This was a SEUCK game released commercially by Compass Software and reviewed by Commodore User in September 1988 in their Cheapo Round up section. The game was panned for being dull, and containing styltifying gameplay. Overall it got 1/10. Compass … Continue reading →
Also known as: The Day The Universe Died, Dominion
Already creating the cult classic Wizball, Sensible Software tried to take their success even further with a new game, and with a new perspective altogether. Sensible Software decided to take a trip into the world of 3D games with an … Continue reading →
“As good a danger-filled dungeon as you could wish to expire in” – Personal Computer News describes The Greedy Dwarf. The game was a text adventure that apparently had a very powerful command structure. It seems that the primary releases … Continue reading →
Our next entry into the archive come thanks to Gareth Pitchford, who flagged up this currently missing text adventure game by Dean Hodgson and Steve Walsh. The game was reportedly published Satchel, who were a software arm of Angle Park … Continue reading →
It is thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni and BloodyCactus for bringing this game to our attention, and which may have been floating around for quite some time under our noses. The Mermaid and the Crown was a graphical text adventure produced … Continue reading →
This was a SEUCK game released commercially by Compass Software and reviewed by Commodore User in June 1988 in their Cheapo Round up section. According to the review, the game acked in gameplay and suffered from too many bullets. The … Continue reading →
A quick entry for a title that was spotted by Martin/Stadium64. This is a football quiz game based on the Merseyside blues football club. www.mobygames.com/game/official-everton-fc-intelligensia Versions were released for the Amiga and ST, but the C64 version is very much … Continue reading →
A short entry now for a title highlighted to us by Baracuda and which he had compiled as part of a James Hastings-Trew slideshow in 2023. James had produced a loading screen for a title called The Stock Exchange, which … Continue reading →
This game was the satire of British political life in the guise of a parody of The Hobbit. It is rumoured that this game was unreleased because of poor sales of the game Denis Through the Drinking Glass by the … Continue reading →
Not a lot is really sadly known about this game, even if it bore any resembalance to Thing On A Spring!… This is a title which was first mentioned to GTW by Martin Holland before he passed away. The game … Continue reading →
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