ZZAP!64 - Issue 2 - June 1985

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I haven't got picked walked saw thought, started hate don't had ' - ' , I have I saw the Speccy and changed to the 64. Gary Duncan, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear. The vast majority of new games now have fast-loaders - we would certainly say if one DIDN'T - this would also mean a much lower presentation mark. We'd also say if we were particularly struck by a loading screen , but let's face it , the main thing is the game itself. Speak up, Harry Now that on the Commodore 64 we've heard the Ghostbusters' chant, Professor Mindbender's warning (in Impossible Mission), and an Arab doing the voice over in Tales of the Arabian Nights, surely some inspired software house will come up with the idea of a Dirty Harry game?! Just think about the scope for speech in a game about the immortal, Magnum carrying, San Francisco police bard. How about 'Go ahead, punk, make my day' or 'Did I fire six shots or only five?' ? Andrew Clarke, Nr Atherstone, Warwickshire Did you know there's going to be electronic speech in Ocean's new game Roland Rat.? Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahh! ! an otherwise good margin. (2) Praise Having spoilt my chance of getting this letter published with the above criticism I will now surprise you with this statement: I LIKE THE MAGA- ZINE A LOT III The features are interesting, especially Minter's column. The reviews are in-depth, with good ratings with percentages. The reviews are also accurate, apart from Mama Llama and Frak 64. The tips are useful. The adventure section and competitions are enjoyable. The artwork is brilliant and Rockford is ANNOYING Ilf Phillip Merchant, Red land, Bristol. I m* J HUNGER for your mag I I had I Dear Chris, Last Thursday your magazine amongst the shelves of W H Smiths. I it up and started to flick through, as I had done with all the others. But I no intention to buy it. looked and saw pages after pages of reviews. I must get this. This is better than any other Commodore mag and even read it yet. My hand reached in my pocket. I had £1.05 that was my money for lunch. Glumly I put the mag back. I out. I wanted to buy it, but no lunch! But then for once I forgot about lunch and bought this mag. When I home, I to read. I was amazed - no listings, no interface ads etc. I couldn't Can't stand Carl! ARRRGH! He's here! (Gibber) We can't get rid of him. The illusive, industrious Carl Lyons! He gets everywhere! Not content with fouling the pages of PCG (I connect him directly with its demise) but now bursting forth into Zzap! 64 with his mind-numbingly boring reviews. It is my firm belief he is a video nasty which has crept from a pile of compost in CA's garden, to spread his deadly anecdotes throughout the thoroughly wholesome Zzap! 64 thus wreaking havoc to all 64 users. Please! (sob) no more! Mark Inglis (deceased), Densbury. I I had the same view believe it. I as you, listings. They never work (as you said). One and a half hours later I had finished Zzap! I astounded how good it was was. The two games which your team reviewed, my marks agreed with yours. The reviews are clear, accurate, and very good. Then my favourite part of the mag has to be Rockford - he made me laugh every time I saw him. Please keep up the amazing work. I think I can wait till the next issue, so hurry up please. Agent 4124 alias Alex Cohen, Totteridge. Anyone who goes without lunch to buy Zzap has got to be worth a free tape. It's on its way, 4124. v ~ V > \j, 3s. ?£ s‘v V y a"" ' ' v ", * ? ^ ' - . : Wk OK you commies, so you think you're pretty smart getting your own computer magazine. So smart that you've got to slag the superior Spectrum owners all the time. Look, we all know how jealous you are of our Spectrums; which is clearly shown in your magazine. So we now suggest a solution to your problem. Why not upgrade your 64's to a more powerful machine like ZX- 81 or Dragon 32? We feel sorry for you as you have been conned into buying a pathetic excuse for a home computer. Anyone who says the 64 is a good computer either has a gun held to their head or is stupid (really stupid). Evidence of the 64 inferiority is (1) The worst Basic in the known galaxy, (2) You have to wait 6 months for classic games to be converted to your computer, (3) Greatly overpriced for its j And as for the mentality of 64 owners, by looking at the commy users in our school it can't be very high (you could mistake them for wild animals). LONG LIVE SIR CLIVE SINC- LAIR! < Yours unfaithfully, 3 Spectrum owners (James, David, and Neil) Tullibody, Atioa. M The price is wrong Dear Sir just bought your new mag. When I the price, I got a bit of a shock. Ach mein gott! as the Germans say. 95p? What a rip off, I thought. But I bought it all the same. I still think that the price is totally wrong. £1.95 would be far more realistic. By the way, did you know that Yugoslavia have started to produce software. Their first game is called DESTROY THE ENTIRE NATO FLEET IN 8 DAYS. Talk about sick!!!!! Ford Prefect alias Agragag- ,Wimbledon Village, London. Well, it's no worse than Raid Over Moscow. And who's 'Sir'?. Sycophancy time Dear Rockford, see how desperate you are for fan mail so I 'm writing this bit just for you. You're brill, fab, super, amazing, outstanding and many more. I hope you feel better! Derek Tweedie, Portsmouth, Hants. Don't knock the Speccy! Dear Sir, On the letters page in the firsl issue you argue that Zzap!64 is NOT Kiddy. However on nearly every page you slag off the Spectrum in true 'My Dad is better than your Dad' style. I may be slightly biased being an ex-Spectrum owner, but I still feel it is very unfair and childish . After all not every one can afford a Commodore 64 and cannot enjoy being told how superior it is. After this moan however I will get^on to say that your reviews are excellent, by far the best and overall Zzap! is simply breathtakingly Mega-Kosmic. Matthew Skidmore, Halesowen, West Midlands. Slag off the Speccy??? Us?????? It's great to have had at least ONE semi-critical letter - thanks , Phil. I know the Hairy One shares your opinion of our Mama Llama review, but was big enough not to let it stop him doing his column for us. He's a cool guy, Carl Lyons, don't knock him. Besides he doesn't write reviews. The mind-numbingly boring ones you're referring to were probably written by Gary Penn. Anyway, have a lucky dip program for making us smile. Tell you what, guys, it's just as well I haven't printed your full address . Your appalling letter has won you what I see you clearly need : a piece of real, living, 64 software. 'HONESTLy UHOT IS RLL THIS STUPlOTiT FORTfrmNG? RQC£PT -THAT SOTH (Y19CH/Ne-S fl«c GRSflT qccfcpr ^(ARS&AjeS 3S DNt 6*W BUNCH OF qPPICTSutTH ME as HtoUfc ” / ZZAP! 64 June 1985 7
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