ShockWave
Described as a sort of strategic Space Harrier game, ShockWave sent enough shockwaves to impress magazines of the day for the Amiga, but did you know that a SEGA Mega Drive edition was later on the cards in 1991? Continue reading
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The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt (Gameboy) Prototypes
Following on from the NES Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt prototypes, we bring you two more this time for the Nintendo Gameboy. One is dated from the 22nd April 1993, though the other prototype is unknown – but we believe it is slightly earlier. Continue reading
Croc (Game Boy Color) prototypes
Today we are bringing you a very early test build of Croc on the Colour Gameboy which is of part of the first level map, but with a lot of content and presentation missing at this stage and no enemies or collectables. Score panel isn’t finished and contains junk characters. Continue reading
Nigel Mansell’s World Championship lost Commodore 64 conversion recovered after 33 years!
Missing for 33 years, and eluding GTW for 26 – we are at long last proud to present one of our holy grail titles with the release of Nigel Mansell World Championship on the Commodore 64 by Gremlin! Check out … Continue reading
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GTW64 June 2025 update
Our sixth update of the year for our ever-growing Commodore 64 archive is mostly updates this month, with 2 new entries, including details about a Stephen Hendry snooker game from Zeppelin that fell through and a rather risqué adventure game which many feel could have been a fake.
All finished off with 16 updates with various new scans and also new updated screenshots for the Mega Games entry after the recent better quality BBC Commercial Breaks upload. Should have something big for you very soon – so watch this space! Continue reading
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8-bit Apocalypse
In 2021, 8-Bit Apocalypse appeared on Kickstarter as a very cool and interesting indie project from developer Ricardo Jorge. The game was a modern homage to arcade classics and dystopian sci-fi, blending aesthetics of 1980s pop culture with fast-paced action, a deep backstory, and an original synth soundtrack. Continue reading
Lulu
A short entry for a title that was created by Russ Wetmore, and one of the last games they worked on before moving onto new platforms. Unfortunately the game was never released, but thankfully it was recovered in 2015 via the AtariAge forums and Kay Savetz. Continue reading
Preppies in Space
Did you know that Preppie was meant to have been a trilogy? Neither did we – though thanks to Avram Dumitrescu, we learn that back in 2005 it was established that Russ Wetmore was planning to create a 3rd game called Preppies in Space thanks to an interview. Continue reading
Alien 3 C64 prototype recovered
Thanks to Sailor of Triad, a rare prototype of Alien 3 for the Commodore 64 has just been discovered recently. This was a demo that was seemingly produced for producer Joe Bonar to take a look at back in the day to see progress with the project. Continue reading
Canadian Tire: Carts of Fury flash game preserved
Carts of Fury is a 2007 Canadian Tire Flash-based advergame that was once available online, and then even given out as physical CD-ROM copies about a year later. It is no longer available today (not currently on Flashpoint Archive) and was yet to be preserved until now. Continue reading
