HAWKEYE 2 UPDATE
Thanks to Jazzcat, we add more details about the new development and also some more unseen materials from the original development!
Hawkeye 2
Hawkeye 2
25 / 10 / 10
HAWKEYE 2 PREVIEW ADDED!
Thanks to the recent efforts that have come to light from Onslaught and from its release at X2010, check out a long lost glimpse at the 1989 Thalamus sequel that never was, and learn about the exciting news of the eventual release of the game.
Hawkeye 2
Hawkeye 2
6 CRYSTAL SOFT ENTRIES ADDED
6 very quick Crystal Software entries have been added thanks to Alex de Vries. Not much to say just yet, but a large list of GTW's to try and find...
9 lives of Fritz The Cat, Alpha Zone X, Aquarius, Barry the Sea Horse, McRat 2, Space Rogue
9 lives of Fritz The Cat, Alpha Zone X, Aquarius, Barry the Sea Horse, McRat 2, Space Rogue
3 MORE NEW ENTRIES
Another three game entries added, including an obscure Ubisoft title, a C64 conversion of a Spectrum Firebird budget title and an even obscurer Anirog title that never was...
Atlantis, Final Command, Spaced Out
Atlantis, Final Command, Spaced Out
10 / 10 / 10
NEW LOOK WANTED LISTS
With a big thanks to Gamebase64, we have used the GB64 database to produce lists of previews/lost and unpublished titles to flag up, most of which we haven't had chance yet to get full entries sorted for. A segment may not be GTW's at all, but we felt it was worth flagging up anyway to be safe. Take a look and see if you can help us solve some mysteries!
Wanted / Missing games
Wanted / Missing games
DWARFS AND DIAMONDS ADDED
A new entry has been added for the Bubble Bobble/Bombjack clone: Dwarfs and Diamonds. A neat little preview, but what happened to the final game?...
Dwarfs and Diamonds
Dwarfs and Diamonds
TWO ENTRIES UPDATED
And finally two of our existing entries are updated...
GemZ (Musician found!), Lords of the Rising Sun (Another C64 confirmation note)
GemZ (Musician found!), Lords of the Rising Sun (Another C64 confirmation note)
MISSING MAIN SITE + FORUM
As you may have noticed, the main GTW site, Forum, PCGTW and GTW3DO have been offline (Even GTW64 was temporarily offline).
There are unfortunately still hosting issues going on, with at present only the main GTW site looking like it will be back soon. We are currently re-building an improved portal site which should be online soon. We hope to have recovered most of the content by the time this comes back online. More news here as it comes.
There are unfortunately still hosting issues going on, with at present only the main GTW site looking like it will be back soon. We are currently re-building an improved portal site which should be online soon. We hope to have recovered most of the content by the time this comes back online. More news here as it comes.
22 / 08 / 10
4 NEW ENTRIES + 1 UPDATE
A quick update with the following 4 new entries, and 1 update added. Enjoy!...
Milk Tray game (Update), Car Wars, Cobra (Unofficial), Dominator V1, Ooze
Milk Tray game (Update), Car Wars, Cobra (Unofficial), Dominator V1, Ooze
22 / 07 / 10
2 BIG FINDINGS ADDED!
GTW is proud to present yet another long lost Codemasters game for the C64, the incomplete and unreleased Deathstalker (Partially converted from the Spectrum), and another title called Drax by the same author:
Deathstalker, Drax - Evilblood
Deathstalker, Drax - Evilblood
OH AND BTW...!
We can announce that GTW has recovered Ocean's long lost Streethawk game. But, before you get excited - we have hit a snag. Although we have recovered what we believe to be the very final version of the game when it got cancelled (90% approx completion), the source file was missing all the graphic attributes. A search is now on to find the missing graphic attributes to then begin a restoration along the lines of The Bubbler. Watch this space!
13 / 07 / 10
MORE UPDATES
12 / 06 / 10
QUICK UPDATE!
