An early preview of a C64 game called ‘Fox’ has been found and preserved over at gtw64:
Check it out at: http://www.gtw64.co.uk
‘Fox’ (C64) game found
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February updates for GTW64
GTW64 has had a number of updates over the past few weeks, including:
- Two ‘Nanosec’ entries added
- ‘Splidge the snowman’ music found and added
- A long lost 3DCK game found and released – ‘A Chance in Hell’
- Entry added for CRL title ‘Cops and Robbers’
- Entry added for ‘Gamma 9’ – a 1987 title that never surfaced.
Check out the updates at http://www.gtw64.co.uk
Paperboy (c64) un-used assets
Thanks to Encore (Nothing to do with Elite I might add), a contributor on Lemon 64 – a range of unused sprites have been found tucked away in the game.
Ever wondered why so much was missed out of the conversion, well it seems the likes of the break dancing skaters were meant to have been…
Maybe they just ran out of space?… or just time whilst developing. This suggests that there could actually be some character based assets hidden away too, so if we find anything we’ll report it back here.
Six Atari VCS games recovered!
Copied and pasted directly from the post on the Retro Gamer forum, but pretty much says it all:
Six previously unreleased Atari VCS/2600 games that were developed by Jerry Lawsons company, Video Soft, are at last being released! The games were mentioned in press releases from the early 1980s and were long thought to have been just one of the many vaporware titles that never materialized. Not only do they exist in prototype form, but all were far enough along in development to be playable, with half of them considered to be complete!
Thanks to Jerry Lawson and the efforts of a few, dedicated Atari fans, the prototypes were archived, new artwork was created, and cartridges were produced. Each includes both a box and manual, and production is limited to 100 numbered copies of each title. Only 100 of each will ever be produced. This is the single-largest cache of unreleased Atari VCS/2600 prototypes to ever be released at one time!
Pre-orders are now being accepted, with carts to start shipping in late January. See the Digital Press webpage below for more information:
Joe The Serif (C64) preserved!
Occasionally GTW64 is passed on software which did infact get a release, but a very limited one and which has not yet been preserved for others to enjoy.
Joe The Serif is one such game, preserved by a contributor called Pudva, this is an interesting game released in Hungary (May need to know some Hungarian to play the game :) ), which also saw a release on the C16/+4
You can grab a copy of the game here.
A big thanks to Pudva for digging this out!
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GTW64 xmas update
It’s that time of the year again. The Xmas update of Games That Weren’t is now launched, with plenty of findings and new materials, including:
- ‘PUTTY’ – Found and released!
- ‘UNDEAD’ – Fully recovered and added
- ‘PULSE’ – A new unseen puzzler preview
- ‘SCIMITAR’ – An early tech demo from Cyberdyne Systems
- ‘DEADLOCK’ – More demos (including 2 early versions) added
- ‘ARMALYTE 2’ – Game music recovered
- ‘HALF LIFE’ – GFX remains founds
- ‘SAVAGE PLATFORMS’ – Game music recovered
- ‘TURN CHANGE’ – More remains added
Plus…
- 35 brand new entries added
- 19 existing entries updated
And a little hint of what’s to come in 2011…
‘STARGLIDER 2’ – All remains recovered and being worked on.
Enjoy at http://www.gtw64.co.uk
Speedball 2 unused material (C64)
Carl Muller did a fantastic job squeezing in Speedball 2 onto the Commodore 64 back in 1991. However, it was at a cost in various areas … and most notably was for some of the in-between screens.
Commodore Format in particular had printed a much higher quality version of the defeat image and larger than what was in the final game. Carl luckily still had it, so here it is:
Hopefully we may see more materials, and possibly earlier builds in the future.
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