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In the month of February 1990 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-forty-four of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including galling Ghostbusters 2, the shonky Spitfire 40, and the inch high Iron Lord and wonder how many times you can get away with using the Eastenders drum beat… Games covered in this episode: Sim City Ghostbusters 2 Ballistix Spitfire 40 Iron Lord Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1 Additional links mentioned in the Podcast:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR61-UtfT2M&list=PLyHrLW-yDKNco_aOfgOBItfttvS4smVEy&ab_channel=TheComedySeriesInc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WezA71gfC6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UY-3tzyAug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg0HKJmZHa4&list=PLzWCK21P6l_b5eJHcE_P9ILP3HLvaF1zn https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Games/Ballistix%20-%20Manual-ENG.pdf https://scottishgames.net/2012/06/27/steve-hammonds-manual-override/ https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Microsoft_DOS/manual/Formated/Iron_Lord.pdf

In the month of February 1990 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-forty-three of Zapped to the Past, we continue our look at some of those games, including the Vienetta Vendetta, the booby Blue Angel 69 and the catastrophic Chase HQ and wonder why Robocop was obsessed with a particular game this week…? Games covered in this episode: Vendetta Shark Footballer of the Year 2 Blue Angel 69 Chase H.Q. Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1 Additional links mentioned in the Podcast: https://archive.org/details/Vendetta_1990_System_3/page/n1/mode/2up https://leonardbernstein.com/about/conductor/historic-concerts/berlin-wall-concert-1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Palmer_(record_producer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk7dLgwg7_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOJCgegMcUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udVhD0Bel-M&list=PLfimnwaZdumiE4IS15s73RWdYdGgr_8Su https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_faCIdDfXs&list=PLyIhNZsfiY8Sa05GBJhwAplPjhSwbOKpD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbQnRXA3Z0k  

In the month of February 1990 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-forty-two of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the stellar Space Rogue, the maudlin Meganova: The Weapon, and the baffling Bushido and wonder why so many shmups think enemies coming from behind is a good idea…?  Games covered in this episode: Space Rogue Meganova: The Weapon Maze Mania Bushido Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1 Additional links mentioned in the Podcast: https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Space_Rogue https://sfodb.com/index.php?page=detail&program=265 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wYqu_YlPIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB6UXDSqUUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyR7NK9ykPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG_k5CSYKhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-6FmYqIeps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=686A5yPMWrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1_uU9eIZRo https://www.smackmedia.ca/news/rhcp-assaults-problematic-industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdhzz63DGNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-_CrTtyuN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKgVzWeZ4qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDZlF8aTRZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFood_bTOX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9DjDh3yjSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e04pzNwIqU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrU0YuJ47uA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4tSoH5R_Vs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW2hul7_Pn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7djYYE63Ug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHkD6NO2dmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4I9fzbrExg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6xMNjBboQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t83z1eUpfMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28w2LVzxVkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypbjIwbTR8c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYXHdFUAqK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk6bnmVRbhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5gQt126Ka8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_or9gEB6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnY2UJqiGUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGXBUyB_n-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9DYeePLJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ixEzKA4k0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9F7Ox2cv2A https://ia904603.us.archive.org/5/items/bushidowayofthewarrior89/bushidowayofthewarrior89.pdf  

While we go on a work related hiatus - we took the time to collect all of the questions our amazing Patreon Subscribers have asked us, and have recorded this special episode where we answer them all! Hence why we called this ‘Ask The Podcast’.  We hope you enjoy this ‘in between’ special episode and if you’d like to join in the fun and ask us questions for the next Ask the Podcast special, it could not be simpler! Just join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast for little more than the price of a sandwich…and ask away on our amazing Discord!!  Now enjoy! We will be back with another regular episode by the ‘Seventh Dec of the Lem of Cree’...  Or Next week…

In this third of the series of special episodes of Zapped to the Past, we go back to our past and pick up some of those games we never looked at from the first few issues of Zzap! 64, including the claustrophobic Spelunker, the rotary Chopper, and the Pumpy Dig Dug. Games covered in this episode: Spelunker Hi Bouncer Stringer Chopper Spooks Dig Dug Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast

