Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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An interesting looking title which looks a lot like Dicky’s Diamonds, but was a US based release that was going to be on cartridge back in early 1984. The game was reviewed by Electronic Fun with Computers and Games magazine, … Continue reading
Freddy Fish is an arcade game from 1983 that was released for PC in the US by Mirror Images Software. The game it seems was due to have a Commodore 64 conversion, but was cancelled before it could be complete. … Continue reading
A short entry for a Grolier Electronic Publishing game spotted by Peter Weighill in an issue of Family Computing magazine October 1984. Secrets of Science was described in the advert as follows: “Secrets of Science Island guides you on a … Continue reading
Thanks to Peter Weighill for highlighting yet another C64 title that seems to have got away. Lordlings of Yore was a strategy game that was released on the Apple II and seems to be available, but the Commodore 64 version … Continue reading
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A short entry for a title that was due out by the demo crew turned game development team – Ambush. This was to be an unofficial conversion of Worms by Team 17 (yet another one!) which we don’t believe has … Continue reading
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Released on the Atari, Vic 20 and TI-99/4A, this was an educational spelling game. The game was additionally advertised for the Commodore 64, but has never surfaced for reasons currently unknown. At present, the only known Romox game that has … Continue reading
There is a Sphinx game in gamebase but I’m not sure if it’s the same one. I think this one might be a different one.”‹ “‹”‹ Not to be confused by the game of the same name by ALA Software, … Continue reading
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