Adverts

Browse and explore magazine adverts as they were tagged across the run of Zzap!64. For now this covers game adverts only — company, hardware, mail-order etc. will be added later.

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Advert Volume by Issue

Number of advert tags per issue across all 107 issues. Hover a bar for the count.

Advert Pages by Issue

Number of advert pages per issue — the page real-estate given over to adverts, regardless of how many games each one packs in. Stacked by advert type as those are tagged. Hover a bar for the count.

Advertised but Never Released

Games that ran adverts in the magazine but never made it to release.

Game Adverts First Issue Last Issue Links
Search For Sharla, The 5 54 58 GTW64
Street Hawk 5 1 15 GTW64
Judge Death 4 30 33 GTW64
Scooter 4 8 14 GTW64
Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 3 83 86 GTW64
Tour De Force 3 32 43 GTW64
View all 45 unreleased games →

Top Advertised Games

Games ranked by the number of issues they ran adverts in. Two-page spreads in the same issue count as one.

# Game Adverts First Issue Last Issue Campaign span
1 European II 24 24 48 24
2 World Champions 24 24 48 24
3 Hyper Sports 22 3 58 55
4 Ping Pong 22 9 58 49
5 Yie Ar Kung-Fu 22 6 51 45
6 RoboCop 21 44 82 38
View all 1,322 advertised games →

Most Games in a Single Advert

Advert pages ranked by how many games they pack onto one page — the giant compilation round-ups. Game tags only.

# Page Games
1 Issue 99 Page 34 52
2 Issue 100 Page 30 52
3 Issue 99 Page 35 42
4 Issue 100 Page 31 42
5 Issue 46 Page 6 34
6 Issue 57 Page 72 30
View all 2,220 advert pages →