Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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This is a title that seems to be missing at present and we believe was due for release by Novotrade. The same team that did titles such as Impossible Mission 2 and Express Raider on the C64. Now the last … Continue reading
Although we have been adding games to the archive for many years, we still continue to see various surprises and unknowns unearthed as time goes on. There i’m sure will be many more to come still. In late August of … Continue reading
Back in 1988, Robin Harbron and his friend Darren Foulds were working on a wresting game, heavily inspired by The Exciting Hour/Mat Mania by Technos. They had a bit of fun and added some famous characters in the background and … Continue reading
A short entry for a potentially different version of The Flintstones by Grandslam in 1987. This was flagged up by GTW team member, Ross Sillifant from Popular Computing Weekly magazine. During the storyboard stages, it was suggested that the personality … Continue reading
This was a SEUCK game released commercially by Compass Software and reviewed by Commodore User in September 1988 in their Cheapo Round up section. The game was panned for being dull, and containing styltifying gameplay. Overall it got 1/10. Compass … Continue reading
Part of a series of Power House titles which never quite saw the light of day, or at least are not picked up in Gamebase 64. Did this game ever get a release? Certainly this title although mentioned in Zzap … Continue reading
This was a SEUCK game released commercially by Compass Software and reviewed by Commodore User in June 1988 in their Cheapo Round up section. According to the review, the game acked in gameplay and suffered from too many bullets. The … Continue reading
A short entry for a title which has very likely been released, but has yet to be preserved. Can you help us find it? Flagged up by contributor Lenny Bronstein, the game was reviewed in Ahoy magazine, complete with screenshots. … Continue reading
In Commodore User April 1988, a news item was printed which tells us that Robtek (Who did various bits of hardware in the day) had an arrangement with an American organisation called Key-punch, where they would get 3 film licences … Continue reading
Also known as: Beyond The Ice Palace
Some of you may have wondered in the past if Beyond The Ice Palace was meant to have been a Thundercats game. Certainly the main character looks the part, albeit with blond hair – so it was fairly plausable. Well … Continue reading
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