Games That Weren't

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1983-85 Palace Software Code – Chris Neary, Stuart Brown Graphics – Duncan Rigden Sound – Unknown Pegasus had its beginnings in the basement of a kebab shop in Gravesend in Kent, where Chris … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1984 Triffid Software Research For a more detailed analysis of Triffid Software Research and the Runemagic Adventure Series, read the entry for The Secret River. A quick summary is that a series of … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1984 Triffid Research Software When it comes to RPGs one of the obstacles computer games have always had to overcome is how to proficiently transfer the unlimited experience of playing a pen and … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives Dungeons and Dragons was a gaming phenomona that started in the 1970s when historial gaming enthusiasts, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, created their own rules to tabletop battlefield gaming and focused it on … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives The idea of making a computer game for The War of the Worlds seems obvious, aliens come to Earth and attack everything and everyone and a hero who is just trying to survive … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987/88 Avalon Hill game company The only information we have on this game comes from a CES show in Chicago, USA in 1987. Basically the game was to be a chess game, with … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 Firebird In 1987 Firebird released Arcade Classics, a compilation of (wait for it) four classic arcade games, namely Space Invaders, Asteroids, Snake and Space Wars. It was neatly packaged with a front-end … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987 Diamond Software Xtron was due to be released by Diamond Software, along with various other releases, Diablo, Hollywood Poker and Kaos. However, it seems only Diablo received a release, judging by entries … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 Firebird/Maelstrom Had it found its way onto the 8-bit market, Whirligig would have been that rare thing for the time, a game released on all the major gaming markets, the 8-bit, 16-bit … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 Gremlin Graphics Combining comedy and, er, cycling, Tour De Force was due for release by Gremlin Graphics in 1988 yet never materialised on the C64, despite being released on the Spectrum and … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 Skyslip Sabian Island seems to be yet another game that was advertised to buy through mail order from a software company, without actually having ever being released. I dont know how many … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987 Games Designers Workshop Rommel: Battles for Torbruk by Games Designers Workshop (GDW) was planned to be a war strategy game, based around four battles fought between the WWII German commander Rommel and … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1989 Microstyle Due to come out on the C64 in 1989, International Soccer Challenge was one of several games due for release by Microstyle in the 1989/90. ISC was also released on the … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1985 Artic Computing Rugby sims have always been underrepresented in the computer gaming market. Football sims have dominated Europe, while in the USA its American Football that has dominated. It doesnt help that … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 19xx Personal Software Services Quark was due to be released by PSS (Personal Software Services) but for some reason it doesnt seem to have ever been released. Usually in these incidences you can … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1985 Activision Initially released on the Spectrum by Activision, before being re-released by Mastertronic, Xcel is described by Sinclair User as Star Trek, Space Invaders and Centipede rolled into one. Sadly the game … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 198? OIC Ltd Life on Planet Srexis is threatened! so starts the blurb describing the OIC Ltd game Sixers. The game is a grid based puzzle game but little more is known, simply … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 CDS Software Made by the same company who made Tank Attack, Marine Attack was to be released by CDS Software sometime around the late eighties. There is no real information on this … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1986 Probe Software Mantronix was due to appear on the C64, along with a release on the CPC, in 1986, sometime after it was first released by Probe Software on the ZX Spectrum. … Continue reading →

A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987 Games Designers Workshop Chickamauga was going to be a stragetic war game, of which there are many on the C64. Its scheduled release was for 1987, by Games Designers Workshop (GDW), an … Continue reading →