This early C64 game is a very promising sort of Xevious clone with futuristic backgrounds. It’s very glitchy in places, but it seemed to be shaping up nicely at the time. We guess that the game got leaked out, and … Continue reading →
Another naff game i’m afraid.. a very simple BASIC looking game, where you have to protect a simple character block on the screen. Terrible to look at and terrible to play… Either this is the actual game, or a very … Continue reading →
Another quick entry … A news item in Commodore User back in 1988 mentioned that Origin Systems would be releasing a game called Prototank on the C64. However, nothing surfaced – and no evidence seems to exist of it on … Continue reading →
Psionic was an intriguing title which was being developed by Robert Trevellyan, who later went on to work for Bitmap Bros and produce the likes of Speedball 2 on the Amiga. His first commercial venture was for this game at … Continue reading →
Psycho Glider FMB , and interestingly titled game which involved gliders!… Created by Pete Andrew for Lothlorien back in the late ’80s, the game was shaping up just fine until something bad happened. The game was part of a series … Continue reading →
An early game featuring the early graphics of Martin Holland. This was mentioned breifly to me by Martin in an Interview, and it has been named a few times by other collegues of Martin’s… but this is it. From what … Continue reading →
PT-109 was based around the World War II patrol boat that John F. Kennedy served on. An article in Commodore Magazine (Dec 1988) had the following to say: “Spectrum HoloByte 6-1/128: PT-109, an amazing patrol boat simulation, is scheduled for … Continue reading →
Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Pyramids Of The Sun was the follow-up to Castle Blackstar, and was set for release in October 1984. Chris’ feature … Continue reading →
Another title which should have been added to the GTW archives a very long time ago, after evidence of a C64 conversion was found in a manual of a released version of the game. Q*Bert’s Qubes was a sequel to … Continue reading →
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