Games That Weren't 64

Nothing yet.

Now, RPG's aren't normally my cup of tea... but anyway, this game was talked about briefly in issues of Commodore Format and Zzap 64 in the early 90's, as an up and coming game from US-Gold. Nothing was much known about the game, until now..

Tears of Rage (Actually fully titled as "The Rain, My tears
of Rage" )was being programmed again by Esprit Software Programs, initially on 64 by Lance Mason & Paul Crawley & Mike Brown but was rumoured to have been binned because it was such an immense job to convert from ST/Amiga (it never really got beyond the initial visual stages).

The game however progressed quite well on the 16 bit machines but as usual, Esprit was running well over deadline & budget when it was finally cancelled by US gold.

It would have been an upgraded version on the "Pool of radiance" ad&d games which were popular at the time (1991).

Both Lance and Paul got in contact, and helped by giving their accounts, and they are available from the 'Creators Speak' pages.

Apparently the game's engine blew away anything else that existed at the time. Unfortunately Esprit were not allowed to use the AD&D licence that US Gold had, and hence US Gold did not release the game.

It seems that the company behind Eye Of The Beholder were not happy with what they were seeing, and saw an engine which was to wipe the floor with theirs, so they used politics to prevent the game. The various landcape modes, sizes of combat scenes, the game was apparently way too advanced.

Unfortunately, US Gold were the only people to have all the source code for the game, and so chances of finding anything could be hard... But GTW will keep trying until there is no chance left.

A big game, one which could have marked a revolution...

Frank
(Additional source credits - Lance Mason, Steven Day, Paul Crawley)