FREEZE64 – Issue 81 – Metranaut

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COVER FEATURE: METRANAUT
You’ve probably twigged by now that here at FREEZE Towers we have a soft spot for the strange, the obscure, and the gloriously forgotten. We love rummaging through the dusty corners of the Commodore 64’s sprawling game library to uncover titles that never got their moment in the spotlight. And that makes this issue’s cover feature — the enigmatic Metranaut — a perfect fit. Buckle up for some proper, honest-to-goodness gaming journalism as I dig out my original copy of Metranaut, slap it into the datasette, and load it up for the first time in nearly 40 years.

POKES ‘N’ CODES: METRANAUT
Metranaut gets passed through our infamous Vinny-O-Matic™ for an additional bit of fun with some exclusive POKES ‘n’ CODES 😊

HIDDEN HARMONIES
Warren Pilkington sifts through his C64 audio collection to uncover a few unsung heroes from the Zeppelin Games back catalogue. They include: Spaghetti Western Simulator, American 3D Pool, Draconus, and Sleepwalker. Definitely top tunes to check out!

JULIAN RIGNALL’S CCRAPBACK!
Julian takes us back to Christmas 1986 where he digs up another collection of poop-drenched, worm-infested C64 titles reviewed in ZZAP!64 issue 21. These include: Crystal Castles, Camelot Warriors, Kettle, Captured, and Bazooka Bill. You can smell the shit for miles!

SECRET SQUIRREL INVESTIGATES
Our cutesy rodent grabs another batch of secret case files, which includes: Armalyte, Wizball and Bandana City. He’s a sneaky, little devil.

DEVELOPERS’ DEN: DAVID BROADHURST
Prolific game developer David Broadhurst pops in to chat about his career and how it all began with the development of games for the Commodore 64.

RESCUED PIXELS WITH ANDY VAISEY
We take a deep dive into the work of C64 game developer and artist Andrew Vaisey, exploring his series of revisited bitmap loading screens.

WE DON’T DO REVIEWS!
An exclusive look at a new C64 homebrew scene game, Street Sports Pogo from the Pixel Punx team. It’s a fabulous PETSCII sports/party simulator game that worthy of some love. It’s a SIZZLING SAUSAGE for sure!

OUT OF THE ‘MOULDY CUPBOARD’
Dr. Pimple’s Dog from Euro-Byte Software sounds like a real crud game… but is it? Time to find out!

DIARY OF A GAME: OPERATION VOSTOKA
It’s time for part 10 of Chris Stanley’s Operation Vostoka game development diary as he starts working on the character sprite movement.

MY C64 HEAVEN: STEVEN CROUCHER
The return of one of our old, popular features, and a chance to check out one of our Readers’ Commodore 64 collection.

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