Games That Weren't 64

Stuart Cook speaks about work on Nuker...

"Nuker was a game that should have been published, but never was. 'Nuclear Snooker' was an 8 directional scrolling game (parallaxing too!) that was viewed from above assorted spacecraft, that were arranged as various tables of different shapes and sizes.

The craft had assorted radiation pods on top of them that had to be jettisoned into space by pushing them through 'holes' in the craft. If I remember correctly, it was a battle against time to use a 'cue' to pot them off the ship before the radiation levels got too high.

The cue gained 'power ups' as the levels progressed, from 1 direction ability (left right) to adding up/down and diagonal potting ability, followed by more power etc.

Also, assorted alien enemies tried to stop you as you were doing all of this. I may have a disk with the game on it somewhere, but I'm not sure, it has been 20 years. I'll see what I can dig up."

Stuart Cook.

Darren Melbourne speaks about work on Nuker...

"The game was being written for Thalamus but despite claims to the contrary it was a long way from being finished.

The game was by modern standards at Pre-Alpha stage or Alpha at best. The game was being tested and reviewed by Thalamus when it sadly went into administration.

It's my belief that we probably had another three months development time to ensure that the game was up to the standards that had been previously set by Thalamus's other titles."

Darren Melbourne.