A bizarre entry which was mentioned in the “Next Month” back pages of Commodore Format, Issue 3. They promised a review of this game for issue 4, but it never appeared. This was the only mention ever made of the … Continue reading →
Back in the summer of 1985, Ritchie Brannan was trying to break into the games industry, and got a gig producing a game based on Fantastic Voyage for Ariolasoft. Early on it was renamed to Braindeath, probably as Ariolasoft couldn’t … Continue reading →
Brainleak was an arcade adventure type of game being developed with a point-and-click based system implemented into the game via a series of icons. The game apparently had a very complex plot, which unfortunatly Jason Kelk does not remember. Information … Continue reading →
Hmmm… not too much to say about this game, apart from that its a quiz game with a simple logo and some questions, where you get points for each one you get right. Not so much a "Brainstorm", with little … Continue reading →
This game and Pyramids of Time were supposed to be Firebird’s proof that budget games could be quality games too, according to sales manager of Telecomsoft, Martin Defries when he spoke to Soft magazine (1988, issue 2, pg. 9-10). In … Continue reading →
Not technically a C64 game, but kind of a tribute in certain ways.. and a game which certainly could have been a C64 game. Johan Boije from the Swedish Royal Academy of Arts made a game for their final exam … Continue reading →
Another puzzler, and an Othello/Reversi clone at that. Apparently it is actually complete, but with a rather crap computer oponent according to Cal :) The game looks nice so far, and is quite early in its production stage. There are … Continue reading →
Now here is something which originally set a few hearts going off… Is this the long lost Hawkeye 2 we thought? No, unfortunatly not so we found out… but possibly a contender for a unofficial sequel. This is a very … Continue reading →
Very quick entry, as we are lacking details at present. A Bruce Lee game was mentioned in a PC Show 1988 article in Commodore User magazine to be developed by Grandslam. Nothing more was heard, though we are sure a … Continue reading →
Bruce Lee was a classic title on the C64 and other 8-bit systems, with its simplistic gameplay and cuteness (!) To follow on from the success, Datasoft were to create a sequel title called Bruce Lee – Enter The Dragon. … Continue reading →
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