Games That Weren't^®

In-Zane is a neat little preview, which is in a very early stage, but already shows some promise. It is a kind of Sonic/Mario game, scrolling in one direction where you control a robotic guy on tracks. You can jump … Continue reading →

A strangely named game which was to be a graphical text adventure. The game was actually meant for Protovision, but Protovision were not interested, so the game was cancelled. Richard Bayliss was to pick up the game and do something, … Continue reading →

Many of us played the Indiana Jones 3 platformer game on the Commodore 64, but missed out on the SCUMM engine graphic adventure game that 16-bit users got to enjoy. Continue reading →

It almost brings a tear to my eye when thinking back to watching this great cartoon series as a young kid. So much so that when I found the game in a second-hand shop, I was quick to buy it. … Continue reading →

Found hiding on a bunch of old Compunet disks by Viktor Vargor came this interesting little preview of a Submarine game by none other than Mike (Kernal) Berry, who later went on to create Boing!, Reckless Rufus and the other … Continue reading →

Achim Volkers has been a savior for C64 fans in recent years, thanks to production of various superb games such as Vice Squad and Space Trip. Unfortunately, along the way there are always casualties with various ideas that do not … Continue reading →

A nice looking puzzle game, which i’m not quite sure what you have to do, as the game comes with no instructions. The game’s author has however given some hints about playing the game in his Creator Speaks page. On … Continue reading →

Another game in the same week released by Hermit Software, and just as with their Mortal Kombat 2 conversion, they stun again with Island of monsters. The game was started by Hungarian crew Hermit Software back in 1998, and unfortunately … Continue reading →

Game confirmed as finished and released … http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=7279&d=18&h=0 Case closed!

It Came From Hell was to be a sequel to the cool Bomber game that was given away with Commodore Format many moons ago. This was to feature the same kind of thing, but with vastly improved graphics. Shaun recently … Continue reading →

Another potential great from the Italian game giants Simulmondo, and a nice looking icon driven adventure game. Unfortunately, you can only look at was going to be, as the preview is only a rolling demo, featuring two shots of the … Continue reading →

Our next entry is for a title that seems to have been cracked long ago, but not within many of the online repositories (if at all). Jaceman seems to feature the main character from the game Alien that was released … Continue reading →

No matter if we are long past the commercial days of the C64, there are still plenty of new games being produced today to make up for it. Sadly the loss of titles is still prevalent, with Jagged Sword being … Continue reading →

Our next game comes in the form of the unfinished Jailbreak by Michael J L(Wanderer), a programmer for the C64 under groups such as Rampar and The Survivors. The idea as the name suggests was to break out of prison … Continue reading →

Unfortunately I cannot say too much about this game as its all in German, but it looks to me as a Spy game using text commands. Jasmyn is a female CIA spy, who has to probably solve some kind of … Continue reading →

A very old school type of game here, with a main jet which has to be guided through a series of caverns. This is similiar in a way to Killer Watt, though lacking a lot of what that game had … 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 →

Not entirely sure how we missed this, but it was tucked away in the demo archives as Pulse Preview. We discovered it by going through Cory Kin’s CNet disks and got a bit of a surprise to see a proper … Continue reading →