Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 3618
Throne of Fire was due to be published by Melbourne House, and saw release on both the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC platforms. The C64 version was never to appear, despite adverts. The game was designed by Mike Singleton and … Continue reading
Not a lot is really sadly known about this game, even if it bore any resembalance to Thing On A Spring!… This is a title which was first mentioned to GTW by Martin Holland before he passed away. The game … Continue reading
Now, this will be something people will maybe shed a tear for…. news that The Wild Bunch was indeed making its way onto the Commodore 64! Though not quite in the Firebird release form you may have expected, but through … Continue reading
The Tripods was to be a graphic adventure game based on the John Christopher novels / BBC TV adaption, featuring creatures which look like something out of War of the Worlds. The adverts mentioned that the game would promise something … Continue reading
The Slippery was a Quill based adventure game which was written by Ruben Spaans in his early days. Ruben sheds more light on the game here (talking about the collection of adventure games he created): "They are simple text adventure … Continue reading
When it comes to RPG’s one of the obstacles computer games have always had to overcome is how to proficiently transfer the unlimited experience of playing a pen and paper RPG, such as Dungeons and Dragons, to a computer, especially … Continue reading
This was once a short preview of a nice little Super Mario Bros clone, until recently when the full version was finished off for a UK magazine. Here it is! Though not as closely linked as Giana was, “The Run” … Continue reading
Text adventure from Kayde who went into administration at the 26th August 1983. Did Spectrum releases, tried to do C64 and Vic 20 ones, which never seemed to surface. The game in the advert (Two adverts were submitted by Peter … Continue reading
A nice new entry into GTW, and a really nice little game too. Slightly reminisant of the likes of Jon Well’s ‘Shaolin’ title. It’s a single screen platformer, where the main character has to dispose of a variety of enemies … Continue reading
Its a Demonware title yet again, and yet another Commodore Format Early Warning title. And you guessed it!… another one which never surfaced in any shape or form other than its blip on the CF scanner. We can only assume … Continue reading
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