Unknown war game
1986 Orpheus
A very early entry for a game we don’t even know the title for yet. This was a title mentioned by Geoff Phillips as being in development at Orpheus around 1986 time. It was farmed out to a set of … Continue reading
Unreleased and cancelled video games for the Commodore 64.
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A very early entry for a game we don’t even know the title for yet. This was a title mentioned by Geoff Phillips as being in development at Orpheus around 1986 time. It was farmed out to a set of … Continue reading
Uridibad was released onto Compunet by Sensible Software back in 1986, and what seems like a joke at the expense of Uridium – was actually going to be a full game. Jason Kelk posed the question to Jon Hare via … Continue reading
Victory! is a vertical push scroll game where you must control a tank and blast through various obstacles. It got to a fair stage of progress and was shaping up pretty well. The game was started in 1986 by Ian … Continue reading
The unknown Vietnam game was another title which never was from Orpheus Software, and was a wargame that tried to cash in on the many Vietnam films that were around at the time. It apparently may have come from Tim … Continue reading
Virgin Atlantic Challenge was to be an arcade game based on Richard Branson’s attempt to break the transatlantic speed record in a boat. So, not the same game which was released later on with the rather cool Rob Hubbard tune. … Continue reading
Wizard War is a fantasy strategy game, designed and created by Lloyd Johnson with additional input from Jim Baen. The game was apprently released with an exclusive story written by Fred Saberhagen based on the game. You controlled an army … 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
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
Also known as: Questprobe Number 4: X-Men
Only three games were released as part of Scott Adam’s Questprobe Series, but did you know that a 4th was on its way in the shape of X-Men? The game would be started by Scott Adams, but was never to … Continue reading
Thanks to Jazzcat for the heads up about this game, which was shown recently on the developer’s website. The game was an RPG which was looking to shape up pretty well back in 1986 when it was in development. However, … Continue reading
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