Games That Weren't^®

Exod is a text adventure game by Sigmatek, and was advertised in RUN magazine in the US, where you have to explore ruined wastelands of a ghost town to the vast inner caverns of earth. The game was sold on … Continue reading →

The Eye of Bain was a neat little text adventure created in 1984 by Artic Computing. Advertised for the likes of the Spectrum and the Commodore 64 in various magazines, only the Spectrum version seems to have surfaced. The C64 … Continue reading →

Our next entry is a flight simulator which was to be released by Accolade back in 1988 called F-86 Sabre Strike – which is thanks to contributor Billy. The game should have been released on the PC and C64. The … Continue reading →

You probably won’t be too surprised to learn that Fairlight 2 was due for the C64 as well as the other platforms. The people who confirm this are The Games Machine, who mention in the Spectrum review that the C64 … Continue reading →

Family fish was an underwater shoot-em up being developed by Richard Taylor in the 80’s. It was intended for a publisher in Bracknell – which we will need to confirm. The game was purchased in principle. It is initially believed … Continue reading →

I was a big fan of the Famous Five adventure based on the first book since Amstrad Action gave it away on their covertape and was dismayed when I found out it was just a one-off. So I thought I’d … Continue reading →

Delve deep into the age of fantasy with a host of intriguing characters that may help or hinder your exploration of this dream world. Retrieve the magnificent Fantasia Diamond recently stolen and rescue Boris the master spy from the imposing … Continue reading →

“Losen your collar, get out your JOYSTICK and get stuck in. By the time you finish you’ll be exhausted.” This is what describes our next entry into GTW64, which is an x-rated game being sold by Dept CCI called “Fantasy”. … Continue reading →

From what sounds like a racing game, Fast ‘n’ Furious was infact to be a game based on whizzing across the screen on a magic carpet, where you would have obstacles and monsters to avoid like crazy. The game only … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Felix the Cat was the winning entry to a competition ran by Incentive Software (Write Your Own Adventure) to create … Continue reading →

Another GTW entry for Kele Line games, Field of Fire is not to be confused with the SSI strategy game of the same name that was released in 1985. The only references to Field of Fire we have comes in … Continue reading →

One of our last games to focus on from Psytronik which never saw the light of day is Fighting Cops. This seems to be the 5th game in the series, following on from the other unreleased SEUCK “Cops” sequel, “Cops … Continue reading →

A quick entry until we get more info, but Atari Frog brought this game to our attention. Ubi Soft were advertising the game via a poster which was picked up at a show by Atari Frog and recently discovered. It … Continue reading →

Final Eclipse was to be a 3D space shooter published by a company called Boone in 1983. The game was being coded by Rebecca Ann Heineman at the time and it is believed the game was coming on well. The … Continue reading →

Final Frontier was part of the Wargamers series by PSS and was advertised in their catalogues, but the C64 version has never surfaced by the looks of things and no other version seems to have either. The game was rumoured … Continue reading →