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The game ‘eo spawned 3 merenancsing Bonane, with the charactor’ image emblazoned on becshoets, ‘Saturday morning cartoon and even a pop single home, toa, when oequred the home Videogame arcade game's popularity guranted hatit would thehome console "The jb al programmer Tod Fee, who wae reared ae bint, bt undexpined, oltre engineer at Alar In high schoo, he cut lssas hiding i 9 ose o smoke ot and program on Wang 2200 computer to produce texted adventure game mt the player cet nthe rle of rug daar.) woant frawmnto attics” he remembers. “Iwasnt run to acing I os dawn to programming. just found ‘me’ Tod could ook et code and see“ problem to be feed and writing code offered ‘hing ight ta ing order chaos to create someting, vou dat make MN) SS LY is wating habit ended abrupty when he smacked a ceitng mounted sprinkler wth hie foreheaeroquien 23 stitches. ith talent and quiekiness to buen Tod appeared tobe perfect math for tar Bet during a crucial rviw, Toc boss should consider ooking for another ob. "Ho sai, tout you're not putting out!" Tod reals. The adit lasing impression He smoked one more Jolt and tow up Td than want completly Sober for lost year while working on Pac Mon. Tha gama was achaneato prove is wort at At “Toure dv,” he remembers Translating the hit game fon Pre Man because he thought impasse, feleting another arcade conversion niead the opulse Defender Tod acopted the Pac tan esignment pending 80-hour weeks ove fhe naxt Se mont tying a ereate 8 worthy version of the game on leesorharvaro “hae suicenty Lnprofessonal thet gave my very beste 36). Tho iit of ho tek shorponed hi work habits Tho Atari 2600 vs intl rete to play Fong variations ae Tant games, tps ofthe Savertas ‘cad ora The machine ven’ dened nay os selene lnryrgtopesene anes tephelsye ‘artigo. eta econ siren e sophiaated arcade tle gues thet ‘Ata was now ying eres 5 it totacle Pac Man. "Theres alo ot tradaofsinvoNed," Tod exis “hs 9 ‘ory, very constrained sytem” iodsight mst the tanalton seem the stahtforwar, but thats surely revision story. Tha co-op Pa an mochine used seuss mado arcade {yet board with hardware running thre ‘ies 9s tast a the 6502 meroprocestor which powered Ata 2600, Tha arease game cataned 1K of ROM, 2K of vdeo RAM and 2K of general AM, whereas tho Poo Man 250 cartidge wae ime oak of ROM in total -one quero the ‘sree machine, The 2600 alec had ls abity to ‘splay Doceround aphis, wfsch meant tht ‘ny mae Tod erento would havo 0 be smpir {and blocker, utising chunky playtelé graphics. 9 ‘signing this version, hed needa egos come ser rang ks ist ome hp. compromises, Tod ook pragmatic view of ged adaptation, e sad, and he tion xe) Tae TtaAeT VERSIONS, rd we r Sl SELECT START ote) Uns DRAGON ZELDA Il: THE ADVENTURE cr, a! 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CREATOR ALEXEY PAJITNOV, AND TETRIS BOSSES HENK ROGERS AND MAYA ROGERS REVEAL HOW THIS SIMPLE PUZZLER TURNED INTO A WORLDWIDE JUGGERNAUT _ } x e fA aT ae Sa Oe aa ‘Alexey Pajtnov tells us why he thinks Tetris is beautifully addictive and works so well earl c tag Conny Gian rns Patni Te ii) eee tes Ce ete ee tas COTM Tach aye = LA ul eee Peta SCL | ra ULL:) re INU) Co Nauta) Ie ws Rieter en =) | ! BBC MICRO nee pee pa anes he ed orn sekng ou aeeeaereseenenT ay Pieces re meres F = en AES en Pe ayy Pa pon eee oe | nee Se ae aan eel pases Lome est AMIGA ETL poabeuniety ors ieereeieeyod | ans “DR MARIO WAS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO COME UP WITHA TETRIS REPLACEMENT” ais was fold by Hons amore paca tke cn Tes because x He rene suggata, anche’ ear Payers tock fv eral teats andreas ne of Ales aoues. 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THE TETRIS ite Mace Pore ea “SMARTPHONES INHERENTLY CHANGED HOW TETRIS IS PLAYED” vr eh ne 20 ys anae —— aa — TOP a aonm [oforrte| GG - GHHES OF ALL TIME How do you decide the best games for the Commodore 64? Do th, you focus on exclusives, arcade ports, or original ideas? Do you eal champion the obscure, or back the bona fide classics? After a weeks of deliberation, we simply passed it over to members of the forum, and saved ourselves a massive headache... a “hs 66 Su bees Pes eed Barbarian: became so The Utti esau that CMiaiiliex=lece} the pages of Zzapl64 magazine 99 MT 1 ‘lo managed to offor a sose of dangor thet oven now cant bebeaten. We fas aking bt tos detain mp RCE humour tho gobi boating aod of sreon rovers ise ES _| sre Bartran main an exclent fer andone fe ee be S0i rawr onary sem California Games Erblator s Toy rd rt fs ‘pe and olor skating to suring, footbag and Irbee towing 'As with past games in tho sores, acossiilty and easy follow instructions were the key Calfort Games success, with each avet bing 99/10, bur efcu io master. Lam you woul hough ely so you could compet amr (upto seven) fend’ acters on each ‘vert Aavight anal brea a the tat 88 oy enters eee Erte ts er otek he traveled trough time Pereira ete ears rere recy eee ern) cere eatin ee eon Percanniannionney ee eee Paci tay ee ore ee Cee) cy jel} onc ete ‘When teame to shoot Cees