Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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Yet another game in development for the C64 by Martech, and late into its C64 life. This was a rather special Spectrum game which sadly didn’t recieve the recognition it deserved (although it was flagged up in Retro Gamer magazine … Continue reading
Another brief one which was mentioned in The Games Machine’s news section. This was a budget title coming soon, but we know little more than that. Thanks to contributor Pablo Freire, we learn that a young developer from Spain called … Continue reading
John Phillips is linked to Roadstar XRi, and Your Sinclair detailed the game as follows: “Due in late August, it’s described as a racing shoot-em-up puzzle game (well of course), in which you fizz around 3-D tracks on an air … Continue reading
Rob’n Run was one of two games that was to be released by a Danish company called “Future Games Development” in the Autumn of 1988. Sadly it was never to be, but thanks to a search by contributor Mads, we … Continue reading
Following successful conversions of Defender Of The Crown and Rocket Ranger, Cinemaware were also due to release a conversion of S.D.I game for the C64. The game was advertised in some of the popular computer magazines of the time, and … Continue reading
Sabian Island seems to be yet another game that was advertised to buy through mail order from a software company, without actually having ever being released. I don’t know how many games were ‘released’ as such in the 1980s but … Continue reading
A short entry for what possibly might be an earlier edition of Samuari Warrior that exists with a much larger and open world experience. It is suggested from a snippet on the game that it may have had a lot … Continue reading
Sarge was to be a Capcom arcade conversion released on the C64 back in 1988. Although advertised as on sale – the game never got to make it on the C64 for reasons unknown. The PC version did however surface. … Continue reading
Andrew Challis is somewhat a bit of a C64 legend, being the coder of two particular games I grew up with and enjoyed a lot (Into The Eagle’s Nest and Trollie Wallie) and also produced some cool loader systems for … Continue reading
A short entry which has been highlighted thanks to Brian Bagnall, which depicts a game which eventually would turn into Lord of the Rings, another game that never saw the light of day (on the C64 at least!) Towards the … Continue reading
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