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 →
Jam It! is a neat little music game by Gregg Kustudic, who produced the Space Ace preview also in GTW. This was sent in along with Space Ace, and may predate other games of its type where you have to … Continue reading →
This is a multi-directional platformer in the style of Sonic and James Pond 2. Its very fast, and the action is quick. The released previews featured some lovely graphics and animations, but on a very small screen area. The majority … Continue reading →
Issue 5 of Commodore Format first introduced news that James Pond was to be converted on the C64 from the classic Amiga game. Apart from the terrible fish jokes that CF told, the prospect of seeing the game was rather … Continue reading →
Unfortunately I cannot say too much about this game as its all in German, but it looks to me as a Spy game using text commands. Jasmyn is a female CIA spy, who has to probably solve some kind of … Continue reading →
Not to be confused with the Derek Brewster game of the same name. This was to be a game by Troy Lyndon for a company called FunSoft back in the 80’s. For reasons currently unknown, FunSoft buried the game once … Continue reading →
A very quick entry to cover a title which is currently at large. Jeeps is an educational game which was advertised in an 1984 May edition of Home Computer Weekly. The game was to be distributed by Regency Software, but … Continue reading →
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