In the month of May 1988 many games were released for the Commodore 64. In episode eighty-seven of Zapped to the Past, we start our look at some of those games, including the cataclysmic The Chernobyl Syndrome, the shoddy Sabotage, and the festering Frightmare, and wonder how do you keep score in a game of Jai Alai…
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Additional links mentioned in the Podcast:
https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Microsoft_DOS/manual/Formated/Frightmare.pdf
https://www.c64copyprotection.com/chernobyl-manual-code/
https://www.c64copyprotection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Chernobyl.pdf
https://www.avclub.com/in-a-1987-video-game-chernobyl-s-nuclear-reactor-was-n-1838124865
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nuclear_Event_Scale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHyjXEuyqX4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper_Knew_My_Father
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdrav2VVkGY&ab_channel=MireilleQuesnel
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/17/derek-b-obituary
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/331133/Derek-B-Bad-Young-Brother-Beastie-Boys-Rhymin-%26-Stealin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUMXQgy0sas&ab_channel=fritz51315
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5GGMhmo-M&ab_channel=HeartVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlQfSlbeNas&ab_channel=KimWildeVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXEN57rFnIM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu1-wx7Wao0&ab_channel=LetThereBeRock31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1lvnbTZE-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVXgPH0XiaE&ab_channel=LiSSONPRODUCTION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYweHGwASKU&ab_channel=GloriaEstefanVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIt3OGra3Lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qghRdMpoVOE&ab_channel=whitneyhoustonVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFZ2hHn40w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKdQPDZ63DA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfKIq1Pmc8Q&ab_channel=BruceHornsbyVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTUlg__sVYo&ab_channel=DepecheMode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYeNkFNavQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6hLGXBsk6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZWD_0VRK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWsDpA909c&ab_channel=TheArkive