Games That Weren't 64^®

A very short entry, flagged up to us by Fabrizio Bartoloni. This is for a title called Terragon, which may well have been released, but has yet to be preserved. This is an Italian title that was being sold by … Continue reading →

According to Commodore Computing International in December 1988, Active Distribution LTD had made a marketing deal with French company Coktel Vision. The first game to be released was Jungle Book. Sadly Terrific Land was never to be, and it seems … Continue reading →

Text adventure from Kayde who went into administration at the 26th August 1983. Did Spectrum releases, tried to do C64 and Vic 20 ones, which never seemed to surface. The game in the advert (Two adverts were submitted by Peter … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Terror Tunnels was first mentioned in the news pages of Zzap!64 issue 4 as a game due for release from … Continue reading →

Mentioned in issue 7 of Commodore Format, a 3rd game in the Test Drive series was planned for the C64. Sadly it was never to be, as this was the only mention about the game and it soon disappeared from … Continue reading →

A very quick entry for a title which may well have been released, but is yet to be preserved. The advert describes the game as follows: “Features include a choice of 4 international teams, full field settings, complete batting and … Continue reading →

Just after Evil Dead, Palace Software were planning a range of other horror titles according to a small news snippet in Commodore User magazine back in 1984. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was another of those titles, but like with Halloween – … Continue reading →

A title we know very little about from the press, apart from the fact that the name was mentioned in C&VG January 1990. They mentioned that the game was a film licence coming soon along with Die Hard. The first … Continue reading →

This program was announced as ‘coming soon’ in an advert for their series of educational games (most of which never seem to have been released). It is not given a name; hence its description will have to serve as a … Continue reading →