Thanks to Brendan Phoenix for the heads up. Zzap 64 in October 1986 had a small news snippet about Scarabaeus 2 coming soon from Ariolasoft. Apparently the Zzap team had seen something of the game and thought it was very … Continue reading →
Scooter was one of a few titles advertised by Electric Dreams back in issue 8 of Zzap 64 games. Nuclear Nick was to be part of a double pack with a game called Scooter. It never quite surfaced, but after … Continue reading →
Well, nowadays you’ve got people going on about how GTA 3 is full of bad taste with the ability to have sex with prostitutes and then kill them. It’s however not something limited to games of today, but this kind … Continue reading →
Another title highlighted thanks to Peter Weighill. This early 1983 Epyx game was advertised in quite a few magazines at the time as part of a double pack with Gun Fight. Unfortunately this one never got to see the light … Continue reading →
Our next entry is a very good graphic adventure which is controlled with a joystick to move around different rooms and interact. Similar to games like BAT and Crime Time. This was a relatively late C64 game in its commercial … Continue reading →
A short entry for a Grolier Electronic Publishing game spotted by Peter Weighill in an issue of Family Computing magazine October 1984. Secrets of Science was described in the advert as follows: “Secrets of Science Island guides you on a … Continue reading →
Sector seems to be a very early stage puzzle shuffle game which was left to rot for reasons unknown. It looks colourful and well designed enough, but it’s an idea which has been seen many times over already. Did the … Continue reading →
A quick entry for now for a very early Antiriad style game, with a very similar protagonist that flies and walks around a simple map at the moment. Not much is known about the demo, though a very early preview … Continue reading →
This is likely to be yet another vapourware title … but worth adding none the less… Steve Perry once won a competition with Commodore Format and met up with one of the editors called Andy (Hutch) Hutchinson. When talking to … Continue reading →
Sestavljanka is not really a game, but it is an educational program for children done by Suzy Soft. The game is a "put-together-picture" type of game with simple puzzles and picture collections. You can dress up dolls, make a fotorobot … Continue reading →
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