Chess
Long before Chris Abbott was busy creating some of the biggest C64 music events in history with stars such as Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, David Whittaker and many many other big names – Chris was busy trying to … Continue reading
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Long before Chris Abbott was busy creating some of the biggest C64 music events in history with stars such as Ben Daglish, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, David Whittaker and many many other big names – Chris was busy trying to … Continue reading
1995 Black Legend Platform: PC, Amiga 1200 and CD32 Chess Through The Ages is an unreleased chess game for Commodore Amiga 1200 and CD32 (possibly even PC – see further on). First kicked off in development around 1993 and eventually … Continue reading
1984 JCE Platform: Commodore VIC-20 After the recent amazing recovery of Garden Wars on the Commodore 64, our attention now turns to the lost VIC-20 edition of Chess Wars by the same company JCE, which was found in the same … Continue reading
Mentioned in issue June 1986 of Commodore User, this was a game mentioned as coming soon along with 3 Days in Carpathia. It was described as a Mafia scenario featuring Rats Maldano and the Morona Brothers and would have been … Continue reading
Thanks to Vinny Mainolfi for highlighting details of this lost sequel which was being proposed by Shahid Ahmad back in 1986. Just before starting work on Pandora in 1986 for Firebird, Shahid and discussed the idea with his friend David … Continue reading
A recent article on Interceptor Software in Retro Gamer magazine (April 2013) states that there was another version of China Miner that should have been released. It was the very same game by Ian Gray, but also had the inclusion … Continue reading
1992 Millennium Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Our next entry is for an arcade action adventure game set in the East, where you must guide Chinto through a castle full of traps and evil guards to avenge his parents’ … Continue reading
A very small entry for now unfortunately, and a well overdue entry too! Back in 2000, GTW64 was in regular conversation with the late Martin Holland – who mentioned working on a game at MC Lothlorien called Choc-a-Bloc Charlie … … Continue reading
1994 Team 17 Platforms: Amiga 1200 and CD32 Our next entry is a slightly obscure fighting game that was due for release on the Amiga 1200 and CD32. The game was set to be published by Team 17. Oddly, the … Continue reading
1994 Origin Platforms: PC and 3DO Also known as: Chopper Assault In a winter CES feature in a 1994 issue of Power Play, a new game by Origin was reported as being in development. Chopper Attack was being developed by … Continue reading
One of a series of games from A.R.Software which sadly don’t seem to have seen the light of day for reasons we are yet to discover. One theory is of course the company went bust – but is that the … Continue reading
A very short entry for now regarding a game which was produced by a young Karl Hörnell when he was around 14. The game was Chopperman and was a clone of Chopper Command from the Atari VCS, done at a … Continue reading
Very little is known about our next entry, apart from a brief mention in a scheduled music list from Maniacs of Noise. Chops by BWB – with BWB being Boys Without Brains. It is unknown exactly what the game is … Continue reading
Another title from the obscure "Little Softie" software house back in 1983, and another which seems to have gone missing from time. The adverts in Personal Computer Gamer detail the game as follows: "A programme for the young child with … Continue reading
Many of you will remember the original Chuck Rock and its brilliant rock band title screen from the early 90’s. Although the game itself was nothing massively special, it revokes a lot of fun and happy memories for many of … Continue reading
1992 Core Design Platform: Atari ST I loved Chuck Rock on the Amiga, and even the C64 edition that was pretty impressive at the time. It comes when a sequel was created and released on a number of platforms including … Continue reading
1993 Fission Software Platform: Commodore Amiga Chuck’s World by Fission Software was an unreleased Amiga platform game that was based on various animations about a character named Chuck, created by Steve Packer and released in Public Domain. The main character … Continue reading
A short entry for a title that was briefly advertised in Commodore Format, and in particular issue 22 back in June/July 1992. There were no details apart from listing the game as available for £4.00 on tape, and £8.50 on … Continue reading
Not to be confused with the game of the same name by Firebird in 1984, Circus Circus was to be a new game from Martech in 1989 on the Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad platforms. The game would feature a series … Continue reading
A quick entry which has been highlighted by Paul Fogarty – a C64 conversion of the 1985 arcade game by Jaleco. Paul recalls seeing an advert in a magazine around 1987/88 time (Commodore User or Disk User), and apparently very … Continue reading
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