Games That Weren't 64^®

A rather ambitious title which comes in the form of a 3D Vector game by Global Software, with an article from Computer and Video Games bringing this to light as a production. Spectrum and Amstrad versions were the main ones … Continue reading →

This was to be a baseball game written by Garry Kitchen for Activision, and was getting quite far and looking good according to Garry. The game itself had a new playing perspective; over the pitcher’s sholder looking in at the … Continue reading →

Beatle Quest is one of those titles which attracts a lot of attention due to its Beatles links, but also the price that the game regularly seems to attract on Ebay. Thanks to Asphodel, we learn from the adverts for … Continue reading →

A quick entry to cover part of a series of games which DK’Tronics were looking to release in late 1984, early 1985. A news item in the December 1984 edition of Personal Computer Games suggested that following on from a … Continue reading →

Bio Defence was to be a game based inside the human body and fighting off diseases. It was being produced by Tymac back in 1985 and was found out about via Home Computing Weekly magazine (26th Feb 1985) when Tymac … Continue reading →

Disney have been in and out of the software business, either running a dedicated software label themselves or licensing out its famous characters to other companies to produce games based on them. Back in the mid 1980s there was a … Continue reading →

Due for release in May 1985, Blue Sun was believed to have been a graphical adventure from Zinta Micro-Systems in 1985. Sadly, although advertised in the US – it seems the game was never released. Quite possibly it was due … Continue reading →

This game was announced in an issue of Home Computer Weekly back in 1985 and was to be sponsored by Sir Bobby Charlton. It was promised that the game was to be very accurate and also featured input from Sir … Continue reading →