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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!