
Zapped to the Past
The Commodore 64 had lots of games. Not all of them are good. In Zapped to the Past, we cast a retrospective eye over those games reviewed in each issue of Zzap!64 magazine. Hosted by two lifelong C64 fans, we throw off those rose tinted specs and see if those games are still worth playing today.
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Feb 3, 2025 • 2h 3min
Zapped to the Past Episode 176 April 1991
In the month of April 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-six of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the derisory Dick Tracy, the hungry Huxley Pig and the excellent CJ’s Elephant Antics and wonder …How painful would a kick in the Kravitz actually be?
Games covered in this episode:
CJ’s Elephant Antics
Dick Tracy
Huxley Pig
Gazza II
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New Zealand Story V1 (C64) - 1989 Ocean - GTW64
The Wonder Stuff - The Size Of A Cow
Silver Bullet - Undercover Anarchist
What Went Right With… Silver Bullet aka Silvah Bullet?
Transvision Vamp - (I Just Wanna) B with U (promo video 1991)
Pete Wylie And The Farm - Sinful (1991 Scary jiggin' with doctor Love)
Milltown Brothers - Here I Stand
Bananarama - Long Train Running (Official Video)
Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity (Official Music Video)
Electronic - Get The Message (Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]
Vic Reeves and the Roman Numerals - Born Free (TOTP)
De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (Official Music Video) [HD]
Blur - There's No Other Way (Official Music Video)
EMF - Children (Official Music Video)
AC/DC - Are You Ready (Official HD Video)
Luther Vandross - Power of Love (Love Power) (Official Video)
808 STATE OooPS FEATURING BJORK
Cinderella - Heartbreak Station
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) (Official Video)
Seal - Future Love Paradise (Reprise)
Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long)
Nomad - Just a Groove
The Farm - Don't Let Me Down (Remastered Video) (1991)
Lonnie Gordon - Gonna Catch You
The Other Side of Summer
Wall of Sound - Wikipedia
Secchi feat. Orlando Johnson - I Say Yeah
Sting - The Soul Cages (Official Music Video)

Jan 27, 2025 • 2h 28min
Zapped to the Past Episode 175 March 1991
In the month of March 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-five of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the lauded Last Ninja 3, the speedy Supercars and the turgid Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and wonder how often are ninja weapon parts hidden in the toilet?
Games covered in this episode:
Last Ninja 3
Supercars
Welltris
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Turbo Kart Racer
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Additional links mentioned in the Podcast:
The Birmingham Six, [World in Action, 1991]
Near Death (1989) - IMDb
Taking The Floor - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide
Jumble series 2 episode 1 Anglia TV 1992
The Winjin Pom S01E01 - 16th March 1991
More TV Memories – Movies Games And Videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-68D_KmMsHA
Movies Games & Videos: 'New' Games Systems (Reupload)
BBC One's Fast Friends Opening Titles - 1991
King Ralph (1991) Trailer | John Goodman | Peter O'Toole
Golden Braid (1990 Australian Movie)
Welltris video game manual (8 bit) : Infogrames : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Jan 13, 2025 • 2h 24min
Zapped to the Past Episode 174 March 1991
In the month of March 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-four of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the laborious Line of Fire, the stale Super Monaco GP and the tedious Total Recall and wonder how many reiterations of Gary Numan are actually out there…
Games covered in this episode:
Super Monaco GP
Line of Fire
3D Pinball
Total Recall
Dragonstrike
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Super Monaco GP -Versions Comparison- #61
Hale And Pace And The Stonkers The Stonk
R.E.M. || OUT OF TIME || 1991
The Charlatans - Over Rising HD
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Happy (Video)
Roxette - Joyride (Official Video) [Remastered]
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official HD Music Video)
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit (Official Music Video)
The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
RIDE - Today Forever (FULL EP)
Rod Stewart - Rhythm of My Heart (Official Video)
1st RECORDING OF: Rhythm Of My Heart - René Shuman (1986)
Runrig - Rhythm Of My Heart (Official Music Video)
Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad (Official Video)
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Vixen - Not A Minute Too Soon
Scritti Politti With Shabba Ranks - She's A Woman (Official Music Video) Remastered
Gary Numan - Heart (Promo Video) HD
Pet Shop Boys - Where the streets have no name (I can't take my eyes off you) (Official Video) [HD]
Let There Be Love / Simple Minds (Single-Version)
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing (Official Music Video) | Warner Vault
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91 (1991)
Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta - Grease Dream Mix (Single Version)
Yesterday Today
James - Sit Down (1991)
Snap Megamix (1991)
Gary Clail On-U Sound System - Human Nature
The Rolling Stones - Highwire - OFFICIAL PROMO
Dannii Minogue - Love and Kisses (4K Enhanced)
C+C Music Factory - Here We Go Let's Rock & Roll
Inspiral Carpets - Caravan
Little Angels - Product Of The Working Class
Lenny Kravitz - Always On The Run (Official Music Video)
INXS - By My Side (Official Music Video)
Vanilla Ice - I Love You
Night Ride Home
The Simpsons - Big City (Spacemen 3 song ) scene
Spacemen 3 - I Love You - Recurring
Ice Cube - Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside) [Remix]
The KLF - The White Room 1991 full album
San Francisco
Helloween – Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Kitchens of Distinction - Strange Free World [Full Album]
Total Recall V1 (C64) - 1990 Ocean - GTW64
https://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=066&page=066&magazine=zzap
https://mocagh.org/ssi/dstrike-manual.pdf

