Yet another Edge title. The game was advertised in magazines such as CVG in 1986, and was brought to GTW’s attention thanks to Lee Theasby who kindly provided the advert scan. The game was an adventure RPG which was in … Continue reading →
It was thought for many years that “Miner Willy Meets The Taxman” and “Megatree” were the same game, and that the first title was the working title for “Megatree”. Well, after attending a Q/A session with Matthew Smith at a … Continue reading →
Mini Don is a cool Don Doko Don conversion which was being done as part of a mini-game compo. Although looking and playing brilliantly, the developer didn’t finish it as the graphics were too much to fit within 4K. It … Continue reading →
Lovely and promising is a way of describing Minimus, which was in development back in 2012. The preview that has managed to sneak out shows a decent animated main character who can jump around a sideways scrolling platform world, and … Continue reading →
Another GTW game from the 80’s, created by a company who call themselves ‘Backroom Software’, so obviously this wasn’t created in house. We believe that this game was actually created by Steve Dunn, who also did the Blast game in … Continue reading →
Back in the 1980’s, Atarisoft were doing official conversions for the Commodore 64. Missile Command was one of them! We learn of this conversion thanks to Mat Allen who has documented the conversion briefly in Digital Press. We hope to … Continue reading →
A short entry for a game that was advertised in the US press as a mail order only title. The game was described in the advert as being a text adventure game written by a U.S Army veteran, with a … Continue reading →
A very quick entry for an educational title which was due for release in 1991 on the C64 by Scetlander, a company based in Glasgow. We know that a C64 version existed, as David Jolliff confirmed he was the coder … Continue reading →
An educational game which might be out there, but has yet to be preserved. Or is it a title that never quite made it? Monkeybuilder has a 256 word set, designed to increase spelling and vocabulary skills into 17 different … Continue reading →
A short entry of an unofficial conversion of an obscure arcade title called Monster Bash, which was being done by Luigi Vicari. Luigi described the game on his site as follows: “MONSTER BASH is a fascinating cartoon theme game featuring … Continue reading →
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