Games That Weren't^®

A short entry for a title which may have been started on the C64. Space Max was a space based strategy game which was released on the PC and Amiga platforms, but at the end of PC Joker magazine, there … Continue reading →

An interesting title which could well be crossed off the list very early as a hoax, but should be reported anyway due to its mention in Issue 19 of Commodore Format. Space Monkeys was potentially Commodore Format’s duff April Fools … Continue reading →

Boom Software had a number of titles advertised in 1984 for the Commodore 64, including this game. We know very little about this particular title apart from getting a very generic description from the advert itself. Compared to the other … Continue reading →

A very short entry for now for a game that was one of many that never quite made it from Crystal Software back in the later end of the 90’s. Space Rogue seemed to share a lot in common with … Continue reading →

Released on the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, Spaced Out was a puzzle game that was produced by Steve Cain and John Gibson back in 1987 for Firebird Software. The game had a mixed reception, but was a good solid … Continue reading →

Advertised in BigK magazine, Spacestation Alpha was sadly another title which was never to see the light. The C64 version was stated as coming soon. The game was described as follows on the advert: "A graphical space battle – The … Continue reading →

A short entry for a potential sequel that has been flagged up to us by Jazzcat. This sequel to the classic Firebird budget title was mentioned in a preview release, where artist Per Madsen says to “Look out for Special … Continue reading →

Another game which was said to be released from Kele Line in 1987 (Mentioned in Soft magazine). It is another title from Kele Line which we know little about, but we can guess what happened to it anyway. Maybe it … Continue reading →

More from Mastertronic, this time from Binary Design who did a number of titles for the budget label. Speedboat Assassin was being worked on by Paul Gill and Haydn Dalton. Hayden was doing the graphics, with Paul Gill on the … Continue reading →

There is a Sphinx game in gamebase but I’m not sure if it’s the same one. I think this one might be a different one.”‹ “‹”‹ Not to be confused by the game of the same name by ALA Software, … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title which was written by a young Tim Wright whilst he was at school. The game was called Spider Chase, and it was a Scramble clone which was sold only to kids in his playground. … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title that was being created by the developers of Jack Attack – Kevin Kieller and John Traynor. This was a title for Commodore – a multi-level treasure hunting type of game, where the aim was … Continue reading →

A short entry for a Commodore MAX title that was proposed, but never finished and released. Spiders From Mars was eventually released on the Commodore VIC 20 and was a sort of Defender style game. Spiders Of Mars for Max … Continue reading →

Spikey and The Search For Rip was a Graphic Adventure Creator based game which was quite good according to Jon Wells. It was submitted to Visualize back in 1994 and placed on their “Coming soon” list, listed as due for … Continue reading →

Thanks to @andynick42 on Twitter for flagging up this title that was advertised in the US and was due to be released by Interstel, who have a number of titles already preserved in Gamebase64. Spin Out was to be an … Continue reading →