Dec 25, 2024 • 2h 18min
Zapped to the Past - Christmas Cracker 2024
‘Tis once again the most merry of seasons and here at Zapped to the Past we get together to chat about all things Christmas. We are full of festive cheer to have a very special guest to add some much needed sauce to proceedings as we discuss our favourite, and not so favourite, things of 2024 and reminisce about films, tv and music we enjoyed in our youths. We hope you enjoy this seasonal special and will see you all again in 2025! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from us at Zapped to the Past!
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Dec 16, 2024 • 56min
Zapped to the Past - The Games That Zzap Forgot Special - 3
In the third of a series of special episodes of Zapped to the Past, we slip on our detective hats and once again investigate the games that somehow avoided the pages and eyes of Zzap! 64. This time we explore the fiery Force Seven, the dubious Space Doubt and the knee heavy Subway Vigilante.
Games covered in this episode:
Force Seven
Space Doubt
Star Ball
Subway Vigilante
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Dec 9, 2024 • 1h 56min
Zapped to the Past Episode 173 February 1991
In the month of February 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-three of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the eggy Edd the Duck, the sleepy Shadow of the Beast, and the confusing Cyberball and wonder since when was Egypt known for its heavy use of grey?
Games covered in this episode:
Shadow of the Beast
The Curse of Ra
Cyberball
Edd the Duck
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Kickboxer 2 / Official Trailer (1990)
Kindergarten Cop (1990) Official Trailer - Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie HD
Short Time Trailer 1990
Three Men And A Little Lady (1990) - Trailer - 35mm - HD
DuckTales The Movie (1990) Theatrical Trailer
Men at Work Official Trailer #1 - Keith David Movie (1990) HD
History of the Andrew "Dice" Clay Controversy
Andrew 'Dice' Clay answers his critics (1990)
Best Promos- Andrew Dice Clay on Arsenio Hall Show
The Grifters (1990) Official Trailer - John Cusack, Annette Bening Movie HD
The Field (1990) Trailer
The Russia House Official Trailer #1 - Sean Connery Movie (1990) HD
Meet the Applegates (1990) Trailer
blink-182 - The Rock Show

Dec 2, 2024 • 1h 47min
Zapped to the Past Episode 172 February 1991
In the month of February 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-two of Zapped to the Past, we continue our look at some of those games, including the vapid Vindicators, the similar Skatin’ USA, and the unimpressive UN Squadron and wonder just when have you ever known a siren to be a good thing?
Games covered in this episode:
Night Shift
Vindicators
UN Squadron
Skatin’ USA
Summer Camp
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Computer Originated World - Wikipedia
BBC1 Ident - Computer Originated World (1985-1991) - Clean HD version
YOU BET! S04 E08 1991 - British Saturday Night Game Show
The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air Theme Song (Full)
Trouble In Mind EPISODE 1

