Cosmic Shock Absorber was a game that was heavily advertised in all the major magazines of the time (Thanks to LeeT for the supplied scan!), and for years C64 users waited for it to arrive, but it never did. However, … Continue reading →
A game that was due for release sometime in 1986, but has only just been released thanks to the efforts of the author, and English translation by Laxity. It is a neat game where you control a tiny main character … Continue reading →
We all know about the famous Dan Dare game by Virgin on the C64 with its excellent Comic Book style gameplay. Even now the game is quite brilliant and hasn’t aged badly at all. In speaking with Andy Wilson recently, … Continue reading →
Yes, of course… Dandy was actually released by Electric Dreams, but did you know that in fact the original developer was not to be Nick Pelling, but the Ram Jam Corporation? This updated version of the classic Dandy game on … Continue reading →
Danse Macabre is a french game that was rumoured to have been released back in 1986 by Funlight Software. There is a wiki article talking about the game, and rumours that someone from a French Atari forum saw the game … Continue reading →
Many of you will remember the rather bizarre game by the title of "Deus Ex Machina", created by Mel Croucher and coded on the C64 by Colin Jones. This was a game of life, and wasn’t like anything really seen … Continue reading →
A very big thanks to Mauricio Muñoz Lucero for highlighting this one for us. Dartz is a game which has been highlighted thanks to the author of Warhawk digging out his unreleased software whilst he develops the new Warhawk game … Continue reading →
A quick entry for a title which was to be an Electronic Novel for Broderbund and Synapse. Where most of the planned titles were released and coded by Joe Viera (http://www.gamebase64.com/search.php?a=5&f=1&id=1963&d=18&h=0), the rest of them for some reason never quite … Continue reading →
Yet another licensed game which never made it, but a more low key company had this title. The game was previewed in an issue of Commodore User magazine in 1986. All that is known about this game is that in … Continue reading →
Along with Sword of Samurai, Devils of the Deep was to be yet another Fighting Fantasy game on the C64 from US Gold according to http://pdd.if-legends.org/ldp/bdp.html. This game in particular was to be set in Atlantis and we presume would … Continue reading →
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