Games That Weren't^®

We found this game on one of Cory Kin’s disks by itself as a single executable. No clue to what it was or any name. Tucked away in the code was 1988 AKO, which confirmed that it was the work … Continue reading →

Another early game development from Cory Kin. This was a rescue job in itself, as the disks which Pet Rescue was stored on were heavily deterioating. We only just managed to salvage the source code from this abandoned game – … Continue reading →

One of the big surprises of working through Cory Kin’s disks, was the sheer amount of bits and bobs found that were written by Carl Coffey – who was the man behind Wheelies and the aborted Soldier of Fortune. Flok … Continue reading →

A slightly bizarre name, which may well have just been a work in progress name set by Cory whilst developing a cool looking bi-directional vertical scroller. Erik does look pretty neat, even at this very early stage – and has … Continue reading →

Our next entry has very little in the way of clues, apart from this loading screen created by Lizard for Tim Rogers and Darrin Stubbington. We believe the screen was released on Compunet at some point, and was found lurking … Continue reading →

We need a lot more information on this title, from Cory in particular – but on Cory Kin’s disks, we found a series of bits and pieces (mostly graphics) for a sort of RPG/Gauntlet looking game. We believe it was … Continue reading →

Temple of Medom is an early and very strange game, where you control a bird initially flying over a landscape. Pressing fire and moving actually allows you to fly, but you can also land on the ground and turn into … Continue reading →

Ok, so i’m a little confused with our next title. Cheeky Twins 3 is of course the third game from a trilogy that never was. The game as you might expect should have a cute theme to it, with the … Continue reading →