A short entry for an early title that was created by Ocean’s Tony Pomfret and had wowed David Collier enough to get Tony a job at Ocean Software. The game was influenced by Choplifter, and featured a lot of raster … Continue reading →
For many years we had been waiting for a decent Puzzle Bobble clone, then Monster Buster happened in 2013 as part of the RGCD competition. Before that, there were a few attempts at converting the game – and Busta was … Continue reading →
This is a very short stub entry for a game called Butterflies, which was a concept for a Commodore 64 game that was highlighted on Viktor T. Toth’s website. We know very little at this stage apart from that the … Continue reading →
Thanks to Shaun for flagging up a title which was the competition winner for a Zzap compo to design your own game and win £500. This was ran in 1987, and Shaun was the lucky winner – where the game … Continue reading →
A game which probably many wouldn’t have chosen to licence, but Big Apple software did back in 1989 as they tried to make their mark on the computer game market. Jason Kendal (Who also did Proton for Big Apple) and … Continue reading →
A short entry for a SSG title for the C64 that was advertised in its 1988-1989 catalog as coming soon. With thanks to Joseph Tsai for highlighting. The game was also due for release for the Apple II and IBM/Tandy … Continue reading →
Briefly mentioned in an issue of Commodore Cracker, there was a brief news item saying that the conversion of Cannon Fodder for the C64 was looking seriously delayed. It never surfaced unsurprisingly, and was most likely vapourware. There honestly isn’t … Continue reading →
Capitaly was a version of Monopoly for the C64 which was written by Andras Baneth. Andras had also worked on an unofficial Viking Child conversion for the C64, but mentioned this Monopoly game which he had also worked on. It … Continue reading →
A new entry for a title which is a more recent C64 production, not one which was produced back in the day. Captain Future was to be a game based on a science fictional character who is a space travelling … Continue reading →
A game by Frank Herrman, which was to be sold by the Tronic Verlag (those who published the ‘ASM’), but it was never seen. It was judged as a very good and playable game. The description given in the magazine … Continue reading →
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