Creatures

1991 Thalamus Platform: ZX Spectrum Following on from our recent post about a long lost conversion of Creatures 2 for the Amiga, we now take a look at a planned ZX Spectrum conversion – and one which seemed to get … Continue reading
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1991 Thalamus Platform: ZX Spectrum Following on from our recent post about a long lost conversion of Creatures 2 for the Amiga, we now take a look at a planned ZX Spectrum conversion – and one which seemed to get … Continue reading
If you have recently joined the new Threads.net service, then you can now find Games That Weren’t on there too at gamesthatwerent or https://www.threads.net/@gamesthatwerent Hoping a desktop version arrives soon, but we’ll keep posting out our updates to here, as … Continue reading
Chatting with team member Gary Spence the other day, Gary wondered if he had perhaps an over-active imagination when looking at Elite’s Cataball game one evening. A game that was released on one of their Hit-Paks, but then spruced up … Continue reading
Another month gone already, and now as we enter into Summer, here is another GTW64 update with 7 new entries into the archive, including a title which oddly doesn’t seem to have had a UK release by Ocean and another … Continue reading
If you are a fan of Dizzy like me, then you might be aware of a number of games written about the acrobatic egg which were created by fans. Quite a few exist, and have been extending the life of … Continue reading
If you haven’t played Breakdown before, then you should check it out. It’s a fun and simple shooter/platformer/puzzler mix, which was generously given away on Zzap!64 issue 90’s covermount. When flicking through the magazine the other day, I realized that … Continue reading
Back in the summer of 1985, Ritchie Brannan was trying to break into the games industry, and got a gig producing a game based on Fantastic Voyage for Ariolasoft. Early on it was renamed to Braindeath, probably as Ariolasoft couldn’t … Continue reading
1992 Thalamus Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Creatures 1 and 2 were two fantastically cute, but violent titles from Apex Computer Productions, and published by Thalamus during the early 1990s. So popular, it was decided to convert Creatures to … Continue reading
A short entry for a title which was mentioned by Andrew Braybrook in an interview with FREEZE64. After finishing Intensity, Andrew started another game design – but it wasn’t really shaped into a game or anything. A title sequence was … Continue reading
An interesting Synapse Software entry now with Picnic Paranoia, which was due for release on Atari 400/800, TRS-80, Apple II and Commodore 64 platforms. The game has you controlling George on a single screen, who has to keep ants and … Continue reading
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