Planet 10
1989 Mastertronic Platforms: ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 A short entry for a Mastertronic title that never was called Planet 10 – a late title that was due for release back in 1989. It is thanks to a great article … Continue reading
ZX Spectrum Unreleased & Cancelled games (All)
Total results: 37
Popie
1984 Simon Freeman and David Hayhoe Platform: ZX Spectrum 48k Our next entry is an interesting Popeye clone that was produced for the ZX Spectrum back in 1984. It was discovered on a set of tapes at Ocean by Mark … Continue reading
Resolution
1988 Nexus Platform: ZX Spectrum Fairlight is a title which brings back extremely fond memories for me on the Commodore 64, which was a brilliant isometric game created originally on the ZX Spectrum by the genius Bo Jangeborg. I always … Continue reading
S.T.U.N Runner, better on Speccy?
Interesting find on our travels, but as some may well know – the Spectrum version of S.T.U.N Runner wasnt particularly great (Well, the C64 version was only marginally better, but thats not saying much). However, things could have been a … Continue reading
Sagan Om Ringen
1985 Peter Tjernström Platform: ZX Spectrum Our next ZX Spectrum title in the archives is a missing Swedish adventure based on Lord of the Rings (and even named so in Swedish!), which came first in a competition. The creator was … Continue reading
Scooby Doo in the Castle Mystery
1986 Elite Platforms: ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 Dragons Lair was a technical marvel in the early 80s with its impressive Laser Disc technology. Elite jumped on the bandwagon with their licence of the popular cartoon series. Whereas Dragons … Continue reading
Posted in: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Reviews, ZX Spectrum Tagged: Elite, No download available 8 Comments
Spellbound Dizzy Lite
1991 Codemasters Platform: ZX Spectrum 128k Also known as Diz564, our next entry isn’t technically an ‘unreleased game’ – but an ‘unreleased cut down version of a released game’. Spellbound Dizzy was one of Dizzy’s last adventures on the ZX … Continue reading
The Last Ninja
1987-1989 System 3 Platforms: Atari 800/130XE, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Tandy Colour Computer 3 and ZX Spectrum 48K As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that … Continue reading
Posted in: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 400/800, Atari ST, Bonus, Reviews, Tandy Colour Computer 3, ZX Spectrum Tagged: No download available 4 Comments
The Lost ThunderCats games video
GTW recently helped online games journalist Larry Bundy Jr with research and information on the Thundercats game series by Elite, including the two unreleased titles. And the final result has been published last week. Here it is, enjoy!
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Thundercats early screens
Platforms: ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 Over the years we have figured out at GTW64 about the connection between Thundercats and the unreleased Wolf by Gargoyle Games – as well as Bombjack 2 and Beyond the Ice Palace originally intended … Continue reading
Posted in: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, GTW64 news, Prototype, Unused materials, ZX Spectrum Tagged: No download available 2 Comments
Trojan
1986/87 Durell Platforms: ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 Trojan was a Capcom arcade title which was due for conversion across to the likes of the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 in 1987. Tasked with the conversion for Elite Software was … Continue reading
Unreleased ‘Cloud Hopper’ ZX Spectrum game released
Happy weekend everyone! Thanks to developer Adrian Longland and Retro Gamer magazine regular Paul Drury, we are pleased to present a complete and unreleased game for the ZX Spectrum called “Cloud Hopper”, as part of an upcoming interview with Adrian … Continue reading
Unreleased Spectrum Codemasters games
Thanks to The Dizzy Fansite, we have learnt of three new unreleased ZX Spectrum games that were intended for release by Codemasters back in the day. Two were complete, called Alea (created in 1987) and Hovercar Simulator (1989/91), with another … Continue reading
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Various ZX Spectrum and CPC assets
Thanks very much to an unnamed contributor who has flagged up this blog post showing some interesting graphics from what look to be some abandoned Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum games: http://www.habisoft.com/irmia/comentarios.asp?id=349 Recovered off a 3″ disk, nothing more has … Continue reading
Posted in: Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum 3 Comments
Wreckers
1991 Audiogenic Platforms: ZX Spectrum 128k Only recently has GTW made a surprise recovery of an abandoned Commodore 64 development of Denton Design’s classic Wreckers, though more famous is the ZX Spectrum 128k edition which was promised in 1991, but … Continue reading
Xenon 2
1991 Mirrorsoft Platform: ZX Spectrum 128k Back in 1991, C64 developer and musician Dave Spicer decided to put together a technical demo for a potential conversion of Xenon 2 for the ZX Spectrum. What was produced was pretty stunning – … Continue reading
Zoids 2
1986 Martech Platforms: Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum This is a short stub entry for now which is thanks to Patrick Furlong. At the end of the first game on the ZX Spectrum, there is mention of a Zoids 2 … Continue reading
