Games That Weren't^®

Sphere is a sideways scrolling shooter, with collidable mountainous objects. Similar to Sanxion a little, with the ability to accellerate the scrolling. The game was started in 1987 by Ian and Michael Jones, in the hope of quickly pushing the … Continue reading →

This is a game originally intended for release by Starlight, who I think did Rolling Ronny, amoungst other games. Sadly Starlight went under, but thanks to Marco, it has been confirmed that the game was later released by CP Verlag … Continue reading →

Quite early, and a poor mismatch of graphics and sound mixed into this preview. The game feels like a random set of graphics and sprites bolted together to make a quick game. There doesn’t seem to be much about it, … Continue reading →

In the days of playing Dizzy and first collecting Commodore Format from issue 11, the next issue (12) featured a mammoth cover tape with loads of demo goodies. This and issue 11 are fondly remembered as the time the webmaster … Continue reading →

Our next GTW title can only be described as stunning. Though it is with sadness that we are placing it into the archives on the request of the author Johan Forslöf. We have spoken to Johan over the past few … Continue reading →

Rather strange named game, short for Super Powered Urban Device, our next entry is a rather strange SEU where you control a helicopter seemingly in space. It’s very similiar in some ways to the bizzare Airwolf 2 game (Which was … Continue reading →

Sput is part of a glut of simple previews that got released, where to get a sprite and a bunch of sprites being thrown all over the place. This title seems to be the beginnings of a space shooter, with … Continue reading →

With thanks to contributor Deniz Turkmen, who commented on Spy vs Spy 4 that he had once seen an earlier version of Spy vs Spy 3 from a BBS. Sure enough, within Gamebase64 was an early preview which was seemingly … Continue reading →

Side scrolling shooters are a popular genre on the C64, and Squad Force Five is adding to the proof of that. A game that was in development around 2011. The HUD, sprites and attack waves all look pretty good – … Continue reading →

There are two games with this odd name, and this one in particular is a completely different more established game which has more going on. There are title pages and even a loading screen for this one Here you control … Continue reading →

There are two games with this odd name, and this one in particular is an earlier title which has you controlling a space ship that flies across a simple looking terrain. There isn’t much else at this stage with the … Continue reading →

Squid is a cute little single screen preview which has some nice hi-res overlaid sprites which move around and which you must avoid. The game isn’t fully playable and just allows you to jump around the map and interact with … Continue reading →

Squirm 2 is the unofficial sequel to the ancient Mastertronic game released around 1984, being developed around 2015 by Mark Ross. The game is slightly more advance compared to the original title, with a bit of a feel of Spore … Continue reading →

Squost is a well polished and decent looking tile sliding puzzler, where you have a picture that is jumbled up and have to slide the tiles back to make the proper picture. Although it has been done to death and … Continue reading →

A promising sideways SEU, featuring some fair graphics and attackwaves. Originally I heard of Parade’s game from the pages of Commodore Scene magazine, but as time passed, so did any sight of this game. The game isn’t that bad, but … Continue reading →

A quick entry, as there isn’t really that much to say about our next title. It’s called Star Fighter – there’s a start, and its meant to be a sideways scrolling shooter by the looks of it – but its … Continue reading →

An early preview of another space shooter comes in the form of "Starhope" by Art Design. Featuring all the titles and interluding screens, the game itself is at quite an early stage with a basic attackwave and main ship to … Continue reading →

Star Scaper is a promising preview, where you control a ship which can move left and right in Uridium style, but from a side-on based view point. It seems you have to collect a series of items and progress through … Continue reading →

Not seemingly based on the famous film series at all, this is a very simple multi-directional scrolling shooter that was being developed back in 1996. It does have a slight feel of “Empire Strikes Back” from the VCS about it, … Continue reading →

A game which was to be a mixture between "Elite", "Ultima", "Pirates" and "Space Rogue". When Mr Lee lost a bit his inspiration he also started coding on a game, what he described as a ‘little game’. This was "Colonial … Continue reading →