Games That Weren't^®

I remember seeing the UK adverts for Pushover, and the various competitions that Quavers ran to win an Amiga with a copy of the game. Sadly no C64 version was ever on the cards for reasons unknown, so Michelangelo Carbonara … Continue reading →

Many of you will know and remember R.I.S.K! (or KRIS! as it was later renamed, probably due to legal reasons and connection with the board game) by The Edge back in the late 80s, created by both Chris and Tony … Continue reading →

Prime Time was an Amiga and MS DOS release by First Row software back in 1988 and it seems was due a C64 release as well. Three Rivers Software was the team involved, who had also worked on a Moses … Continue reading →

Our next title reminds me of the classic Frosty the Snowman that was released several times by Your Commodore at its various incarnations. The game has a split screen view where you must travel the furthest distance in the quickest … Continue reading →

A neat little title from Simon Quernhorst, which is themed on Chess, but has a much more simplistic aim in this logical game. Although starting to take shape back in 2014, the game was abandoned due to other projects and … Continue reading →

Not much to say about our next game, as it is at a very early stage. Cyclone Blower is a standard single screen shooter with various attack waves, but doesn’t seem to be playable at this early stage – even … Continue reading →

Cold Devil is a very early platformer, which is more of a technical demo at this stage – with a a few platforms and a single enemy that you can’t interact with. It moves well and you want to see … Continue reading →

Boost is a neat little title which has different segments, kicking off with a very simple sideways scroller and then going onto further screens where you control a space man. Although it is very simple and basic to look at, … Continue reading →

7DShoot is a nice and simple football game, where you have a ball that comes across the screen and you have to time your connection with it to shoot it into the back of a net. The game was developed … Continue reading →

4 Emelet was a really lovely looking Hungarian graphic text adventure that was being developed back in 2012. Great quality overall, but sadly seems to have been abandoned at this stage, with no further updates in almost 10 years at … Continue reading →