Thanks to Carlos Vazquez for highlighting this one. Monster Squad potentially is a title which was based on the 1987 movie. The question is whether the ACEUK company was a proper company, and if this was a proper quick cash … Continue reading →
Our next entry is a rather interesting Maniac Mansion style game written by Francois Blanchette back in 1986. The game in 2014 has been resurrected in its final state in 1992, restored and properly named by Atlantis/F4CG. Unfortunately this is … Continue reading →
Since the craze of Wolfenstein and Doom on the PC’s in the early 90’s, we saw a new breakthrough in gaming. Seeing this kind of game even on the likes of a SNES or an Amiga was pretty impressive to … Continue reading →
This game has been brought to our attention thanks to Wayne Womersley of Art Ravers, who regularly writes for Commodore Scene. And it is from that particular magazine where this game stems from… Moon Gods was being designed for Commodore … Continue reading →
Advertised in many magazines, this was a title being sold by Anik Microsystems… however only two Anik games exist and seem to have been released on the C64. The advert describes the game as follows: "Your fuel is low, your … Continue reading →
Thanks to Boerge Noest for highlighting this rather obscure game which was mentioned and discussed in Norweigen magazine Mikrodata back in 1984. Apart from a discussion with the developers (In Norweigen at present, but here we go: Page 1, Page … Continue reading →
Another cool looking Dungeons and Dragons preview goes into the archives, this time one from Kopido games which seemed to run out steam. In this preview, you can move around a little bit – but there is no real gameplay … Continue reading →
Another very early preview, Moppel is a simplistic side scroller where you control some guy that I think is in a wheelchair and scrolls across a city landscape. It’s quite simple, and apart from the scrolling and some little animations, … Continue reading →
Moreta – Dragon Lady of Pern was to be the sequel to Dragonriders of Pern which was a popular title from the early days of Epyx Software in the Impossible Mission era. The proposed sequel came from the popularity of … Continue reading →
Yet another missing Synapse Software title in the archives, with thanks to Bertrand/Atari Frog for highlighting. The game was mentioned as an upcoming title in Protector 2’s scrolling text, but also listed in a Synapse Software price list from September … Continue reading →
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