Zzap C64 Amiga Issue 44

Issue 44 was dated December 1988 and priced at £1.95.

To be completed.

Megatape
Thunder Blade - Demo

Mad Mix Game - Demo

Features
Walkers Way

Zzap Challenge:Paul Glancey takes on a challenger at

Zzapback: Issue 19
 * World Games, Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, Sanxion, Trivial Pursuit & Alleykat

Comments
Captain Blood - 77%
 * Not a bad game at all, considering, but it could have been better.

Bombuzal - 97%
 * The cutest puzzle game on the 64 and it's really addictive as well.

Purple Heart - 58%
 * A reasonably good variation on Ikari Warriors.

Final Assault - 41%
 * A competent, but very tedious, version of a sport that doesn't really work as a sim.

Mad Mix Game - 48%
 * A poor attempt at rejuvenating a much-loved idea.

In 80 Days Around the World - 29%
 * Tedious, long-winded and ultimately boring. Recommended to people you don't like.

The Race Against Time - 30%
 * The Spectrum Race transferred trainer, shorts and singlet to the 64.

Power Pyramids - 18%
 * An original idea... probably because noone has had such a brain relapse before.

Savage - 72%
 * Long-term playability and fine appearances make this a very interesting product.

Bubble Ghost - 62%
 * A pretty good 64 conversion - could have been better though.

Peter Beardsley's International Football - 23%
 * One of the worst football games around at the moment.

Overlander - 46%
 * A poor 3D motor shoot 'em up, not much better than the conversion it mimics.

NATO Assault Course - 30%
 * Dull and unenjoyable game of joystick torture.

Battle Island - 41%
 * Certainly not up to the standards we've come to expect from Novagen.

1943 - 49%
 * Technically poor and far too easy to be stimulating for more than half an hour.

The Games: Summer Edition - 49%
 * A disappointing release from one of the most successful originators of the strategic 'games' sim.

Super Dragon Slayer - 67%
 * Not a bad game at all. It would have been even better at a proper budget price.

Professional Ski Simulator - 73%
 * An unusual and mildly compelling adaptation of the sport.

Joe Blade II - 38%
 * Fun for a very short while.

Street Gang - 30%
 * Not one to show off to the gang - but you may get some pleasure out of the music.

Scorpion - 56%
 * One of those games you bring out on a raindy day - and then put away again.

5th Gear - 78%
 * Playable and addictive blend of racing and blasting.

Psi-Droid - 60%
 * Nothing outstanding - see if it grabs you first.

Slayer - 90%
 * A brilliant budget version of the best of recent full-price shoot 'em ups.

Pulse Warrior - 78%
 * A novel and compelling puzzle game.

Hopper Copper - 30%
 * Budding policemen (and everybody else) steer clear.

Cheap Skate - 64%
 * A cheap skate for all the family - and you don't have to be an expert.

Pro Skateboard Simulator - 79%
 * One of Code Masters' best Simulators yet, but probably more suited to the more accomplished games-player.

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

Gold Medal - Sizzler - Silver Medal

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

Gold Medal - Sizzler - Silver Medal

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