Confirmed by JDP (who can search Gamebase64 far better than I!) that these were in fact released on the C64 in some shape or form and can be downloaded from here: http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5595&d=18&h=0 http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5414&d=18&h=0 Case closed!
Yet another Codemasters game to add to the pile – this time a conversion of an Oliver Twins game called Operation Gunship. This game was a top down multi-directional scroller – actually very similiar to Firehawk, which was later being … Continue reading →
Unfortunately another game in the archive I couldn’t get working to tell you about. Its quite a simple puzzler, with high detailed monocrome hi-res backgrounds. I remember the preview being very poor, and not really getting me too excited. More … Continue reading →
An interesting looking title which looks a lot like Dicky’s Diamonds, but was a US based release that was going to be on cartridge back in early 1984. The game was reviewed by Electronic Fun with Computers and Games magazine, … Continue reading →
A new Melbourne House title (whilst under the Virgin Mastertronic ownership) was due on the C64 in the shape of Orel Hershiser’s Strike Zone, a pretty cool baseball game which seems to have only been due for release in the … Continue reading →
Oriental Games could have possibly been one of the last Firebird games to see a release on the C64, but it was not to be. Mentioned in a news item in Games Machine issue 27, Oriental Games was an average … Continue reading →
A very quick open and closed case. Alpha Omega’s Orpheus game of the same name was actually intended to be released back in 1984 by Sterling Software, but it seems the company may have collapsed before it got out. However, … Continue reading →
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 very bizarre title which seems to have had more effort put into the game logo than the actual game itself. To say this is a game is stretching it quite far – as really its just a demo, with … Continue reading →
Do you remember the SEUCK effort from Commodore Format called "Sub Burner" ? … And maybe its music which changed at different points in the game? Well, the music was infact meant for another game called "Pallasades" which was being … Continue reading →
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