Games That Weren't 64^®

Probe software quietly had in development a game for U.S. Gold called ‘Magic Sword’. This conversion was in fact based on the Capcom arcade of the same name, which was a poor hack and slash affair, in no good comparison … Continue reading →

A short entry for a series that may or may not have ever been released. This was an educational title that was to be released by Commodore on disk and supporting the Magic Voice module. The description of The Magic … Continue reading →

Mentioned in a US sales catalogue, Main Event was to be a wrestling title released by Activision and was a conversion of the Konami arcade game The Main Event. It is a game that was never really heard about in … 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 →

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 →

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 →