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Zzap!64 issue 71 was cover dated March 1991 and covered videogaming on the Amiga and C64.

Megatape[]

3D Lunattack (full game)
Draconus (full game)
Ocean Conqueror (full game)
Zybex (full game)

The Word[]

Final Whistle (Kick Off 2 data disk)

Previews[]

3D Construction Kit - C64
Back to the Future Part 3 - C64
Gauntlet 3 - C64
HeroQuest - Amiga
Last Ninja 3 - Amiga, C64
Penthouse Electric Jigsaw - Amiga
Supremacy - C64

Features[]

Sticky Moments (Controller roundup)

Reviews[]

Zzap! Test[]

New releases were rated on Presentation, Graphics, Sound, Hookability, Lastability, with an overall rating. Zzap Gold Medal (96%+), Zzap Sizzler (90-95%)

Game Title Publisher Format Reviewer Pres Graph Sound Hook Last Ov(%)
Dragonstrike US Gold/SSI Amiga Robin Hogg, Phil King, 90% 68% 60% 78% 76% 77%
Dragonstrike US Gold/SSI C64 Robin Hogg, Phil King, 85% 65% 35% 71% 67% 69%
Super Monaco Grand Prix US Gold Amiga Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, Phil King 86% 86% 78% 92% 88% 91%
Super Monaco Grand Prix US Gold C64 Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, Phil King 90% 84% 85% 91% 89% 90%
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Konami/ImageWorks C64 Stuart Wynne, Phil King, 64% 59% 60% 61% 59% 59%
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Konami/ImageWorks Amiga Stuart Wynne, Phil King, 55% 40% 47% 39% 37% 38%
Last Ninja 3 System 3 C64 Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, Phil King 94% 94% 92% 92% 94% 93%
Welltris Infogrames C64 Stuart Wynne, Phil King, 78% 64% 41% 78% 80% 80%
Line of Fire US Gold Amiga Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, 78% 74% 59% 67% 58% 65%
Line of Fire US Gold C64 Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, 32% 37% 33% 30% 35% 32%
Super Cars Gremlin C64 Stuart Wynne, Phil King, 69% 48% 67% 69% 58% 62%
Speedball 2 Image Works Amiga Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, Phil King 94% 92% 86% 97% 96% 96%
Badlands Domark/Tengen Amiga Stuart Wynne, Phil King, 62% 69% 71% 74% 60% 62%
Ranx Ubi Soft Amiga Stuart Wynne, Phil King, 61% 68% 80% 61% 58% 59%
Turrican 2 Rainbow Arts Amiga Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, 92% 92% 94% 91% 94% 93%
Total Recall Ocean C64 Stuart Wynne, Robin Hogg, 86% 75% 80% 80% 72% 76%

The Think Tank[]

The Think Tank section reviewed adventure, strategy and RPGs.

Adventure and RPGs were rated on Atmoshphere, Puzzle Factor, Interaction, Lastability and Overall.

Game Title Publisher Format At PF In La O(%)
Dragon Wars Interplay/Electronic Arts Amiga 80% 85% 82% 86% 85%
B.A.T. Ubi Soft Amiga 80% 65% 71% 60% 68%
Obitus Psygnosis Amiga 82% 68% 60% 63% 63%
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark Accolade Amiga 2% 87% 88% 89% 90%
The Argon Factor Diamond Bytes C64 56% 65% 57% 65% 61%
The Centauri Alliance Broderbund C64 76% 78% 77% 83% 80%

Strategy games were rated on Presentation, Graphics, Sound, Hookability, Lastability and Overall

Game Title Publisher Format Pr Gr So Ho La Ov(%)
Harpoon Amiga Three-Sixty/PSS Amiga 90% 88% 66% 74% 80% 81%

Blitz[]

Budget & re-releases

Game Title Publisher Format Overall(%)
3-D Pinball Mastertronic Plus C64 N/A
Eliminator Players C64 71%
Yes, Prime Minister Mastertronic Plus C64 58%
Firelord Players C64 62%
Ranarama Players C64 70%
Turbo Kart Racer Players C64 80%
Batman: The Caped Crusader Hit Squad C64 89%
Return of the Jedi Hit Squad C64 64%

Pig In A Poke![]

Tips

Golden Axe
First Strike
Total Recall
The Light Corridor
Summer Camp
Fantasy World Dizzy
Monty Python's Flying Circus

Guides

Creatures - guide, map
Turrican - guide, map (level 5.1)
Battle Command - guide
Robocop 2 - guide, maps
SCI - Chase II - guide

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External links[]

The Def Tribute to Zzap!64 contains certain scans of articles and reviews. The Zzuperstore also has the full magazine run scans on DVD.

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