We’re not entirely sure if this actually got completed, but Accolade were still producing C64 games in 1990 (and even 1991), so its entirely feasible that Gunboat was being produced for the C64. The game got fair reviews and even … Continue reading →
A relatively unknown game which was being developed by Cyberdyne Systems in their early days as a simple game to make money while they produced larger titles. Half Life shares it’s name with the award winning 3rd person shooter of … Continue reading →
Another early version it seems existed of another Domark game, this time of the terrible Hard Drivin’ game conversion being worked on. Just how did the Spectrum receive a fantastic conversion, and we get this game? (The game was so … Continue reading →
As the C64GS was in full flow, companies started to put their support into the machine by listing various titles they planned to have ported for the cartridge format. Domark was one such publisher, and they were also planning an … Continue reading →
Our next title in the archives sounds like it should be some kind of jet fighter game, but in fact Harrier Strike was a space shooter which was being written by Duncan Kershaw shortly after Steel Eagle. Originally it was … Continue reading →
Whilst at Active Minds, Paul Clansey was asked to give a design for a new Heroquest game for Gremlin Graphics. It is likely that Active Minds collapsed before the game could be started, and therefore Gremlin got another team in … Continue reading →
A very quick entry for a title we know very little about. The first we heard about Industria 14 was via Martin Holland, who said that he did the game for we believe Software Creations back around 1990. It is … Continue reading →
A quick new entry for what Freddy Hardest 2 should have been originally, in the form of “Katia” by Iron Byte, a Uruguayan development team. The Freddy Hardest 2 game (known to many as Guardian Angel from Codemasters) originally featured … Continue reading →
During 1990 when Commodore was planning its launch of the ill fated C64GS console, a string of top developers signed up to support the console and the prospect of ridding of many a horrendous multiload by using the Cartridge format. … Continue reading →
This was a fairly popular title on the Commodore Amiga back in 1990, and unsurprisingly a C64 conversion was rumoured. The game was kind of a "Running Man" idea, with yourself controlling a ship in a platform/shoot-em-up affair. As with … Continue reading →
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