1985 Adventure International
Platforms: Dragon 32, Commodore Plus 4
This is a short entry to extend our Dragon 32/Plus/4 entries into the Games That Weren’t archive, with what was suggested as being a new Adventure International title that was being released for the Dragon 32 and also Commodore Plus 4.
Questprobe 2 – Spiderman has been incorrectly listed as being available on the Dragon 32 by various websites, but there is no evidence according to Simon Hardy that the game was ever converted. A potential conversion was mentioned in the April 1985 issue of Dragon User magazine, but that was about it.
It is possible that a conversion was on the cards, but the dwindling Dragon 32 market was felt to be a reason to put the stops on one. Was anything ever started? Hopefully Scott Adams can shed more light in the near future.
As for the Plus/4 edition – Luca/FIRE from plus4world mentioned they also felt there could be a version for that platform too released as a secret b-side (which has been seen via Sharedata/Green Valley releases and has been seen for Questprobe 3: Fantastic Four. So was it the same for Spiderman too?
Atarimania (see comments) suggests that the game would likely have been ported by somebody at Adventure International’s UK branch, likely Andy Burras or Brian Howarth.
With thanks to Simon Hardy for highlighting, Atarimania for the developer suggestions and Luca/Fire for flagging about the potential Plus/4 edition.
My guess is that the game would have been ported by somebody at Adventure International’s UK branch, likely Andy Burras or Brian Howarth.
Thanks very much for the suggestion – just added that to the page with a credit :)