Thanks to Ross Sillifant, Simon Butler sheds some light on a lost Arc Developments ST game: Ross: So, Simon, what could you tell us about various ARC Development titles on ST/AMIGA you were a key part of? Simon: Blimey I’d … Continue reading →
You may or may not be surprised to learn that Double Dragon on the C64 could have been very different – or at least a lot better than it was! We don’t know that for sure though – but we … Continue reading →
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A short entry for now on a title which was converted in a matter of a week by Richard Ikin for Future Concepts (who had released Ramparts). The game was handed over to Sean Lally afterwards and never seen again. … Continue reading →
Another early version of a title which saw release on the C64, this time an earlier edition of Strike Fleet. This originally was to be called Task Force 1990, but seemingly went under a bit of a cosmetic change and … Continue reading →
Black Hawk is an exciting looking helicopter simulator, where you have to pilot a high tech helicopter as part of a counter terrorist force, flying through a city – disarming bombs and saving people. The game itself surfaced via a … Continue reading →
Thanks to Obi-Wandi, we learn that there was potentially an earlier edition of Gauntlet on the C64, which featured “easily comprehensible speech synthesis”. This was according to Happy Computer magazine and in their review of the Amstrad edition of the … Continue reading →
I’m surprised that we hadn’t had an entry for this title a lot sooner, but there you go! Many may not know that New Zealand Story was originally being developed out of house by Choice Software, a Northern Ireland based … Continue reading →
A very short entry for a title believed to be by Jukka TapanimÁ¤ki. There is nothing playable, but found on some of Jukka’s disks was a short demo showing a selection menu to show different graphic segments. These seem to … Continue reading →
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