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Zzap!64, issue 24 (April 1987)

Zzap!64 editors. 1987. “Zzap!64, issue 24 (April 1987).” Zzap!64, issue 24 (April 1987). Newsfield.

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Zzap!64 24
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This item's OCR reads the Arkanoid review more cleanly than the other copy (zzap64-magazine-024). Reviews Imagine's Commodore 64 Arkanoid on p. 39. Contents index: data/contents/zzap64-024-1987-04.yaml.

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Zzap!64 reviewed Imagine's Commodore 64 version in April 1987, at £8.95 on cassette, playable with joystick, keys, paddles, or mouse. In its account the Vaus faces 32 screens of blocks and then the Dimension Changer on level 33, and extra lives come at regular point intervals or from a capsule marked P.p. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, ArkanoidMagazine
Zzap!64's review of Imagine's Commodore 64 version carries comments by three reviewers, signed S.J, G.P, and J.R. S.J found it "probably the best around at the moment"; G.P preferred it to Gremlin's Krakout, reviewed in the same issue, as prettier, better sounding, and a pound cheaper; and J.R called it "a magnificent conversion" that captured the feel, look, and sound of the Taito original. Its ratings were Presentation 90%, Graphics 80%, Sound 96%, Hookability 84%, Lastability 70%, Value 65%, and Overall 80%, "a well above average conversion of an addictive and challenging arcade game".p. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, Arkanoidp. 38, Krakoutp. 39, Arkanoidp. 39, ArkanoidMagazine
Zzap!64's April 1987 arcade pages described Victory Road as SNK's follow-up to Ikari Warriors, played with the same "joystick-cum-paddle" controller, and as Ikari Warriors in space, in which thunder and earthquakes can be harnessed against the enemy. The writer called it great for those who liked Ikari Warriors and boring for those who didn't: "little more than a change of graphics" and of scenery.p. 53 (image 53), arcade pages, Victory Roadp. 53 (image 53), arcade pages, Victory Roadp. 53 (image 53), arcade pages, Victory Roadp. 53 (image 53), arcade pages, Victory RoadMagazine