Games That Weren't^®

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives Designed as the sequel to the highly thought of Star Fleet, Star Fleet II was aimed at being bigger, better and more complex than its already complex predecessor. Both were war simulation games … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives Icon Software 1984 What is it with fantasy games from the 1980s and the letter Z? So many characters, particularly in American fantasy (so it seemed to me) start with the letter Z. … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987 Kele Line Games Pirates of the Ocean was one of four games slated for release by Kele Line in 1987, alongside Force of the Vulcan, that never made it to release. The … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1984 Triffid Research Software When it comes to RPGs 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 … Continue reading →