Yes… another game which did eventually get a release, but did you know that Shinobi was originally being developed by another team at Binary Design? No?… Well sit down and i’ll guide you through…. Originally Haydn Dalton was assigned to … Continue reading →
Shockwave was first mentioned in The Games Machine with the following bit of blurb… “While Xecutor does it for dual destruction on the Spectrum, Shockwave is a two player shoot ’em up on for the Commodore 64 complete with a … Continue reading →
Shogoth was to be the first big title from a garage studio in Milano, Italy operated by soon-to-be game journalists Fabio Rossi (editor of the Italian editions of Zzap!, The Games Machine and CVG, among others) and Stefano Giorgi (reviewer … Continue reading →
“Shoot” is best described as a neat Uridium/Sanxion clone, with some fast action blasting over blue bas-relief graphics (Very 80’s style, and unlike a 1994 game). Most of the titles and game seems to be present in this preview, and … Continue reading →
So was this game really to be released by Hi-Tec Software back in 1992? We don’t believe so, though the development team of this game we believe had submitted (or intended to) the game to the UK software company. The … Continue reading →
A short entry for a title that was briefly advertised in Commodore Format, and in particular issue 22 back in June/July 1992. There were no details apart from listing the game as available for £4.00 on tape, and £8.50 on … Continue reading →
Shove involves the player guiding a ball through various levels of mazes to the exit, while avoiding other enemies and obstacles. Quite a simple concept which works well, and offers a few hours of fun. Not the best game around, … Continue reading →
Yet another Beyond Belief game which was planned and mentioned in the interview with Jim Scott. Information on Shove Off was a bit scarce, as all we knew was that this game was to be a 100 level puzzle game … Continue reading →
Another obscure one, this time by a company called SSoft (Never heard of them!). This one was reviewed in Home Computer Weekly, and was an adventure put on sale to raise money for cat leukemia. We originally thought that the … Continue reading →
An interesting title for our next entry, which was part of what seemed to be a popular time for horse themed games that appeared in the early to mid 1980’s. Show Jumping was advertised by Alligata Software in 1986, but … Continue reading →
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