Games That Weren't^®

This game was found out about thanks to Jason Kelk, who pointed me in the direction of the DELTA loader… In that, you will read about forthcoming games on the C64, which includes Starline (See elsewhere) and also Mantrax. I … Continue reading →

Mantronix was due to appear on the C64, along with a release on the CPC, in 1986, sometime after it was first released by Probe Software on the ZX Spectrum. Like so many Spectrum games it failed to ever get … Continue reading →

In Your Commodore issue 51 (1988 December, Page 51-54) there was a rather interesting write up with Antony Crowther and Dave Bishop, talking about their development past and their work at the time at Imageworks. During the interview, it was … Continue reading →

Made by the same company who made Tank Attack, Marine Attack was to be released by CDS Software sometime around the late eighties. There is no real information on this game, merely a reference to its existence in a statement … Continue reading →

A rarity this one… actually seeing Mario on the home computers. Released on PC and other formats, this was no action adventure like the games we all know, but a kids adventure title which you’d most likely find in a … Continue reading →

A game which was mentioned in Zzap issue 49 on page 3, coming soon on the Amiga, Atari ST and C64. A few mentions were done of the game across a few issues, but sadly nothing was to ever surface. … Continue reading →

Ok, its a bit of a stretch, but could there have been a C64 conversion of the arcade wrestling title Mat Mania? Well, if you look at the Taito intro for the US version of Operation Wolf, you’ll see an … Continue reading →

Another very quick entry to the archives which has been highlighted by Hedning. All we know is that the game was a cartridge game that was due out in 1984 by Tigervision. We know very little else at this stage, … Continue reading →

This is a surprising title which hasn’t really been discussed as a missing Matthew Smith game, and really it isn’t much to do with Matthew apart from improving one of his games on the Commodore 64 and was most likely … Continue reading →

Any C64 user will know who and what Mayhem is. Rated as one of the best games ever made (Although contested by some people), Mayhem was planning a comeback briefly in a new outing called "Mayhem Deluxe". The Apex boys … Continue reading →

A game that was due to be released from Ronald Mayer, who was an Austrian programmer of a large number of C64 games in the 80’s. In a 2015 interview, Ronald reveals that Maze Patrol was to be his first … Continue reading →

A very short entry for now for a game that was one of many that never quite made it from Crystal Software back in the later end of the 90’s. This game was to be the sequel to the released … Continue reading →

Meantime was a new RPG being developed by Interplay for the Apple II and PC, with a view to porting the Apple II version to the C64, like with Wasteland which was released in 1988 by Electronic Arts. The plot … Continue reading →