Nov 25, 2024 • 2h 19min
Zapped to the Past Episode 171 February 1991
In the month of February 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy-one of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the tasty Turrican 2, The silly Superkid and the stunted S.T.U.N Runner and wonder … exactly how much would a gold chainmail haircut cost?
Games covered in this episode:
Turrican 2
Superkid
S.T.U.N. Runner
ESWAT
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Turrican II: The Final Fight - C64 Manual, Docs - Lemon64
Turrican II: The Final Fight - Wikipedia
Turrican II - C64-Wiki
Arcade Longplay [444] Psycho-Nics Oscar
Trust Me
Oleta Adams - Circle of One
New Kids On The Block - Games
Kim Appleby - G.L.A.D. (Good Lovin' and Devotion)
Free - All Right Now
Free - All Right Now (1970) (Ré-édition 1991) (1991) (Maxi 45T)
All Right Now Guitar Legends Seville 1992
"All Right Now" by Paul Rodgers from Free Spirit
Julian Cope - Beautiful Love
2 Mad - Thinkin' About Your Body (Radio Edit)
Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards (Official Video)
808 State - In Yer Face
My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When (Official Music Video)
DJ H Feat. Stefy - Think About
Chris Rea - Auberge
George Michael - Heal the Pain (Audio)
𝗝𝗢𝗘𝗬 𝗕. 𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 & 𝗧𝗬𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗔 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 - 𝙂𝙤 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙩 (𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚) 1990
Joey B Ellis - Go for It (First Version) (Official Music Video) Remastered @Videos80s
The La's - Feelin'
Great White Congo Square
Tigertailz - Heaven (Official Misic Video)
Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only (Official Music Video)
MC HAMMER | Here Comes The Hammer (2nd Version HD)
Thunder – Love Walked In (Official Video)
Morrissey - Our Frank
Because I Love You (Postman song)
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Deee-Lite - How Do You Say...Love.mp4
Till We Meet Again
Heart - Secret
Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - Now We Are Married (Official Video)
Madonna - Crazy For You (Official Video)
Levi's 1991 Pool Hall Clash (Should I stay or should I go)
N -Joi - Adrenalin - TOTP - 1991
Jesus Jones | Who? Where? Why?
The Almighty "Free 'N' Easy" (Official Video)
Mantronix - Don't Go Messin' With My Heart
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange (1991)
Dream Warriors Ludi
Bee Gees - Secret Love
Helloween - Kids Of The Century (HD-720p)
Deep Purple - Love Conquers All
Susanna Hoffs - My Side Of The Bed
https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Games/ESWAT%20-%20Cyber%20Police%20-%20Manual-DE-ENG-FR-IT.pdf

Nov 18, 2024 • 1h 46min
Zapped to the Past Episode 170 January 1991
In the month of January 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-seventy of Zapped to the Past, we continue our look at some of those games, including the nasty NARC, the dawdling Days of Thunder and the less than Amazing Spiderman and wonder why Mysterio was such a mastermind when all he did was trick people with light switches…
Games covered in this episode:
NARC
Amazing Spiderman
Days of Thunder
Magicland Dizzy
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The History of Narc - Arcade Console documentary
https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Spiderman_The_1990_Microprose_Software_M4/page/n1/mode/2up
Akira (1988) Pioneer 2001 English Dub (FULL MOVIE)
https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/Game%20Manuals/C64/Days%20of%20Thunder%20(1990)(Mindscape)/Days%20of%20Thunder%20(1990)(Mindscape)%5b600dpi%5d.pdf

Nov 11, 2024 • 2h 22min
Zapped to the Past Episode 169 January 1991
In the month of January 1991 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-sixty-nine of Zapped to the Past, we continue our look at some of those games, including the not quite Spy Who Loved Me, the rogue Robocop 2 and the cheery Chip’s Challenge and wonder just how many James Bond puns a podcast can fit into less than two minutes!?
Games covered in this episode:
Robocop 2
The Spy Who Loved Me
Emlyn Hughes Arcade Quiz
Dragon Breed
Chip’s Challenge
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RoboCop 2 [1990] Amiga vs Atari ST vs Arcade vs NES and More (Version Comparison)
The History of Robocop 2 - arcade console documentary
Commodore C64 Manual: Robocop 2 (1990)(Ocean Software) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/TheSpyWhoLovedMe/page/n1/mode/2up
SpaceCamp - Wikipedia
Every song banned by BBC during the Gulf War
BBC Arena |Miller Meets Mandela (1991)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgBJYIMbyMQ
Oliver Reed | After Dark | Late-night live talk show | 1991 → *short version*
Oliver Reed After Dark Highlights
The Brittas Empire Series 1 Episode 1 Part 1 of 3
Children's BBC Dooby's Duck Truck 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scmEldtyMrs
Spender S01E01 - The Homecoming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTa4BgEeXHo
Ruby Wax interviews Sandra Bernhard
Boys From The Bush - 1991 BBC TV Series
Gawain and the Green Knight
The Green Knight | Official Trailer HD | A24
Devices And Desires 1991 EPISODE 1 DVDRiP XviD
Toucan Tecs - Up In The Air
Rod 'n' Emu: Wet 'n' Wild (1991) - FULL EPISODE
https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Games/Dragon%20Breed%20(OCR)%20-%20Manual-DE-ENG-FR-IT.pdf