Games That Weren't^®

"My whole bodyached as I scrambled back into the chopper.. the subs were back! … The rockets were coming in over Krakatoa and the constant explosions had brought the volcano to life!… I could stay to defend the tanker or … Continue reading →

Another combined entry for a series of titles, this time from Krell Software, which may or may not have been released. These have been highlighted to us thanks to Bertrand / Atari Frog. These were Commodore 64 titles listed in … Continue reading →

Another rather odd licence which has been dug up – Mentioned in Computer Gamer (October 1985), this was listed along with the announcements of Knightrider, Streethawk and Rambo. Now this particular licence never came through in the end, but Domark … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Asphodel for flagging up that a C64 version of Apple classic Kukulcan was seemingly produced, thanks to this entry on a museum website: http://gue.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?pub=3&item=12&id=2&key=0 Unsure if this was a mistake, we contacted the original author Michael Giltzow … Continue reading →

A long winded name for a point and click adventure by Exxos (who produced Captain Blood and Purple Saturn Day) was once penned for release on the C64 back in 1989. But as with Purple Saturn Day, the C64 version … Continue reading →

Yet another Beyond Belief game which was planned and mentioned in the interview with Jim Scott. Information is a bit scarce, as all we currently know is that the game was to be a horizontally scrolling game which was based … Continue reading →

Thanks to NM156 for the heads up. Kung Fury was a comedy short film with lots of references to 80’s martial arts had a game adaptation in the works called Kung Fury: Street Rage Apparently a limited release on the … Continue reading →

It has been somewhat of a mystery about Kwik Snax on the C64, which ended up being a completely different game to the ZX Spectrum puzzler of the same name. The ZX Spectrum game was a spruced up Pengo clone, … Continue reading →

Advertised in many magazines, this was a title being sold by Anik Microsystems… however only two Anik games exist and seem to have been released on the C64. The advert describes the game as follows: “Could it be the final … Continue reading →

An Italian title which was released, but is currently missing and yet to be preserved, and highlighted thanks to an article by quattrobit.blogspot.com. La Casa was the product of a Marco Pesce, and featured a neat two-player split-screen window with … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title that was due out by the demo crew turned game development team – Ambush . More details on them can be found at https://csdb.dk/group/?id=768 The game was described in an issue of Commodore Tribune … Continue reading →

This is a series of games which were being released by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd back in 1984 time. Occasionally the games surface on Ebay, and a selection of the games can be found on Gamebase. But sadly these are still … Continue reading →

Could this have been Rob Hubbard’s final C64 swansong?… or is this just vapourware?… A few questions for our next entry, which is based on a popular basketball rivalry. This game was first released on the PC, and then later … Continue reading →

Lazer Cycle was a tron clone that was written for the BBC Micro by System 3. For years it has been suggested that C64 version was in production.   It was confirmed however in 2015 by Jazzcat and Mark Cale … Continue reading →

Thanks to contributor Nemo for bringing this to our attention, but something that possibly isn’t a GTW64, but there is possibly some interesting interface software and ideas that could be useful to preserve. Back in the early 90’s, a German … Continue reading →

We don’t know much about this game, but apparently a C64 version was being done anyway. The Amiga version is in fact missing also, so was it a case of the company going bust? A little more is learnt about … Continue reading →