Clearing some items before they become backlogs, here is another quick update:
CDU disk series (New entry, and a lot of games for us to find!),
Your Computer Software Exchange (New entry, and a lot of games for us to find!),
Ladders to Learning (3 games found and crossed off the list!),
Black Cauldron / The Jungle Book (A few more details added and sadly a lead followed wih a deadend.)
Vale of Shadows (Photo from Paul Drury added)
Batman Returns (Added large PDF under Articles link of all Batman Returns articles from Commodore Format and Commodore Force magazine, as well as bits from Roy's interview.)
CDU disk series (New entry, and a lot of games for us to find!),
Your Computer Software Exchange (New entry, and a lot of games for us to find!),
Ladders to Learning (3 games found and crossed off the list!),
Black Cauldron / The Jungle Book (A few more details added and sadly a lead followed wih a deadend.)
Vale of Shadows (Photo from Paul Drury added)
Batman Returns (Added large PDF under Articles link of all Batman Returns articles from Commodore Format and Commodore Force magazine, as well as bits from Roy's interview.)
06 / 06 / 10
32 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
A nice large update for the bank holiday weekend, with 32 new entries added from various sources - such as emails, magazines and more. Have a good read :)...
Amebas, Autogard, Black Cauldron, Bruce Lee, Cybertank, Danse Macabre, English Invaders, Heavy Barrel (Sales Curve), Heavy Barrel (Data East), Inside Trader, The Jungle Book, Karnov V1, Kid Niki, Liverpool, Ladders to Learning, Mad Marbles, Math Tutor, Nuclear Nick, Primary Maths, Paddle Mania, Prototank, Scooter, Sketch and Paint, Silver Surfer, Saboteur 3, Tennis Game, The Future Zone, The Micro Zone, The Terminator, The Blues Brothers, Universal Military Simulator, Willow
Amebas, Autogard, Black Cauldron, Bruce Lee, Cybertank, Danse Macabre, English Invaders, Heavy Barrel (Sales Curve), Heavy Barrel (Data East), Inside Trader, The Jungle Book, Karnov V1, Kid Niki, Liverpool, Ladders to Learning, Mad Marbles, Math Tutor, Nuclear Nick, Primary Maths, Paddle Mania, Prototank, Scooter, Sketch and Paint, Silver Surfer, Saboteur 3, Tennis Game, The Future Zone, The Micro Zone, The Terminator, The Blues Brothers, Universal Military Simulator, Willow
11 ENTRIES UPDATED...
And some updates as well for the following 11 titles (Details of update in brackets)...
Black Shadow (Update from Warren Mills), Hawkeye 2 (Credit updates), Jet Action (Game confirmation), Last Ninja V1 (Rare shots added), Lock On (What happened), Mission Shark (Credits, plus details), Outrage (Added demos and sid files), Obliterator (New shot added), Rastan V1 (New shot added), Super Thief (All advert scans added!), Vale of Shadows (Extra credit and details added)
Black Shadow (Update from Warren Mills), Hawkeye 2 (Credit updates), Jet Action (Game confirmation), Last Ninja V1 (Rare shots added), Lock On (What happened), Mission Shark (Credits, plus details), Outrage (Added demos and sid files), Obliterator (New shot added), Rastan V1 (New shot added), Super Thief (All advert scans added!), Vale of Shadows (Extra credit and details added)
31 / 05 / 10
QUICK UPDATE!
Just a filler update before a much larger one coming up! All burned out from writing/preparing the reviews in this hot weather, so a short actual site update this weekend!
The following updates have been made as a early taster...
Arkham Manor (Extra details about game development added),
Phalsberg (Crisper PC scans added!),
Cubeheads (Aim of game added to review),
Graham Gooch World Class Cricket (More details about the game's completion status),
Halo Jones (Confirming that no C64 version ever got started :( )
The following updates have been made as a early taster...
