Games That Weren't 64^®

Battlecars was advertised in various magazines, and was released on the Spectrum, but also had a Commodore 64 advertised to be coming soon. This was never to be, and the game remains unreleased. The game involved you building up your … Continue reading →

Battlefield Germany was part of the Wargamers series by PSS and was advertised in their catalogues, but the C64 version has never surfaced by the looks of things. The Spectrum version did however, so we know something exists ( http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000469 … Continue reading →

Lucasfilm released this flight simulator on the Amiga, ST and PC in 1988 and it was well received, earning an Action Game of the Year award from Computer Gaming World magazine. The player took control of aircraft fighting in four … Continue reading →

Battlestorm was a fair multiscrolling shooter in the style of Xenon and Time Pilot 84 and was released on the Amiga in the early 90’s. It seems that a C64 version was on the cards for Disk and Tape, which … Continue reading →

Another unreleased game which was a planned conversion by Storm for the C64. The game was mentioned from various sources, including Commodore Power, issue 1, page 9 – saying… "Mindscape have finally given the Battletoads (NES’s superheroes) a home. After … Continue reading →

Our next GTW entry is yet another arcade conversion that never was, this time in the shape of a SNK arcade conversion of a game called Beast Busters. The game was described by magazines such as YC (issue 73) as … Continue reading →

Commodore User magazine ran a pretty interesting game advert back in 1984 for a title called “Beat 1984!”, which was described as a four part adventure game for the C64 with graphics and sound. The short story line was as … Continue reading →

A quick entry to cover part of a series of games which DK’Tronics were looking to release in late 1984, early 1985. A news item in the December 1984 edition of Personal Computer Games suggested that following on from a … Continue reading →

A short entry to cover two missing titles from a company called Bible Research Systems, with thanks to Håvar Bruvold Hojem for flagging up. The company advertised two titles: The Word Processor The Gospels Both were advertised for Apple, IBM … Continue reading →

A game being produced by R Pedersen, who developed a number of games which never made the light of day. The games were all made in MSDOS first, then ported easily over to the C64 and Apple machines. This game … Continue reading →