Games That Weren't^®

Controlling your little Pitfall Harry style character, in this early preview you can go between a series of simple PETSCII rooms and shoot a little laser gun. That is pretty much it for this simple preview, and we wonder how … Continue reading →

Princess of Dark is a relatively early graphic text adventure that was being worked on around 1993, but seems to have been abandoned fairly early on. It isn’t really playable, though you can enter a few lines to get some … Continue reading →

A strange release this one, where there are two releases of the title – another is named as Game 2, which just seems to be a corrupted version of this game. There isn’t much to it, apart from controlling your … Continue reading →

Another more recent C64 title which may have been abandoned after an initial preview release. The Fallen is quite a neat defence game where you control an archer who must pick off an advancing army of knights. It is simple, … Continue reading →

When we couldn’t get Super Mario Bros on the C64, we instead had Great Giana Sisters or Terry’s Big Adventure, and they were lovely attempts at getting something similar. Of course, now we actually have a proper conversion of SMB … Continue reading →

Not too much to say about our next title which was being developed back in 2010. Avoiditic was a very simple title where you must control a pumpkin and avoid the other pumpkins on the screen. At this stage there … Continue reading →

Another Kingdom is a nice single character based RPG title that was being developed back in 2010. Although seeming to come on well and shaping up nicely, it seems to have been abandoned with no further work completed on the … Continue reading →

Yloa’s Complex is a nice Lady Tut clone which was being done by Marcus Oliver Wagner back in 1987. Marcus did a number of C64 games that never saw commercial release, and very kindly released them into the wild on … Continue reading →

This title seems to have been around for a while, but its the first time i’ve seen it. A fairly early sideways scrolling shooter, with some basic attack waves and interaction to keep you busy briefly.  It seems that you … Continue reading →