A Hungarian title which has been found by Csaba Virag, and which is a very simple game based on the game Mill and which was part of a MicroCAD’90 programming competition held by the University of Miskolc, Hungary. The game … Continue reading →
Another beat-em-up clone which was planned for the Commodore 64 back in 1990, and another one which never got to see the light of day. Manhattan Dealers was released on the Amiga/ST platforms and was a relative success, but not … Continue reading →
This game was found out about thanks to Jason Kelk, who pointed me in the direction of the DELTA loader… In that, you will read about forthcoming games on the C64, which includes Starline (See elsewhere) and also Mantrax. I … Continue reading →
Mantronix was due to appear on the C64, along with a release on the CPC, in 1986, sometime after it was first released by Probe Software on the ZX Spectrum. Like so many Spectrum games it failed to ever get … Continue reading →
In Your Commodore issue 51 (1988 December, Page 51-54) there was a rather interesting write up with Antony Crowther and Dave Bishop, talking about their development past and their work at the time at Imageworks. During the interview, it was … Continue reading →
Made by the same company who made Tank Attack, Marine Attack was to be released by CDS Software sometime around the late eighties. There is no real information on this game, merely a reference to its existence in a statement … Continue reading →
Firstly… this is not the same as the Ocean version released version that came in around 1986/87… but Atarisoft were actually doing an official conversion themselves back in the early 80’s. We learn of this conversion thanks to Mat Allen … Continue reading →
A rarity this one… actually seeing Mario on the home computers. Released on PC and other formats, this was no action adventure like the games we all know, but a kids adventure title which you’d most likely find in a … Continue reading →
Mario Run is a neat early runner game, where you have to just collect coins and get to the end of the level controlling the famous red plumber. It’s fully playable at this stage, with some nice graphics and Super … Continue reading →
A game which was mentioned in Zzap issue 49 on page 3, coming soon on the Amiga and C64. A few mentions were done of the game across a few issues, but sadly nothing was to ever surface. Thanks to … Continue reading →
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