Way back in Commodore User issue 25 (October 1985) is how far we’re travelling for our next entry in the Games That Weren’t database. This time with a board game related title in the shape of Bryan Robson’s Super League, … Continue reading →
Hands up who remembers that old Software Project’s game "Crazy Balloon" ?… You know, the one based on that ancient old arcade machine with monocrome char graphics, where you guided the baloon around the maze to the exit. Well, taking … Continue reading →
Mentioned on the title of Scorpion 2 for CDU, Bubble Blaster was only ever briefly known about just through this game. Leslie Wigmore was not much of a well known character on the C64, but produced two decent games for … Continue reading →
Bubbles was a 2D, 4 directional scrolling shoot-em-up. Not really a metalic and violent shooter, but one made as a children’s shoot ’em up. This game was bought up by Jared Derret who has kindly shed light on a number … Continue reading →
Our next game is slightly obscure, and was briefly advertised by US magazines in 1983. Thanks to Peter Weighill for the heads up. The game was called Bubbles, and has you controlling Clarence the Clam, who must avoid and destroy … Continue reading →
It’s not always unreleased games covered in the GTW64 archives, as occasionally we see the odd unearthed early preview or development version of an actual released game with some interesting differences or features. Today we have an earlier build of … Continue reading →
A quick entry for a title by Uruguayan development group Iron Byte, called Buggy Ranger. The game was released by Dinamic on the likes of the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and MSX and was a sort of ATV clone with very … Continue reading →
A title which many of you may not have heard of, considering publicity on the game was pretty much never done for the C64 for this game. Bugs Bunny is as special as Daffy Duck, as they are both from … Continue reading →
A short entry for an early title that was created by Ocean’s Tony Pomfret and had wowed David Collier enough to get Tony a job at Ocean Software. The game was influenced by Choplifter, and featured a lot of raster … Continue reading →
A oriental game this time by Ariolasoft, we think mainly for their budget label Reaktor. This game name has been ringing around for a while now, though not to be confused with the Graftgold game called Bushido. Things were a … Continue reading →
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