Arkham Manor (Extra details about game development added),
Phalsberg (Crisper PC scans added!),
Cubeheads (Aim of game added to review),
Graham Gooch World Class Cricket (More details about the game's completion status),
Halo Jones (Confirming that no C64 version ever got started :( )
23 / 05 / 10
'TOXIC' FULL RELEASE!
GTW64 is proud to present an excellent little platformer which never saw the light of day, and its a full game too!... Check it out!...
Toxic
Toxic
01 / 05 / 10
2 NEW ENTRIES
5 UPDATED ENTRIES
And a few quick updates too...
Backlash (Case closed), Brainleak (Preview details), Darius+ (Possible lead), Graham Gooch World Class Cricket (Credit confirmations), Halo Jones (Possible credit confirmation)
Backlash (Case closed), Brainleak (Preview details), Darius+ (Possible lead), Graham Gooch World Class Cricket (Credit confirmations), Halo Jones (Possible credit confirmation)
07 / 04 / 10
'ARKHAM MANOR' SID RECOVERED
Thanks to Andrew Craigie (and Ian Coog for tidying up), we now have the previously unheard SID tune for The Mystery of Arkham Manor, as well as finally some full credits for the conversion.
The Mystery of Arkham Manor
The Mystery of Arkham Manor
'BORN IN SPACE' - MORE EXISTS
A great recent info submission to GTW shows that Born In Space was fully reviewed, indicating that a full game may exist! Check out the additional very cool unseen screenshots!...
Born in Space
Born in Space
MORE ON 'MATTY GOES MINING'
Some great findings for Matty Goes Mining, where we get confirmation of a C64 coder name and more details about the game itself.
Matty Goes Mining
Matty Goes Mining
'PHALSBERG' EXTRAS ADDED
A big thanks to Jazzcat, MdZ, Nori, CBA & GRG for a 3-4 year collection of Phalsberg materials, which we have now added to the entry. But also the full English conversion which was done recently!...
Phalsberg
Phalsberg
15 NEW ENTRIES ADDED
Another set of brand new entries to GTW, some including downloads.
3D Tunnel, Bio-Defence, Blast, Bo Jackson Baseball, Crash Course, Cosmic Cyclone, Eye of Bain, Ground Zero, Halo Jones, Living Body, Little Hero, Samurai Dawn, The Last Stuntman, Zen, Viaje al Centro de la Tierra
3D Tunnel, Bio-Defence, Blast, Bo Jackson Baseball, Crash Course, Cosmic Cyclone, Eye of Bain, Ground Zero, Halo Jones, Living Body, Little Hero, Samurai Dawn, The Last Stuntman, Zen, Viaje al Centro de la Tierra
4 TITLES UPDATED
And finally three titles have various updates added...
D-Day (Extra Spectrum info added), Diabolik (Developer names, plus intro sources), Hawkeye 2 (SID tune added), Spy Vs Spy 4 (Case closed)
D-Day (Extra Spectrum info added), Diabolik (Developer names, plus intro sources), Hawkeye 2 (SID tune added), Spy Vs Spy 4 (Case closed)
21 / 03 / 10
'KAYDE' SPECIAL'...
8 New entries thanks to Peter Weighill for Kayde Software and a lot of missing adventure games...
Ace in the H.O.L.E, Arcane Quest, Horror Atoll, Leopard Lord, Picnic Adventure, The Roundsby Incident, Terror from the Deep, The Swamp
Ace in the H.O.L.E, Arcane Quest, Horror Atoll, Leopard Lord, Picnic Adventure, The Roundsby Incident, Terror from the Deep, The Swamp
'JIMMY'S GRAND PRIX' - MAJOR UPDATE!
Some massive findings, new better shots, credits and more discovered...
Jimmy's Grand Prix
Jimmy's Grand Prix
'SHOVE OFF' - MORE DETAILS...
Yet more Beyond Belief game related news, as we uncover more about this obscure BB game...
Shove Off
Shove Off
RARE REYN TUNES RECOVERED!...
The guys at HVSC have recovered tunes for Flimbos Quest 2 and Caveman Ninja by Reyn Ouwehand. We have added them thanks to iAN CooG/HVSC!...
