Our next entry into the depths of GTW64 comes possibly a title which was merely listed as a mistake. Automata were predominantly a Spectrum based company, with very little C64 output at all during the early 80’s.
Morris Meets The Bikers was a cute single screen platform based game which was released on the Spectrum and also Amstrad CPC which received good reviews overall.
So how did a C64 version come to light? Well, in an issue of BigK magazine in 1984 – there was a large advert for Deus Ex Machina, which has the C64 version listed in its order form below. Was this indication that they had a version available, or merely a printing error? It is the only C64 option listed, so it seems an odd mistake to make.
Thanks to Anonymous Contributor, the same advert in C&VG in February 1985 (at a later date than the BigK one) has the “CBM64” part changed to “Amstrad”. So it could well have been a mistake after all!
We hope to find out more soon, but check out the scan for yourself – maybe there is something to find of a C64 version some day.
Contributions: Anonymous Contributor, Stone Oakvalley
Have you tried Jas Austin? He worked at Automata in the mid eighties. He was interviewed in a recent edition of Retro Gamer.
Ah awesome, will give that a try – thanks! :)