Games That Weren't^®

Our next GTW entry comes in the form of Honest Joe, a game by Bubble Bus Software and advertised in a Bubble Bus catalogue from around 1985 time. The game was also due for release on the BBC Micro. The … Continue reading →

A very quick entry for an educational title which was due for release in 1991 on the C64 by Scetlander, a company based in Glasgow. The game was released on the ZX Spectrum and various other platforms. We know that … Continue reading →

The third and final part of the Horace trilogy was sadly never to be on the C64. Indeed the game was planned, but it kind of fell by the wayside, and as far as we know… nothing was ever actually … 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 →

Very limited information at the moment, but this was to be a title created by Commodore Cracker editor Brian Turner of which he said the following in one issue: "At last I have manage to find the time to start … Continue reading →

A rumoured title from Empire, the little known C64 games crew. It has been found however that this was a game being developed on the C64 by Palace software, around the same time that Barbarian 3 was being produced. Hot … Continue reading →

A short entry for now until we find out some more, but this was a quiz game that was mentioned in a German C64 magazine called Aktueler Software Markt – where the title Hotline Quiz was announced by Chalksoft Ltd. … Continue reading →

Originally we always believed that the first game was never released, but infact it was by CP Verlag. But thanks to Professor Chaos we learn that a sequel actually underway and mentioned in the end sequence. Upon chasing up, it … Continue reading →

A quick entry for a title which was to be an Electronic Novel for Broderbund and Synapse.  Where most of the planned titles were released and coded by Joe Viera (http://www.gamebase64.com/search.php?a=5&f=1&id=1963&d=18&h=0), the rest of them for some reason never quite … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title which has been revealed as in production by Craig Wight in the early 90’s. The game was penned for Hi-Tec software, and it is very likely that it got caught up in the company … Continue reading →

This is a very short stub entry for now for a game called Hunting with the Columbia, which was a concept for a Commodore 64 game that was highlighted on Viktor T. Toth’s website. Please see the gallery for more … Continue reading →

Hydlide was to be a Westernized conversion of a popular Japanese RPG title to platforms such as the C64 in 1989. Contributor Robert Robichaud has provided some excellent information about the game- so much so that i’ve essentially posted here … Continue reading →

In 1985/86, Ocean had a deal with Konami to convert their old arcade machines to the humble C64… which they did in style with a number of titles such as Green Beret. We pretty much knew about every single game … Continue reading →

One more Channel 8 Software ‘Game That Wasn’t’ for the collection, I, Spy for Children was part of a slew of planned released by Channel 8 Software, several of which never saw the light of day. Judging from the name … Continue reading →

A very obscure title now, and yet another Firebird title to enter the archives. Ice Age mainly has come to light due to the SID file which is in HVSC that Jeroen Tel did for this game and sound effects … Continue reading →