Time has come round quickly once more, with our yearly Christmas update – and as always, we have something for you in the shape of a previously unseen and unreleased C64 game (lost for 38 years), some recovered C128 titles and important new information on some key GTW entries.
Lordsfire – full game recovered after 38 years
Intended for release by Virgin Games, Jeremy Walker’s fully complete multi-part title has been recovered and released today by Games That Weren’t.
Lordsfire – entry and download
Ron Rosen confirms as developer of two long mysterious titles + a new one
Developer Ron Rosen has significantly confirmed his (and Art Huff’s) involvement on both Adam Caveman and Mumbles – Super Spy, as well as yet another title not known about until now:
Adam Caveman, Billy Boulder, Mumbles – Super Spy
Mike Lyons sheds light on more important GTWs
We finally speak to the developer of Total Recall V1 about what happened + chances of recovery, along with input on a number of other titles he worked on. Two surprises as you will notice:
19 Boot Camp – Part 2, Total Recall V1, Whirligig, Wreckers
2 C128 titles digitally preserved
Thanks to Csaba Virag, here are two German C128 titles that have been digitally preserved.
B-1 Bomber and Spukschloss – page and download
9 brand new entries added
A number of other new entries have also been added to the site:
Aerial Arithmetic, Asteroids, Campaigns of Napoleon, Commando V1, Garden Wars, Spider Snare, Syntax tape, The Battle of the Bulge, Zany Golf
33 other entries also updated
Then finally a whole raft of other existing entries in the archive have been updated. Details of each update can be found in the “History” tab for each page.
4 Games, 48 Hours, 64 Tape Computing – Issue 14, Abandon Ship S.O.S., Arcadian, Cosmax, Diskovery titles, Double Dragon V1, Dungeons Of Death, Eye Of The Beholder, Flyspy, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Gamma Strike, Gem-X 2, Greenhouse (MAX edition), Heartbreaker, Lost Robot 2, M45, Magic, Nuclear Nick, Outrun Europe, Proteus, Race Drivin’, Scooter, Stratos, Sturmtruppen, Sword Of The Samurai, Terminus 2, The Magic Roundabout, Undead, Xane, Xermaid, Xoanon
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and wish you all the best into 2023!