Games That Weren't^®

Our next entry never had a proper name unfortunately and was just known as “Boxing Game”. It was originally started back in the 80’s by Mikkel Petersen, mostly as a hobby project in 1988. The game was abandoned for many … Continue reading →

Now, you may recognize our next entry, and that is because it is the original title that eventually evolved into Gravitrix that was released by RGCD and Psytronik: https://psytronik.bigcartel.com/product/gravitrix-c64 This is the early 1993 incarnation that was being developed for … Continue reading →

A perhaps bad taste name for a game, this is a simple puzzler with some nice music and graphics – but doesn’t seem to have much to do at this stage. It seems that you are meant to just press … Continue reading →

Brainleak was an arcade adventure type of game being developed with a point-and-click based system implemented into the game via a series of icons. The game apparently had a very complex plot, which unfortunatly Jason Kelk does not remember. Information … Continue reading →

Hmmm… not too much to say about this game, apart from that its a quiz game with a simple logo and some questions, where you get points for each one you get right. Not so much a "Brainstorm", with little … Continue reading →

Jon Wells is probably one of the most talented but unfortunate C64 programmers towards the end of the C64’s life. Ultimately, Jon is a great programmer, but sadly his time on the scene came as the C64 started to die … Continue reading →

A trip to my local computer shop (Level Up Games) in Canterbury usually unearths a few C64 gems from time to time, but this time in the bargain bin – I noticed a few C64 disks sitting loose. Most were … Continue reading →

It’s always a shame when you come across a title which is still fairly recent, but seems to have just been left by the wayside. Brickout is one such game, which when released back in 2007 in its preview form, … Continue reading →

Wow, D-Lite certainly get around and they certainly struggled to get a game finished it seems – with Brickwall adding to their increasing profile of unreleased titles. This one comes from 1995, and seems to be the early beginnings of … Continue reading →

Another puzzler, and an Othello/Reversi clone at that. Apparently it is actually complete, but with a rather crap computer oponent according to Cal :) The game looks nice so far, and is quite early in its production stage. There are … Continue reading →

Now here is something which originally set a few hearts going off… Is this the long lost Hawkeye 2 we thought? No, unfortunatly not so we found out… but possibly a contender for a unofficial sequel. This is a very … Continue reading →

There have been numerous updates to Bruce Lee (the classic Datasoft game from 1984) over the years, and there was also once another from Andrea Schincaglia and Saul Cross in 2014. A sooped up version of the original game with … Continue reading →

Hands up who remembers that old Software Project’s game "Crazy Balloon" ?… You know, the one based on that ancient old arcade machine with monocrome char graphics, where you guided the baloon around the maze to the exit. Well, taking … Continue reading →

It’s not always unreleased games covered in the GTW64 archives, as occasionally we see the odd unearthed early preview or development version of an actual released game with some interesting differences or features. Today we have an earlier build of … Continue reading →

A short entry for a title that was started back in 2006 and which was highlighted to us recently by Ken Knight. The game is a decent looking platformer, with a few bits of graphics borrowed from Mayhem In Monsterland … Continue reading →

For many years we had been waiting for a decent Puzzle Bobble clone, then Monster Buster happened in 2013 as part of the RGCD competition. Before that, there were a few attempts at converting the game – and Busta was … Continue reading →