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42 Best Commodore 64 Games of 1987? Every Zzap!64 Gold Medal, Sizzler & Silver Medal
Every Zzap!64 Commodore 64 Gold Medal, Sizzler and Silver Medal from 1987 revisited month by month, including Wizball, The Last Ninja, IK+, Maniac Mansion, SEUCK and Nebulus.
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Chapters and linked CCG game pagesVideo chapters
- 0:00Intro – Where Did the Zzap!64 Gold Medals Go?
- 0:35January 1987 – Issue #21: The Bard’s Tale
- 2:42February 1987 – Issue #22: Gauntlet, Moonmist, Silicon Dreams, Dragon’s Lair II, Park Patrol & They Stole a Million
- 12:27March 1987 – Issue #23: Mutants & the Dragon’s Lair II Review Fix
- 14:53April 1987 – Issue #24: Gunship
- 16:54May 1987 – Issue #25: Into the Eagle’s Nest & Hollywood Hijinx
- 20:46June 1987 – Issue #26: Zenji & Zolyx
- 24:12July 1987 – Issue #27: Wizball & World Class Leaderboard
- 27:33August 1987 – Issue #28: Head Over Heels, The Lurking Horror, Defender of the Crown & The Last Ninja
- 33:43September 1987 – Issue #29: California Games, Zynaps, Re-Bounder, Guild of Thieves & Star Paws
- 41:18October 1987 – Issue #30: Bubble Bobble, Red L.E.D, Mega Apocalypse, B-24 Flight Simulator, Arcade Classics & Revenge of the Mutant Camels II
- 50:11November 1987 – Issue #31: Renegade, International Karate Plus, Morpheus & QueDex
- 55:30December 1987 – Issue #32: Maniac Mansion, Buggy Boy, Shoot ’Em Up Construction Kit, Russia, Zig Zag, Bangkok Knights, Computer Scrabble De Luxe & Nebulus
- 1:05:43Final Thoughts – Was 1987 Weaker Than 1986?
Games linked in the CCG archive
- Revenge Of The Mutant Camels
- Defender Of The Crown
- Into The Eagle's Nest
- They Stole A Million
- California Games
- Arcade Classics
- Bangkok Knights
- Head Over Heels
- Maniac Mansion
- The Last Ninja
- Bubble Bobble
- Dragon's Lair
- Park Patrol
- Apocalypse
- Buggy Boy
- Defender
- Gauntlet
- Renegade
- Bounder
- Nebulus
- Wizball
- Ninja
- Zenji
About this feature
A month-by-month look at every Commodore 64 game that won a Zzap!64 Gold Medal, Sizzler or Silver Medal in 1987. With Gold Medals becoming rarer, Sizzlers doing much of the work, and two unusual Silver Medal entries, 1987 is one of Zzap!64’s more interesting C64 award years. Featuring The Bard’s Tale, Gauntlet, Wizball, Head Over Heels, The Last Ninja, California Games, Bubble Bobble, IK+, Maniac Mansion, SEUCK, Nebulus and more.
Explore Zzap!64's 1987 Awards
This year-by-year retrospective is part of CCG's growing Zzap!64 reference area. Use the website to move from the award discussion into the games, publishers and archive material behind it.
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