A very short entry for a title which was advertised early on the C64’s life by an obscure postal based company called Custom Software. In the advert, the game was described as follows: “Dr Bongo’s plan is to destroy the … Continue reading →
Dr Who has in recent years had a resurgence in popularity with the new BBC episodes showing every year. Back in the 80’s, there was a demand to see Dr Who games – but not that many were actually ever … Continue reading →
Another missing title, flagged up to us thanks to JazzGhostrider and mentioned as coming soon to the Commodore 64 in ACE magazine. The game was a graphic text adventure game produced by The Essential Myth, who had also produced Book … Continue reading →
1988 Firebird and then Electronic Arts Platform: Atari ST (and likely Commodore Amiga) An impressive looking title which featured a massive dragon main character, which took up most of the screen. This was to be a second title signed up … Continue reading →
I remember Dragon’s Kingdom very well – sadly for the wrong reasons though, but it was in Commodore Format (Around issue 11/12) where the game got quite a panning by the reviewers for being a poor Ghost n Goblins clone. … Continue reading →
Not to be confused with the Software Projects game that was released in 1986, this was a new game based on the famous Laser Disc title and being developed by Readysoft back in 1989. Randal Linden revealed to Andrew Fisher … Continue reading →
Well, there was rumours of Space Ace being converted to the C64 by Empire, which were confirmed… but we can also reveal that a deal was being hammered out with Sullivan Bluth to bring Dragons Lair 2: Timewarp to the … Continue reading →
Dragonfly Attack is a title which was submitted to us many moons ago, but we never got round to adding due to various things going on at university at the time, and it got a release anyway. It is an … Continue reading →
Dragonstone may likely be a title you’ve never heard of or played – mainly due to how it was mail-order only text adventure title (likely written in Graphic Adventure Creator, not Quill as I originally suggested). Thanks to Marco (Exile) … Continue reading →
2001 Mythos Games Platforms: PC and Sony PlayStation 2 By the creators of UFO: Enemy Unknown and being led by Julian Gollop, and was a 3D evolution of the previous X-COM strategy games produced by Mythos Games. The press at … Continue reading →
A short entry for a Super Pipeline clone that was written by a Zzap 64 reader called Rowan Crawford and sent into the magazine and a number of publisher at the time. Sadly it was never picked up. The game … Continue reading →
Yet another game which was mentioned as in development by Digital Magic, which was a driving game of sorts mentioned in one of the big magazines at the time (Any ideas which one?). Advert here. Nothing seems to have surfaced … Continue reading →
A popular C16 title, Droid One should have also been released on the C64, but for reasons unknown to us and even Stephen Kellett, the game never made it. Essentially, what you see in the C16 version is what would … Continue reading →
Droid One Plus was a game written by Stephen Kellett with no specific publisher in mind. The game was to be a crazier version of Droid One which was released on the Commodore 16. If you were to play the … Continue reading →
Another title gets added to the archive of Firebird/Silverbird games that never were. This time with a conversion of a pretty naff Gauntlet clone in the shape of Droidz from the Zx Spectrum platform. The game was royally panned in … Continue reading →
A quick entry to cover a series of titles which were advertised by Dromedia Software back around 1984 time for the TI-99/4A and C64 platforms. The set of software was listed as Soccer Supremo, Pirate Island and Cricket. Soccer Supremo … Continue reading →
1991 Image Works Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC Drop Soldier was a RPG that put you in the shoes of a 1st rank soldier, where you are set a number of night and day missions. You could do missions … Continue reading →
Another sequel, and this time again from Archer MacLean, who was also working on the sequel to IK Deluxe. Dropzone 2 was started very much earlier than IK, and took the idea of the original idea and added the likes … Continue reading →
When first getting in touch with Chris Harvey about another long lost C64 game, the first thing he responded was that he could have sworn I was about to ask about Dukes of Hazzard. I wondered if Chris had perhaps … Continue reading →
Yet another obscure game, this time by an obscure company called “Mushroom”… Who I don’t think lasted particularly long. Dune Buggy is not to be confused with the Corbis game of the same name, and has you trying to escape … Continue reading →
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