Palena eine aretry ees eer a ed Pieroni errs Cetera Cae rer eres Sere rer eae te emer erty ech net] Seat teas aoe ord St a Pe erred Paneer nennen ee eteiees feria Co ner Pieter ein eon eer iene Eee aia Rares 17 Bina ia carey espe = anal scrolling, the C64 could recreate an arcade-lke experience 39 Maniac Mansion Yew: 167 Ifyou ead our exhaustive Making OF In issue 34, yout ow just wy LucasFins superb game made this st. Ifyou eid, then allow ust laminate you Crested sng the now legendary SCUNM engine, Maniac ‘Mansion saw tvee kids exploring the ular housein search of 2 ‘missing cheerleader ale Sandy ~ discovering a bunch of wacky rotagonsts and devious puzles onthe way. Mansions reston, and can be een mn every nook and anny ane spout genuinaly amusing angers, the puzzles ar axtreraly omanuste your uroundings and ineract with the objec characters. A genuinely entertaning adventure that needs revising, ic/o[miujo/p]o/ RIE] Pm [4G] oye aN Buggy Boy Beer 17 pao Ere eee ere ‘What's intersting about gay Boye that while itatuggles to captur the bright and brary eartoen ‘stals of te crignal arcade gare, tral tbe actual 9 alowed bnontypeceise handing that made conoling your bugay alot un. Tha sealing wae extremely ‘Snooth 2 wel anit ran aa great speed, dlvenng ‘nexcollrt offroad racing experience that fw other {Gama could mac. t may have onl boasted The ours, butthe finely honed gameplay Kot you going back or move. 4 Trenz delivered a stunning masterpiece effortlessly improved on his original game a made the jaws of non-C64 owners drop to the floor 99 TOP 25: COMMODORE 64 GAMES Kikstart Il Peseta Cee ees Ponta nro eee eters eee omy Pere eed pea ereneneu iment metirarrtery pr ne ere eras Cee eee cee suet ark aap etent eon nnseneet ae eee een eee entry Ponireneeneoneriet eeren piety peeoper amet eon eta tee Pee rer Se eee oe eee ord ee oem aset Pee te porcreanereereanceiy peeeerrerenreeeioy Pern erty Eee rete ned Se Pann et eet er Seen ee eee eee er en eer ae nS pe cirisisienn selieniesret- oneal Pune arr rmmEnenemeel cote eet erence? iietertitsre pacer esioma mat acer ir oeeeeretent ed ee seared eet a eT ere TTT ceri eee ert ein ee Cees ee et ne aCe) Cae ee Senta eet a Seed ‘We're guessing that nostalgia rather than common sence the ain reason The Last Ninja sts higher than ts superior sequel Having sai that W's tit an expert crafted adventure and is testament to developer John Ty ‘that no other game featured nyu ist long with its ne Kuro, As vith es and icky jumping soctions that stilhave us wang with “nd yt John's ama il oes aot sight thanks to snort atmospheres gorgeous design end an incre sek engine whieh many ways ele the sort tat Utirate create forte hum Spectrum. Evan wh ts many nnges De eldin such high estar. What a ity thet wee never lly to se Amakuni go.on any fur adventure oye aN Bruce Lee mYosr: 1568 ‘Arce Lee game about colecting lanterns sounds es a recipe for cease but the ralty couldnt be further rom the truth Bric Log ito Boulder Dash, trod of fe onthe ‘Ataris, before moving over to other systems I's an teresting hodgepede of gone, sunssily combining» admittedly ited fighting moves wits Rid, fast paced platorming works wal inorder to reac the next area. Spanners are town inthe ‘wh continual chases Grice aroun the beaut evel Onoaf the beet aspects of Bruce Loa hich iol ewe to this day. is tho way youcan approach each stage. Do you simply urna your way to visory oly on sep speod? Ether way, the end resutiea master hy that 2 resounding fon replay 66 It was never going to win awards fom eM aa Sen oN ee Ven ofemrevenoueeh one y) es | ] | | | | | | | | a Uridium year 55 Putten: To many C64 owners, Androw Braybrok is god, coding go, of cours, buta god nonetheless. Whee oczasonaly dabbled with other aystoms, his mastery ofthe (E's innards was legendary, and he \elvered s numberof supersck goa ‘that ft ust as poshed as those yuld seen Unilum cored an astoiehing $9 pe contrite graphic when twos avowed inissue 1 of Zap. isa near pertoct ‘core, but aly understandable whan you ‘wines what Andow was making the 04 pup out Impossy fst sky smooth Scroling combined vith glorious dotabe Dresdnoughts and tis looking ship spits to create ‘an enesome game that etl impresses today. Ewes Urium's meculously designed gameplay at ‘ost remembar, though ‘with your Matas Space Fhtor foros cing ovr the huge Dreadnought andtakng down tha hors af opponent tt conta sod a Iwan jurtte Dracnaught' fest tha tetfalso had to be contended wth Each of ‘onthem that couldnt be destroyed, meaning you hed fy around ther 6 2veid losing ales great mechanic hat really heightened the feng of fying over ‘ahupe ship anc mace er rse bombing runs: Fortunately your Sgr was more than up ote it a thas to being high manoeable and oy t conta Tate down the Dreadnought many gon emplacament, land your ship~ no ea task intel and youd gett repeat the press ‘oaint an aven tougher adversary. Even nowy, some 2 yore afte rg release Uridum remains a treating quality that fw other C84 shoot “emp can boas spoof o Anes sill as ath acoder ana

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