Sword of the Samurai was a strategy game set in 15th Century Japan, written for the PC in 1989 by Microprose Software. It was a fairly well recieved game, and some people had fond memories of it: http://www.links.net/dox/warez/games/microprose/samurai/ As you … Continue reading →
This was thought to be a lost game, but we have been informed that a release was made. http://s64.emuunlim.com/gameinfos/system8/system8.htm This entry as a result will be removed in the future. Case closed!
Our next entry is a title that was being worked on by Robert Wilson back in 1989 and was recently discovered again on his old work disks. The game itself is a sideways scrolling shooter with a guy on a … Continue reading →
T-Wrecks was what eventually became The Muncher. Essentially a very large scrolling Rampage clone with a huge main dinosaur sprite with Godzilla references. It was a great little game and a lot of fun. However, the game started out as … Continue reading →
A neat little Uridium style shooter, which was being worked on… but never quite finished…. though what you can see is the 99% complete version, but minus any sound or music. This was a first ever coded game by Rasmus, … Continue reading →
Yet another title enters the archives, and this time by the development team behind Lemmings on the Amiga. This was obtained from DMA Design’s own tribute webpage, and was released into the world by Mike Dailly for people to check … Continue reading →
Tanx was a SEUCK game that was created by Alex Aris and David Axtell back in 1989, and was an arcade adventure game (using paths to get trapped) where you control a tank sprite. It was originally sent to Commodore … Continue reading →
Mentioned in Commodore User July 1989, System 3 announced plans of a new tennis game which at the time was untitled. The game promised a “revolutionary approach” to the game, involving two player options, a 3-D rotating court overview and … Continue reading →
According to Commodore Computing International in December 1988, Active Distribution LTD had made a marketing deal with French company Coktel Vision. The first game to be released was Jungle Book. Sadly Terrific Land was never to be, and it seems … Continue reading →
Slightly different entry into the GTW64 vaults, with a missing scenery tapes entry for Test Drive 2. Thanks to Martin/Stadium64 – we learn that the manual for the original game (see downloads) talks about how to load the California Challenge … Continue reading →
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