Games That Weren't^®

In development for Elite, this was one of Mark Kelly’s first games being developed and was based on an ancient arcade game of the same name. It was American football and was to be another Elite arcade conversion. For reasons … Continue reading →

Being created by Marc Dawson (BC Bill and Mega Games), 11th Time Period involved travelling through time, through Roman, Greek and various periods. Each period consisted of a platform game based level where you had to fight your way through … Continue reading →

Shown in an inlay for one of their other releases, Spectresoft were due to release a game called 1990 – which was an adventure sequel to their other titles Mission Om and Crisis Countdown. Based on how Mission Om looks, … Continue reading →

A very quick entry which was picked up upon by browsing through Thomas Mogensen’s work directory in HVSC. Within the directory are a large number of tunes for a game called 24th Amaranth GP, which we assume was to be … Continue reading →

3-2-1 was a popular quiz show in the UK during the 1980’s, hosted by Ted Rogers with a strange side kick character called Dusty Bin. Many games coming out the time were tied into various films and TV shows, and … Continue reading →

Plucked from the advert pages of Computer and Video Games comes this intriguing racing game entitled 3D Formula One by Knightsoft. We do not know much about the game, but it seems that all that was ever mentioned was the … Continue reading →

A short entry for a Castle Software game that was advertised back in August 1983 in Compute! magazine (volume 5, issue 8). This has been highlighted thanks to Bertrand / Atari Frog. Killer Piller was already released, and can be … Continue reading →

A very small entry for what was an earlier edition of 3D Pool being written for Firebird, by none other than Paul Hughes. Nick Pelling had just completed the BBC Micro edition, and Paul was taken in by the amazing … Continue reading →

A quick entry for a title which was advertised within a Players Software inlay for Steel Eagle for all Players Premier titles. 3D Snooker was listed as a game available for all the key formats, including the C64. Not to … Continue reading →

A short entry which has been highlighted as a possibility thanks to Richard Bayliss. 3D Starfighter was an Oliver Twins game for Codemasters that was released on the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC platforms back in 1988. It’s always been … Continue reading →

A quick new entry and for another Quicksilva game which was listed in a few adverts as coming soon for the likes of the C64. However there seems to be no evidence of the game anywhere. Pretty much straight away … Continue reading →

A combined entry to try and find and recover a set of homebrew 3D Construction Kit games that were due for release on the Commodore 64 back around 1993. The games are as follows (one which we already have an … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title that has been highlighted by Peter Weighill as one which is currently missing. A small compilation of games including Tic Tac Toe, Slot Machine and 2 versions of Blackjack”‹. It is likely to be … Continue reading →

Yet another early version of a released game which has never seen the light of day. 4 Soccer Simulators was previously in production by none other than Simon Nicol, working with Said Hassan of Rigels Revenge fame. According to Said … Continue reading →

A bit of an unknown title this time for the archives, and not one we can write too much about at the moment. More research required and hopefully some scans. It seems that the game was some kind of Army … Continue reading →