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Fiery Phoenix posted 10-01-2002 06:56 PM GMT
Just like to say what wonderful time I had when I visited ZZap Towers for the Kick Off challenge back in May 1990 with Phil King, who was a top geezer. I was only 13 at the time and apparantly one of the youngest ever Zzap challengers. Although I lost I came away like a winner, binders, t-shirts, games and even issue 23 of Zzap which I was missing for the complete collection. It was a top day out.
The sad fact is that not only have I met 1 Zzap member, but also went on holiday with one! Honest! I won the C&VG & Gremlin Graphics competition to Florida in October 1988. It was a competition held joinlty between the two ( you had to buy the rather crap Micky Mouse game to enter if I remember correctly ) cut a long story short - I won and went to sunny Florida with Jazza Rignall and his intended ( and also ex Zzaper Glynnis ) also a top geezer. When I found out I had won the competition and told my friends, none of them believed me - I mentioned it to Jazza who had phoned me several times before the holiday, and he arranged a letter to be sent for the attentional of all my mates who would not believe I had won the competion ( I still have the letter today ) it was in the sytle of, " It has been decreed that a competition has been won by....." very funny and very nice of him. Jazza was a top geezer and although I was young at the time, proberly a right annoying little shit, he was the bees knees, making me feel welcome. I think some pics were published in C&VG in the Feb 1989 issue from the top of my head ( can`t be arsed digging it out )
So that is my amazing sad fact - meeting 2 members of Zzap - both of whom were TOP guys. As a 25yr old fella who still has his 64 along with 350+ original games ( and still collecting the one`s I don`t have, but want at car boot sales )just to say a big thank you again to those 2 guys for making a little kid happy
Mort posted 10-01-2002 07:36 PM GMT
Nice Story, I only met Jazza at the PCW show in 87. He was a nice bloke though.
Shame about having to buy Mickey Mouse though to go to Florida :-)
genrex posted 10-01-2002 11:38 PM GMT
This is just great!!!! heeey fiery... u know that was one of my favourite zzap challenge!! i still remember it had to do somehing with the neighbour's theme song running in the background and stuff :) weird! after all these years.... all of us are here! never in my life at that time i would have thought i'd hear from this guy again in another 12 years :P our lives have changed... but the way i see all readers of those times still so loyal to zzap alomst bring tears to my eyes. wait till u see the issue 107... its gonna b a sell out!!! :P
Mayhem posted 11-01-2002 12:28 AM GMT
None of the sodding "whistle blowing in the middle of the penalty" horrow recollections eh? I'd have been sorely pissed if I'd been in your position at the time heh :)
I've had the pleasure of meeting quite a number of Zzap!64 personages over the years at shows and stuff. All were great people to meet. And look out for Zzap!64 issue #107 as I'm part of that too...
Fiery Phoenix posted 12-01-2002 03:23 PM GMT
Yeah! You are right - that bloody bug in the first kick off game where the final whistle would blow when your just about to take a penalty! BASTARD!! That happened to me about 3 times in the challenge, GUTTED! And you are right about that Neighbours thing - it was on in the background as we were playing - they wrote down how it was on in the background in the write up. Bloody memories....why can`t it be like that again.....

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Author	Topic: Sad Fact
Fiery Phoenix	posted 10-01-2002 06:56 PM GMT Just like to say what wonderful time I had when I visited ZZap Towers for the Kick Off challenge back in May 1990 with Phil King, who was a top geezer. I was only 13 at the time and apparantly one of the youngest ever Zzap challengers. Although I lost I came away like a winner, binders, t-shirts, games and even issue 23 of Zzap which I was missing for the complete collection. It was a top day out. The sad fact is that not only have I met 1 Zzap member, but also went on holiday with one! Honest! I won the C&VG & Gremlin Graphics competition to Florida in October 1988. It was a competition held joinlty between the two ( you had to buy the rather crap Micky Mouse game to enter if I remember correctly ) cut a long story short - I won and went to sunny Florida with Jazza Rignall and his intended ( and also ex Zzaper Glynnis ) also a top geezer. When I found out I had won the competition and told my friends, none of them believed me - I mentioned it to Jazza who had phoned me several times before the holiday, and he arranged a letter to be sent for the attentional of all my mates who would not believe I had won the competion ( I still have the letter today ) it was in the sytle of, " It has been decreed that a competition has been won by....." very funny and very nice of him. Jazza was a top geezer and although I was young at the time, proberly a right annoying little shit, he was the bees knees, making me feel welcome. I think some pics were published in C&VG in the Feb 1989 issue from the top of my head ( can`t be arsed digging it out ) So that is my amazing sad fact - meeting 2 members of Zzap - both of whom were TOP guys. As a 25yr old fella who still has his 64 along with 350+ original games ( and still collecting the one`s I don`t have, but want at car boot sales )just to say a big thank you again to those 2 guys for making a little kid happy
Mort	posted 10-01-2002 07:36 PM GMT Nice Story, I only met Jazza at the PCW show in 87. He was a nice bloke though. Shame about having to buy Mickey Mouse though to go to Florida :-)
genrex	posted 10-01-2002 11:38 PM GMT This is just great!!!! heeey fiery... u know that was one of my favourite zzap challenge!! i still remember it had to do somehing with the neighbour's theme song running in the background and stuff :) weird! after all these years.... all of us are here! never in my life at that time i would have thought i'd hear from this guy again in another 12 years :P our lives have changed... but the way i see all readers of those times still so loyal to zzap alomst bring tears to my eyes. wait till u see the issue 107... its gonna b a sell out!!! :P
Mayhem	posted 11-01-2002 12:28 AM GMT None of the sodding "whistle blowing in the middle of the penalty" horrow recollections eh? I'd have been sorely pissed if I'd been in your position at the time heh :) I've had the pleasure of meeting quite a number of Zzap!64 personages over the years at shows and stuff. All were great people to meet. And look out for Zzap!64 issue #107 as I'm part of that too...
Fiery Phoenix	posted 12-01-2002 03:23 PM GMT Yeah! You are right - that bloody bug in the first kick off game where the final whistle would blow when your just about to take a penalty! BASTARD!! That happened to me about 3 times in the challenge, GUTTED! And you are right about that Neighbours thing - it was on in the background as we were playing - they wrote down how it was on in the background in the write up. Bloody memories....why can`t it be like that again.....