Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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Also known as: 19 Part 2 - Vietnam / 19 Part 2 - Combat Zone
Cascade were a little company, most famous for their “Ace” series on the C64 and other platforms, and infamous for their “Cassette 50” compilation for almost every machine that existed. In 1988, they gained the rights to a popular Paul … Continue reading
January 1989, and Compute Gazette published two Origin System game adverts, “Times Of Lore” and “2400 AD”. Times Of Lore made it, well known for its amazing Martin Galway music. Unfortunately, it was not to be for the other game. … Continue reading
A very small entry for what was an earlier edition of 3D Pool being written for Firebird, by none other than Paul Hughes. Nick Pelling had just completed the BBC Micro edition, and Paul was taken in by the amazing … Continue reading
A short entry which has been highlighted as a possibility thanks to Richard Bayliss. 3D Starfighter was an Oliver Twins game for Codemasters that was released on the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC platforms back in 1988. It’s always been … Continue reading
A very quick entry for a title which may well be vapourware, but was briefly mentioned in the news pages of Zzap Italia back in 1988. 7 Minutes To Midnight we believe was described by Zzap Italia as having a … Continue reading
A big thanks to Martin / Stadium 64 (http://s64.emuunlim.com/) for highlighting this interesting entry. 720 degrees was released in the UK by US Gold, and also in the USA by Mindscape a year later. Two completely different versions. However the … Continue reading
A very short entry to essentially store a record to what was an earlier edition of Netherworld. Originally named as Abyss Zone, this was to be a 300 screen game with surealistic graphics. Eventually the game morphed into Netherworld, but … Continue reading
Dungeons and Dragons was a gaming phenomena that started in the 1970s when historical gaming enthusiasts, Gary Gygax created his own rules to tabletop battlefield gaming and focused it on a small group of heroes sneaking into a castle. The … Continue reading
No doubt a working title, but Ah Type is pretty much as you would guess and is a clone of R-Type in very early stages. But even though it is early stages, what has been done so far is very … Continue reading
A very short entry unfortunately for a title which we should have added a long time ago. Aircat was a game to be developed by Canvas Software for an unknown publisher at the time. We believe it was some kind … Continue reading
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