_{Cover of the April 1986 issue of Zzap!}

This magazine was published in the U.K. and I really wish there had been something similar published in the U.S. back in the day. We had some pretty decent Commodore 64 magazines but no gaming specific ones. The April 1986 issue of Zzap! includes:

Hot Games For April

• Zoids - An action/adventure/strategy game controlled in large part by clicking on various icons.


• Questron - A fantasy RPG from SSI that predates their Gold Box AD&D games. This was an excellent RPG and you can see some similarities in design to the Gold Box games that would come later.

_{Table of Contents from the April 1986 issue of Zzap!}

Zzap! Sections

• Editorial - The consolidation of the video game industry.


• Zzap! Rrap - Letters from readers about previews vs. reviews, advertising, rising prices, and more.


• The Scorelord Speaks - A list of high scores as submitted by readers.


• Zzap! Readers' Top 30 Chart - Paradroid is at the top of the charts this month.


• Zzap! Playing Tips - Hints and tips for various game including Quake Minus One, The Young Ones, Arc of Yesod, Month on the Run, Bounder, the Eidolon and more.


• Chronicles of the White Wizard - Reviews of the latest adventure games, including Spellbreaker (Infocom), The Snow Queen (St. Brides), Nine Princes in Amber (Telarium), Troll Bound (Questline), Lord of the Rings (Melbourne House). and more.

April Specials

• Zzaptionnaire the Second - A questionnaire for readers.


• A Super Prang, What! - How Mirrorsoft is turning the movie Biggles into a game.


• Superstar Challenge - A gaming challenge including various programmers including Jeff Minter, Tony Crowther, Chris Butler, Andrew Braybrook, and more.


• Zzap! Readers' Awards 1985 - The best games of 1985 according to the readers. Winners include Elite, Dropzone, Entombed, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Ace, Summer Games II, Winter Games, Exploding Fist, Little Computer People and more.

Prize Competitions

• Electric Dreams Mega-Competition - Submit your game idea and if it is a winner, Electric Dreams will develop it and pay you royalties.


• Win a Seiko RC-1000 Watch - A contest to win the Seiko RC-1000 watch. This watch could download up to 2K of data from your Commodore 64 (and possibly other computers) so it could be used to store things like, for example, addresses and telephone numbers or whatever other data you want which could then be displayed and navigated on the watch.

_{Back cover of the April 1986 issue of Zzap!}

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