Games That Weren't 64^®

A quick entry due to a lack of information at present. The Blues Brothers eventually did get a C64 release thanks to Titus Software back in 1991, but way back in 1987, CRL were also due to create a game … Continue reading →

Bobby Yazz is a computerised game show, featuring various games to win prizes and the normal quiz routine you got with many computer based game shows. The fun novel approach was appealing to many, and the game received good reviews … Continue reading →

An interesting puzzler which was released for the Amiga and Amstrad platforms, but not on the C64 – as stated would be the case in C&VG magazine. This was released in Europe under the name of “Tiny Skweeks” The game … Continue reading →

Mentioned in Commodore Format’s early warning scanner, no doubt this was to be a Boxing game most likely. However, Beyond Belief had already released Devastating Blow (http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=2147&d=18&h=0), so was this to be a more management styled boxing game instead? We … Continue reading →

A very short placeholder entry for yet another missing 1987 Computer Novels title – The Count of Monte Cristo. Mentioned in Svenska Hemdator Nytt No.4/1987, it is suggested that the game would be released soon by the company on the … Continue reading →

Very quick entry, as there isn’t a great deal to really say about this one. A quite bizzare advert showed up from Mirage Software in Home Computer Weekly, mostly asking for programmers and then advertising a title for the C64 … Continue reading →

Our next entry is for a series of tools which was being advertised in 1986 in Zzap 64 magazine. The suite included a music, a battle game construction kit and an arcade game construction kit. Although the Arcade Creator was … Continue reading →

A rather old Probe game is next up, and from the depths of 1985 to be precise. The Devils Crown is an explorationg based game where you go under the sea to explore a sunken ship for treasure. CPC Reviews … Continue reading →

A very quick entry thanks to Peter Weighill for a game that was advertised by American Eagle in 1984. The Elysian Fields was released on the Apple 2, but the Commodore 64 edition of the game seems to be completely … Continue reading →