1983 SEGA Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit and Commodore Vic 20 (Probably C64 too) Ixion is an intriguing arcade title that was due for release from SEGA back in 1983, and was based on Zaxxon’s hardware, even though you … Continue reading →
Our next entry is a title that was being worked on by Robert Wilson back in 1989 and was recently discovered again on his old work disks. The game itself is a sideways scrolling shooter with a guy on a … Continue reading →
199? Scienide Platform: Amiga 500 Blork was a very stylish underwater shooter being created by the demo group Scienide (http://www.scienide.de/) around the mid-late 90s, where you control a cute fish main character and his octopus friend within a very dark … Continue reading →
2009 Brighty Platform: Commodore Vic 20 Often there is a sad story behind most unreleased games, and this 2009 homebrew development of Q*Bert for the Vic 20 is certainly one of them. A very promising development that was first announced … Continue reading →
Jack Attack as a game title for the Commodore 64 (and C16/Plus 4) was a well known dig at Jack Tramiel and his so called “Jack Attacks” that he used to give out to his staff. The red main character sort of looking familiar to the Commodore boss at the time, or so we thought. Continue reading →
198? Parker Bros Platform: Commodore Vic 20 Is this a vapourware title, or was something feasibly started of this Q-Bert sequel on the Vic? The game’s manual for the Atari platform all but confirms that “Commodore” was due a conversion, … Continue reading →
Bit of an odd one to kick off the week. Years ago my mum picked up a copy of Wreckin Crew by Telstar for the PC in a charity shop around 22 years ago, and I couldn’t get it working … Continue reading →
Our next entry into the C64 archives was a huge surprise when it was revealed by Ocean’s stalwart – Paul Hughes in February 2021. When CommodoreBlog posted a tweet showing the title screen from the NES version of Robocop 2, … Continue reading →
Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Terror Tunnels was first mentioned in the news pages of Zzap!64 issue 4 as a game due for release from … Continue reading →
Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Beyond the Infinite was a graphic text adventure due for release from Channel 8 in September 1984 – though we … Continue reading →
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