Games That Weren't 64^®

After Turrican 2 and before Turrican 3 by Protovision and Smash Designs, another Turrican clone was being formed with a different main character. "Scorpion" was hoping to take off from where Turrican 2 left off and continue the craze of … Continue reading →

A rather large version of the classic Snake game, spread over a large map. You control a snake which has to avoid contact with all walls and other snakes as long as possible. Graphically the game is very poor, featuring … Continue reading →

Sput is part of a glut of simple previews that got released, where to get a sprite and a bunch of sprites being thrown all over the place. This title seems to be the beginnings of a space shooter, with … Continue reading →

A promising sideways SEU, featuring some fair graphics and attackwaves. Originally I heard of Parade’s game from the pages of Commodore Scene magazine, but as time passed, so did any sight of this game. The game isn’t that bad, but … Continue reading →

Not seemingly based on the famous film series at all, this is a very simple multi-directional scrolling shooter that was being developed back in 1996. It does have a slight feel of “Empire Strikes Back” from the VCS about it, … Continue reading →

An odd entry this time, covering something which I was actually involved on :-) Tanx was to be an enhanced version of a game called Tanx written by David Ponting for Your 64 magazine as a type-in. The original game … Continue reading →

It’s hard to pick the best ever footy management sim on the C64… Many would pick those created by "The Cult", or die hard fans would say "Football Manager". Secret Lab Productions had a crack at producing their own top … Continue reading →

Trying to improve on their abysmal "Micro Machine" game, Patriot Games tried their luck with "Wabbit". Sadly, this just makes things worse. With a simple hi-res bunny which jumps across the screen (Though animating nicely), while you take aim and … Continue reading →