In the month of January 1990 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-forty-one of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the rapid firing Retrograde, the dreadful Dragon Spirit, and the pointless Pictionary, and wonder just what exactly the Bangler Dash is? Games covered in this episode: Retrograde Dragon Spirit Pictionary Ninja Warriors Double Dragon II Operation Thunderbolt Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1 Additional links mentioned in the Podcast: https://www.gamestone.co.uk/zzap_world64/apex_retrograde.php. Pages from Ceefax 13 April 1990 Bobs full house - full episode from December 1989, BBC 1 - Bob Monkhouse Diamonds Aren’t Forever: Roger Moore’s A View to a Kill GOPHERS Full Episode 'Moving Day' Castle Vision Rare Shoe VHS Rip Original Broadcast 2/1/1990 Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles From Banned Nunchucks to Sausage Links: Why the UK Hated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Den of Geek Baywatch: Season 1 Intro [Amstrad CPC] The Ninja Warriors - Longplay ZX Spectrum Longplay [230] The Ninja Warriors (EU) https://www.lemon64.com/doc/ninja-warriors/1106 http://www.pauliehughes.com/thunderbolt.htm

In the month of January 1990 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-forty of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the mazey Moonwalker, the wacky Wicked, and the snaptastic Snare and wonder just how much information about ancient Egypt is too much information…?  Games covered in this episode: Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts Moonwalker Wicked Eye of Horus Strider Snare Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1 Additional links mentioned in the Podcast: https://archive.org/details/ghouls-n-ghosts https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Microsoft_DOS//Manual/formated/Moonwalker.pdf https://archive.org/details/Wicked_1989_Electric_Dreams/page/n1/mode/2up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wn0Iah33Fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NarDEEhOsM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAOKzvL8dgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRACt6PpYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3P37LWXwY&ab_channel=SamHodby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvJMTRdOgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vPrtOFKPWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfowA1lg2G8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZjTwh-WGBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngtCx5dP4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUv79hejRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghd2bkIadG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIKYTUmGtCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_7i4T58mq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBEaJRDilJ4&ab_channel=TheAlmighty https://retro-commodore.eu/files/downloads/amigamanuals-xiik.net/Games/Eye%20of%20Horus%20-%20Manual-DE-ENG-FR.pdf  

In episode five of Battle of the Pilots, Adrian and Graham from the Zapped to the Past podcast reach into the massive back catalogue of TV shows from over the last 50 years and pluck out a couple of pilot episodes for a head to head battle. For episode five, we have chosen the pilot episodes for two highly popular stolen helicopter based action shows - the front mounted M230 chain gun of Blue Thunder goes rotor blade to tail rotor with the retractable rocket launchers of Airwolf… Let battle commence! Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1

1989 is finally over! As we have swam through the dog eggs on your behalf we look back over the year and the games from the issues of Zzap from January to December 1989, selecting some of the titles we have played for our prestigious Zapped to the Past Golden Breadbin awards. Which game will be heralded as having the ‘Best Visuals’ or win the ‘Best Audio’ or the ‘Worst Game?’ There is only one way to find out! The running order of the awards: Introduction + Review of 1989 Best Visuals Award Crapcade Conversion Award Worst Game (Sunday Best) Award Best Audio Award Craziest Concept Award Licenced Catastrophe Award Best Game Award Patreon Awards Other things... Awards Look ahead to 1990 Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1

In the month of December 1989 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode one-hundred-and-thirty-eight of Zapped to the Past, we conclude our look at some of those games, including the stunning Stunt Car Racer, the awful Altered Beast, and the mysterious Myth: History in the Making and wonder why anyone would need to collect letters to transform a bike into a car?  Games covered in this episode: Stunt Car Racer Action Fighter Altered Beast Battle Chess Spitfire Kick Off Myth: History in the Making Find us here: https://zappedtothepast.com/ If you would like to help us out and join our Patreon, find it here: https://www.patreon.com/zappedtothepast If you want to buy amazing Zapped to the Past merch, go here: https://zappedtothepast.shop https://www.redbubble.com/people/zappedtothepast/shop If you want to buy a Coffee for Zapped to the Past, go here: https://ko-fi.com/zappedtothepast Need our links in one place - you can do that too: https://linktr.ee/zappedtothepast https://online.pubhtml5.com/oowg/grrx/#p=1 Additional links mentioned in the Podcast: https://katzsdelicatessen.com/ https://youtu.be/lNEX0fbGePg?feature=shared https://cobbpg.github.io/articles/stunt-car-racer-apple2-port.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_(Doctor_Who) https://screenrant.com/shining-movie-alternate-version-shorter-better/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWxjrkRL2p4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tROifS3MT_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd31WpkEi_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pNPMRvrSIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZRHDvIEBeg https://archive.org/details/Myth_History_in_the_Making_1990_System_3/mode/2up