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Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!

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Whilst at Zzap Live in May 2025, we met up with the legendary Tim Gilberts, who set up Gilsoft at the age of just 17. Tim flagged up that he had a very rare Italian version of The Quill which didn’t seem to be out there and preserved called “Creator 2”. Unfortunately it wouldn’t load for him. Continue reading

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The Heart of Neon Kickstarter launch

The Heart of Neon kickstarter has launched today. I saw a special showcase at #zzaplive last year and it was an amazing documentary on the great Jeff Minter and Llamasoft. This was an instant backing – more details below: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dokk/the-heart-of-neon-blu-ray?ref=thanks-tweet

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Snow White

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One of the more intriguing stories from Atari’s twilight years is Snow White, a licensed title that was developed for the Atari 2600 under Disney’s watch but never officially released. Originally designated CX26107, the game never appeared in Atari’s catalogues or in gaming magazines at the time, and only internal product lists hinted at its existence. That is, until a surprise prototype surfaced in 1999. Continue reading

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ShelShock

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Our next entry into the archives is a title that we hadn’t been aware of until it suddenly turned up during an archive search. We believe that the game was to be called ShelShock, and was written by Finlay Munro as part of Finetime Software. It may have been possibly a working title, and no story is known for it. Continue reading

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