Caveman Ninja, Flimbos Quest 2
Caveman Ninja, Flimbos Quest 2
2 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
Two more entries, one about the original Thundercats licenced game and secondly a recent preview to surface...
Thundercats V1, The Secret Path
Thundercats V1, The Secret Path
IMPROVEMENT TO RESULTS/BROWSING...
Just a small set of fixes in the interim of having a new site, but on the A-Z and general archive results, you can now click onto the Publisher/Year to carry out a sub search. It's not perfect by any means (The search system at present is antiquated and in dire need of replacing, but hopefully it will make getting round the archive a little better.
At present I cannot replicate this functionality within the entries themselves, this will be possible on the new site though!
At present I cannot replicate this functionality within the entries themselves, this will be possible on the new site though!
04 / 01 / 10
'ARKANOID V1' - PRE-OCEAN VERSION FOUND!
We are very pleased to dig out a very rare finding - the Firebird version of Arkanoid, before Ocean got the licence. Firebird seemed certain to get the licence from Atari, but Taito won and then Ocean grabbed it from them...
Arkanoid V1
Arkanoid V1
'BRAINLEAK' - PREVIEW FOUND!
A long lost early preview of Brainleak (as well as a work disk inlay) has been found and recovered...
Brainleak
Brainleak
'STARGLIDER 2' - FULL GAME COMING SOON!
Exciting news as the full version of Starglider 2 is on its way. Find out also who programmed it and other information previously unknown about this official conversion.
Starglider 2
Starglider 2
'TOXIC' - RARE PREVIEW ADDED
It's not really around it seems on the likes of Gamebase 64, but here is a rather nice Polish platformer which never quite made it.
Toxic
Toxic
'LIVE AND LET DIE V1' - FULL STORY
The developer of the first version of Live and Let Die speaks to GTW about what happened...
Live and Let Die V1
Live and Let Die V1
MORE CARTRIDGE CONFIRMATIONS
Added to the Cart Crazy page are confirmation of 2 more cartridges planned for the C64 (Duck Tales and Volfied) that never made it, and also more proof that Wrath of the Demon existed!...
Cart Crazy
Cart Crazy
33 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED
Many new entries, including 3 more Hi-Tec games, a large amount of Titus titles and many more...
Battlestorm, Combat Boy, Crazy Bikes, Chicago, Dandy The Comic, Dungeons, Alchemists, Amethysts 'n' Everything, Eye 2 Eye, Future Bike Simulator V1, Force of Four, Game 94/95, Geister, Gremlins, Legend, Midwinter, Mystical, Mars Cops, Marble Madness Clone, Ninjanimal, Nexus V1, PT-109, Panzadrome, Rebel Star 2, Shadow Warriors, Spirit of Adventure, Sylvester and Tweety Pie, Tournament Golf, The Sock and Tooth Affair, The Amulet, The Tripods, Tiger Road 2, Prophecy 1: Viking Child, Wonderball, Yogi's Clean Up
Battlestorm, Combat Boy, Crazy Bikes, Chicago, Dandy The Comic, Dungeons, Alchemists, Amethysts 'n' Everything, Eye 2 Eye, Future Bike Simulator V1, Force of Four, Game 94/95, Geister, Gremlins, Legend, Midwinter, Mystical, Mars Cops, Marble Madness Clone, Ninjanimal, Nexus V1, PT-109, Panzadrome, Rebel Star 2, Shadow Warriors, Spirit of Adventure, Sylvester and Tweety Pie, Tournament Golf, The Sock and Tooth Affair, The Amulet, The Tripods, Tiger Road 2, Prophecy 1: Viking Child, Wonderball, Yogi's Clean Up
15 EXISTING GTW ENTRIES UPDATED
And to finish things off, 15 existing titles are updated. Updates are listed in brackets...
