Zap! Pow! Boom! Arcade Games for the VIC 20 (GB)
Mark Ramshaw
Interface Publications, 1982
Download all programs from this book on one disk:
 Zap Pow Boom UK.d64 |
30 programs (100% complete)
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Maze Man Pages 5-6. |
? | Unexpanded | maze man.prg Screenshot |
Pac Man-style game, eat the dots and avoid the ghosts. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down). |
Asteroids Pages 6-7. |
? | Unexpanded | asteroids.prg Screenshot |
Asteroids-style game, dodge & shoot the asteroids. Controls: Z (rotate left), C (rotate right), M (thrust), Space (fire), Return (hyperspace). |
Gunfight Pages 8-9. |
? | Unexpanded | gunfight.prg Screenshot |
Boot Hill-style game, try to outshoot the other cowboy. Controls: Z (up), C (down), M (fire). |
Scramble Pages 9-11. |
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Scramble-style game without the sideways scrolling. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down), Space (fire laser), S (drop bomb). |
Space Invaders Pages 11-12. |
? | Unexpanded | space invaders.prg Screenshot |
Space Invaders-style game, shoot the aliens. Controls: Z (left), C (right), M (fire). |
Airplane Pages 13-14. |
? | Unexpanded | airplane.prg Screenshot |
Flight simulator, land your plane on the runway. When the distance reads 0, you have reached the runway and must stop before it reads -200. Controls: A (tilt left), D (tilt right), W (nose up), X (nose down), 0-9 (thrust), Space (air brakes) S (lower undercarriage), Return (raise undercarriage). |
Marathon Pages 14-15. |
? | Unexpanded | marathon.prg Screenshot |
Bet on one of three athletes and then watch the race. Controls: Type your bets. |
Star Trek Pages 15-18. |
? | Unexpanded | star trek.prg Screenshot |
As captain of the Enterprise (E) you must destroy 15 Klingon ships (+) while avoiding stars (*). Controls: Cursor keys (move), 1 (warp to another sector), 2 (scan), 3 (photon torpedoes), 4 (phasers), 5 (shields). |
Wizard Pages 18-19. |
? | Unexpanded | wizard.prg Screenshot |
Simon-style game, the computer flashes a number sequence that you have to remember and repeat. Controls: 1-6. |
Tail Gunner Pages 19-21. |
? | Unexpanded | tail gunner.prg Screenshot |
First-person space shooter. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down), S (fire). |
Astro Wars Page 21. |
? | Unexpanded | astro wars.prg Screenshot |
Galaxians-style game, shoot the aliens. Controls: Z (left), C (right), M (fire). |
Swarm Page 22. |
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Shoot the aliens, but your ship slows down each time they collide with you. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down), S (fire). |
3-D Maze Page 23. |
? | Unexpanded | 3-d maze.prg Screenshot |
Find your way to cell 25 to escape from the maze. Controls: Crsr-Left (left), Crsr-Right (right), Return (forward). |
Brands Hatch Pages 24-25. |
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Try to overtake thirty cars on a vertically-scrolling race track. Controls: Z (left), M (right). |
Lightning-Bolt Pages 25-26. |
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Move your cursor to build a wall, and try to make the lightning bolt pass through it. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down). |
Space Eggs Pages 27-28. |
? | Unexpanded | space eggs.prg Screenshot |
Eggs fall from the sky and hatch into large birds that feed on a valuable mineral in the clouds. Shoot the eggs/birds before all the mineral is gone. Controls: Z (left), C (right), M (fire). |
Xyloid Page 29. |
? | Unexpanded | xyloid.prg Screenshot |
Displays a colourful pattern. Controls: None. |
Adventure Pages 29-31. |
? | Unexpanded | adventure.prg Solution Map Screenshot |
Text adventure. An evil dragon has stolen the mythical arkenstone from the dwarves. It is up to you to recover it. Controls: When typing commands, you must press Return after each word and put a full stop after the final word. Commands: go/move, kick, listen, catch, pick, drop, skewer, swing, throw, fill, inventory, recover. |
Gomoku Pages 31-32. |
? | Unexpanded | gomoku.prg Screenshot |
Board game, try to get five pieces in a line. Controls: Type your coordinates for each move using the format X,Y (two numbers separated by a comma). |
Lunar Lander Pages 33-35. |
? | Unexpanded | lunar lander.prg Screenshot |
Jupiter Lander-style game, pilot your fragile lunar module to one of the safe landing sites. Controls: Z (thrust left), C (thrust right), M (thrust upwards). |
Missile Command Pages 35-37. |
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Missile Command-style game, destroy the incoming missiles. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down), S (fire). |
Nightmare Castle Pages 37-39. |
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Graphic adventure, find the treasure and return it to the starting room. There are doors that open and close, and one that requires a key; there is a hidden passage that you can only find by trying to go through the wall; there is an invisble maze; and strange things happen in 'the room'. Controls: Crsr-Left (left), Crsr-Right (right), Crsr-Up (up), Crsr-Down (down), / (thrust, if you have the sword), Space (drop objects). |
One-Armed-Bandit Pages 39-40. |
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Fruit machine game, try to win more than £995 to break the bank. Controls: Space (spin reels), 1,2,3 (hold reel). |
Draughts Pages 41-43. |
Graham Charlton | Unexpanded | draughts.prg Screenshot |
Board game (aka checkers), remove your opponents pieces. Controls: Type the XY coordinates (two letters) for the from & to position of each move. |
Dambuster Pages 43-44. |
? | Unexpanded | dambuster.prg Screenshot |
Destroy the enemy dam with your bouncing bombs. Controls: Z (left), C (right), M (fire). |
Breakout Page 45. |
? | Unexpanded | breakout.prg Screenshot |
Breakout-style game, use your bat & ball to break through the brick wall. Controls: Z (left), M (right). |
Dogfight Pages 46-47. |
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Shoot down the enemy plane. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down), S (fire). |
Night Raid Pages 47-49. |
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As you fly in darkness over a city, you can only see the skyline in flashes from enemy flack. Bomb the reactor before you get hit by flack or missiles. Controls: A (back up), D (accelerate), W (up), X (down), S (drop bomb). |
Tank Battle Pages 49-50. |
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Shoot the enemy tank & fuel drums. The winner is the first to reach 150 points. Controls: A (left), D (right), W (up), X (down), S (fire). |
Death Star Pages 51-52. |
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Star Wars-style game, fly through the Death Star trench and try to fire a torpedo down the exhaust port. Controls: Z (left), C (right), M (fire), 1-9 (speed). |
