ACE magazine issue 4 had a pre-production screenshot of Basket Master from Imagine and Dinamic which looks pretty different to the final version we all know from Gary Biasillo. We’ll ignore the fact that there are no hoops just yet, … Continue reading →
No we’re not mad – but it seems that Elite had planned 3 Thundercats games to be released in 1988. The first in the series was Gargoyle Games’ Thundercats – The Lost Eye of Thundera. The second eventually turned into … Continue reading →
The first update for May with the following new bits and bobs: 4 new entries added Agrophobia, Satar, Fun School Special – Paint and Create, Unknown Educational game 1 update added Streethawk
Our next entry is brief, though hope we may well get to find out more soon about it. Whilst at Imagine Software, Colin Porch was busy working on an educational game. He can even be seen working on the very … Continue reading →
Agrophobia was a text adventure game written by Mark Healey (who did graphics for Sleepwalker and the Fun School series). The game was created whilst at school, and Mark sold about 3-4 copies to friends. It was likely his very … Continue reading →
To be honest, this entry into GTW64 has been a little overdue. Paint and Create was part of a new “Fun School Special” educational range which was introduced around 1993 time across all the main formats by Europress Software. Many … Continue reading →
Andrew Challis is somewhat a bit of a C64 legend, being the coder of two particular games I grew up with and enjoyed a lot (Into The Eagle’s Nest and Trollie Wallie) and also produced some cool loader systems for … Continue reading →
A very quick entry, and probably not one to take too seriously! This was mentioned by a chap called Duncan Lyons from Stockport back in Issue 20 of Commodore Format. He wrote in to the letters pages saying that he … Continue reading →
Another GTW64 update for April which includes: 4 new entries added China Miner V1, Honest Joe, Mutant Fortress, Ninja Eggs 5 updates added Crystal Castles V1, Flubble And Squij, Lost Caves, Nigel Mansell F1 Racing, Player Manager
A recent article on Interceptor Software in Retro Gamer magazine (April 2013) states that there was another version of China Miner that should have been released. It was the very same game by Ian Gray, but also had the inclusion … Continue reading →
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