‘Fox’ (C64) game found
An early preview of a C64 game called ‘Fox’ has been found and preserved over at gtw64: Check it out at: http://www.gtw64.co.uk
Commodore Cancelled and Unreleased Video Games (All)
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‘La Venganza del Toro’ C64 recovery
A new recovery thanks to Retroboy – an unfinished and early bullfighting game for the C64 called ‘La Venganza del Toro’. This has been added today into the GTW64 archives, which you can now check out for yourselves at https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/la-venganza-del-toro/ … Continue reading
‘St. Pauli’ C64 game recovered
Thanks to Enthusi/Onslaught in the C64 scene, the long lost St. Pauli adventure game has been found and recovered. This is a German based adventure game written in GAC which was released in very limited numbers. It has been known … Continue reading
10 new updates for GTW64
Another GTW64 update which includes: All dogs go to heaven, Breakthrough, Gunboat, Leopard Lord, Lord Of The Rings, Oriental Games, Razzmatazz, Rescue Mission, Slidez, World Boxing Champ All specifics about the updates made can be found in a new “Updates … Continue reading
19 Boot Camp Part 1 early build
Thanks to Gaetano for highlighting which is something I hadn’t noticed before. In Zzap 64’s review of 19 Boot Camp Part 1, it seems they either reviewed an earlier build of the game, or they used screenshots provided/from a preview … Continue reading
1942
1986 Elite Systems Platforms: Commodore 16 and Plus/4 This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. As a result, please note that it hasn’t been professionally proof read … Continue reading
3 new entries added from Drax’s worktunes
First of 2013 – whilst browsing through Drax’s work tunes, I spotted a few sets of tunes which were obviously meant for some games that never quite made it. Here are the very quick entries to start with – hoping … Continue reading
40+ Years Lost: Stairway to the Stars (Commodore VIC-20) Finally Recovered!
After more than 40 years lost to time, Stairway to the Stars (the third game in Mike Taylor’s Magic Mirror Commodore VIC-20 adventure series) has finally been saved! And it’s been a long journey… Continue reading
A chat with David Jolliff
When contacting developers to ask about their unreleased games, we often send a barrage of questions to bombard them. Sometimes the answers are pretty short, but other times we can get some brilliant answers which often tell a great story … Continue reading
A little something to share
I can’t really add this to GTW64 as a proper entry, but I thought i’d share – as i’m pretty happy at this particular personal finding. After doing some preservation work with the Maverick v5 tool on a problematic disk, … Continue reading
A quick September GTW64 update
A short GTW64 update to keep things moving and show some quick updates that have been going on. Nuclear Nick recovered and released After 30 years of being missing, a preview build of Nuclear Nick has been recovered by Peepo … Continue reading
A slightly different Pitfighter (C64)
Another one for the collection, but spotted in an issue of Your Commodore was a preview of Pitfighter with a slight difference in the game area. The difference is merely the inclusion of a yellow trousered main character for Kato … Continue reading
A small pre-2013 update
A few bits and pieces have come through right at the death of 2012 – which includes details of another Amiga to C64 conversion that never was called: Leaving Teramis And also David Wightman helped us to confirm some more … Continue reading
A talk at Retro Collective
Just had the most fantastic weekend at Retro Collective with my wife, Tasha, giving a talk on Games That Weren’t and the digital preservation of unreleased games over the past 25 years or so. A huge thank you to Neil … Continue reading
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A tribute to Micro-Antics
1982-1983 Paul Hope Platform: Commodore VIC-20 It is surprising how emotions can run high, and the warm fuzzy memories flow when playing games from your childhood – and playing Chariot Race by Micro-Antics on the Commodore VIC-20 is no exception. … Continue reading
A video look at Total Recall V1
Following on from the recent recovery of Total Recall V1 – we today take a detailed video look at the prototype, the story of its search and how it was found. Including highlighting of differences from the original Zzap!64 preview … Continue reading
A.T.A.C: Advanced Tactical Air Command
1992 MicroProse Platform: Commodore Amiga Also known as: A.T.A.C: Advanced Tactical Air Command – The Secret War Against Drugs MicroProse’s flight sim, A.T.A.C: Advanced Tactical Air Command was previewed for the Amiga in various magazines back in 1992, but was … Continue reading
AAA
1990 Palace Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST A short entry for a title that was previewed in Generation 4 magazine, issue 19 from 1990 – thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz for the heads up. The game was called AAA … Continue reading
Abducted
1999 Aftertaste Productions Platform: Commodore Amiga Abducted was an adventure game in the style of the Monkey Island games, and was previewed in magazines such as Amiga Computer Studio and Amiga Fever back in 1999 and during a time when … Continue reading
Access Denied
1992 ICE Platform: Commodore Amiga + possibly others A very short entry until we can learn more, but Access Denied was a 3D game apparently programmed by the same people who did F-19 Stealth Fighter. If that is the case, … Continue reading
