Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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Also known as: Commando 2
A very short entry for a game that eventually saw release, but actually was meant to be a fully licensed game. If you ever played Novogen’s Battle Island, then you may have noticed that the sprites look rather much like … Continue reading
Corporate Raider was announced as a title coming soon for the Commodore 64 back in 1988 in Power Play magazine. Mobygames describes the game as follows, based from its eventual DOS release: “The object of the game is to make … Continue reading
A short entry for a title which we somehow missed over the years, but was flagged up to us by Ross Sillifant. This was an arcade style game which was due on the Spectrum/C64 and ST in June 1988, being … Continue reading
Covert Action was a new Sid Meier game from back in the early days and following the success of Microprose’s earlier Pirates game. The game was announced as a title coming soon for the Commodore 64 back in 1988 in … Continue reading
A neat old school pacman clone, with disks replacing the ghosts and two Terminal City style men replacing pacman. The game is two player, and features some great music from Hunters Moon by Matt Gray. The graphics are nothing to … Continue reading
After completing work on the unreleased ATG and doing work for BMX Kidz, Paul Docherty was assigned to another Telecomsoft based title, this time a cheeky Super Mario Bros clone called Crucial Bros which was to be released by Silverbird … Continue reading
Yet another Hewson based GTW enters the archives, this time with a C64 conversion of the Amiga game by Chris Hinsley. The game was a platform shooter that was reviewed by Zzap!64, but didn’t score particularly well – getting 45% … Continue reading
“The Rebellion’s Over! Your Mission: Terminate the Rebels of Hollerith. Your Role: You are the latest in Cyborg Technology. You are… a Cyber Cop & The Rebels are Ready for You.” That is the starting description of Cyber Cop, a … Continue reading
Whilst playing our next entry (which has been out there for a while it seems), something seemed very familiar. The game has quite a Spore-like feel to it, but the main ship looked just like the one from Mutant Zone … Continue reading
Not much to say about our next game, as it is at a very early stage. Cyclone Blower is a standard single screen shooter with various attack waves, but doesn’t seem to be playable at this early stage – even … Continue reading
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