One of the harder things to ascertain when investigating a potential GTW is sorting out those games that are simply ‘Missing in Action’ from the genuine ‘Games That Weren’t’. Wizard’s Dominion is one such game. A Dungeons & Dragon’s game … Continue reading →
Wolfgrounds we believe is a text adventure game by the same people who were selling Exod (Another title we have just added to GTW). The game was sold on disk, but it seems that this is one that either didn’t … Continue reading →
As well as Superman – The Game, it seems that First Star Software had big plans to do more comic based titles afterwards. In an issue of Family Computing Magazine, it was reported that after the release of the Superman … Continue reading →
Moved from the original article post and into a proper GTW entry. Some years ago I was talking on the Lemon 64 of a strange recollection of a rather different looking version of the C64 Wonderboy. I had the budget … Continue reading →
Well, as correctly noted to me recently by a GTW reader, why the hell haven’t we covered World Cup Carnival V1?? And why not indeed – with the original game mess of World Cup Carnival apparently half complete before the … Continue reading →
The source of this next entry is interesting as it was mentioned in "Illegal" pirate fanzine as something seen at PC 1988 show (or so it seems) by SSD of Cosmos. World Darts was a game mostly known for its … Continue reading →
Mentioned in issue 1 of Zzap!64 in its adventure column, this Mastervision (Mastertronic) title (originally released by Carnell Software) was certainly due out for the C64 and was even advertised for American audiences (see scans). However, it never happened for … Continue reading →
Also known as: Uncanny X-Men
X-Men was to be a licenced game based on the comic and released by The Edge, but it is believed to got caught up in the same troubles which The Punisher had hit. Oddly, Ross Sillifant found a quick news … Continue reading →
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 is denied so not available for download on World … Continue reading →
Xecutor is a pretty good vertical scrolling shooter which was released by ACE software (a sub company of The Edge) on the ZX Spectrum towards the end of 1987. The game was planned for release on the C64 just a … Continue reading →