Zzap!64

Zzap!64 was a computer games magazine covering games on the Commodore International series of computers, especially the Commodore 64 (C64). It was published in the UK by Newsfield Publications Ltd and later by Europress Impact.

Zzap!64
Issue 1 (May 1985)
EditorChris Anderson
Roger Kean
Gary Penn
CiarĂ¡n Brennan
Julian Rignall
Gordon Houghton (issues 40-50)
Stuart Wynne
Phil King
Steve Shields
CategoriesComputer magazine
FrequencyMonthly
First issueMay 1985
Final issue
Number
November 1992
90
CompanyNewsfield Publications Ltd
Europress Impact
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inYeovil
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttp://www.zzap64.co.uk/
ISSN0954-867X

The magazine launched in April, with the cover date May 1985, as the sister magazine to CRASH. It focused on the C64 for much of its shelf life, but later incorporated Amiga game news and reviews. Like CRASH for the ZX Spectrum, it had a dedicated cult following amongst C64 owners and was well known for its irreverent sense of humour as well as its extensive, detailed coverage of the C64 scene. The magazine adopted an innovative review system that involved the use of the reviewers' faces, artistically rendered by in-house artists Oli Frey and Mark Kendrick, to express their reaction to the games. These eventually evolved into static cartoons as the magazine began catering for a younger market.

By 1992, the magazine had changed so dramatically in design and editorial direction that then-publisher Europress decided to relaunch the magazine. Thus, issue 91 of Zzap!64 became issue 1 of Commodore Force, a magazine that itself lasted until March 1994.

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