Back in the days before SEGA’s trusty blue mascot appeared on the scene, the company would licence its various games to the likes of Activision, and U.S. Gold – resulting in conversions of Afterburner, Outrun and many more for home computers of the time. Continue reading →
2021 System 3 Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 International Karate and IK+ are two titles which helped to really put System 3 on the map, along with of course the Last Ninja series. Archer Maclean did a superb job … Continue reading →
Just a short post to add a slightly earlier prototype of Ariolasoft’s Bug Blitz which has been recovered thanks to Csaba Virag and Janos Szeitz (who digitized the turbo tape where it was found).
Our next entry might be a case of misinterpreted title, but we’ll include it within the archives for the time being. Thanks to Vinny Mainolfi, we learn that there was apparently to be a Cuthbert in the Tubes game released … Continue reading →
1989 Activision / Abstract Concepts Platforms: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 (see linked page) Our next entry is for a title from the creators of Mindfighter by Activision, developed by Abstract Concepts and mentioned within the manual. We assume therefore that … Continue reading →
Our next entry is for a title from the creators of Mindfighter by Activision, developed by Abstract Concepts and mentioned within the manual. We assume therefore that Activision were set to release the game around 1989 time. Little is known … Continue reading →
A very short placeholder entry for yet another missing 1987 American Action title – Blood’n Guts 2 Mentioned in Svenska Hemdator Nytt No.4/1987, it is suggested that the game would be released soon by the company on the Commodore 64 … Continue reading →
A very short placeholder entry for yet another missing 1987 Computer Novels title – The Count of Monte Cristo. Mentioned in Svenska Hemdator Nytt No.4/1987, it is suggested that the game would be released soon by the company on the … Continue reading →
1983 Spectrum Games Platform: Commodore Vic 20 Monster Muncher was a simple Pac Man clone due for release on the Commodore Vic 20 by Spectrum Games back in 1983, and was fully advertised too. The ZX Spectrum version was known … Continue reading →
As you might expect from the title, this was to be a clone of the Williams arcade game – Sinistar, and was due for release by Merlin Software back around October 1984 time. Your 64 oddly described it more of … Continue reading →
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