The Commodore 64 had lots of games. Not all of them are good. In Zapped to the Past, we cast a retrospective eye over those games reviewed in each issue of Zzap!64 magazine. Hosted by two lifelong C64 fans, we throw off those rose tinted specs and see if those games are still worth playing today.
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Zapped to the Past Episode 237 - Commodore Force 6
Saison 9 · Épisode 237
dimanche 11 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:42:47
Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Thirty-Seven of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the pathetic Postman Pat 3, the delightful Dalek Attack and the legendary Lemmings.
Zapped to the Past Episode 236 - The Scares and Scores of John Carpenter
Saison 9 · Épisode 236
dimanche 20 septembre 2026 • Durée 02:48:43
This week we take a walk on the dark side as we explore the scares and scores of director and composer John Carpenter. We explore how he popularised the slasher genre, tackled aliens from other worlds, told tales of seabound lepers and possessed cars, and even did a biopic of the King himself. On top of this, we examine some of his musical themes that would become as iconic as anything by Williams, Morricone or Hermann.
Zapped to the Past Episode 235 - Commodore Force 5
Saison 9 · Épisode 235
dimanche 6 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:13:08
Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Thirty-Five of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the wrongly named World Championship Squash, the awful All-American Basketball, and the stinky Suburban Commando, and wonder why a Japanese folk demon would be eating a banana at a tennis match…
Zapped to the Past Episode 234 - Turn to Page 64...
Saison 9 · Épisode 234
dimanche 23 août 2026 • Durée 02:25:36
This week we roll our D6s for Skill, Strength, and Luck as we take a dive into the world of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks. This series of books entertained a generation of kids with their tales of derring do and fantasy worlds where YOU were the hero. Starting out as pure fantasy with minotaurs and mazes, they soon encompassed magic, outer space, superheroes and the darkest pits of horror, where anything could happen. It was usually a horrible death, but wasn’t that just part of the fun? Turn to page 64 to find out!
Zapped to the Past Episode 233 - Commodore Force 4
Saison 9 · Épisode 233
dimanche 9 août 2026 • Durée 01:19:50
Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Thirty-Three of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the Ugly Ugh, the crappy Crazy Cars 3 and the boring Bee 52.
Zapped to the Past Episode 232 - Battle of the Burly B**tards
Saison 9 · Épisode 232
dimanche 19 juillet 2026 • Durée 02:59:08
This week we take a look at a time of bulging biceps, thunderous thighs, and gigantic glutes. We pitch Schwarzenegger against Stallone and ask who provided the most burl for your buck? Who served up the best bicep curl and bulging vein? Who filled the cinema screen with so much man-muscle that not even Cinemascope could cope with it? We look at the films released from 1981 to 1989 from both hunks and dare to answer the question: who was the burliest of them all?
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Zapped to the Past Episode 231 - Commodore Force 3
Saison 9 · Épisode 231
dimanche 5 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:17:59
Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Thirty-One of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the flaccid Football Manager 3, the awful American Tag-Team Wrestling, and the loopy Locomotion.
Zapped to the Past Episode 230 - Jean-Michel Jarre
Saison 9 · Épisode 230
dimanche 21 juin 2026 • Durée 02:00:57
This week we take a look at one of the most influential musicians in electronic music and certainly on those composers working on the Commodore 64. Come with us then on a magical journey of light harps, Moogs, and songs that seem to go on forever as we wait patiently for Cousteau on our beach of electronic enigmas and dive into the world of Jean-Michel Jarre.
Zapped to the Past Episode 229 - Commodore Force 2
Saison 9 · Épisode 229
dimanche 7 juin 2026 • Durée 01:20:57
Over 1993 and 1994, some games were released for the Commodore 64 and reviewed in the magazine Commodore Force. In episode Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Nine of Zapped to the Past, we look at some of those games, including the wet egg filled Alien 3, the janky Jimmy’s Super League and the burgerless McDonald Land.
This week we take a look at one of the strangest, visually arresting and most enduring science-fiction franchises from the 1980s, Tron. We explore the process of disintegrating oranges and Space Paranoids, the arcade games, the cartoons, the subsequent films, theme parks, and the reason something can only exist for 29 minutes. So get set as we don our neon suits, jump on our light cycles and take it straight to the MCP! End of Line.
“Switched on Rock” 1969 and all the Moog-related albums that sprang up in early 70s
Isao Tomita
“Snowflakes Are Dancing” 1974
“Firebird” 1976
Walter/Wendy Carlos
“Switched On Bach” 1968
“The Well-Tempered Synthesizer” 1969
“Sonic Seasonings” 1972
“A Clockwork Orange” 1972
Tangerine Dream
“Atem” 1972
“Zeit” 1972
“Phaedra” 1974
“Rubycon” 1975
“Stratosfear” 1976
“Sorceror OST” 1977
“Encore” 1977
Edgar Froese
“Epsilon In Malaysian Pale” 1975
“Ages” 1978
“Stuntman” 1979
Klaus Schulze
“Irrlicht” 1972
“Cyborg” 1973
“Black Dance” 1974
“Moondawn 1976
Vangelis
“Heaven and Hell” 1975
“Albedo 0.39” 1976
“Spiral” 1977
Kraftwerk
“Ralk & Florian” 1973
“Autobahn” 1974
“Radioactivity” 1975
“Trans Euro Express” 1977
“The Man Machine” 1978
Brian Eno
“Evening Star” 1975 (with Robert Fripp)
“Another Green World” 1975
“Ambient 1” 1979
Popol Vuh
“Affenstunde” 1970
“Seligpreisug” 1973
Harmonia
“Musik Von Harmonia” 1974
Manuel Göttsching
“Inventions for Electric Guitar” 1975
John Carpenter
“Assault on Precinct 13 OST” 1976
Absolute Everywhere - In Search of the Ancient Gods (concept album on the work of Daniken)
1976
William Sheller (French composer)
“Lux Aeterna” 1972
Yellow Magic Orchestra
“Yellow Magic Orchestra” 1979
Steve Hillage
“Rainbow Dome Musick” 1979
Laurie Anderson
“Big Science” 1982
Gershon Kingsley - “Popcorn” 1969
Joe Meek/The Tornados - “Telstar” 1962
The Shadows - “Apache” 1960
One-off melodic instrumental hits!
Krautrock bands - Neu! / Faust / Can / La Dusseldorf / Harmonia / Kluster/Cluster.
The “Berlin” school - Tangerine Dream / Klaus Schulze / Ashra - emphasis on long form improvisations. Jarre added melody and “pop” elements to this way of working.
Modern composers: Stockhausen / Erik Satie / John Cage / Arvo Part / John Adams / Henryk Gorecki
Minimalists: Steve Reich / Philip Glass / Terry Riley
modular synthesists: Don Buchla / Suzanne Ciani
Avant-garde composers in the electro-acoustic fields: Eliane Radigue / Alvin Lucier (“Sitting in a Room”) / Xenakis / Stockhausen / Pierre Henry / Edgard Varèse / Pierre Schaeffer and musique concrete and all that bollocks
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