Games That Weren't^®

A short and interesting little preview, where you control a man within a maze who just collects a bunch of objects to open a door. That is pretty much it at this stage, and is essentially a sprite/collision test rather … Continue reading →

Mutant Zone was to be the sequel to Spore and published by Mastertronic back in 1989. The sequel was a full 2/3 screen scrolling game which had a far right display panel (Top to bottom) consisting of multiplexed sprites. It … Continue reading →

A stunning little game, featuring some great graphics and wonderful spot effects and animations. This game was intended to be sold via mail order companies on the C64 for a price of around £8.99, which seems like a reasonable price … Continue reading →

This preview certainly is a mystery, and we guess this was a working title for a game cracked by Russ Michaels from his Ironfist days. This is a simple multi-directional scroller where you control a space ship within a maze. … Continue reading →

A fantastic Super Zelda clone written for the C64 by Crossbow/Crest and was a secret part to the demo Krestage 3 – More Weird Stuff. This awesome clone has to be seen to be believed. Unfortunately it seems we will … Continue reading →

Our next title is the beginnings of what seems to be a sideway scrolling shooter produced by Cory Kin. The title on the disk for the source file was called Navadon. There isn’t a huge amount to see just yet, … Continue reading →

Necromancer 2 is a strange game which is a clone of Ultimate’s classic 3D games, such as Knightlore and Alien 8. What is mostly strange about this game, is that it also runs on a Vic 20 too.. this got … Continue reading →

Mentioned as a future title from Linel in Your Commodore issue 73, Necronom was a R-Type clone which saw eventual release on the Commodore Amiga back in 1991 by Linel and later on Amiga Fun magazine around 1992/93. The game got … Continue reading →

The next entry in the archives is thanks to Hedning, who found some graphics whilst preserving some disks from a German adventure game by the scener “Schweinepocke”. It seems that only graphics have been done or at least have survived … Continue reading →

This is a pretty neat looking game, where you control a prisoner who is trying to break out of prison. Here you must run along in a similar style to Rapid Fire and try and kill the guards who are … Continue reading →

A platform game, where you are given the chance of actually creating you own levels. Good, but unfortunately the game itself lacks a lot of thing to make it that playable. Apart from some simple graphics, a simple main character … Continue reading →

Nether is a game that I can remember from the days of Commodore Scene, being touted as a Doom clone. Eventually when I saw a preview, there wasn’t much to see and I then completely forgot about it. The game’s … Continue reading →

I’m surprised that we hadn’t had an entry for this title a lot sooner, but there you go! Many may not know that New Zealand Story was originally being developed out of house by Choice Software, a Northern Ireland based … Continue reading →

Thanks to screenshots from various magazines for an Amiga version of Night Hunter, it can be confirmed that this is in fact Night Hunter by Ubisoft. In the game, you control a nice Hi-res overlaid Dracula who must roam around … Continue reading →

Our next title is a simple minesweeper style game which was being done in the mid-late 90’s for an unknown source. It’s a nice enough implementation, but nothing too special which hasn’t been seen before. The likelihood is that the … Continue reading →

Nodule is nothing out of the ordinary, and repeats a genre of game that has been done before. Here you control a blue blob which has to navigate past green obstacles, while not touching them and avoiding worms. All within … Continue reading →

An interesting start of what seems to be an interpretation of Duck Hunt on the C64. It’s not badly done, though the target is a little slow and lethargic. But it looks promising overall, and would have maybe made a … Continue reading →

Nuclear Nick was one of a few titles advertised by Electric Dreams back in issue 8 of Zzap 64 games. Nuclear Nick was to be part of a double pack with a game called Scooter. It never quite surfaced, but … Continue reading →

Nucleus is an interesting game, not for its gameplay however (which is a basic invader clone). Well for a start, there is music in this game which sounds a lot like a Jon Dunn tune, but is infact by a … Continue reading →