Outpost was to be a new game from a new software house called Frontier Games. The game was briefly mentioned in a news item by ACE magazine for issue 16 in 1989. The preview shows a screenshot, which could very … Continue reading →
A short entry for a title which was to be an epic role playing game for the C64. Graphics and music had already been mostly completed, but the game itself hadn’t been programmed. Development was started around 1991, and finished … Continue reading →
Another Firebird entry, and this time a rather interesting sequel which has come to light thanks to Richard Hewison. Ozzy Versus The Universe – Part II: Cobber was to be an awesome return for Ozzy (Most of you will know … Continue reading →
Another pacman clone, with a imaginative title of "Pacman X" :).. A fairly early preview, as the game is not 100% playable. The game is slightly modernised from the original Pacman, but not by too much. The graphics are still … Continue reading →
First Star are famous for some fantastic C64 games, such as the Spy vs. Spy and Boulderdash series and many more. Along with these fantastic titles there seems to be a few which got away too. One such title that … Continue reading →
A report on the ECTS (European Computer Trade Show) of 1989 was featured by Computer Action magazine in their July/August 1989 issue, with discussion of many forthcoming games. Inevitably, at least one of these did not come to fruition. Panic … Continue reading →
Panzadrome was to be a neat little tank action game (top down approach) by Ram Jam Corporation on various machines including the C64. It was based in a maze type arena, going around and blowing up various other tanks on … Continue reading →
This is another game which Zeldin was working on. Thew game only in planning-phase (some grafix, animations etc. were done). It’s not quite sure what this game was about, though I hope Zeldin will explain more. Was it a update … Continue reading →
Well, it could and maybe it should have happened… but Parallax was due a sequel from the Sensible Software boys, and certainly this was very much on the cards. The previous game was left rather open at the end once … Continue reading →
Paranoid Pete is a space harvesting action game which was released on the Spectrum way back in 1984. Personal Computer Games advertised the game and clearly you can see that a Commodore 64 version was in the pipeline. Although the … Continue reading →
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