Based on the Cartoon classic where a bunch of Chipmunks have a band and make loads of money while being exploited by their human (!) father. It was good when I was 10 years old anyway! Alternative Software, never a … Continue reading →
A short entry for a title that has been highlighted by Peter Weighill as one which is currently missing. Described as an “Incredible Sailing Simulation”, the game supports up to two players as well. Martin/Stadium 64 has highlighted that there … Continue reading →
1993 Thalion Platform: Atari ST and PC (DOS) Amberstar was a great RPG title released on the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC back in 1992 by Thalion, and was to be part of a trilogy that was never to … Continue reading →
American Dream was a game by Blue Chip Software (and Jim Zuber?) that was planned to be a simulation of a robotics manufacturing business over 72 operating months. It came with a very high price of $119.95 – so we … Continue reading →
A short entry for a short lived System 3 title. The only real mentions were at the September 1985 computer show, where along with the Twister controversy, American GI was advertised with muscular men at the stand. We assume it … Continue reading →
A very quick entry thanks to Kevin Oxland, who informs us that he was working on a version of Anarchy on the Commodore 64 for Psygnosis. This was being done by the development team, WJS. However, after pretty much completing … Continue reading →
Ancient Warriors was a game by the famous CoCo game developer, Ken Kalish, who produced many a famous game on the machine and shunned the likes of the C64 due to the coding environment he was comfortable with. It is … Continue reading →
A rather nice entry this time for GTW, and from the world of Taskset. Paul Drury from Retro Gamer magazine has in the last year or so been in touch with the guys form Taskset and has been doing various … Continue reading →
A very interesting and unreleased Ocean Software game which hasn’t really come to light until 2024, and it’s thanks to the Ocean Software group on Facebook, which is maintained by Mark R. Cobley-Jones. Mark recalled Ocean having to create a … Continue reading →
1988 EAS Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST A short entry for an Amiga/ST game that never was from 1988, and which was previewed in a Generation 4 and ASM Magazine. In the latter magazine, the game’s name was listed … Continue reading →
1998 Deck Six Platform: Amiga 1200 A space trading game that was due for release on the Amiga 1200 back in 1998, and was previewed in magazines such as Amiga Computer Studio in June of that year. ACS described the … Continue reading →
Our next entry into the archive come thanks to Gareth Pitchford, who flagged up this currently missing text adventure game by Graham R. Webber. The game was actually published by Satchel, who were a software arm of Angle Park Computing … Continue reading →
Released on the Atari, Vic 20 and TI-99/4A, this wasn’t a clone of the arcade game of the same name, but was closer to Dig Dug in many ways. The game was additionally advertised for the Commodore 64, but has … Continue reading →
A very quick entry for another MMG Micro game that we know very little about. It is thanks to collector John Christian Lønningdal that we learn about the title. The game was released, and it seems offered up for auction … Continue reading →
A short entry for a title that has been highlighted by Peter Weighill as one which is currently missing. As you might have guessed from the title, the game is a Craps simulation that was developed after years of actual … Continue reading →
1998 Digital Demons Software Platform: Amiga (AGA only) Yet another late Amiga game which was sadly never to be, and an interesting looking sideways scrolling shoot-em-up, which had a bit of a Menace/Blood Money feel to it. Details on the … Continue reading →
Yet another short entry, and probably a case open and closed before we even start. This was to be a conversion of the Amiga helecopter game that was being created by Jason Perkins and later taken over by Miracle Games … Continue reading →
Along with Sword of Samurai, Appointment with Fear was to be yet another Fighting Fantasy game on the C64 from US Gold according to http://pdd.if-legends.org/ldp/bdp.html. This game in particular was to be based around super heroes and we presume would … Continue reading →
A game mentioned to GTW by John Cassells who we have sadly lost contact with after learning of this game a few years ago. We are not entirely sure what this game was about or how it would have looked, … Continue reading →
A well received game on the Amiga, “Apprentice” was to be another great release from Rainbow Arts in 1990. The game made its way into magazines, via double sided adverts, but as usual the game never surfaced on the C64. … Continue reading →
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