Games That Weren't^®

A 3D Operation Wolf style blaster featuring 2000 AD’s Barbie lookalike Psi-Judge Anderson gunning down the evil Judge Death’s zombie hordes. Unlike previous games of this genre, Judge Death actually showed your hand clasping the lethal Lawgiver (gun favoured by … Continue reading →

Another puzzle game which i’m not sure exactly what you have to do. However, I can tell you that the game features some nice graphics and sound. This game was obviously being created in the aim of being sold commercially, … Continue reading →

Jump is a very neat looking Great Giana Sisters clone with a cool hires sprite. In this preview, there is one level and some annoying spikes to avoid – but it is enough to see the amount of promise in … Continue reading →

Our next title was apparently being planned for release by CP-Verlag back in 1994, but i’m not so convinced. Jump-Kid is more of a technical demo than an actual game – plenty of polish and lovely music, but there isn’t … Continue reading →

A platform and ladders game from 1999, which first appeared on Forum 64.de from a guy called TecM0 who released the unfinished game onto the forum. It is in assembler format, so when you get to the screen – press … Continue reading →

Roy has done some great C64 games in recent times, and Jumpy64 was one of a few in the pipeline that had some particular promise. Jumpy64 was framed within a Game Boy style screen and made to feel like an … Continue reading →

Another game which I unfortunately cannot say too much about, due to the game being in German. It seems to be a trading game of somekind, and something i’ve been told is quite a popular type of game in Germany. … Continue reading →

This game looks to be a Space Invader/Mega Phoenix clone in updated fashion, and it isn’t that bad. The background graphics and sprites look quite good. Even though the preview is simple, it plays well and just has a good … Continue reading →

A nice looking preview of a puzzler with a strange name. This is another clone of the simple ‘Pairs’ concept, with nothing really new to add, apart from a different front end and some nice graphics. At the time, this … Continue reading →

Kid Saviour was to be a Giana Sisters clone by Roy Fielding, who did some music work and also did Hectic 2 back in the early 90’s. All the hard work according to Roy was done, with decent collision, scrolling … Continue reading →

Kill all humans was to be a game where you control a lost robot on a human spaceship heading to attack an outer world. The aim was to kill all humans and scientists that cross your path across multiple levels … Continue reading →

A strange game where you are having a fight with a neighbour or someone in a carpark. There is no end to the game, and you just wander around aimlessly as the opposition follows you and you try to beat … Continue reading →

This early preview puts you in the control of a nicely animated spaceman, running around and jumping over various vegetated objects over a short horizontal push scroll map. Glitches are everywhere in this early preview, and some errie music has … Continue reading →

Welcome to what is the remains of Heartland V1, known as Kimera to those close to the project. Kimera was infact the original given name to what eventually became Heartland, releaed by Odin Software back in 1986. Although we saw … Continue reading →

A more recent game from 2001 and seems to be a title which was being developed in Australia. The game is a simple sideway scrolling car game with some awkward controls. You basically just control a car and must keep … Continue reading →

A very strange little preview this one.. It is infact an early preview of Orcus, with hacked sprites from Mr Heli and other games. It’s not known if this was actually going to be turned into a proper full game, … Continue reading →

The original Knight n Grail was a fantastic title which blew many people away when it turned up. One of my favourite games of recent times with some excellent twists and turns. When this sequel preview turned up, I of … Continue reading →

Ah, the days when Ocean churned out many a movie/tv licence which was utter tripe eh?… Well, 1986 was a popular year mainly for some real stinkers such as Highlander, V and also Knight Rider. All of which were heavily … Continue reading →