Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Joust was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due to … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Mario Bros was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Missile Command was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due … Continue reading
1982 SEGA Electronics Platforms: Commodore Vic-20, Intellivision, Atari 5200, Colecovision and Atari 400/800 Tac-Scan was an early vector-based title by SEGA Electronics in 1982. The game uniquely had you controlling up to seven ships at once, each of which could … Continue reading
1982 SEGA Electronics Platforms: Commodore Vic-20 Also known as: Sub-Scan Released on the Atari 2600, SEGA Electronic’s Sub-Scan was also due for release on the Commodore Vic-20 (and other platforms to be confirmed). It was being developed by the same … Continue reading
1983 SEGA Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit and Commodore Vic 20 (Probably C64 too) Ixion is an intriguing arcade title that was due for release from SEGA back in 1983, and was based on Zaxxon’s hardware, even though you … Continue reading
2009 Brighty Platform: Commodore Vic 20 Often there is a sad story behind most unreleased games, and this 2009 homebrew development of Q*Bert for the Vic 20 is certainly one of them. A very promising development that was first announced … Continue reading
1985 Anirog Software Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry for now on what was probably to be Anirog’s last Vic 20 release, and which seems to have never surfaced. A simple quiz game that looks as if it was … Continue reading
1982 Commodore Platform: Commodore Vic 20 Commodore had released many clones of arcade games on the Vic 20, and this was to be no different. A clone of Phoenix, but one which was never to be. It is believed to … Continue reading
Jack Attack as a game title for the Commodore 64 (and C16/Plus 4) was a well known dig at Jack Tramiel and his so called “Jack Attacks” that he used to give out to his staff. The red main character sort of looking familiar to the Commodore boss at the time, or so we thought. Continue reading
1983 Spectrum Games Platform: Commodore Vic 20 I’m surprised that we hadn’t had this one listed earlier on the site. Monster Muncher was to be a simple Pac Man clone released for the Commodore Vic 20 by Spectrum Games back … Continue reading
1983 Melbourne House Platform: Commodore Vic 20 This came as a bit of a shock when Chris Poacher first highlighted on the Vic 20 Facebook group that Melbourne House had advertised a Vic 20 version of Hungry Horace in Personal … Continue reading
198? Parker Bros Platform: Commodore Vic 20 Is this a vapourware title, or was something feasibly started of this Q-Bert sequel on the Vic? The game’s manual for the Atari platform all but confirms that “œCommodore” was due a conversion, … Continue reading
1984 Terminal Software Platform: Commodore Vic 20 This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. As a result, please note that it hasn’t been professionally proof read compared … Continue reading
1983 Roklan Corporation Platforms: Atari 800 and Commodore Vic 20 One of the holy grail titles for the Atari 2600, Pursuit Of The Pink Panther was also due for release on the Atari 800 and the Commodore Vic 20. Being … Continue reading
I’ve been chatting to two guys called Simon and Ekkehard, who used to develop a lot of Vic 20 games back in the day. In recent times, they had tried to recover their long lost work – but were having … Continue reading
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