Zzap 64 Issue 40

Issue 40 was dated August 1988 and priced at £1.25.

The Word
Midsummer Mastertronicness
 * New releases from Mastertronic include Rogue, World Darts, Night Racer & The Transformers: The Computer Game

Re-Release City (Man)
 * Encore to re-release Airwolf.
 * Cascade's new label Gamebusters to re-release Ace & Hades Nebula.
 * Codemasters to re-release 4 games on disk: BMX Simulator, Grand Prix Simulator, ATV Simulator & Fruit Machine Simulator

Leaderboard Course Fishing?
 * Famous Courses vol 2. for World Class Leaderboard

Sublogic European Vacation
 * Western Europe add-on for Sublogic's Flight Simulator II.

Software Piracy
 * Pirate Software's 5 new releases include SS Panzer, Pirate Base, Voyage, Rollerboard, Operation Anoria & KGB Agent.

Martin Galway Goes Sensible
 * Martin Galway joins Chirs Yates and Jon Hare at Sensible Software.

Features
Under the Baud-Walk - Mel Croucher

Zzap Challenge: Paul Glancey challenged at Cybernoid

Walkers Way

Thoroughly Modern Modem - Compunet feature

Hack to the Future

Zzapback: Issue 15
 * Leaderboard, Boulder Dash III, Slamball, Sentinel, HES Games

Amiga Action
 * SideWinder, Return to Genesis, Leatherneck, Enlightenment: Druid II, Black Lamp, Star Fleet I & Passengers on the Wind

Previews
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Salamander

Typhoon

4x4 Off-Road Racing

Comments
Beyond the Ice Palace - 78%
 * A playable and polished Ghosts'n Goblins variant only marred by its high frustration level.

Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax - 96%
 * By far the best (and goriest) beat 'em up and an excellent sequel to Barbarian.

Oops - 74%
 * A challenging arcade strategy game that should appeal to many fans of the genre.

Hawkeye - 96%
 * An addictive and beautifully presented shoot 'em up of the highest calibre.

Marauder - 66%
 * A difficult but eventually playable shoot 'em up which slightly mars Hewson's excellent reputation.

Street Fighter - 36%
 * An unfortunately poor conversion of a very well received arcade game.

The Flintstones - 40%
 * A poor interpretation of the cartoon, only recommended for die-hard fans.

Desolator - 41%
 * A feeble and unchallenging conversion of the coin-op.

Hoppin' Mad - 64%
 * A pleasant game with unfortunately repetitive gameplay.

The Games: Winter Edition - 76%
 * Well worth a look - but there was plenty of disagreement in the reviewing team, so don't expect too much...

Shackled - 23%
 * A horrible conversion of an obscure and unattractive arcade game.

Chubby Gristle - 26%
 * One of the worst attempts at a platform game we've seen for some time.

Vixen - 44%
 * Lamb dressed up as scantily-clad mutton.

Hercules: Slayer of the Damned - 51%
 * A boring and unimaginative attempt to create an original game.

Dark Side - 90%
 * A brilliant and more involved sequel which should appeal to most.

Every Second Counts - 52%
 * Doesn't have the lasting potential to be a great game.

Dark Castle - 41%
 * An unusally poor release from Mirrorsoft.

Dream Warrior - 49%
 * A pretty snoozeworthy arcade adventure which doesn't represent good value for money.

To Hell and Back - 59%
 * An average platform collect 'em up in the Ghosts'n Goblins mould.

Aquanaut - 43%
 * Yet another reasonable but unspectacular budget shoot 'em up.

Destruct - 38%
 * A playable but quickly tedious blast.

Bruce Lee - 92%
 * A classic platfrom game with unmissable addictive action.

Crazy Paving - 10%
 * A laborious. slow and very dull arcade adventure.

Poltergeist - 66%
 * A limited but playable shoot 'em up, well worth its titchy price tag.

Metropolis - 42%
 * A game for very thirsty arcade-adventurers.

Super Trolley - 17%
 * An unplayable game which should have stayed in Jimmy's magic chair.

Star Wars: Droids - 36%
 * An unlikely licence has produced an unambitious game.

Table
Key for table:- Pre: Presentation, Gra: Graphics, Sou: Sound, Hoo: Hookability, Las: Lastability, Ove: Overall

Gold Medal - Sizzler - Silver Medal

Reviews
Key for table:- Atm: Atmosphere, Int: Interaction, Cha: Challenge, Ove: Overall

Tips
Dracula: Solution Part 3

Manoeuvres
Questron II - 81%
 * An entertaining example of its type, though not the best available.

Tips
Questron II

Pokes
Erebus, Jet-Boys, I-Alien, Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge, Motos, Pole Position, Elite, The Tube, Deep Strike, Frost Byte, Pyjamarama, Starlifter, Battle Through Time, Impossible Mission, Falcon: The Renegade Lord, Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal, Centurions & Masters of the Universe: The Movie

Map
Ikari Warriors