Games That Weren't^®

Due for release in Jan 1985, Telmar’s Gold was believed to have been a graphical adventure from Zinta Micro-Systems in 1985. Sadly, although advertised in the US – it seems the game was never released. Quite possibly it was due … Continue reading →

Mentioned in Commodore User July 1989, System 3 announced plans of a new tennis game which at the time was untitled. The game promised a “revolutionary approach” to the game, involving two player options, a 3-D rotating court overview and … Continue reading →

A very short entry, flagged up to us by Fabrizio Bartoloni. This is for a title called Terragon, which may well have been released, but has yet to be preserved. This is an Italian title that was being sold by … Continue reading →

A small entry for now for a SEUCK effort which never quite got to see the light of day, which was produced by Andrew Rodger (famous for Terminus and many tunes on the C64, such as Arnie 2). Terravision was … Continue reading →

According to Commodore Computing International in December 1988, Active Distribution LTD had made a marketing deal with French company Coktel Vision. The first game to be released was Jungle Book. Sadly Terrific Land was never to be, and it seems … Continue reading →

Text adventure from Kayde who went into administration at the 26th August 1983. Did Spectrum releases, tried to do C64 and Vic 20 ones, which never seemed to surface. The game in the advert (Two adverts were submitted by Peter … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Terror Tunnels was first mentioned in the news pages of Zzap!64 issue 4 as a game due for release from … Continue reading →

Mentioned in issue 7 of Commodore Format, a 3rd game in the Test Drive series was planned for the C64. Sadly it was never to be, as this was the only mention about the game and it soon disappeared from … Continue reading →

According to Commodore Format Issue 35, Test Master 2 was a game by E&J Software that was currently on sale and selling well at number 7 in the charts. However, what happened to it? CF never reviewed it and it … Continue reading →

A very quick entry for a title which may well have been released, but is yet to be preserved. The advert describes the game as follows: “Features include a choice of 4 international teams, full field settings, complete batting and … Continue reading →

Just after Evil Dead, Palace Software were planning a range of other horror titles according to a small news snippet in Commodore User magazine back in 1984. Texas Chainsaw Massacre was another of those titles, but like with Halloween – … Continue reading →

Another game which was said to be released from Kele Line in 1987 (Mentioned in Soft, #1, January/February 1987, pg. 10). It is another title from Kele Line which we knew little about at the time. The company sadly went … Continue reading →

A title we know very little about from the press, apart from the fact that the name was mentioned in C&VG January 1990. They mentioned that the game was a film licence coming soon along with Die Hard. The first … Continue reading →

This program was announced as ‘coming soon’ in an advert for their series of educational games (most of which never seem to have been released). It is not given a name; hence its description will have to serve as a … Continue reading →

The Adventurer is an intriguing Ultima type of game which seems to have been lost in the depths of time. We first learned of the game thanks to Varga Viktor who pointed us in the direction of an Hungarian magazine … Continue reading →

Mentioned in issue June 1986 of Commodore User, this was a game mentioned as coming soon along with 3 Days in Carpathia. We know little about the actual game and its background apart from the fact that it would have … Continue reading →

We’re not entirely sure if a C64 conversion was ever in the works, but after the recent revelation that a C64 conversion of another Broderbund classic actually existed, then we are willing to believe that Ancient Art of War had … Continue reading →