Games That Weren't 64^®

This is a series of games which were being released by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd back in 1984 time. Occasionally the games surface on Ebay, and a selection of the games can be found on Gamebase. But sadly these are still … Continue reading →

Could this have been Rob Hubbard’s final C64 swansong?… or is this just vapourware?… A few questions for our next entry, which is based on a popular basketball rivalry. This game was first released on the PC, and then later … Continue reading →

Lazer Cycle was a tron clone that was written for the BBC Micro by System 3. For years it has been suggested that C64 version was in production.   It was confirmed however in 2015 by Jazzcat and Mark Cale … Continue reading →

We don’t know much about this game, but apparently a C64 version was being done anyway. The Amiga version is in fact missing also, so was it a case of the company going bust? A little more is learnt about … Continue reading →

A quick entry for a graphical text adventure that was due out by Rihannon Software, where they were intending to put out an entire series of games with different themes by creators Elisabeth Stott and Lucy Ewell. Two titles which … Continue reading →

A short entry for now of what we believe may have been a working title (or not quite remembered correctly by Peter Kaminski). Whilst talking about Pyramid of Time, Peter recalled a title that Russell Lieblich was working on around … Continue reading →

A small entry thanks to Peter Weighill, who highlighted this advert (see gallery) in Your Computer Nov 1984 on page 215 & Dec 1984 on page 58 for Learning and Training Systems. In the advert, they have 3 educational games … Continue reading →

A book and adventure combo which originally got a release on the Spectrum platform and can be found in the WOS archives at http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006571 The game is a simple text adventure that was fairly well recived on the Spectrum, but … Continue reading →