Boing (More game info added), Brides of Dracula (Extra shots), Bubbler (Sources added), Bod Squad 2 (Full story), Dandy V1 (Confirmation details), Fighting Cops (Details from Alf Yngve), Infection (More accurate details), Logic (Game released - case closed), Mission Shark (Credit confirmation), Mega Twins (Extra scan added), Obliterator (Rare shots from Zzap), Pulsator (Spec release details), Prehistorik (Amstrad release details), Reel Fishing (Added missing screenshot), Twice Shy (Confirmation of scrappage).
Boing (More game info added), Brides of Dracula (Extra shots), Bubbler (Sources added), Bod Squad 2 (Full story), Dandy V1 (Confirmation details), Fighting Cops (Details from Alf Yngve), Infection (More accurate details), Logic (Game released - case closed), Mission Shark (Credit confirmation), Mega Twins (Extra scan added), Obliterator (Rare shots from Zzap), Pulsator (Spec release details), Prehistorik (Amstrad release details), Reel Fishing (Added missing screenshot), Twice Shy (Confirmation of scrappage).
21 / 12 / 09
Xmas update!
Xmas update!
'THE BUBBLER' - RELEASED!...
After a long rescue mission, at long last the lost C64 conversion of The Bubbler has been found and released. The added bonus is that the game is fully complete, containing the loading picture, music and sfx. Developer Matt Young, Sailor/Triad and Jazzcat have been busy at work and reconstructing things into its final state, whilst compressing and bug fixing. The download contains two versions, a trained version and the standard version. All instructions are included.
Although the frame rate suffers due to Ultimate's demands on how the display worked, it is a massive finding and still as playable as the Spectrum original. It's yet another one for the archives! Go check it out!...
The Bubbler
Although the frame rate suffers due to Ultimate's demands on how the display worked, it is a massive finding and still as playable as the Spectrum original. It's yet another one for the archives! Go check it out!...
The Bubbler
04 / 11 / 09
THE WILD BUNCH (C64) NOW COMPLETE!
Of what was almost a GTW and after just over a year of development, the C64 conversion of the excellent Amstrad/Spectrum Firebird game "The Wild Bunch" is now complete.
The Wild Bunch was a superb classic Firebird release which never strangely had a C64 conversion back in the day. Jon Wells has risen to the challenge some 25 years on, bringing along a series of additional features/updates, including new improved graphics, sound, gameplay features (Including a vastly improved Gunfight scene with speech).
The game is being sold in a limited edition form with authentically and professionally produced inlays and tape labels, replicating the Firebird original release of old, all for the budget price of £3.99 (Not including p&p).
The official release date is due sometime later this month, which will be a date set in October (TBC). The game will now be shipped with the bonus of two versions of the cover printed on both sides. So you can choose which version you wish to display on your shelf. Previews of the cover can be seen on the project website.
There is currently still a pre-order competition running for the game where 20 people can win a free professionally produced Wild Bunch audio CD. The competition will close by Midnight on Friday the 11th September, and the winners will be announced on the website by the 18th September.
For development diaries + ordering details, please visit:
http://www.gamesplaygames.co.uk/thewildbunch/
The Wild Bunch was a superb classic Firebird release which never strangely had a C64 conversion back in the day. Jon Wells has risen to the challenge some 25 years on, bringing along a series of additional features/updates, including new improved graphics, sound, gameplay features (Including a vastly improved Gunfight scene with speech).
The game is being sold in a limited edition form with authentically and professionally produced inlays and tape labels, replicating the Firebird original release of old, all for the budget price of £3.99 (Not including p&p).
The official release date is due sometime later this month, which will be a date set in October (TBC). The game will now be shipped with the bonus of two versions of the cover printed on both sides. So you can choose which version you wish to display on your shelf. Previews of the cover can be seen on the project website.
There is currently still a pre-order competition running for the game where 20 people can win a free professionally produced Wild Bunch audio CD. The competition will close by Midnight on Friday the 11th September, and the winners will be announced on the website by the 18th September.
