Games That Weren't^®

TWO is an early sideways scroller by Carl Wade of Gemini Wing fame. It is a cool looking preview, with some cool backgrounds, but borrowing sprites from Into Oblivion for the time being. Carl’s note suggests that this was to … Continue reading →

Toms Revenge seems to be a sort of Load Runner clone (at least in terms of looks) where you must run up and down ladders to collect items. The game has been written in BASIC, so its a little on … Continue reading →

A nice cool preview now with Super Bouncer, which is sort of a cross between Cauldron 1 and 2, with a bouncing ball that needs to bounce to the end of the map to progress. There is one level in … Continue reading →

Stoned isn’t a game about drugs, but a puzzler which seems to be based on Columns. It’s again from that era when puzzlers were everywhere, but this one in particular was looking pretty polished. It isn’t 100% playable at this … Continue reading →

We’re not sure exactly what you’re meant to do in Stone, so if anyone knows – please let us know. We thought it was some kind of pairs game, but couldn’t get anything to happen. It might be that the … Continue reading →

Squid is a cute little single screen preview which has some nice hi-res overlaid sprites which move around and which you must avoid. The game isn’t fully playable and just allows you to jump around the map and interact with … Continue reading →

There are two games with this odd name, and this one in particular is an earlier title which has you controlling a space ship that flies across a simple looking terrain. There isn’t much else at this stage with the … Continue reading →

There are two games with this odd name, and this one in particular is a completely different more established game which has more going on. There are title pages and even a loading screen for this one Here you control … Continue reading →

Sput is part of a glut of simple previews that got released, where to get a sprite and a bunch of sprites being thrown all over the place. This title seems to be the beginnings of a space shooter, with … Continue reading →

A very very early preview where you currently just scroll upwards on a never-ending road with nothing to really do or anywhere to go. It seems just like a basic test routine to start off with, which never got much … Continue reading →