Games That Weren't^®

Working title – this was compiled from some unknown source files labelled Cars. There is very little to see here apart from an expanded set of number sprites on the right hand side (indicating speed?) and a block sprite in … Continue reading →

Well, ok – we aren’t 100% certain that this title was to be a platformer, but the setup seems to suggest it would have been. With a 2 character high sprite, looking like something out of Wonderboy and some colourful … Continue reading →

Found as a default set of graphics within Cory Kin’s own level map designer tool. We are not sure if this was to be a maze game, a shoot-em-up or something else. It could be that this is nothing but … Continue reading →

Well, we believe this is a game which Cory was working on – but no idea exactly what it was. On many of Cory’s disks he was doing a lot of “Cute” research, compiling together a number of cute games … Continue reading →

Our next title is the beginnings of what seems to be a sideway scrolling shooter produced by Cory Kin. The title on the disk for the source file was called Navadon. There isn’t a huge amount to see just yet, … Continue reading →

Whilst sifting through Cory Kin’s disks, one of the (many) surprises was the finding of several demos which were produced by Carl Coffey, who many of you will recognize as the developer of the original Soldier of Light game for … Continue reading →

A pretty cool game which is based on the Jet Fighter game on the VCS Combat compilation. It even has a AI player that you can play against! This was found whilst sorting through Cory Kin’s personal disks, and we … Continue reading →

Our next entry is for a title we believe was called Earth Mover, due to its filename, but this could also have been a work in progress name. The game was found and recovered from Cory Kin’s personal disk collection. … Continue reading →