Author Archives: Alex Ross-Shaw

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1983-85 Palace Software Code – Chris Neary, Stuart Brown Graphics – Duncan Rigden Sound – Unknown Pegasus had its beginnings in the basement of a kebab shop in Gravesend in Kent, where Chris … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1984 Triffid Software Research For a more detailed analysis of Triffid Software Research and the Runemagic Adventure Series, read the entry for The Secret River. A quick summary is that a series of eight adventures … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1984 Triffid Research Software When it comes to RPG’s one of the obstacles computer games have always had to overcome is how to proficiently transfer the unlimited experience of playing a pen and … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives Dungeons and Dragons was a gaming phenomona that started in the 1970s when historial gaming enthusiasts, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, created their own rules to tabletop battlefield gaming and focused it on … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives The idea of making a computer game for The War of the Worlds seems obvious, aliens come to Earth and attack everything and everyone and a hero who is just trying to survive … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987/88 Avalon Hill game company The only information we have on this game comes from a CES show in Chicago, USA in 1987. Basically the game was to be a chess game, with the … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 Firebird In 1987 Firebird released Arcade Classics, a compilation of (wait for it) four classic arcade games, namely Space Invaders, Asteroids, Snake and Space Wars. It was neatly packaged with a front-end … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987 Diamond Software Xtron was due to be released by Diamond Software, along with various other releases, Diablo, Hollywood Poker and Kaos. However, it seems only Diablo received a release, judging by entries … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 – Firebird/Maelstrom Had it found its way onto the 8-bit market, Whirligig would have been that rare thing for the time, a game released on all the major gaming markets, the 8-bit, … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 Gremlin Graphics Combining comedy and, er, cycling, Tour De Force was due for release by Gremlin Graphics in 1988 yet never materialised on the C64, despite being released on the Spectrum and … Continue reading →