For development diaries + ordering details, please visit:
http://www.gamesplaygames.co.uk/thewildbunch/
05 / 09 / 09
'THE BUBBLER' - ON IT'S WAY!...
A bit of a surprise we hope, but coming up soon will be the complete conversion of "The Bubbler" on the C64, the conversion of Ultimate's infamous last Speccy game. Check out the ingame shot below...
In the recovery of the game there have been one or two surprises, but the biggest has to be the fact that the game was finished. It seems the only thing which stopped this one was the slow framerate, which is a shame.
Anyway... things are progressing well and we should be seeing it very soon! (But there is more to come ... something with a bit of an "Ocean" theme to it.. a disk is in the post as we speak ;-) )
In the recovery of the game there have been one or two surprises, but the biggest has to be the fact that the game was finished. It seems the only thing which stopped this one was the slow framerate, which is a shame.
Anyway... things are progressing well and we should be seeing it very soon! (But there is more to come ... something with a bit of an "Ocean" theme to it.. a disk is in the post as we speak ;-) )
TWO NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
Thanks to Roberto, Chris Neary, Alex Ross and Andrew Fisher, next up are two new entries, including a long lost Palace Software game from their start-up days...
Halloween, Pegasus
Halloween, Pegasus
PHALSBERG ADDED TO ARCHIVE...
In the past month or so, the French edition of Phalsberg has surfaced on the web thanks to the guys at Nostalgia. We have added the version to the archives and now hope that an English translation will follow soon!...
Phalsberg
Phalsberg
HUBBARD CONFIRMED AS MUSICIAN TO GTWS...
Thanks to Jan Harries from HVSC, we now have confirmation to the following titles that Rob was the musician. So now the hunt is not only for the game, but for some rather rare Hubbard tracks...
Food Feud, Pulsator, Trojan, Wolf
Food Feud, Pulsator, Trojan, Wolf
ORIGINAL FILES ADDED...
Uncracked editions of the following games have been added thanks to Jazzcat...
Bee 52, Grell and Falla, Starburst
Bee 52, Grell and Falla, Starburst
OTHER UPDATES...
A little bit more including details from Armageddon's programmer and confirmation of a graphic artist for Paul Hughes' shooter...
Armageddon, Epsilon
Armageddon, Epsilon
31 / 08 / 09
THREE NEW GTW RELEASES!...
Following on from our last update comes yet another with 3 new titles previously not seen and ready to download. This includes the great unofficial Space Ace preview we've been speaking about, another game from the same author and also an early preview of Citadel 2 (Working title) by Martin Piper, creator of the recent Berzerk Redux!... Enjoy!...
Citadel 2, Jam It!, Space Ace (Unofficial)
Citadel 2, Jam It!, Space Ace (Unofficial)
TWO NEW EBES ENTRIES + ONE UPDATE...
Two more EBES titles are given entries, as well as a very quick sub title update to Bakpakker...
Bak Pakker, Cyclone Duel, Iron Maiden
Bak Pakker, Cyclone Duel, Iron Maiden
TWO MORE NEW ENTRIES...
Details of a sequel to the Ghosts n Goblins clone, Dragon's Kingdom and also of the Zzap megatape game sequel to Tusari, named Tusari 2 (If you hadn't of guessed!)...
Dragon's Kingdom 2, Tusari 2
Dragon's Kingdom 2, Tusari 2
PLUS THREE MORE UPDATES...
And to finish things off, we have more production details about Gods to confirm it was real and news that we may see more soon. Creator speaks details added to Neried and finally some rare screenshots added to The Soul Gem of Martek with some more details about the size of the game...
Gods, Nereid, Soul gem of martek
Gods, Nereid, Soul gem of martek
12 / 07 / 09
FOUR RELEASE EXPLOSION!...
A very big thanks to Mauricio Muñoz Lucero for highlighting the following 4 new Michael Ware GTW games which have surfaced recently, including 2 never seen before games, an early version of Warhawk and also confirmation that CDU's Dartz game was meant for Alligata's Pub Games.... Check them out!! :)
Dartz, Dr Bazair '92, Proteus, Tidemarsh
Dartz, Dr Bazair '92, Proteus, Tidemarsh
MISSION SHARK - A ZEPPELIN TITLE...
