ZX Spectrum Posts and Unreleased & Cancelled games (T)

Here you can find all Posts, Prototypes and Unreleased and Cancelled video games listed under the category platform of ZX Spectrum.

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The Last Ninja

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Posted: , last updated: by Frank Gasking

1987-1989 System 3 Platforms: Atari 800/130XE, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Tandy Colour Computer 3 and ZX Spectrum 48K As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that … Continue reading →

Posted in: Amstrad CPC, Atari 400/800/XL, Atari ST, Bonus, Commodore Amiga, Reviews, Tandy Color Computer 3, ZX Spectrum | Tagged: | 4 Comments

Thomas The Tank Engine 2: The Race

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Posted: by Frank Gasking

Back in the day, my Commodore Format magazine used to have an ‘Early Warning Scanner’ with games that were coming soon for the C64. On there for a while was Thomas The Tank Engine 2, but it never really moved and nothing more was shown in magazines. I assumed it was vapourware.

“The games were written in 1990 when Clockwize had moved to an ‘office’ in the town.” explained Dean. “It was really just one big long room that had once been a dance studio. The Alternative budget titles that we did were usually just based around a title that was given to us such as ‘Punch And Judy’ and the design was up to us. Thomas 2 though needed to be based on the book ‘The Race’ where Thomas races Bertie the bus. Both games needed to be fairly simple for younger children to play. Thomas 2 would turn out to be the least problematic.” Continue reading →

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