Games That Weren't^®

Mewlio is a point and click adventure game which takes place on the island of Martinique. Developed by French Software house "Coktel Vision", who only seem to ever have released Lucky Luke on the C64 (The French were big into … Continue reading →

Yet another quick entry into the database, for a title which may not have been ever planned for the C64, but it was included within a C64 game inlay as a new title coming soon. Advertised in Turbo Kart Racer’s … Continue reading →

A short entry thanks to Ross Sillifant, where Popular Computing Weekly reported in June 1985 that Longmans were trying to sign a deal to the computer game rights for Miami Vice. In the brief news item, it is suggested that … Continue reading →

I have to admit, I was surprised to see that a Miami Vice game actually went unreleased when Frank sent me the details of this one. Surely a game based on such a huge TV show could find its way … Continue reading →

Another combined entry for a series of titles from Micro Application, which may or may not have been released. At present the following titles are missing: Poker 64 Siren City – 100% French version of the Interceptor Software Game Skier-64 … Continue reading →

When the C64 was dying out commercially, Jon Wells was trying to flood the C64 with new releases. One of his ideas was to take the entire back catalogue of Clive Wilson adventure titles and update them with new graphics, … Continue reading →

  Thanks for Barry Hart, we can confirm that all the Micro Math games were released and can be found under Hayden Software at Gamebase64: http://www.gamebase64.com/search.php?a=5&f=1&id=3111&d=18&h=0 Case closed!

An interesting entry which was mentioned in Home Computer Weekly 1983 – By Anik Microsystems, a Northhampton based company. This was advertised as follows: "ea. cont 10 action games: Selection of standards (p-man etc) plus new amazing games." This was … Continue reading →

Another combined entry for a series of titles, this time from Micro-Ed, Inc, 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 →

Another combined entry for a series of titles, this time from Micrograms, Inc, 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 →

Thanks to Martin/Stadium64 for the heads up – but on the back of MicroLeague Football’s manual, there were two more titles listed as being planned for release in 1991. MicroLeague Basketball and MicroLeague Baseball – The Coach’s Challenge Neither game … Continue reading →

Another combined entry for a series of titles, this time from Microphys Programs, Inc., 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 … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Midwinter was a graphic text adventure due for release from Channel 8 in September 1984. Although due for release on … Continue reading →

Don’t laugh, but there was infact going to be a licenced game based on the Milk Tray adverts! It’s true, and none other than C64 Audio legend, Chris Abbott, was to be behind this game, musically at least! At the … Continue reading →

A short entry for now on what was likely to have been a C64/C128 release back in the day by Infocom. This was to be a sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and was in development and design … Continue reading →

Yet another Demonware game which appeared in the Early Warning scanner pages of Commodore Format. With a rather interesting title, it sounded like something quite special. Nothing was really known about the game, but Games X magazine did a sneak … Continue reading →

Yet another Edge title. The game was advertised in magazines such as CVG in 1986, and was brought to GTW’s attention thanks to Lee Theasby who kindly provided the advert scan. The game was an adventure RPG which was in … Continue reading →