Also known as: Pixie and Dixie - Featuring Mr. Jinks
A short entry for a title that may or may not have had a C64 release under way. Pixie and Dixie was based on the Hanna Barbera cartoon and was to be a late 8-bit release it seems. The game … Continue reading →
A very early preview of a sideways shoot-em-up, with no enemies or anything much to look at, apart from some backgrounds which scroll past. The backgrounds are corrupted, with the wrong colours set up, so not really convincing many that … Continue reading →
A nice looking sideways shooter, in it’s early stages but showing some promise. A few attack waves, and a repetitive map is all that this preview really consists of, indicating what was going to be, and giving rise to some … Continue reading →
Manic Miner spawned many a clone back in its day, but eventually it began to dry up, until remakes on the PC began to have their day. Ste Pattullo however felt there was still room for another Manic Miner clone, … Continue reading →
Also known as: Prof Plays a New Game and Prof Makes Sentences
Yet another educational set of titles which are at large it seems, and highlighted thanks to Sean O’Neill. Ironically, it is within a Zzap educational article back in 1992 alongside the Fun School series where our next set of titles … Continue reading →
This game was released on the Amiga in 1990 and was reviewed in Zzap May 1990. The game was essentially a managerial version of Kick Off, with the Kick Off engine used for the arcade game. At the end of … Continue reading →
Our next title reminds me of the classic Frosty the Snowman that was released several times by Your Commodore at its various incarnations. The game has a split screen view where you must travel the furthest distance in the quickest … Continue reading →
A tragic tale for this title, where Plotting was in fact fully completed and even reviewed by the top C64 magazines at the time. The game was planned for Cartridge release, to allow for instantaneous action and plenty of graphical … Continue reading →
A colourful single screen platform adventure game comes in the form of a oddly named game ‘Pluff’… Named after the blobby main character who has to go around various rooms collecting various objects, in classic JSW style action. The game … Continue reading →
Very quick entry, but mentioned in a 1997 edition of Commodore Scene was a new Poker game being worked on by Ewen Gillies. At present there is a Solitare game in GB64, but not a Poker game. Does this one … Continue reading →
DISCLAIMER: We are a non-profit digitisation project, aiming to digitally preserve software and history which would otherwise be lost for good. If for any reason there is anything that you do not wish to be on the website, please contact us for removal.
Games That Weren't® is the registered trademark of Frank Gasking.