Preserving Cancelled, Unreleased and Lost Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 12
A short entry for a title called Danger – High Surf, which was mentioned in Electronic Games in December 1984 and was to be released on the Apple 2, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 and IBM PC platforms. The game was in 3D, with waves, mermaids, sharks and also land-lubbers. Continue reading
A short entry for an educational game that was advertised at the CES in Chicago in 1984 from Sierra. Donald Duck’s Bakery we assume would have had you completing educational puzzles to try and complete bakery tasks of some kind – but we know little more than this at this stage. Continue reading
Thanks to MalcSeventyFour firstly we are very happy to share 15 previously (or what seems to be) unpreserved Commodore 64 educational titles from Grolier / Mindflight – which includes the long lost Miss Mouse and Rhyme Land titles that we have been searching for recently. Continue reading
A short entry for a bookware title that was advertised at the CES in Chicago in 1984 from Spinnaker / Windham Classics. Gulliver’s Travels would have been quite similar in style to Swiss Family Robinson. Continue reading
1984 Datasoft Platforms: Atari 400/800, Apple II and PC If you have never played Mancopter on the Commodore 64, then you are really missing out. It is one of the great early C64 games which feels like an extended version … Continue reading
We’ve seen countless many games disappear into the abyss without a screenshot or even a title left behind. This is not the case of Meantime (you may remember this title from GTW64’s coverage), one of the most popular vapourware (not … Continue reading
Merlin Enterprises was a mysterious publisher based in Torrance, California that exclusively advertized in Compute! in 1982-83. It seems none of the software titles mentioned has surfaced on any platform, which makes it an even more interesting case. Continue reading
1985 Spinnaker Software/Windham Classics Platforms: Commodore 64 (GTW64 entry), Apple II and possibly DOS A short entry for a title highlighted by contributor Ricky Derocher, and which was due for release back in 1985 by Windham Classics – the same … Continue reading
We’ve had a request from the grandson-in-law of the developer of “Calculated Risk!” for the Apple II to try and help find a clean dump of the game that works in an emulator. Continue reading
1985 Bantam Software Platforms: Apple II, PCjr and potentially Commodore 64 (TBC) Planned as a sequel to Sherlock Holmes: Another Bow, which was released by Bantam Software in 1984 on a variety of 8-bit platforms. Sadly it was never to … Continue reading
1987 Keypunch Software Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore 64, Atari 400/800, Apple II and PC A very short entry for a title that was advertised within the manual of Aliants at the very end. Time Capsule was listed as “Coming Soon” … Continue reading
A short entry for a bookware title that was advertised at the CES in Chicago in 1984 from Spinnaker / Windham Classics. Wind In The Willows would have been quite similar in style to Swiss Family Robinson. Continue reading
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