What do we have here you ask?… Well, a little while before Ocean Software grabbed the rights to Arkanoid, Firebird were looking to publish the game. Developer for Lynnsoft, Jake Simpson had spent some time producing a conversion of Arkanoid, … Continue reading →
Back on our screens in 1988, we were graced by one of the greatest SEU’s of all time. Armalyte was released with an almighty impact, shaping the way all sideways SEU’s should be on the C64. With the first game’s … Continue reading →
Cyberdyne Systems burst onto the scene with their amazing debut game “Armalyte”. This horizontally scrolling shoot’em up was one of the finest on the Commodore 64, combining fantastic graphics with some very tough gameplay. As Games That Weren’t already shows, … Continue reading →
A game flagged up thanks to Marco Das, and advertised in the inlay of another Players Software game (See gallery) Without any information known at all about the game, including from any other platforms – we assume that its a … Continue reading →
A neat early run and jump game, which oddly reminds me of William Wobbler. This may have been released in Italy in some shape or form, but most sources suggest that it wasn’t officially released. It seems to be complete … Continue reading →
To follow Arsenal winning the English Premier league, Thalamus gained the rights to produce a game based on the big club. The guy behind the game was none other than creator of past Thalamus hits, Summer Camp and Winter Camp, … Continue reading →
A really wonderful game produced by Timsoft, whom are well renound for their impressive C64 games in the late 90’s. The game is a polished single screen platformer, where you control a little blob with a hi-res overlay, collecting all … Continue reading →
A short entry for a Hungarian text adventure that has been saved by Csaba Virag, and one which doesn’t seem to be yet preserved. We’re not sure what the intention was for the game, if it was commercial or just … Continue reading →
Arwag was to be an Ultima based game written by Ruben Spaans (aka Scroll/Megastyle) which was shaping up to be pretty good. Ruben explains more about the game: "A role-playing game similar to the older Ultima games. It was in … Continue reading →
A rather obscure title to add into the vaults, and one which was discovered kinda by accident by GTW. Pete Wright is unknown really to the C64 world, but a blog entry we have recently uncovered showed that Pete was … Continue reading →
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