Tilt
1993 Codemasters Platform: Amiga Many of you growing up with Codemaster’s 8-bit budget games may remember a quirky title called Tilt, where you control a 3D maze and rotate it in various directions to guide a ball to an exit … Continue reading
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Good Old Games guest article
Recently, we were kindly invited to write a guest article for www.GOG.com on some of the PC/Mac games that we have covered in the book, as well as talk about the work involved in the writing of the book. You … Continue reading
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GTW book pre-orders now open!
I’m pleased to announce that pre-orders for our Games That Weren’t book are now open at https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the-games-that-werent To give a bit of background to regulars of the site (as well as new visitors). Primarily my aim was to produce something … Continue reading
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Joust (C64) found!
Great news, but collector Ken Van Mersbergen (known to many as Dutchman2000) has found and preserved the long lost AtariSoft conversion of Joust, which we have had an entry on for some time here. Ken got in touch with GTW … Continue reading
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Cubic Maxi (C64)
Thanks to contributor Ken Knight, it has been highlighted that the preview of puzzler Cubic, called Cubic Maxi contains some differences in the game play compared to the final release. Otherwise it looks pretty much the same as the final … Continue reading
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GTW64 update for May 2020
Another month and another update, including some preservation work for some released titles and a number of new entries. 7 new entries added Bailiff, Ophir, Raiders of the Valley of the Kings, Secrets of Science, Steam Powered Computer Company titles, … Continue reading
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Various C64 preservations
Kevin Wilson has very kindly sent some obscure titles to be preserved fully for the C64, so here they are: The Game (Simple early Pacman clone) TAP files, DC2N dumps and Scans Dinosaurs (Early BASIC educational title) TAP files, DC2N … Continue reading
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Troll (C64) pre-release screen
Thanks to Dan Warren, here is yet another pre-release screen, this time from Palace Software’s 1988 Troll game. There are some very minor graphic differences compared to the final version, including the score being on the opposite side and some … Continue reading
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V pre-release screenshots
Thanks to Dan Warren, here are some pre-release screens from Ocean’s “V – The Game”. Very small differences overall, just showing an earlier score panel. The game graphics seem to be at this point pretty solid. Scans courtesy of Stephen … Continue reading
GTW64 update for April 2020
A few more updates to the site, which includes a number of new entries and various updates. Batman Returns in particular has been tidied up a bit, and i’ve added some much better and high quality screenshot scans, thanks to … Continue reading
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