Very short entry for a currently unpreserved and missing Stack Light Rifle game which was written by Frank Barchard. An auction came up for the light gun in recent years and was spotted by Martin/Stadium 64. Most of the games … Continue reading →
Gremlin Graphics were very popular on the C64 in the 80’s, and another title on the way was a intrigingly named “Pentacle”. This game was in the style of Knight Lore, and was being developed by Richard Underhill (ex-Arc Developments) … Continue reading →
People from Sirius was to be an arcade adventure game released by U.S. Gold back in 1987, after Mauro Spagnolo submitted a title to John Holder of Leader Distribuzioni. The game would eventually see release via Your Sinclair magazine as … Continue reading →
A short entry for another Prisma educational title which was completed, but never released for some reason. The game did see release on the Amiga in 1991. All we know is that the developer was someone called “Simon”, and they … Continue reading →
A interesting puzzle game with some very interesting credits too. Created by Miles Barry, who has had an unfortunate record with his game releases, having worked on Fuzzball and Escape From Colditz as well as this little puzzler. Graphics were … Continue reading →
Pet Person was the original incarnation of Little Computer People, before it was brought by Activision as a concept, and re-designed/developed by David Crane into the game we all know and love. The original concept was fairly similar to the … Continue reading →
Another early game development from Cory Kin. This was a rescue job in itself, as the disks which Pet Rescue was stored on were heavily deterioating. We only just managed to salvage the source code from this abandoned game – … Continue reading →
According to Commodore Computing International in December 1988, Active Distribution LTD had made a marketing deal with French company Coktel Vision. The first game to be released was Jungle Book. Peter Pan was to be a future release and was … Continue reading →
Thanks to the section from Gamebase, a game which they are also searching for, i’m able to produce a strong review for this game. Most sections are borrowed from the Gamebase review, so therefore credits are given at the foot. … Continue reading →
Yet another scrolling shooter goes into the archives, and one from way back in 1990. Phantasm is a pretty neat looking shooter, which seems to have gone a long way before its cancellation. The preview consists of two levels in … Continue reading →
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