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Every Zzap!64 Gold Medal & Sizzler of 1985 | The Best Commodore 64 Games?
A month-by-month look at every Zzap!64 Gold Medal and Sizzler from 1985, revisiting the Commodore 64 games that Zzap believed deserved attention.
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Chapters and linked CCG game pagesVideo chapters
- 0:00Intro – Zzap!64 Gold Medals & Sizzlers
- 1:12May 1985 – Issue #1: Elite, Cauldron & Spy Hunter
- 11:22June 1985 – Issue #2: Theatre Europe, M.U.L.E. & Pitstop II
- 24:04July 1985 – Issue #3: Dropzone, Entombed & Kikstart
- 33:00August 1985 – Issue #4: Way of the Exploding Fist, Beach Head II & The Fourth Protocol
- 40:18September 1985 – Issue #5: Summer Games II, Frankie Goes to Hollywood & Rescue on Fractalus
- 47:27October 1985 – Issue #6: Monty on the Run, Pinball Construction Set & Nodes of Yesod
- 55:57November 1985 – Issue #7: Little Computer People, Winter Games & Paradroid
- 1:02:15December 1985 – Issue #8: Scarabaeus, ACE & Electrosound
- 1:08:13Final Thoughts & 1986 Teaser
About this feature
This Retro Special goes back through Zzap!64’s first year and revisits every Commodore 64 game that received either a Gold Medal or Sizzler award between May and December 1985. From Elite, Dropzone and Paradroid to Way of the Exploding Fist, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Little Computer People and Electrosound, it looks at which awards still feel justified today and which choices feel very tied to 1985.
Explore Zzap!64's 1985 Awards
This retrospective follows Zzap!64 through its first year and revisits the games that received Sizzlers and Gold Medals. The wider CCG Zzap!64 hub connects the annual award features with individual game pages and the magazine archive.
Continue through the year-by-year series or use the main Zzap!64 hub to browse the awards and reviews in more detail.
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