Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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This GTW title is an unfortunate title which never got released for all the wrong reasons. Simon Birrell was just finishing university at the time, and he completed a multiscreen Arkanoid clone called "Slideways". He sold it to Cascade, who … Continue reading
Smakeloos (translating as “Tasteless”) was to be a new game by John Vanderaart – following the theme of Endless, Hopeless and Radeloos. It was to be another graphic text adventure game where you were a lost backpacker in Texas – … Continue reading
This was one of the first games to be released by newly set up team, Arcanum developments. This team consisted of Mark Kelly, his brother, Robert McGowan, Barry Leitch and Alan Mac. The game was being done for Hewson, and … Continue reading
Yet another title found in 2004 by Triad, and another game by Dirk Conrad… this time a futuristic Archon style game with space ships. This is a complete and very nice strategy game which strangely has never been released as … Continue reading
Released on the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, Spaced Out was a puzzle game that was produced by Steve Cain and John Gibson back in 1987 for Firebird Software. The game had a mixed reception, but was a good solid … Continue reading
A short entry for a potential sequel that has been flagged up to us by Jazzcat. This sequel to the classic Firebird budget title was mentioned in a preview release, where artist Per Madsen says to “Look out for Special … Continue reading
Spectral Sneer is a neat early preview, where you can control either a Wizard or a Warrior in a sideways scrolling platformer, where you can go underground or above ground, fighting with various enemies. It’s fairly dinky, but pretty neat … Continue reading
Also known as: Speedfighter
Another game which was said to be released from Kele Line in 1987 (Mentioned in Soft magazine). It is another title from Kele Line which we know little about, but we can guess what happened to it anyway. Maybe it … Continue reading
Rather strange named game, short for Super Powered Urban Device, our next entry is a rather strange SEU where you control a helicopter seemingly in space. It’s very similiar in some ways to the bizzare Airwolf 2 game (Which was … Continue reading
There are two games with this odd name, and this one in particular is an earlier title which has you controlling a space ship that flies across a simple looking terrain. There isn’t much else at this stage with the … Continue reading
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