The source of this next entry is interesting as it was mentioned in “Illegal” pirate fanzine as something seen at PC 1988 show (or so it seems) by SSD of Cosmos. We knew very little about the game and there … Continue reading →
Along with Sword of Samurai, Devils of the Deep was to be yet another Fighting Fantasy game on the C64 from US Gold according to http://pdd.if-legends.org/ldp/bdp.html. This game in particular was to be set in Atlantis and we presume would … Continue reading →
Yet another aborted Double Dragon conversion for the C64, and this time this was for the Ocean Software development of the game from the early 1990s. Although it could just be a different variation of the current and limited cartridge … Continue reading →
The Eye of Bain was a neat little text adventure created in 1984 by Artic Computing. Advertised for the likes of the Spectrum and the Commodore 64 in various magazines, only the Spectrum version seems to have surfaced. The C64 … Continue reading →
A rather interesting title now from an obscure company called Gamesware. Gamma Strike is a kind of a light phaser/target pack, with the target board plugged into the computer. ACE magazine (issue 9) reported on the game and said the … Continue reading →
A obscure title by Simon Birrell, creator of Strangeloop for Virgin Games. Essentially, this game stems from the ripping off of one of Simon’s own ideas which was "Slideways", also in GTW. Cascade ripped off the Slideways game and released … Continue reading →
A mysterious game created by Simon Birrell which was originally penned as a game for the BBC Micro. However, Virgin Games decided that they also wanted this title completed on the C64. The BBC game can be seen here btw… … Continue reading →
Quite an errie little preview this one, feeling in someways similar to Mastertronic’s ‘Scumball’. A nice mixture of hi-res graphics and multi-colour, brighten up this early preview, where you control a space craft which must navigate its way through the … Continue reading →
A neat little title from Simon Quernhorst, which is themed on Chess, but has a much more simplistic aim in this logical game. Although starting to take shape back in 2014, the game was abandoned due to other projects and … Continue reading →
A year before the release of Crazy Comets, Simon and his friend John coded their own conversion of the arcade ‘Mad Planets’. It wasn’t brilliant compared with the two later versions lacking music by Rob Hubbard, but a reasonable attempt … Continue reading →
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