A pretty famous Cinemaware title which was originally released on the Amiga, PC, Megadrive amongst others – but was also mentioned as having a C64 conversion in the works according to C&VG. The game itself was inspired by many 1950’s … Continue reading →
This was recently brought to my attention by Jason Kelk, who spotted an advert for the game “It’s Rory” in an early Llamasoft advert in 1985. We know very little about the game itself and just have this little portion … Continue reading →
Another potential great from the Italian game giants Simulmondo, and a nice looking icon driven adventure game. Unfortunately, you can only look at was going to be, as the preview is only a rolling demo, featuring two shots of the … Continue reading →
I’ve cheated a little with this entry to save time, but I had an email from Francesco Milioni today, who helps with the site Edicola 8 bit and looks to find out the original titles for pirated games in Italy. … Continue reading →
In the year of 1987, Computer Novels should have been released a game named ‘Ivanhoe’, but it was never to be released. The Commodore 64-version should have been released in October 1987 and the Amiga-version the next month. Computer Novels … Continue reading →
Our next title is a little thin on the ground at this stage, but we believe there is a strong case that a Commodore 64 edition was on the cards. Ixion was a SEGA arcade title that never saw release … Continue reading →
Our next entry is for a title that seems to have been cracked long ago, but not within many of the online repositories (if at all). Jaceman seems to feature the main character from the game Alien that was released … Continue reading →
A short entry for a series of games that were advertised in the US press as mail order only titles. The games were as follows: The Recent Unpleasantness – “Individual control of 43 Confederate Divisions/149 Brigades. Could you have turned … Continue reading →
A very quick entry on a game which we know very little about at present. The game was a type-in which was submitted to BigK magazine and was about to be published, but the magazine went under just before it … Continue reading →
Our next game comes in the form of the unfinished Jailbreak by Michael J L(Wanderer), a programmer for the C64 under groups such as Rampar and The Survivors. The idea as the name suggests was to break out of prison … Continue reading →
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