Confirmation that Mission Shark is indeed a Zeppelin title that never was from 1991. More details added to review...
Mission Shark
Mission Shark
MORE INFO UPDATES...
04 / 07 / 09
YET ANOTHER CODIES GAME...
Another lost Codemasters game is labelled and found within Gamebase. Check out the entry and download the game...
Mission Jupiter
Mission Jupiter
AND A FIREBIRD GAME?...
Also a game apparently meant for Firebird in 1987 has been added to the archives. Was Rob Hubbard really doing music for it?...
S.P.U.D - Super Powered Urban Device
S.P.U.D - Super Powered Urban Device
13 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
A nice big bundle of new entries thanks to a lot of you GTW contributors!... Keep it up!...
Appointment with Fear, Devils of the Deep, House 2, Illusions, Mad, Magic Carpet, Mission Shark, Moebius, Nereid, Pizza Time, Prince Valiant, Queen Bee, Trantor 2
Appointment with Fear, Devils of the Deep, House 2, Illusions, Mad, Magic Carpet, Mission Shark, Moebius, Nereid, Pizza Time, Prince Valiant, Queen Bee, Trantor 2
3 ENTRIES UPDATED...
15 / 06 / 09
1 NEW ENTRY AND 1 ENTRY UPDATED...
An even quicker update from us, 1 new Codemaster entry with its music to download for now and a update to Gauntlet 3 with the original disk images added...
Twin Turbo V8, Gauntlet 3
Twin Turbo V8, Gauntlet 3
07 / 06 / 09
6 ENTRIES UPDATED...
A very quick update from us to end May 2009, 6 entries updated with various titbits of info added...
Blood Bowl, Dandy V1, Eradicator 2, House, Klaboom, Sword of the Samurai
Blood Bowl, Dandy V1, Eradicator 2, House, Klaboom, Sword of the Samurai
31 / 05 / 09
'ERADICATOR 2 & 3' - ENTRIES ADDED...
One was a SEUCK effort due for Commodore Disk User, the second was a completely non-SEUCK game which was sadly never to be. Two reviews, and also the SEUCK effort found and available for download. Check out the entries below...
Eradicator 2, Eradicator 3
Eradicator 2, Eradicator 3
'METAL ARMY' - PLAYERS ENTRY ADDED...
Yet another Players title gets the GTW treatment. This intriguing conversion of the released Spectrum game seemed to be shaping up fine, with screenshots appearing inside an inlay advert. Check it out here...
Metal Army
Metal Army
'PALLASADES' - ENTRY ADDED...
A promising R-Type clone?... Yet another title learned about thanks to David Dewar. Can it be found?...
Pallasades
Pallasades
2 ENTRIES UPDATED...
And to round things off, here are two quick updates to Fungus 2 and Sword of the Samurai. The first contains an extra inlay scan thanks to Andrew Fisher, and the later just a few little titbits and links thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni...
Fungus 2, Sword of the Samurai
Fungus 2, Sword of the Samurai
25 / 05 / 09
'DANDY V1' - NEW ENTRY ADDED...
You may be surprised to know that there was a different version of Electric Dreams' Dandy being produced on the C64 by the original developers Ram Jam Corporation. Check out the new entry to learn more...
Dandy V1
Dandy V1
'48 HRS' - MORE ABOUT ITS DEVELOPMENT...
GTW learns more about the SCUMM-style game 48-hrs and see what else it later inspired today...
48 Hrs
48 Hrs
18 / 05 / 09
'R-TYPE V1' - EXTRA LEVEL LOCATED!...
Another level has surfaced thanks to Jazzcat, the long lost level 4 in a completely different crack of the game. This has been added to the main download and shot added...
R-Type V1
R-Type V1
'GIANA 2' - NEVER TO BE FOUND?...
