{"id":36422,"date":"2026-01-11T02:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=36422"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:50:02","slug":"zzap-64-june-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/zzap-64-june-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Zzap! 64 (June 1987)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FZzap%2Fzzap026&amp;twg_show=zzap2600001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600001-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600001-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600001-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600001-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600001-84x120.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600001.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zzap! 64 was a gaming magazine dedicated to the Commodore 64 and published in the U.K. Living in the U.S., I was not aware of its existence but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s something I would have loved. While there were several Commodore 64 magazines, we didn&#8217;t have any dedicated to gaming on the C64. The June 1987 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Readable Regulars<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Editorial<\/b> &#8211; A preview of what&#8217;s in this issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zzap! Rrap<\/b> &#8211; Letters from readers about the lack of innovation in newer games, software piracy, game reviews, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zzap! Tips<\/b> &#8211; Tips, tricks, and cheats for various games including Delta, Paperboy, Aliens, Firetrack, POD, Bombjack II, Up &#8216;N&#8217; Down, Split Personalities, Nemesis, Cholo, Krakout, Future Knight, Shao-Lin&#8217;s Road, Mad Nurse, Paradroid, Gunship, Bombjack, Chuckie Egg II, Into the Eagle&#8217;s Nest, Little Computer People, Molecule Man, Skooldaze, Dragons Lair, Nosferatu The Vampyre, The Sentinel, Shockway Rider, Equalizer, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Chronicles of the White Wizard<\/b> &#8211; A preview of Shadows of Mordor plus a look at The Big Slease, The Ket Trilogy, and other adventure games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Scorelord Thinketh<\/b> &#8211; Reader submitted high scores for various games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zzap! Readers&#8217; Charts<\/b> &#8211; The top 30 games as voted by readers. Coming in at the top is World Games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Newsflash<\/b> &#8211; A look at new products including Wizball, Barbarian, Pyramids of Time, Army Moves, MASK, Thing Bounces Back, Knight Games II, Street Sports Basketball, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Compunet<\/b> &#8211; A look at various demos that can be found online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=36424\" class=\"attachment wp-att-36424 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600003-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600003-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600003-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600003-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600003-84x120.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600003.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Games to Get for June<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zenji<\/b> &#8211; A re-release of this puzzle game from Activision in budget form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Nemesis the Warlock<\/b> &#8211; A game based on 2000 AD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gods and Heroes<\/b> &#8211; A budget platform game that is the sequel to Hercules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zolyx<\/b> &#8211; A budget game that looks like a clone of Qix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hero<\/b> &#8211; A re-release of this Activision classic at a budget price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Frenetic Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>DIY Cassette Inlay<\/b> &#8211; A cut-out inlay for the cassette included on this month&#8217;s cover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Douglas Adams<\/b> &#8211; Douglas Adams talks about his latest Infocom project, Bureaucracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Oink!<\/b> &#8211; A look at the comic and the game based on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mental Procreation<\/b> &#8211; Andrew Braybrook talks about software and hardware problems, piracy, reviews, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Zzapback<\/b> &#8211; A look at some games that were covered seventeen months earlier including Ballblazer, Koronis Rift, Robin of the Wood, Fight Night, Bounder, The Eidolon, Revs, and Desert Fox.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600100-715x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600100-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600100-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600100-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600100-84x120.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zzap2600100.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zzap! 64 was a gaming magazine dedicated to the Commodore 64 and published in the U.K. Living in the U.S., I was not aware of its existence but I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s something I would have loved. While there were several Commodore 64 magazines, we didn&#8217;t have any dedicated to gaming on the C64. The June 1987 issue includes: Readable Regulars Editorial &#8211; A preview of what&#8217;s in this issue. Zzap! Rrap &#8211; Letters from readers about the lack of innovation in newer games, software piracy, game reviews, and more. Zzap! Tips &#8211; Tips, tricks, and cheats for various games including Delta, Paperboy, Aliens, Firetrack, POD, Bombjack II, Up &#8216;N&#8217; Down, Split Personalities, Nemesis, Cholo, Krakout, Future Knight, Shao-Lin&#8217;s Road, Mad Nurse, Paradroid, Gunship, Bombjack, Chuckie Egg II, Into the Eagle&#8217;s Nest, Little Computer People, Molecule Man, Skooldaze, Dragons Lair, Nosferatu The Vampyre, The Sentinel, Shockway Rider, Equalizer, and more. Chronicles of the White Wizard &#8211; A preview of Shadows of Mordor plus a look at The Big Slease, The Ket Trilogy, and other adventure games. The Scorelord Thinketh &#8211; Reader submitted high scores for various games. Zzap! Readers&#8217; Charts &#8211; The top 30 games as voted by readers. Coming in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,4,16],"tags":[473,3049,2362,2524],"class_list":["post-36422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-commodore-64","tag-gaming","tag-retrocomputing","tag-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36612,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36422\/revisions\/36612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}