As well as converting the phenominal Lemmings for the C64, Alter Developments had plenty of other projects which they wanted to bring to the C64. The promise after Lemmings was so much, but we saw so little in the end… … Continue reading →
A wonderful looking platform game, which looks very much like a 16-bit console game. Probably in the same league as Mayhem, with a touch of the style used in Yoshi’s Island. It was originally developed to prove that hi-res graphics … Continue reading →
The title pretty much says it…. You guide a ball around in a large cave, and thats about it. Well, that isn’t just it.. but it is where this preview goes. A game which was being produced for Commodore Fever, … Continue reading →
Yet another game from the Italian gaming team of Idea. This was briefly mentioned in the UK in Commodore Format, and was simply described as a comic licence in the style of ‘Lupo Alberto’ (But it seems it was more … Continue reading →
A game which you will never have heard of from XLCUS, abandoned at quite an early stage. "Cars" was a working title for a game being developed by Paul Kubiszyn under his XLCUS label, which involved two cars racing against … Continue reading →
Many of you will remember Paul’s great work for the Commodore Format powerpacks towards the end of its life. Capture was one of many great little puzzlers which Paul created, and one of his best too. Sadly the game lacked … Continue reading →
Captain Courageous was an action game in the style of an Indiana Jones game, which was commissioned to Arcanum Developments to be completed. This team consisted of Mark Kelly, his brother, Robert McGowan, Barry Leitch and Alan Mac. It was … Continue reading →
A game which probably many wouldn’t have chosen to licence, but Big Apple software did back in 1989 as they tried to make their mark on the computer game market. Jason Kendal (Who also did Proton for Big Apple) and … Continue reading →
A very much long awaited game which many a C64 fan can remember. 1991 saw the introduction of a new C64 game based on the famous German POW prison, “Colditz”. It was based on the popular board game from the … Continue reading →
A oriental game this time by Ariolasoft, we think mainly for their budget label Reaktor. This game name has been ringing around for a while now, though not to be confused with the Graftgold game called Bushido. Things were a … Continue reading →
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