1994 Psygnosis Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC We’ve covered a few Miracle Games titles over the years, including later incarnations of Dick Special and also Bouncy Bat game. In 1994, another title from the studio was due for release via … Continue reading →
Metal Piramid (and yes, that is the spelling as shown in the game) is a neat platformer which was developed back in the early 1990s by Attila Deák, who would eventually go on to working at Novatrade and on Ecco … Continue reading →
A quick news post to highlight an Atari 400/800 prototype that has gone under the radar, as reported by Bertrand / Atari Frog. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-avalanche_42784.html Seems to be essentially the same game, but with some slight differences including: No year displayed … Continue reading →
1992 MicroPlay Software / Empire Platforms: PC and Commodore Amiga The MegaTraveller series were a set of sci-fi role playing games that were produced by Paragon Software for MicroProse and Empire Software. Reviews were however mixed, though the series did … Continue reading →
1984-1995 Ashley Greenup/Dee-Kay Systems Platforms: BBC Micro, C64, ZX Spectrum and Amiga It is thanks to Ivan S that it has come to light that a series of Train games created by Ashley Greenup/Dee-Kay Systems are currently missing and not … Continue reading →
Speaking recently with Paul Allen Newell, who helped with the Games That Weren’t book due to his Vectrex connections, Paul flagged up with us recent stories of how his endless maze algorithm (developed for the Atari 2600) caused a bit … Continue reading →
1991 Electronic Arts / Maverick Developments Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC Tantalus was to be a complex 3D space simulation for a variety of platforms back in 1991, where you could play solo or in a multiplayer mode. The … Continue reading →
1983 Xonox Platform: Commodore VIC-20 There has been a little flurry of late with regards to VIC-20 recoveries, and towards the end of 2023, yet another was found thanks to ItsAllDougAndGames, who brought a set of cartridges from an auction … Continue reading →
A quick entry for yet another missing Datasoft title, which has been highlighted to us by Bertrand / Atari Frog (my apologies for the delay finally adding the entry!). As you can see from the scans from Atarimania.com – the game is … Continue reading →
A game that was seemingly released, but has yet to be fully preserved. Are you able to help preserve the game? Just to note that there is a non-JR edition already in Gamebase, but this is a different title by … Continue reading →
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