Games That Weren't 64

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 →

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 →

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 →

This unfinished Sanxion clone was being created by Chris Fitzsimons, Chris Gair and Andie Woodland in the summer of 1987, but unfortunately unfinished was how it was left and stated in this preview. A typical old-school sideways SEU in the … Continue reading →

In the early 80’s, the Dutch games scene for the C64 was blessed by the coding talents of a guy called John Vanderaart – who was pretty prolific! Outside of Holland, sadly we didn’t get to see many titles – … Continue reading →

Yet another game which was found on the disks of Ash and Dave. This is a very early demonstration of a side-on scrolling game with an interesting split screen view. At first we knew nothing about it, then Steven Day … Continue reading →