As our yearly event becomes an annual tradition, Zapped to the Past once again gets together to discuss our favourite, and not so favourite, things of 2025 and reminisce about our favourite foodstuffs, be they in meals or of the snack variety. We also check out all those Christmas number ones from 1970 to 2000 and we also have the vital input of Mr Wilson to boot. We hope you enjoy this seasonal special and will see you all again in 2026! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from us at Zapped to the Past!

In episode two-hundred-and-ten of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Space Crusade, Biff, and Catalyspe, and wonder if KITT was the very first Cylon…

In episode two-hundred-and-nine of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Q10 Tankbuster, Moontorc, and Indy Heat, and wonder just why Alan Bennett never wrote a play about Teletext and Oracle…

In episode two-hundred-and-eight of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Demon Blue, Budokan, and Jimmy’s Soccer Manager, and wonder if Alien World is the most generic title for a game ever?

In episode two-hundred-and-seven of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Space Gun, PP Hammer, and International Ninja Rabbits, and wonder who would build a space factory full of holes in the floor!? Who!?

In episode two-hundred-and-six of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Robocop 3, Potsworth and Co, and Tai Chi Tortoise, and wonder how long the person who said the cover for the magazine was OK kept their job…?

In this special episode of Zapped to the Past, we track down those Zeppelin games that eluded the pages of Zzap! 64. Was it worth tracking these blimps down, or should we have left them to float off into the unknown?

In episode two-hundred-and-five of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Double Dare, Super Seymour and Winter Camp, and wonder why anyone would make a game based on a show about people falling into gunk tanks?

In episode two-hundred-and-four of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions ofFirst Samurai, The Blues Brothers, and Tilt, and wonder who thought sending a Samurai forward in time was a good idea?

In episode two-hundred-and-three of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Neighbours, Rolling Ronny and Creatures 2, and wonder just how many looms do you need to make so many holey jumpers…?

In episode two-hundred-and-two of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Phileas Fogg’s Balloon Battles, Tarzan Goes Ape, and International 5-A-Side Soccer, and wonder who thought a wind based control system was a good idea?

In episode two-hundred-and-one of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of F1 Tornado, Sky High Stuntman and Santa’s Xmas Caper and wonder… exactly how many times was Elvia presented with two throbbing globes in her bedroom?

In episode two-hundred of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Final Blow, Sleepwalker, and Toki, and celebrate a whole lot at the fact we made it to two hundred episodes!

In episode one-hundred-and-ninety-nine of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Super Space Invaders, Cisco Heat and Stratego and wonder why anyone thought a subscription TV service for solicitors in 1992 was a good idea…

In this sixth of the series of special episodes of Zapped to the Past, we go back to our past and pick up some of those games we never looked at from the first few issues of Zzap! 64 plus a couple more for good luck, including Black Thunder, Rocket Ball, Jonah Barrington’s Squash.

In this fifth of the series of special episodes of Zapped to the Past, we go back to our past and pick up some of those games we never looked at from the first few issues of Zzap! 64, including Moon Cresta, Ice Palace and Antics

1991 is now but a memory of an eggy old time - but in keeping with Zapped to the Past tradition we now take a look back and cast a teary and often bloodshot eye over all those games we played from January to December 1991 as covered in Zzap!64 magazine. Why, you may ask? Nothing less than to award those games that have somehow managed to stick in our memory for more than five minutes for good or for ill. So join us for our annual Golden Breadbin Awards. What had the best visuals? Can we decide upon the best game? How many worst games can there be? There is only one way to know for sure…

In episode one-hundred-and-ninety-seven of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Crime Time, Last Battle, and Hudson Hawk and wonder just how do you fit so many episodes of Prisoner Cell Block H into so little time?

In episode one-hundred-and-ninety-six of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Battle Command, Round the Bend, and Stack Up and wonder just how long a pair of Wotsit fangs would last you…

In episode one-hundred-and-ninety-five of Zapped to the Past, we look at the C64 versions of Pit-Fighter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Coin Op, and WWF WrestleMania and wonder… Where was fun? WHERE WAS FUN!?