Games That Weren't^®

Sophistry is not to be confused with the other entry within GTW which was for Hewson and a Quix clone. CRL’s Sophistry game was to be a isometic 3D game in the style of Bobby Bearing, and recieved glowing reviews … Continue reading →

This was one of the first games to be released by newly set up team, Arcanum developments. This team consisted of Mark Kelly, his brother, Robert McGowan, Barry Leitch and Alan Mac. The game was being done for Hewson, and … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Sorderon’s Shadow: The Legend of Elindor was a title by Nick Eatock and Simon Welland that was a sort of … Continue reading →

Potentially this was originally thought of as vaporware until we had received confirmation that it wasn’t. This was thanks to early adverts for Space Ace by Empire/Readysoft, which reported a C64 version as coming soon. Additionally though in recent times … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title which may have been started on the C64. Space Max was a space based strategy game which was released on the PC and Amiga platforms, but at the end of PC Joker magazine, there … Continue reading →

An interesting title which could well be crossed off the list very early as a hoax, but should be reported anyway due to its mention in Issue 19 of Commodore Format. Space Monkeys was potentially Commodore Format’s duff April Fools … Continue reading →

Boom Software had a number of titles advertised in 1984 for the Commodore 64, including this game. We know very little about this particular title apart from getting a very generic description from the advert itself. Compared to the other … Continue reading →

A very short entry for now for a game that was one of many that never quite made it from Crystal Software back in the later end of the 90’s. Space Rogue seemed to share a lot in common with … Continue reading →

Released on the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, Spaced Out was a puzzle game that was produced by Steve Cain and John Gibson back in 1987 for Firebird Software. The game had a mixed reception, but was a good solid … Continue reading →

Advertised in BigK magazine, Spacestation Alpha was sadly another title which was never to see the light. The C64 version was stated as coming soon. The game was described as follows on the advert: "A graphical space battle – The … Continue reading →

A short entry for a potential sequel that has been flagged up to us by Jazzcat. This sequel to the classic Firebird budget title was mentioned in a preview release, where artist Per Madsen says to “Look out for Special … Continue reading →

Another game which was said to be released from Kele Line in 1987 (Mentioned in Soft magazine). It is another title from Kele Line which we know little about, but we can guess what happened to it anyway. Maybe it … Continue reading →

More from Mastertronic, this time from Binary Design who did a number of titles for the budget label. Speedboat Assassin was being worked on by Paul Gill and Haydn Dalton. Hayden was doing the graphics, with Paul Gill on the … Continue reading →

There is a Sphinx game in gamebase but I’m not sure if it’s the same one. I think this one might be a different one.”‹ “‹”‹ Not to be confused by the game of the same name by ALA Software, … Continue reading →