Games That Weren't^®

Thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni for making a good point that we should probably include the first edition of Internationl Karate in the GTW64 archives, which should have featured graphics by Jon Hare. International Karate was meant to have been one … Continue reading →

Rugby sims have always been underrepresented in the computer gaming market. Football sims have dominated Europe, while in the USA its American Football that has dominated. It doesn’t help that the rules of rugby are awkward to translate fluently to … Continue reading →

Due to come out on the C64 in 1989, International Soccer Challenge was one of several games due for release by Microstyle in the 1989/90. ISC was also released on the Amiga, Atari ST and PC platforms, but the C64 … Continue reading →

Another fleeting reference to an unreleased C64 game here, this time found in Zzap Issue 13 (Page 92, no less!). The text is quoted below: It has a broadly Ultimate type look and feel, however the graphics are stronger and … Continue reading →

Iron Maiden is another game which was originally planned by EBES when the C64 was dying out commercially around 1994 time. The game was mentioned in a note file from around 1995 where Russ talks about various games which EBES … Continue reading →

A short entry for yet another Kele Line title, and one which at this stage we know little about. Does “noid” suggest an Arkanoid clone perhaps? We have learnt about the title thanks to contributor Henrik Matzen, who had a … Continue reading →

Another combined entry for a series of titles, this time from Island Software, which may or may not have been released. These have been highlighted to us thanks to Bertrand / Atari Frog. These were Commodore 64 titles listed in … Continue reading →

A pretty famous Cinemaware title which was originally released on the Amiga, PC, Megadrive amongst others – but was also mentioned as having a C64 conversion in the works according to C&VG. The game itself was inspired by many 1950’s … Continue reading →

This was recently brought to my attention by Jason Kelk, who spotted an advert for the game “It’s Rory” in an early Llamasoft advert in 1985. We know very little about the game itself and just have this little portion … Continue reading →

Our next title is a little thin on the ground at this stage, but we believe there is a strong case that a Commodore 64 edition was on the cards. Ixion was a SEGA arcade title that never saw release … Continue reading →

A short entry for a series of games that were advertised in the US press as mail order only titles. The games were as follows: The Recent Unpleasantness – “Individual control of 43 Confederate Divisions/149 Brigades. Could you have turned … Continue reading →

A very quick entry on a game which we know very little about at present. The game was a type-in which was submitted to BigK magazine and was about to be published, but the magazine went under just before it … Continue reading →

Issue 5 of Commodore Format first introduced news that James Pond was to be converted on the C64 from the classic Amiga game. Apart from the terrible fish jokes that CF told, the prospect of seeing the game was rather … Continue reading →

Not to be confused with the Derek Brewster game of the same name. This was to be a game by Troy Lyndon for a company called FunSoft back in the 80’s. For reasons currently unknown, FunSoft buried the game once … Continue reading →

A very quick entry to cover a title which is currently at large. Jeeps is an educational game which was advertised in an 1984 May edition of Home Computer Weekly. The game was to be distributed by Regency Software, but … Continue reading →

J.Morrison Micros was a very early development company that produced games for the Commodore 64 such as Bonka, Cybermen and Vultures … unfortunately they disappeared rather quickly too. In issue 86 of Home Computer Weekly, another game called Jellybones was … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title which was revealed in a C64.com interview with Grant Harrison in 2015. When asked about any titles worked on that never quite made it, Grant named Jet Boat Simulator, which was a sequel of … Continue reading →