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All of the editorials from the magazine available
Zzap's letters page presented by Lloyd Mangram
Reviews of games which received gold medals
A comic strip which ran in Zzap's early issues
Diary of a Game - Citadel by Martin Walker
Diary of a Game - Paradroid by Andrew Braybrook
Diary of a Game - Morpheus by Andrew Braybrook
Diary of a Game - Lemmings by Alter Developments
Mel Croucher's humourous predictions to up the Year 2000

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Full Contents
History of Zzap!
Detailed History
Trip to Ludlow
Staff
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Zzap Bible
Rrap Message Board
Zzuperstore
Zzap 107 Misc.
Def Tribute to Zzap!64

A list of all articles that are online (excl. editorials)
A summary of Zzap's past
A detailed history of Zzap
An article detailing my trip to Ludlow to find the old offices of Zzap!
Information on all the editorial staff over the years
Thumbnails of all the Zzap! covers on one page (N.B. Page over 1MB)
Online database containing ratings etc. of all games reviewed in Zzap!
The Rrap is back! Read/write messages relating to anything Zzap!
Get the scan DVD and CDs etc. in here
Download issue 107 and related articles
Download the magazine as published in Retro Gamer for Zzap’s 20th Birthday

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Thanks to Philippe Lesire for scanning in most of the Walker's Diaries and also scanning in some covers, Charles Walkden for scanning a few things from issue 3, Alessandro for scanning in lots of stuff from the early issues, Stephen Stuttard for scanning in just about every issue! , Dimitris Kiminas for doing the editorials for 1990 to 1994, and putting the final touches to the staff table page and donating the text from early reviews and Mr. Zzapback for doing the Zzap, ZzapTest, ZzapRrap, ZzapBack logos...

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18 December 2007
The domains zzap64.com and zzap64.org have been registered and now point to zzap64.co.uk. ... more

7 June 2007
As many of you regulars know. I have done very little with the site over the past few years. That's been down to a number of reasons, e.g. lack of motivation, seemingly insurmountable amount of work and lack of direction. ... more

5 April 2007
It's taken around 8 years but the front page has just clocked up 300,000 hits on the hit counter. That's quite a significant number when you think about it. ... more

18 April 2006
It's been a long time in coming but Roger's book about Oliver Frey and his art is now out. Go to the Oli Book page for more info and links ... more

26 January 2006
Oliver Frey recently discovered a load of old photos from the early Newsfield days in a disused drawer. Roger sent them to Mort along with some comments and Mort passed them onto me. I got permission from Roger to show them to the world so here they are! ... more

3 January 2006
I have started to add the 100 All-Time Computer Greats by Mel Croucher feature to the site. The other 3 parts will be added shortly. ... more

15 November 2005
For the two of you that don't know, Roger has a new book out next Easter (April 2006) full of art and background information related to Oli and his art. ... more

30 September 2005
After many nights of Mort and others scanning and me coding, GameBox 64 is now ready to go live. It is a collection of high quality, high resolution scans of game packaging including instructions, media and more. There is a large backlog of scans to be put online, so over with next week, lots more will be added to the site. ... more

18 September 2005
Scans of the innovative Big K, the multi format magazine that started in 1984 and ran for only 12 issues, are now on-line. Gary Liddon worked on this mag before joining Zzap. Issues one , two and three have been made available for your viewing pleasure. ... more

14 September 2005
The Def Tribute to Zzap!64. A 64 page special magazine organised by Mr. Zzapback is at last available for download. Head over to the Def Tribute page to get it! ... more

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