Games That Weren't^®

Released on the Amiga back in 1989, Wayne Gretzky Hockey was a great little game of hockey. In an 1989 issue of games magazine "Games Player’s" and in its Amiga review, it mentioned that a C64/128 version was being planned … Continue reading →

Due for release in March 1985, Wendellwood Estates was believed to have been a graphical adventure from Zinta Micro-Systems in 1985. Sadly, although advertised in the US – it seems the game was never released. Quite possibly it was due … Continue reading →

Very early days for this one, but in an up and coming interview with Larry DeMar, Paul Drury kindly passed on confirmation that Larry DeMar after leaving Williams started a C64 conversion of Wheel of Fortune. We know little more … Continue reading →

A quick entry for a title flagged up by contributor Atari Frog, which was an educational game about the stock market. It was released on the Atari 400/800 around 1981 and was advertised as being available for the Commodore 64. … Continue reading →

A wonderful game on the Spectrum 128k, and the silent sequel to The Great Escape (As the game was originally billed as a sequel and called Tibet). This was set in the same mould as TGE, and followed on from … Continue reading →

This is a very short stub entry for a game called Which one out of Seven, which was a concept for a Commodore 64 game that was highlighted on Viktor T. Toth’s website. We know very little at this stage … Continue reading →

Had it found its way onto the 8-bit market, Whirligig would have been that rare thing for the time, a game planned to be released on all the major gaming markets, the 8-bit, 16-bit and the PC (However, although it … Continue reading →

It is with great thanks to our friends at Unseen64 and specifically Luca Taborelli and contributor MP83 that this title has been highlighted to us as yet another lost title for we believe the Commodore 64, but also ZX Spectrum … Continue reading →

Another obscure GTW title this time, mentioned on page 55 of Zzap 64 issue 32 in the PCW show report article. This was listed under Ariolasoft and is briefly described as a single release – a graphic adventure based on … Continue reading →

A short entry to what could be a complete series of extensions for Whole Brain Spelling by Sublogic that were actually released. Just recently in November 2021, Allan Pinkerton helped to preserve the Whole Brain Spelling – General Word List … Continue reading →

This is a RPG based game with a slight twist on your typical western games. Here in this particular game you have to buy land, tools, materials and then start building up fame and gold in the wild west. You … Continue reading →

An interesting entry which ties in quite nicely with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes by the same company. Wild Women of Wonga was to be based on one of those old really cheesy sci-fi movies which came out in the … Continue reading →

Wildfire was a W.I.P title for a game in development at Starlight Software/Destiny. The game is not anything to do with the shooter we already have in GTW. Could it have been a space shooter?… a puzzler? Thanks to Max … Continue reading →

A quick entry, again as we lack information at present. This is not the Mindscape game, but this was due to be a conversion of the Capcom arcade game. News of the conversion was mentioned in Commodore User magazine back … Continue reading →

This is a very short stub entry for now for a game called Windsurf, which was a sports game concept for a Commodore 64 game that was highlighted on Viktor T. Toth’s website. We know very little at this stage … Continue reading →

Thanks to a contributor called Mike, he found within the manual of Spitfire Ace, an advert for a game called Wingman for both the Atari and C64. The game was released on the Atari at least, and was a split … Continue reading →

Yet another film licence which was in development by Ocean Software back in 1990 also known as "Firebird". This was only really reported in the pages of Commodore Format, Issue 4, and nothing else was really heard of the game … Continue reading →

A very obscure title, and one we knew very little about – though ‘Anonymous Contributor’ (referenced as ‘AC’ in the rest of the page) has helped to shed some great light on the title. Much of the information written below … Continue reading →