Games That Weren't^®

Black Turk strikes again with quite possibly the most crazy of his creations. Deciding to have a go at seeing what Sonic could be like on the C64, but without the expertise to pull off the scrolling, we got this. … Continue reading →

This is a pretty interesting unofficial conversion of Snow Bros which surfaced in 2012 from a coder called Black Turk. It’s very rough around the edges, but it isn’t too bad – and looks like a Snow Bros game, though … Continue reading →

Snoopy 2 is an unofficial sequel to the 1984 RadarSoft game, where you must jump over a series of objects to get to the next level. The sequel just presents more of the same with snazzier graphics overall. The preview … Continue reading →

Nothing to see here, more on! Skylight is nothing really more at this stage a demo part – just with a logo and a sprite that moves around. It isn’t really a game! Maybe it was just a demo? For … Continue reading →

Sector seems to be a very early stage puzzle shuffle game which was left to rot for reasons unknown. It looks colourful and well designed enough, but it’s an idea which has been seen many times over already. Did the … Continue reading →

Nothing really much to say about this title – it has some nice titles and a bit of a preview to show, but very little interaction. The demo just has a ship that you can move over a scrolling background, … Continue reading →

Very aptly named is our next entry, known only as Prototype. It even comes with its own proper logo, so it wasn’t a working title either. And the preview is very much a prototype, with not a huge amount to … Continue reading →

This early C64 game is a very promising sort of Xevious clone with futuristic backgrounds. It’s very glitchy in places, but it seemed to be shaping up nicely at the time. We guess that the game got leaked out, and … Continue reading →

Our next title is a simple minesweeper style game which was being done in the mid-late 90’s for an unknown source. It’s a nice enough implementation, but nothing too special which hasn’t been seen before. The likelihood is that the … Continue reading →

An interesting start of what seems to be an interpretation of Duck Hunt on the C64. It’s not badly done, though the target is a little slow and lethargic. But it looks promising overall, and would have maybe made a … Continue reading →