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Was 1988 the Year Zzap!64 Changed Forever? | 55 C64 & Amiga Award Winners
All 55 Zzap!64 award winners from 1988 revisited month by month, covering Commodore 64 classics alongside the magazine’s rapidly expanding Amiga and 16-bit coverage.
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Chapters and linked CCG game pagesVideo chapters
- 0:00Intro – Was 1988 the Year Zzap!64 Changed Forever?
- 0:56January 1988 – Combat School, Driller, Tetris and More
- 8:41February 1988 – Match Day II, Hunter’s Moon and Platoon
- 12:25March 1988 – Project Stealth Fighter, Predator and the Silver Medals
- 17:48April 1988 – The First 16-Bit Sizzler
- 21:51May 1988 – Samurai Warrior, Cybernoid and Pac-Land
- 25:18June 1988 – Impossible Mission II, Alien Syndrome and More
- 29:51July 1988 – Bionic Commando and The Great Giana Sisters
- 33:09August 1988 – Barbarian II, Hawkeye, Dark Side and Bruce Lee
- 38:13September 1988 – Last Ninja 2, Salamander and Wasteland
- 43:00October 1988 – Katakis, Carrier Command and Starglider 2
- 48:23November 1988 – Armalyte, Cybernoid II and StarRay
- 54:40December 1988 – Bombuzal, Rocket Ranger and the Christmas Special
- 1:03:50Final Thoughts – The C64 and Amiga Crossover Year
About this feature
This Retro Special revisits all 55 games that received a Zzap!64 award during 1988, including Commodore 64 Sizzlers, Gold Medals and Silver Medals alongside the magazine’s expanding Amiga and 16-bit coverage. Featuring games such as Tetris, Platoon, Hunter’s Moon, Hawkeye, Armalyte, Last Ninja 2, Starglider, Rocket Ranger, Fish and Bombuzal, it follows the awards month by month and looks back at a major year of change for Zzap!64.
Explore Zzap!64's 1988 Awards
The 1988 feature covers a period when Zzap!64 was increasingly reviewing C64 and Amiga releases side by side. The CCG archive provides routes into both platforms as well as the main Zzap!64 awards hub.
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