In 2011, an event took place in Leeds: the first Get into Gaming. I gave this lighthearted presentation about how Zzap! 64 continued to lie to me, but I still loved it and the C64 more than a human should ever love a machine.

1. Disappointment from an
early age
A gamer’s lament
By @adamhepton

2. (format)
WAR IS
HELL

3. All else pales into insignificance

4. FUCK
YEAH

5. You’ve got a lot to answer for…
(but baby, I love you)

6. Rainbow Islands

7. Rainbow Islands

8. The New Zealand Story

9. The New Zealand Story

10.  Multi-load not denting …  First few levels hint at
one iota what’s to come
 C64’s display …  Has me coming back time
admirable representation and time again
 Moves so quickly

11.  15 minutes between levels  First few levels
 Sprites blend into ridiculously easy
background, miss pickups  After four or five, stupidly
 Moves so quickly (but difficult
C64 can’t keep up with
action so it jerks)

12.  Made my own lyrics to
soundtrack I enjoyed
it so much

13. Fiendish Freddy’s Big Top O’ Fun

14. Fiendish Freddy’s Big Top O’ Fun
 Incredibly slow load times:
each event ended up taking
half-an-hour to do
 Slow response times
 Poor graphics

15. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail

16. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail

17. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail
 No idea what to
do. Honestly.
You just wander
around a bit, kick
Odie, and eat
lasagna, and
then you die.

18. Garfield: A Winter’s Tail

19. APB

20. APB

21. APB
C64 > Amiga?
O RLY?

22. APB
JUST NOT
FUN

23. Chase HQ

24. Chase HQ
Even good on
the Spectrum

25. Why can’t there just be one good
game for my C64?

26. Vendetta o/
 C64-only!
 Like The
Last Ninja!
 Driving
AND
adventure!
 HOLY
SHIT!

27. Vendetta /o
Limited memory =
small levels, big
load times
 C64-only!
BUT NOT
 Like The
Last Ninja!
And BOTH  Driving
parts
were AND
rubbish! adventure!
 HOLY
SHIT!
No, just shit

29. Schrödingame: n. A game that
exists, but equally does not exist.

30. Murder

31. I Play: 3D Soccer

32. Gauntlet III

33. Bye-Bye

34. Appropriate?

35. FUCK
YEAH

38. Hello! (ish)

39. Sleepwalker

40. I gave in

42. FUCK
YEAH

43. References/Attribution
 All magazine scans from http://zzap64.co.uk.
 All C64 screen grabs taken by myself, licensed under CC-SA
 C64 by Bill Bertram
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commodore64.jpg
 ZX Spectrum by Daniel Ryde
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZX_Spectrum.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZX_Spectrum.jpg
 Amiga 500+ by Sernat
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amiga_500_plus.JPG
 Atari 1040 STE by Stefan Didam
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_1040_STE.jpg
 SNES by Céréales Killer
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNES.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNES.jpg
 Sega Megadrive by Bill Bertram
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SegaMegadrive.jpg
 Xbox 360 S by James Pfaff
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xbox_360_S.png
 Playstation 3 by Alain
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Playstation-3.jpg
 Timothy Langdell
http://www.australiangamer.com/images/content_big_2372.jpg