Shockwave was first mentioned in The Games Machine with the following bit of blurb… “While Xecutor does it for dual destruction on the Spectrum, Shockwave is a two player shoot ’em up on for the Commodore 64 complete with a … Continue reading →
Another obscure one, this time by a company called SSoft (Never heard of them!). This one was reviewed in Home Computer Weekly, and was an adventure put on sale to raise money for cat leukemia. We originally thought that the … Continue reading →
An interesting title for our next entry, which was part of what seemed to be a popular time for horse themed games that appeared in the early to mid 1980’s. Show Jumping was advertised by Alligata Software in 1986, but … Continue reading →
Shutdown is a game which has recently come to light thanks to the guys over at the World of Spectrum and a entry on their website. Taken directly from the World of Spectrum entry, Dean Hickingbottom recalls… “This game was … Continue reading →
Shuttle is potentially a game that never really got off the ground unfortunately. A game by Steve Davis around 1987 time, this was first mentioned in a demo of the same name by Steve that was released on Compunet, and … Continue reading →
A currently unknown game which is still being investigated by GTW. In a music collection sent out to software houses as a demo by Mark Wilson, Mark mentions music for a game called SHYLOCK being developed by Deesl Designs. Now, … Continue reading →
A possible vapourware title which has been brought to our attention by Richard Bayliss, who made a very good point that it was odd about there being a Sidewinder 2 game for the C64, but nothing of the original game. … Continue reading →
A short entry for yet another Kele Line title, and one which at this stage we know little about. We have learnt about the title thanks to contributor Henrik Matzen, who had a bunch of Kele Line related materials and … Continue reading →
“Behold, the fifth generation of home computer entertainment Get the Sigue Sigue Sputnik computer game from your favourite software house now…” – was the advert blurted out after one of Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s tracks on their recent album back in … Continue reading →
Our next title is a graphic text adventure that was being produced by St. Brides and was started as far back as 1985. Featured in issue 45 of Sinclair User in particular when the School team was working on a … Continue reading →
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