A sero of 238400, ne bor | Clarke hes pushed him close so hand edge tthe screen to build ease and collects hefty bonus sonal highest, hed secured vie- | far and could produce an upset. Up the score. Witt 20-30. e's verpaning plots ecope toryil Myon hope wea tha ho | © The gome has you tne tos ‘seconds left to impact of the the exploding reactor. With en had paid a high price in nerves | of Bruce Lee, martial aris mas- missles they 90 for the main impressive score of 231,900 he and stamina who must ponetrate the ‘ilo sit and destroy the whole launch site. © Clarke successfully takes out the silos and blasts many 2 UBL Cor ey fighter plane ond then elimin: Lote) 11 31:F- Var pra ett cs ates the launch site, taking his ico ORME Spy v Spy sou tania wiheiue nen ahead but has no ides of the Py bid easel Nile Meat’ cont tecinncat eta ion renters ern matte pens atnnio ee eeten te ours f or mar (Sites char ero Shaya es Pee ie a ee ag poy le ree hs 10 ine out only two Petre pf ogame crn pes tal rent em eS beter paiva pacietine rarer | oni regen 2 few ir If Trtivererntarenen me vam rio Sis ake butcrashee= eros a entrar Mamrecrerit rcen rpre| Sony 1300 on te seve Oy aA oer rmt rr oe Gre pareve /chare que Emer i pe Pe nly Rignall sweats. Ite now oF nev pcmcia e pe rats {er 8s he emerges from the har they waggle the joysticks ab- ing to my cheeks ger and heads for the site Pend eeerea eee ama Pry re re ‘Dodging, weaving ang blasting, spies are carrying and in both time ana decides not to mova| the blood pounding through his ee er ese es tomples, he makos nis progress. Ct eee eee ae acm ee ner er Ho's otill alive. My heart sink pir naraat ee ea POR CRIE The players plead for re Witla good lead established, LCI spite snd in my usual compas: Clarke races off round thé UCM NICMEE sioncie and merciful way, Ire. rooms searching furniture and finishing the gems, Ag Rignall ‘trouble the champion is in (ex- room and the setting of beoby claims abutter of four new RAgpeN i air tisie Pgpmiertnerieeea treat npiyrei a | plane: Pere ee eer ey © Unaware of this drama, the eee challenger makes his own mise Pr ad takes on the second launch site aera) and crashes one plane in the SC ee ae TRE MLEREEE outwit each other ‘They are of water over 2 closed door and further dent as accidentally he rire gots his frst plane through to Pare ie! the silos and misses out on rere threo valuable point scoring MEU a teen ne PCG RCAC RIE The gome hae 2 spit scroon right but bofore he goes look: a gun and string trap with the, MCG LUMEN

You might also like