Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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A very quick open and closed case. Alpha Omega’s Orpheus game of the same name was actually intended to be released back in 1984 by Sterling Software, but it seems the company may have collapsed before it got out. However, … Continue reading
Also known as: AQuest
Now then, our next entry is a title which was never advertised in the press or mentioned. It was highlighted to us when Andrew Morris (Magnetic Fields graphic artist, who did graphics for Kikstart 2, Lotus 2 and many others) … Continue reading
Outpost was to be a new game from a new software house called Frontier Games. The game was briefly mentioned in a news item by ACE magazine for issue 16 in 1989. The preview shows a screenshot, which could very … Continue reading
An intriguing title next up, which we are as of yet unsure if it was intended as an official conversion pitch attempt or was something unofficial to demonstrate the credentials of Video Images. Two loading screen variants were created, but … Continue reading
Many of you will own Outrun Europa on the C64, but not this first version created back in 1988/89. This version was under the name of Outrun Europe and not Europa. It was also a rather different game. Outrun Europe … Continue reading
Another Firebird entry, and this time a rather interesting sequel which has come to light thanks to Richard Hewison. Ozzy Versus The Universe – Part II: Cobber was to be an awesome return for Ozzy (Most of you will know … Continue reading
Paddle Mania was an arcade tennis game which was mentioned as being a title for conversion in Commodore User, September 1988 by French software company FIL. UK representatives of FIL were The Sales Curve – but although Silkworm and Ninja … Continue reading
Although Pang actually did make it out on the C64, it wasn’t just Arc Developments who had a crack at producing the C64 conversion. Programmer of the C64 version of Speedball 2 and Turtles, Carl Muller tried to get the … Continue reading
First Star are famous for some fantastic C64 games, such as the Spy vs. Spy and Boulderdash series and many more. Along with these fantastic titles there seems to be a few which got away too. One such title that … Continue reading
A report on the ECTS (European Computer Trade Show) of 1989 was featured by Computer Action magazine in their July/August 1989 issue, with discussion of many forthcoming games. Inevitably, at least one of these did not come to fruition. Panic … Continue reading
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