Strange game this one by the Australian team Bad Bytes (Creators of Misfortune and Twin Terrors). What we have is a mixture of a still screen shooter and breakout. How this would actually work is anyone’s guess. The game isn’t … Continue reading →
Yet another Beyond Belief game which was planned and mentioned in the interview with Jim Scott. Information is a bit scarce, as all we currently know is that the game was to be a Super Wonder Boy clone where you … Continue reading →
Yet another strange one for the vaults of GTW… Originally it wasn’t known about until TGM shed some light. Originally this game was known from a strange set of advert slogans which were used in Zzap issue 40 back in … Continue reading →
Up next is what we originally believed to be a GTW title thanks to Jason Kelk who highlighted it from a personal website, and which we don’t think has been spotted just yet until now. The game is your typical … Continue reading →
First reported in Zzap’s news page in July 1988, a third in the series of very popular Huey games by Cosmi and Paul Norman. The last sequel was released around 1985, so quite a large gap to decide upon a … Continue reading →
Thanks to Wayne Wormsley for highlighting this one! Super Fighter was a PC based fighting game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Fighter) which became pretty popular, and so much so that a Demo group were looking to convert it to the C64. In an issue … Continue reading →
Another game we’d better start looking for, and one which might be slightly harder for me being in the UK. Super C (Or Super Contra/Super Commandos) is a US only release it seems and one which had it been released … Continue reading →
A game once released on the cover of Zzap 64 back in the day, a cool galaxian type game by the creators of Orcus and possibly using some of its sprites. Haydn said this about the game… "Me, Mike Ager … Continue reading →
In the early 90’s, quite a few games were mentioned for UK release by Italian company “Idea”, and quite a few did actually make it over here… Apart from Sturmtruppen. Sturmtruppen was described as a sort of Midnight Resistance style … Continue reading →
“Strobe” is a new addition to GTW, in which at the time, not a lot of information was known. The game was an up and coming Pong style game set in the future, and the preview in the wild was … Continue reading →
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