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 →
Well, there was rumours of Space Ace being converted to the C64 by Empire, which were confirmed… but we can also reveal that a deal was being hammered out with Sullivan Bluth to bring Dragons Lair 2: Timewarp to the … Continue reading →
Dragonstone may likely be a title you’ve never heard of or played – mainly due to how it was mail-order only text adventure title (likely written in Graphic Adventure Creator, not Quill as I originally suggested). Thanks to Marco (Exile) … Continue reading →
I’m not a fan of puzzlers, and this game does little to convince me to play more of them. A typical example of what was saturated onto the C64 scene at one point. A word game which i’m uncertain how … Continue reading →
A short entry for a Super Pipeline clone that was written by a Zzap 64 reader called Rowan Crawford and sent into the magazine and a number of publisher at the time. Sadly it was never picked up. The game … Continue reading →
Yet another game which was mentioned as in development by Digital Magic, which was a driving game of sorts mentioned in one of the big magazines at the time (Any ideas which one?). Advert here. Nothing seems to have surfaced … Continue reading →
Another sequel, and this time again from Archer MacLean, who was also working on the sequel to IK+ (known as IK Deluxe or IK++). Dropzone 2 was started very much earlier than IK, and took the idea of the original … Continue reading →
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