Another 3D vector game in the style of Stella 7 and Mercenary, Arena was a rather ambitious project by the quiet company Lothlorien. Stated for release across most formats back in 1986, the game never made it at least onto … Continue reading →
A very quick entry for a game that we know little of so far. The game was briefly mentioned in conversation with Troy Miles who mentioned another game he was working on. All that was given was a cryptic description: … Continue reading →
From the creator of Quota, and friend of ex-Commodore Zone editor Jason Kelk, came "Argo", which was described as a cross between Quedex and Delta. The game was divided into two different sections, one in similiar vein to Quedex, and … Continue reading →
Not much was known about this game originally, apart from that it was by Realtime Software. This was for the Commodore 64 version only, and other 8-bit versions were to follow at a later date. There was never a review … Continue reading →
What do we have here you ask?… Well, a little while before Ocean Software grabbed the rights to Arkanoid, Firebird were looking to publish the game. Developer for Lynnsoft, Jake Simpson had spent some time producing a conversion of Arkanoid, … Continue reading →
Cyberdyne Systems burst onto the scene with their amazing debut game “Armalyte”. This horizontally scrolling shoot’em up was one of the finest on the Commodore 64, combining fantastic graphics with some very tough gameplay. As Games That Weren’t already shows, … Continue reading →
A neat early run and jump game, which oddly reminds me of William Wobbler. This may have been released in Italy in some shape or form, but most sources suggest that it wasn’t officially released. It seems to be complete … Continue reading →
A rather obscure title to add into the vaults, and one which was discovered kinda by accident by GTW. Pete Wright is unknown really to the C64 world, but a blog entry we have recently uncovered showed that Pete was … Continue reading →
Found on a bundle of disks ported from Cory Kin’s collection, we found what seems to have been a title to a game in development by Scoop Designs for Firebird Software back in 1987 and was downloaded from Compunet it … Continue reading →
A very short entry for what could just be a mistake in the press. Astaroth: Angel of Death was an average game released on the Amiga/ST in 1989 by Hewson software, which was a scrolling platformer game. Greek magazine “Pixel” … Continue reading →
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