Games That Weren't 64^®

In Commodore User April 1988, a news item was printed which tells us that Robtek (Who did various bits of hardware in the day) had an arrangement with an American organisation called Key-punch, where they would get 3 film licences … Continue reading →

The Tripods was to be a graphic adventure game based on the John Christopher novels / BBC TV adaption, featuring creatures which look like something out of War of the Worlds. The adverts mentioned that the game would promise something … Continue reading →

The War Of The Dragon was to be an Hungarian developed game back in 1989, which was based on a book written by Miklós Tihor and Zsolt Mazán. The book was published in 1989 by LSI and the guys wanted … Continue reading →

The War of the Worlds was produced by CRL in association with ORP, and judging from the advert it was slated for release on a slew of platforms, but only seems to have made it out for the ZX Spectrum. … Continue reading →

Now, this will be something people will maybe shed a tear for…. news that The Wild Bunch was indeed making its way onto the Commodore 64! Though not quite in the Firebird release form you may have expected, but through … Continue reading →

For a more detailed analysis of Triffid Software Research and the Runemagic Adventure Series, read the entry for The Secret River. A quick summary is that a series of eight adventures were planned, the first two of which, The Secret … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. The Wooden Box was a text adventure game due for release in 1986 by Anthony Collins, and was to be … Continue reading →

Listed in ACE magazine as a Firebird re-release from Ariolasoft, we never actually even saw the original game either. So was it that Think! only got a Spectrum release, and ACE got the C64 format listing as incorrect? Not sure … Continue reading →