Games That Weren't 64^®

A short entry for a Castle Software game that was advertised back in August 1983 in Compute! magazine (volume 5, issue 8). This has been highlighted thanks to Bertrand / Atari Frog. Killer Piller was already released, and can be … Continue reading →

Thanks to Marco Das, we learn that Brøderbund’s early single screen shooter title A.E was apparently due for release on the Commodore 64. Released on the likes of the Apple, Atari and Commodore Vic 20, a C64 version was referenced … Continue reading →

A short entry for a Thor Software game that was advertised back in August 1983 in Compute! magazine (volume 5, issue 8). This has been highlighted thanks to Bertrand / Atari Frog. The game was described as “The Alphabet for … Continue reading →

Text adventure from Kayde who went into administration at the 26th August 1983. Did Spectrum releases, tried to do C64 and Vic 20 ones, which never seemed to surface. The game in the advert (Two adverts were submitted by Peter … Continue reading →

A short entry for a collection of games that are currently missing. Advertised in Compute! July 1983, the four games were to be: Head On – A daring and dangerous death race Alien Invasion – 4 players. Creatures descend. Atomic … Continue reading →

ALA Software were an obscure company from the US who defined their games as “Games with Guts”. They were part of a mother company called ALA Enterprises (which was a record label). All software was written by General Masters Corporation. … Continue reading →

This rather bizzarely named game was first reviewed in Home Computer Weekly on the 29th November 1983 and was priced at £7.50. The game was a text adventure game, and seemed to be sold from home. The address given in … Continue reading →

Released on the Atari, Vic 20 and TI-99/4A, this wasn’t a clone of the arcade game of the same name, but was closer to Dig Dug in many ways. The game was additionally advertised for the Commodore 64, but has … Continue reading →

A very quick entry for another MMG Micro game that we know very little about. It is thanks to collector John Christian Lønningdal that we learn about the title. The game was released, and it seems offered up for auction … Continue reading →