Games That Weren't^®

It was thought that this possibly may have been released as Combat Crazy, due to the fact that the game has a tune in it mean’t for G.I. Hero, and also G.I. Hero and Combat Crazy sound like two similar … Continue reading →

Galactic Conqueror was described as a an action and strategy game by Titus Interactive. According to sources, the game was in fact released in 1988 for Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and DOS. The Games Machine magazine in March 1989 … Continue reading →

Galactic Enforcer was a 2 way horizontal scrolling SEU where you controlled a red alien that had to take out other alien enemies. Created by Marc Walters of Cronic The Badger fame, this sounds an interesting title… Your main ship … Continue reading →

A combined entry for the label that was from the Darling Brothers, before they got more involved at pushing games through Mastertronic (and of course later starting up Codemasters). Only two C64 titles seem to have been released, Bug Diver … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title that has been highlighted by Peter Weighill as one which is currently missing. A game that was apparently two years in the making and described in the advert as follows: “Have you ever wanted … Continue reading →

Game Hunter is yet another mysterious Anirog title which seems to have gone astray since some initial mentions in magazines and adverts. We’re not entirely sure at this point what the game was about, and there seems to be no … Continue reading →

A bizzarely named game which was reviewed very quickly by Peter Staaks back in 1997 in one of the main fanzines at the time. It was a pacman clone which had a preview released apparently and which Peter gave some … Continue reading →

Sadly not much is known about this particular game pack which was announced by Beyond Belief. We can only assume that it would have been a budget pack of 3 simple games, but we need someone to confirm this.Contact has … Continue reading →

Not much known about this pack i’m afraid, apart from that it was to contain games like Snakes and Ladders, and possibly other board games. We think there was some adverts for this compilation briefly, but we are needing confirmation … Continue reading →

A very quick entry for a title we know little about, but which was highlighted by contributor Hedning. This is a game which was meant to have surfaced on the cracking scene back in 1987 from a guy called Doctor … Continue reading →

Our next entry into the archive come thanks to Gareth Pitchford, who flagged up this currently missing homebrew text adventure game by Derek Doran. The game was advertised in Commodore User magazine back in 1986, but although their game Prime … Continue reading →

We all remember the superb Gaplus by Ash and Dave, which was very arcade like and did well in various magazines of the time. You may be interested to learn that Gaplus was infact a rescue job by Ash and … Continue reading →

Denton Designs are possibly one of the most famous developers for the C64, producing the excellent Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Shadowfire. As part of one of their later titles, Denton Designs were producing a interesting title called “Gargantuan”. This … Continue reading →

A possibly cock up by Commodore Format, or was Gauntlet 3 originally set to be a far more ambitious title that intended? Of course, we all know about the infamous tale of the C64 edition not seeing full release – … Continue reading →