{"id":949,"date":"2012-10-04T20:16:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T20:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megalextoria.wordpress.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2020-04-16T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:42:11","slug":"zzap-issue-number-52-august-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/10\/04\/zzap-issue-number-52-august-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Zzap! (August 1989)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FZzap%2Fzzap052&amp;twg_foffset=0,144,48,0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/media_httpmediacachee_lcnge-scaled10001.jpg?w=210\" alt=\"Media_httpmediacachee_lcnge\" width=\"500\" height=\"712\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FZzap%2Fzzap052&amp;twg_foffset=0,144,48,0\">The August 1989 issue of Zzap!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ebay\/Commodore64.html\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>How I wish we&#8217;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 &amp; 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:<\/p>\n<p>Two-Face Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Randy&#8217;s Life Story &#8211; Part 2!<\/b> &#8211; The uncut version &#8211; sensitive readers should close their eyes when reading this!<\/li>\n<li><b>Batmania<\/b> &#8211; A history of the Caped Crusader from his 1930s origin to the mega-hyped film and latest computer game.<\/li>\n<li><b>A Free Bat-Poster!<\/b> &#8211; We&#8217;ve seen the future and it will be&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><b>Psygnosis Special<\/b> &#8211; Discover all about Liverpool&#8217;s finest software house and see the first screenshots of the amazing BEAST.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Catwoman Comps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Phone The Angel Of Death!<\/b> &#8211; Hewson are giving away loadsa fab goodies in our Hotline comp.<\/li>\n<li><b>Draw A Super Piccy&#8230;<\/b> &#8211; &#8230;And win SCULPT 4D from Psygnosis.<\/li>\n<li><b>Dig Those Prizes, Man<\/b> &#8211; Some great Indiana Jones prizes on offer from US Gold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gotham Games<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Citadel<\/b> &#8211; Martin Walker&#8217;s pudding is ready to consume.<\/li>\n<li><b>Astaroth<\/b> &#8211; Admire the beautiful scenery in Empire&#8217;s fab Amiga arcade adventure.<\/li>\n<li><b>The New Zealand Story<\/b> &#8211; A cute kiwi aims to rescue his friends in this superb Ocean coin-op conversion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robin Regulars<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The Word<\/b> &#8211; All the hottest news in town including details of two amazing new handheld consoles.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lloyd&#8217;s Rrap<\/b> &#8211; Lloyd ignores the insults, claims all the praise and laughs so much at the jokes his bag almost falls off.<\/li>\n<li><b>Here Comms Randy<\/b> &#8211; More manic modem fun as Randy interviews the Editor of Compunet and reveals the best ZZAP! log comp entries.<\/li>\n<li><b>Norman Nutz<\/b> &#8211; The mad professor goes on a journey to Flatheadia and gets a sense of deja vu too.<\/li>\n<li><b>Strategy<\/b> &#8211; Field Commander Hogg reviews the latest tactical treats from PSS and CDS.<\/li>\n<li><b>Scores<\/b> &#8211; Old rustbucket adds some new games to his list.<\/li>\n<li><b>Walker&#8217;s Final Way<\/b> &#8211; Boo hoo, sob, it&#8217;s the mad axeman&#8217;s last diary installment.<\/li>\n<li><b>Classifieds<\/b> &#8211; For Sale: One Rottweiler, likes Pedigree Chum and absolutely loves children.<\/li>\n<li><b>Zzuperstore<\/b> &#8211; Joysticks, games, ZZAP! back issues&#8230;they&#8217;re all here at bargain prices.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cor Blimey!<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of all the latest cut-price software.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tips Oot For The Ladz<\/b> &#8211; By popular demand Randy reveals the complete Dragon&#8217;s Lair solution.<\/li>\n<li><b>Previews<\/b> &#8211; 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The August 1989 issue of Zzap! How I wish we&#8217;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 &amp; 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&#8217;s Life Story &#8211; Part 2! &#8211; The uncut version &#8211; sensitive readers should close their eyes when reading this! Batmania &#8211; A history of the Caped Crusader from his 1930s origin to the mega-hyped film and latest computer game. A Free Bat-Poster! &#8211; We&#8217;ve seen the future and it will be&#8230; Psygnosis Special &#8211; Discover all about Liverpool&#8217;s finest software house and see the first screenshots of the amazing BEAST. Catwoman Comps Phone The Angel Of Death! &#8211; Hewson are giving away loadsa fab goodies in our Hotline comp. Draw A Super Piccy&#8230; &#8211; &#8230;And win SCULPT 4D from Psygnosis. Dig Those Prizes, Man &#8211; Some great Indiana Jones prizes on offer from US Gold. Gotham Games Citadel &#8211; Martin Walker&#8217;s pudding is ready to consume. Astaroth &#8211; Admire the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,44,4],"tags":[169,370,473],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amiga","category-commodore-64","category-computer-arcana","tag-amiga","tag-c64","tag-commodore-64"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","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=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}