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Created
by Steve Evans, famous for classics
such as Guardian. This game was a very sly Commando clone, and
as soon as Elite (Who owned the rights
to converting Commando) heard of W.D.W, they gained an injunction
to stop it from being released.
A
shame, but as you can see for yourself, Elite were right... and
it was a blatant copy of the game.
The
full game was sneaked out, and now exists with the same music
as the sequel which was released (Featuring changed levels)...
And here is the full unreleased game for you to enjoy and spot
resemblances to Commando.
The
actual game eventually resurfaced as "Who Dares Wins 2",
with different maps more distant from the Commando game.
But
the news which made me jump, was when the original first game
turned up for auction on Ebay recently, and was sold for over
£50. The game was infact briefly released at a computer
show in 1985, just before the official release was planned, and
before Elite saw it.
So
there are likely to be a few originals out there to see. But the
guy who won the bid on ebay, kindly allowed us to have a scan
of the inlay for you all to see... So click the scans link above
and see what was to be.
Glenn
Stubbingfield recently found a scan of the advert, just before
they changed it to number 2. Another shred of reminants of the
first game.
Case
closed, and luckily one that you can all play... Hopefully one
day we will be seeing the original TAP file too.
A
nice little game, which was a bit too cheeky for Elite...
Frank
(Additional
source credits - Sam, Glenn Stubbingfield, Martyn Carroll)
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