Zzap!64 Issue 7

Zzap!64 Issue 7
Editor	Roger Kean
Publisher	Newsfield Publications
Pages	132
Cover Date	November 1985
Release Date	10 October 1985
Previous issue	Issue 6
Next issue	Issue 8

Reviews

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer(s)	Page No(s)	Ove (%)	Summary
Little Computer People	Activision	GP, JR	8-10	97	A stunning advance in computer entertainment.
Wizard's Lair	Bubble Bus	GL, GP, JR	12-13	89	One of the few really good arcade adventures on the 64.
Wizardry	The Edge	GP, JR	14-15	71	Nice for your peepers and lugs but not much of a game.
Stealth	Ariolasoft	GP, JR	16	56	Better shoot em ups are available.
Hacker	Activision	GP, JR, PS	24,26	87	Exciting and unusual approach to the arcade adventure genre.
Doughboy	US Gold	GL, GP, JR	32	18	US Gold's worst Atlantic crossing yet - should have sunk on the way over.
Trivia U.K.	Anirog	GP, PS	33	62	May be alright for trivia fanatics who need their 'fix' of new questions.
Castles of Doctor Creep, The	Ariolasoft	GL, GP, JR	34	65	Good game if you like the type, but a bit dated.
William Wobbler	Wizard Developments	GL, GP, JR	35	65	Not one of Crowther's best.
World Cup Soccer	Macmillan	GL, GP	36	74	An unusual approach to a football game that will appeal especially to fans of the sport.
Cops n' Robbers	Atlantis	GP, JR	37	9	The worst program we've seen on the 64.
Crusade in Europe	US Gold	SM	46	65	This could have been higher had Microprose given the game any really exciting features.
Hunter Patrol	Mastertronic	GL, GP, JR	52	51	Reasonable but dated shoot em up.
Sabre Wulf	Ultimate	GL, GP, JR	54	40	Would've been nice eight months ago but now...
Saucer Attack	Ariolasoft	GL, GP, JR	56	30	Great graphics just aren't enough.
Rats, The	Hodder & Stroughton	SM, JR	98-99	79	An exciting blend of arcade/strategy/adventure that would benefit from some tidying up.
Steve Davis Snooker	CDS	GL, GP, JR	99-100	79	Superlative snooker simulation.
Axis Assassin	Ariolasoft	GL, GP, JR	100-101	70	Best version of Tempest on the 64 yet.
Karateka	Ariolasoft	GP, JR	102	80	Excellent variant on a Kung Fu theme, but it's a shame it's so slow.
Winter Games	US Gold	GP, JR, PS	105-106	94	Another classic sports simulation from Epyx.
World Cup II	Artic Computing	GL, JR	108	49	International Soccer is still the definitive soccer game.
Paradroid	Hewson	GL, GP, JR	120-122,124	97	THE classic shoot em up

Throwing a Curve

Reviews by Julian Rignall

Game Title	Publisher	Page No(s)	Ove (%)
Pitstop II	US Gold	40-41	95
Richard Petty's Talladega	Audiogenic	41	64
Great American Cross-Country Road Race, The	Activision	42	81
3D Speed Duel	Dk'tronics	42	28
Speed King	Digital Integration	44	91
Le Mans	Commodore	44	51
Pole Position	US Gold	44	64

Adventure

Game Title	Publisher	Page No(s)	Ove (%)
Adventure Construction Set	Ariolasoft	82	24
Starcross	Commodore	83	94
Robin of Sherwood	Adventure International	84	70
Wizard and the Princess, The	All American Adventures	85	15

Other Credits

Assistant Editor

Gary Penn

Sub Editor

Sean Masterson

Software Reviewers

Julian Rignall, Gary Liddon

Staff Writer

Lloyd Mangram

Art Editor

Oliver Frey

Production Designer

David Western

Production

Gordon Druce, Matthew Uffindell

Contributors

John Minson

Issue Index

Zzap!64 Index

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1986	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1987	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
1988	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
1989	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
1990	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68
1991	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78		79
1992	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90