It is thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni and BloodyCactus for bringing this game to our attention, and which may have been floating around for quite some time under our noses. The Mermaid and the Crown was a graphical text adventure produced … Continue reading →
This was a SEUCK game released commercially by Compass Software and reviewed by Commodore User in June 1988 in their Cheapo Round up section. According to the review, the game acked in gameplay and suffered from too many bullets. The … Continue reading →
More Activision for GTW, and this time a graphic adventure game called "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", based on the Science-Fiction novel from Robert A. Heinlein ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress ). All we know is that Charles H Weidman is linked … Continue reading →
The Mystery of Arkham Manor was one of your more interactive text adventures, using a system commonly seen in the Lucasfilm games Maniac Mansion. Selecting text from some preset words to construct various commands and phrases. The game got a … Continue reading →
A very quick entry, and probably not one to take too seriously! This was mentioned by a chap called Duncan Lyons from Stockport back in Issue 20 of Commodore Format. He wrote in to the letters pages saying that he … Continue reading →
A shoot-em-up game which got a release on the Amiga was also due for the C64 too, but seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth since its magazine advert. The Amiga game wasn’t too bad, but not … Continue reading →
A quick entry for a title that was spotted by Martin/Stadium64. This is a football quiz game based on the Merseyside blues football club. www.mobygames.com/game/official-everton-fc-intelligensia Versions were released for the Amiga and ST, but the C64 version is very much … Continue reading →
Not playable this one i’m afraid.. "The Old World" is simply one to look at… with a series of screenshots which show different time periods and items to do with that time period. It’s not very clear how the game … Continue reading →
Although Epyx have been linked to this game from 1987, The Omnicron Conspiracy was eventually released by Imageworks in 1990. The game was a point-and-click based adventure game which looks like it would have been doable for sure on the … Continue reading →
Also known as: The Pinz and their untouchable world
The Pinz is a cool Othello game with some neat graphics and music, being produced by Lost Generation back in 1995 time. Overall the game was looking very promising indeed, and was likely to be part of a last wave … Continue reading →
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