Games That Weren't^®

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 →

Candyman is a very early preview of what seems to be a large multi-directional platformer. At this stage, you have a main character which can be flown around the map, with no jumping mechanic in place at this point in … Continue reading →

A shock, and a big one … it’s a title which certainly shocked us…. Yet another of the 15-20 something unreleased games from Codemasters towards the end of the C64’s life has been named as Captain Dynamo 2, the sequel … Continue reading →

A new entry for a title which is a more recent C64 production, not one which was produced back in the day. Captain Future was to be a game based on a science fictional character who is a space travelling … Continue reading →

Many of you will remember Paul’s great work for the Commodore Format powerpacks towards the end of its life. Capture was one of many great little puzzlers which Paul created, and one of his best too. Sadly the game lacked … Continue reading →

Famous for the fantastic Crazy Comets and Mega Apocalypse, it was a honour to finally meet Simon Nicol at 2003’s BIT5 Brighton event. As well as talking about Mad Planets to Simon, Simon started conversation about a Car game which … Continue reading →

A very smooth and nice little racing game at a very early stage. The game features a Lotus looking red car, that drives along a very smooth rasterbar road. The actual road itself is very detailed, with well animated white … Continue reading →

Working title – this was compiled from some unknown source files labelled Cars. There is very little to see here apart from an expanded set of number sprites on the right hand side (indicating speed?) and a block sprite in … Continue reading →