Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 36
Following on from the release of Mirage, we are pleased to announce the preservation and recovery of yet another title in the form of Make My Day. A full diagonal scrolling Western game which was intended for Power House back … Continue reading
A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1986 Probe Software Mantronix was due to appear on the C64, along with a release on the CPC, in 1986, sometime after it was first released by Probe Software on the ZX Spectrum. … Continue reading
A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1988 CDS Software Made by the same company who made Tank Attack, Marine Attack was to be released by CDS Software sometime around the late eighties. There is no real information on this … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Mario Bros was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due … Continue reading
1988 Arcana Software Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64 Mars Cops is game that we’ve long covered within our C64 archive and we found after a mention A game in Zzap issue 49 on page 3 – listed as … Continue reading
For years i’ve been talking of setting up a page to showcase and celebrate the artwork and life of the late Martin Holland, but have rather ashamedly never got round to it. When finding an old email from 2006 when … Continue reading
Martin Piper has recently preserved all of his work disks from his collection, ranging from the late 80’s to early 90’s. Some disk images are currently unknown of their content fully, but most have been labelled correctly.
1995 Seven Stars Platforms: PC (DOS), Commodore Amiga A neat sounding RPG that was being produced by Seven Stars for the PC and Commodore Amiga back in 1995. The game was highlighted to us thanks to LiqMatrix. Seven Stars was … Continue reading
A quick post thanks to Bertrand / Atari Frog, to highlight the recent recovery of an unpreserved educational title for the C64 called Matchmaker: Grammar. Released in 1983 by American Educational Computer. The disk was preserved by SoulBuster on the … Continue reading
First update of May 2014 for GTW64 with the following updates: 2 new entries added Unknown helecopter game, Zolo 15 updates added 10-yard Fight, 3D Pool V1, Dragon Slayer, Eye Of The Moon, Gremlins, Grimblood, Here and there with the … Continue reading
We’ve seen countless many games disappear into the abyss without a screenshot or even a title left behind. This is not the case of Meantime (you may remember this title from GTW64’s coverage), one of the most popular vapourware (not … Continue reading
1992 Sensible Software Platform: Commodore Amiga A sequel to Mega lo Mania was on the cards as early as when the first game was still being written according to Jon Hare in Amiga Power magazine. When the release of the … Continue reading
1991 U.S. Gold Platforms: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC Mega Twins (known as Chiki Chiki Boys in Japan) was a sickly cute platformer produced by Capcom in the early 90’s, a slight sideways turn from the likes of … Continue reading
1994 Mindscape Platform: Commodore Amiga CD32 MegaRace was an ambitious title due for release on the Amiga CD32 by Mindscape back in 1994, and was being developed by French programmers Cryo. Set in the future, the game revolves around a … 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
1990 Ultra Games Platform: Commodore Amiga 500 It was announced in January 2021 about an unofficial conversion of the MSX classic Metal Gear to the Amiga – very nearly complete, and should see some kind of release very soon. However, … Continue reading
1994 Ocean Software Platform: Amiga 1200 (and possibly CD32) Mighty Max was based on the popular toys and subsequent cartoon of the time (huge in the US!), and was initially developed on the Amiga 1200 as the primary platform, with … Continue reading
Following on from the Jonathan Kendall collection, Mike Berry recently came forward with the offer of making available the editor he created to generate levels for Reckless Rufus. With the possibility of more to come, I have set up a … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Missile Command was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due … 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
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