Back in the 1980’s, Atarisoft were doing official conversions for the Commodore 64. Donkey Kong Jr was oddly one of them! We learn of this conversion thanks to Mat Allen who has documented the conversion briefly in Digital Press. We … Continue reading →
Nothing at all related to the classic ID game on the PC, though a similiar perspective. This is more like Bloodwych than Doom, and looks quite good at the stage its reached. Its a little bugged, but shows promise of … Continue reading →
A new GTW entry as suggested by Dumbflag… Doomsday Blues is described as follows (thanks to www.cpcgamesreviews.com) "Known as Eden Blues to French readers, this is another adventure action game from ERE. You’re a prisoner who tries to escape from … Continue reading →
One of a series of games from A.R.Software which was missing for some time. Peter Weighill has kindly informed us that the game has turned up on Gamebase here: http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=15229 Dots and Boxes is described by the advert as an … Continue reading →
This neat columns clone was coded by Axiom, with graphics by Modern Bob. Both were members of "Lotus" (from "Lotus&Crazy") in those days. They joined "Genesis*Project" later. There was a far more advanced version of this game, which had FLI-graphics. … Continue reading →
Advertised in many magazines, this was a title being sold by Anik Microsystems… however only two Anik games exist and seem to have been released on the C64. The advert describes the game as follows: "Did you know that the … Continue reading →
A very short entry for a title which was advertised early on the C64’s life by an obscure postal based company called Custom Software. In the advert, the game was described as follows: “Dr Bongo’s plan is to destroy the … Continue reading →
Another missing title, flagged up to us thanks to JazzGhostrider and mentioned as coming soon to the Commodore 64 in ACE magazine. The game was a graphic text adventure game produced by The Essential Myth, who had also produced Book … Continue reading →
Created by Hans Ippisch who was interviewed in an old magazine. A question posed to him was about any unfinished projects which were gathering dust. His reply was that he had started on a game called “Dragon Slayer”, which only … Continue reading →
Not to be confused with the Software Projects game that was released in 1986, this was a new game based on the famous Laser Disc title and being developed by Readysoft back in 1989. Randal Linden revealed to Andrew Fisher … Continue reading →
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