Our next game comes in the form of a German platformer, where you take control of a guy with a gun who jumps through various obstacles while blasting tank like enemies. This is really all there is to it, and … Continue reading →
Interesting title for this GTW… This is the beginnings of a RPG style game where you control multiple characters. This is a very early preview, and it only seems to be one single screen with some very limited character interaction. … Continue reading →
Battlestorm was a fair multiscrolling shooter in the style of Xenon and Time Pilot 84 and was released on the Amiga in the early 90’s. It seems that a C64 version was on the cards for Disk and Tape, which … Continue reading →
Another unreleased game which was a planned conversion by Storm for the C64. The game was mentioned from various sources, including Commodore Power, issue 1, page 9 – saying… "Mindscape have finally given the Battletoads (NES’s superheroes) a home. After … Continue reading →
A nice old preview, which very much reminds me of the classic "Shadow Of The Beast". Featuring some nice graphics, with parallax scrolling features, the game has the standard building blocks of a good game. The only problem seems to … Continue reading →
Yet another unfinished project from Rasmus, and this time a neat looking early preview. This was mean’t as an experiment with multilayer parallax scrolling, which turned into a promising looking game. There are two previews of the game, both quite … Continue reading →
Our next GTW entry is yet another arcade conversion that never was, this time in the shape of a SNK arcade conversion of a game called Beast Busters. The game was described by magazines such as YC (issue 73) as … Continue reading →
Right, just to start but the System 3 link isn’t quite true, and we think this was based on the developers who were enthusiastically trying to produce games on the C64 and may have used the name in the hope … Continue reading →
Beavers was another promising title which Grandslam were entrusted to publish on various systems. You had to control “Jethro the beaver” through 4 valleys, each with 4 levels. From the previews in the magazines, the game looked a very nice … Continue reading →
Bee 52 was to be one of Codemasters’ last ventures in the C64 market before moving fully onto the 16-bits. A cute little game where you control a bee who must fill up on honey, whilst avoiding various creatures. It … Continue reading →
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