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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
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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
A short post to highlight an early Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) screen that was shown in ACE magazine issue 27 on page 110. Here you can see a screenshot with a different dashboard, without text and as Anonymous Contributor suggests, perhaps … Continue reading
Aquablast is probably better known today as “Live And Let Die”, a James Bond movie licence by Elite and Domark. But what was exactly “Aquablast” then? Well it seems that Elite had this great little boat game by Dave Thomas, … Continue reading
A very short entry for now for a game that was one of many that never quite made it from Crystal Software back in the later end of the 90’s. This game was to be underwater shoot-em-up from what we … Continue reading
Thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz, we present a series of earlier screens from Arabian Nights on the Amiga, showing various differences from the final game. I will hand over to Grzegorz to explain what he’s found: Today I would like to … Continue reading
Another GTW title which has been sat in waiting in the GTW file for almost an eternity. Arc Doors 2 is a sequel which was apparently in production by New Entry, after the success of the first game, which was … Continue reading
Thanks to Richard Hewison for highlighting this particular GTW, and a rather interesting one at that! Arcade Classics was a real fantastic budget title which did extremely well with its compilation of 4 classic games in one load, and with … Continue reading
A fairly obscure title this time from U.S. Gold. Arcade Wizzard is a pinball game which was briefly mentioned in one or two magazines before disappearing off the face of the earth. Zzap! 64 was on magazine to feature the … Continue reading
It is thanks to the great efforts of the team at C64 Endings which helped to highlight our next GTW to enter the archives. On completion of Navy Moves, you are presented with some text which says to watch out … Continue reading
Another 3D vector game in the style of Stella 7 and Mercenary, Arena was a rather ambitious project by the quiet company Lothlorien. Stated for release across most formats back in 1986, the game never made it at least onto … Continue reading
A very quick entry for a game that we know little of so far. The game was briefly mentioned in conversation with Troy Miles who mentioned another game he was working on. All that was given was a cryptic description: … Continue reading
1992 Intec Platform: PC Engine Our next title is an interesting looking side-on action RPG title that was due for release on the PC Engine by Intec around 1992 time. A few mentions were made in PCEngineFan over the years, … Continue reading
From the creator of Quota, and friend of ex-Commodore Zone editor Jason Kelk, came "Argo", which was described as a cross between Quedex and Delta. The game was divided into two different sections, one in similiar vein to Quedex, and … Continue reading
Not much was known about this game originally, apart from that it was by Realtime Software. This was for the Commodore 64 version only, and other 8-bit versions were to follow at a later date. There was never a review … Continue reading
A game flagged up thanks to Marco Das, and advertised in the inlay of another Players Software game (See gallery) Without any information known at all about the game, including from any other platforms – we assume that its a … Continue reading
To follow Arsenal winning the English Premier league, Thalamus gained the rights to produce a game based on the big club. The guy behind the game was none other than creator of past Thalamus hits, Summer Camp and Winter Camp, … Continue reading
A rather obscure title to add into the vaults, and one which was discovered kinda by accident by GTW. Pete Wright is unknown really to the C64 world, but a blog entry we have recently uncovered showed that Pete was … Continue reading
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