In development for Elite, this was one of Mark Kelly’s first games being developed and was based on an ancient arcade game of the same name. It was American football and was to be another Elite arcade conversion. For reasons … Continue reading →
Only a few C64 sceners who stayed around until the end with Commodore Format magazine will remember this game probably. 10th Dan was to be a ground breaking martial arts beat-em-up game by Jon Wells, featuring two massive sprites and … Continue reading →
Being created by Marc Dawson (BC Bill and Mega Games), 11th Time Period involved travelling through time, through Roman, Greek and various periods. Each period consisted of a platform game based level where you had to fight your way through … Continue reading →
Also known as: 19 Part 2 - Vietnam / 19 Part 2 - Combat Zone
Cascade were a little company, most famous for their “Ace” series on the C64 and other platforms, and infamous for their “Cassette 50” compilation for almost every machine that existed. In 1988, they gained the rights to a popular Paul … Continue reading →
Shown in an inlay for one of their other releases, Spectresoft were due to release a game called 1990 – which was an adventure sequel to their other titles Mission Om and Crisis Countdown. Based on how Mission Om looks, … Continue reading →
January 1989, and Compute Gazette published two Origin System game adverts, “Times Of Lore” and “2400 AD”. Times Of Lore made it, well known for its amazing Martin Galway music. Unfortunately, it was not to be for the other game. … Continue reading →
A very quick entry which was picked up upon by browsing through Thomas Mogensen’s work directory in HVSC. Within the directory are a large number of tunes for a game called 24th Amaranth GP, which we assume was to be … Continue reading →
3-2-1 was a popular quiz show in the UK during the 1980’s, hosted by Ted Rogers with a strange side kick character called Dusty Bin. Many games coming out the time were tied into various films and TV shows, and … Continue reading →
3 Days In Carpathia was originally thought to be a sequel to the popular Valkyrie 17 game by George Stone and The Ram Jam Corp. A text adventure, which was written using “The Biro” and featuring character set screens, livened … Continue reading →
Plucked from the advert pages of Computer and Video Games comes this intriguing racing game entitled 3D Formula One by Knightsoft. We do not know much about the game, but it seems that all that was ever mentioned was the … Continue reading →
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