Grey Slayer
1988 Silverbird
Most likely a title which is being mixed up with Starslayer – this was a title mentioned briefly in an 1988 edition of Zzap Italia and to be released by Firebird. Is it indeed the same game, or is there … Continue reading
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Griffin
1988 Unknown
An early preview from the days when the C64 was riding high commercially. Griffin could easily be thought of as a Rastan clone of sorts, and I say that as the main character is ripped from Rastan. However it isn’t. … Continue reading
Grimblood
1988 Maelstrom Software
A bit of a surprise, but whilst flicking through issue 7 of ACE magazine, we found a write up on Maelstrom games, where the 16-bit title Grimblood was mentioned. When discussing about if the 8-bits were being abandoned, they were … Continue reading
Groovy Elecric Death
1988 Simon Birrell
- Coding: Simon Birrell
- Graphics: Simon Birrell
- Sound: N/A
A obscure title by Simon Birrell, creator of Strangeloop for Virgin Games. Essentially, this game stems from the ripping off of one of Simon’s own ideas which was "Slideways", also in GTW. Cascade ripped off the Slideways game and released … Continue reading
Gung-Ho!
1988 System 3
- Coding: Unknown
- Graphics: Hugh Riley
- Sound: Unknown
Also known as: Predator
A short entry for a title that was flagged up thanks to Ross Sillifant. Gung-Ho! was a title that was drawn up and story-boarded by Tim Best, which was set in the jungle and lots of shooting. Activision managed to … Continue reading
Heavy Barrel
1988 Sales Curve
This was to be an Ikari Warriors style game converted from the SNK arcade. In total there were two versions planned – This version was the first and which Commodore User, September 1988 issue mentioned that French software company FIL … Continue reading
Hell For Leather
1988 Audiogenic
- Coding: James Macdonald
- Graphics: James Kerr
- Sound: Giulio Zicchi
Hell For Leather was a game being developed for Audiogenic by James Macdonald under his Psycodelic Software Developments label. It was the first game he had ever written, and was done to prove to someone at his local computer club … Continue reading
Horror Drive
1988 Horizon
- Coding: Daniel Stenberg, Kjell Ericson
- Graphics: Björn Stenberg
- Sound: Björn Stenberg
Horror Drive is a really neat and promising 2 player split screen racer, with a top down viewpoint. Sort of like Rally Speedway, but with far smoother scrolling. The backgrounds are simple at this stage, but maybe more scenery was … Continue reading
Hyperion 2
1988 Unknown
- Coding: Chris Caress
- Graphics: Lee Cawley
- Sound: Matt Gray
A very interesting entry in the GTW archives comes in the form of Hyperion 2. The game has been sitting on FTP’s for a while now, but has a story behind it and also helped uncover something rather useful for … Continue reading
I Can Remember
1988 Fisher Price
“I Can Remember” is another long lost educational game to add to the GTW archives, and another which we know little about at the moment. It is assumed from the title that it is a kind of memory based game … Continue reading
