Games That Weren't^®

A very early entry for a game we don’t even know the title for yet. This was a title mentioned by Geoff Phillips as being in development at Orpheus around 1986 time. It was farmed out to a set of … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title which was mentioned by Andrew Braybrook in an interview with FREEZE64. After finishing Intensity, Andrew started another game design – but it wasn’t really shaped into a game or anything. A title sequence was … Continue reading →

Ben Hayes was famous for his music produced at Sonic Grafitti, but also did a stint of game development – producing the C64 versions of Bubble Dizzy and Wrestling Superstars for Codemasters. He was also part of the Kick Off … Continue reading →

A short entry to cover a title that was being developed by Peter Ward, who was the coder behind the recovered Scooby Doo game, and also the as of yet unpreserved Typhoon Thompson. This other unreleased game has no name … Continue reading →

Yet another from the news vaults of disk mags and fanzines back in 1997. This currently unnamed game was a rumourmill title which was apparently being developed by RRR/Oxyron (graphics) and Baldhead/Alphaflight (code). The game details are very sketchy to … Continue reading →

EXON + SCHN were rumoured to have been working on a Creatures/Rick Dangerous clone which was according to reports almost complete. We only ever heard of the game in a brief news item and then that was it. There only … Continue reading →

Another unnamed game, and this time by Stephen Kellett. This game is best described by its author… “I also had an un-released 4 way scrolling space game with a huge landscape to fly over (using some nify storage techniques). I … Continue reading →

Yet another game with no name, this time a title from American group From The Ashes, which was apparently to be a new Project Firestart style of game. And that is all we currently know at present. Looking at CSDB, … Continue reading →

An interesting title mentioned to us by Paul Hughes as a title which was shown to Gary Liddon at Thalamus, before Paul actually got signed up by Ocean Software. This was to be a full screen scrolling Spindizzy clone with … Continue reading →

An early days entry for a title which was being written by Glyn Williams, who wrote Cholo and Starglider on the C64. This title was a currently unknown Helicopter game which was to be released by Island Logic (a short-lived … Continue reading →

A short entry which was highlighted thanks to FREEZE64 and a recent interview with Andrew Trott. In an interview within issue 59, Andrew Trott reveals that he created a version of Pac-Man for the Commodore PET, and then later converted … Continue reading →

A very small entry for now regarding a Pacman game that was in development as a home production by a Philip Asher from Bourne, Lincs. Philip had madea start on a pacman style game but hit a problem – so … Continue reading →

A very quick entry, but in an interview with Zach Townsend back in around 1997/98 time, Zach recalled producing a puzzle game in the space of a day which was very addictive. However, nothing was done with the game and … Continue reading →

Parallel Logic were to be one of the saviours of the C64 in the UK market, as many companies began to leave the C64 behind in favour of the consoles. Amoung their selection of releases was to be a very … Continue reading →

A very short entry for a title that was being written at Syntax Software by Randal Linden with someone else (as yet unnamed). We are not sure if it was a typical Star Trek game of that era (of which … Continue reading →

A short entry to cover a title which was being worked on by Jason Kelk (graphics) back around 1989 time. The game was to be a sort of Trailblazer like game (with a mixture of Space Harrier and Fire Eagle … Continue reading →

A very quick entry for now on a isometric + Elite style game which was due for release on the BBC micro back in 1988. It was being developed by Stephen Smith originally and was very ambitious, with a cool … Continue reading →