Games That Weren't^®

A game which made the news pages of various fanzines, including Commodore Scene magazine here in the UK around 1997. Bloodrush was to be a promising shooter for C64 fans who desperately awaited any new software to come about. Apart … Continue reading →

A very early stages game this time, with Bloody Stars putting you in a space ship to blast enemy hourdes. Much in the same vein as the old Synapse game, "Sentinel", or supposidly by the looks of things. There is … Continue reading →

We’re not entirely sure if this game was done for the intention of selling, it’s still early days to know. The content of this text adventure suggests it was done as a bit of fun. This game seems to have … Continue reading →

We all know the famous tale about the Imagine Mega Games that never were, and these would go on to inspire Charlie Brooker with his brilliant Bandersnatch episode as part of his Black Mirror series. Within the episode, we could … Continue reading →

Many people who grew up in the 1980’s and the UK will remember the late Bob Monkhouse, who was the game show and comedy king for many decades. He was so famous, that not even the C64 could escape his … Continue reading →

A fun little platformer which took off initially as a joke, controlling a alcholic which has to collect empty beer bottles and sell them in the "Netto" supermarket. Created by Rasmus Wernersson and Peter Rasmussen , who has kindly contributed … Continue reading →

Boing is a very simple game as our next GTW entry. The reason it is so simple is because it is such an early preview. Boing was yet another game being produced after the commercial collapse of the C64 by … Continue reading →

What we have here is what can only be described as a Bomberman clone, mixed with the classic Atari Combat game. Though the game here feels more to be related with Bomberman, with the style of shooting (Or dropping mines) … Continue reading →

A sequel you could never have imagined existed, let alone started, with the unexpected sequel to RISK. An excellent and underrated C64 game by Chris and Tony West. Shocked?… Well, we were when Chris West got in touch and stunned … Continue reading →

Minesweeper games are not exactly few and far between, and Bombzone is more evidence of this on the C64. A small Minesweeper clone which is what it is, and seems to have been prepared by the developer to be given … Continue reading →

This is probably the most similar looking Dynablaster game which you will find on the C64 in terms of its graphics. Very much faithful to the original classic. This preview is however a little slower paced than the original, but … Continue reading →

Boost is a neat little title which has different segments, kicking off with a very simple sideways scroller and then going onto further screens where you control a space man. Although it is very simple and basic to look at, … Continue reading →

An awesome looking sequel to the great Lion’s Of The Universe series, almost taking Armalyte’s crown. If you have not seen or heard of Lions Of The Universe, then go and grab it and play it in a closed and … Continue reading →

Bounch is a very simple maze game where you must guide a ball to the end, which constantly moves when you get started. It’s sort of like a flat version of Codemaster’s Tilt game and its playable enough, but clear … Continue reading →

This is another game by the D-Lite guys, who seemed to knock a few unfinished games out during the early 90’s. Now add Boxes to the list. I think this preview could well be broken – selecting different buildings gives … Continue reading →

Our next entry never had a proper name unfortunately and was just known as “Boxing Game”. It was originally started back in the 80’s by Mikkel Petersen, mostly as a hobby project in 1988. The game was abandoned for many … Continue reading →

Now, you may recognize our next entry, and that is because it is the original title that eventually evolved into Gravitrix that was released by RGCD and Psytronik: https://psytronik.bigcartel.com/product/gravitrix-c64 This is the early 1993 incarnation that was being developed for … Continue reading →

A perhaps bad taste name for a game, this is a simple puzzler with some nice music and graphics – but doesn’t seem to have much to do at this stage. It seems that you are meant to just press … Continue reading →