Games That Weren't 64

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 →

A short entry for now on a title which was converted in a matter of a week by Richard Ikin for Future Concepts (who had released Ramparts). The game was handed over to Sean Lally afterwards and never seen again. … Continue reading →

Thanks to Shaun for flagging up a title which was the competition winner for a Zzap compo to design your own game and win £500. This was ran in 1987, and Shaun was the lucky winner – where the game … Continue reading →

California Games 2 was the long awaited sequel which was supposidly available for mail order release in 1991 or 1992 by Tenex Computer Express. It is not certain if any copies leaked out to anyone in the public or not. … Continue reading →

A game which probably many wouldn’t have chosen to licence, but Big Apple software did back in 1989 as they tried to make their mark on the computer game market. Jason Kendal (Who also did Proton for Big Apple) and … Continue reading →

A short entry for a SSG title for the C64 that was advertised in its 1988-1989 catalog as coming soon. With thanks to Joseph Tsai for highlighting. The game was also due for release for the Apple II and IBM/Tandy … Continue reading →