Sadly Quiss and PVCF confirm they no longer have the game or its remains, so is this it finally for this intriguing sequel?...
Giana 2
Giana 2
09 / 05 / 09
'INFECTION' - FULL GAME FOUND!...
More great findings for 2009 continue with the full version of Virgin Mastertronic's unreleased puzzler "Infection". This is the game which was to later become "Spot", but features far better presentation and game features. The added bonus is a previously unheard David Whittaker tune. Check it out!...
Infection
Infection
07 / 05 / 09
'STARGLIDER 2' - COMING SOON?...
Some great news, but coming soon to GTW will be a bit of a shock ... a complete version of "Starglider 2".
You may recall the demo version which sits in the archives, but confirmation comes that it was actually completed and the sources have already been backed up. There is a potential unseen Bob Stevenson picture to go with it, and also potentially a filled vector build of the game (Albeit a bit choppy). More details coming soon - but exciting times ahead :)
You may recall the demo version which sits in the archives, but confirmation comes that it was actually completed and the sources have already been backed up. There is a potential unseen Bob Stevenson picture to go with it, and also potentially a filled vector build of the game (Albeit a bit choppy). More details coming soon - but exciting times ahead :)
05 / 05 / 09
'EARTH 3' NEW MAP AND SCAN ADDED...
Antonios Grizis digs out more bits from his incomplete and great looking game Earth 3, including a map of a factory part of the game and a sketch of the planned end of level guardian...
Earth 3
Earth 3
25 / 04 / 09
'DAN DARE V1' SHOTS + ARTICLE ADDED...
Thanks to Peter Weighill for digging out the article and shots, you can now find a rather different looking Dan Dare and learn more about the long lost first part...
Dan Dare PT1
Dan Dare PT1
21 / 04 / 09
12 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
A slightly late easter update, and to kick things off - here are 12 new GTW entries to check out!...
Bloid Bros, Beast Busters, Boxing Manager 2, Dan Dare PT1, Death Star Interceptor II, Get Dexter, Kaiser, Necronom, Quadrant 4, Spore 2, Shinobi V1, Wildfire
Bloid Bros, Beast Busters, Boxing Manager 2, Dan Dare PT1, Death Star Interceptor II, Get Dexter, Kaiser, Necronom, Quadrant 4, Spore 2, Shinobi V1, Wildfire
11 ENTRIES UPDATED...
And to round things off, here are 10 updates to various entries. These include details from the author of Covboy's Quest, leads on developer for Heebie Jeebies, information about Liverpool V1's conversion by the coder himself, review scans added to Bee 52, screenshots and article bits added to Messiah 3, exciting news regarding Sooty and Sweep 2 + Thomas The Tank Engine 2. Finally a rather large update to White Feather Cloak with a lot more details about the game. Enjoy!...
Asylum, Bee 52, CovBoy's Quest, Henry, Heebie Jeebies, Liverpool V1, Messiah 3, Soul gem of martek, Sooty and Sweep 2, Thomas The Tank Engine 2, White Feather Cloak
Asylum, Bee 52, CovBoy's Quest, Henry, Heebie Jeebies, Liverpool V1, Messiah 3, Soul gem of martek, Sooty and Sweep 2, Thomas The Tank Engine 2, White Feather Cloak
GRELL & BEE 52 WERE RELEASED!...
Well, ok... not exactly by Codemasters, but thanks to Frank Cifaldi for highlighting, Codemasters had struck a deal back in 2006/07 with Gametap.com to distribute some old C64 games. Included are Bee 52 and Grell and Falla. Check the links below!...
Bee 52 on Gametap / Grell and Falla on Gametap
Bee 52 on Gametap / Grell and Falla on Gametap
20 / 04 / 09
'BEE 52' ADDED...
A new GTW entry is added with the addition of Codemaster's unofficially released Bee 52. Due for release, Codemasters left the C64 and so it was left to Nick Taylor to try and get something back from the game ...
Bee 52
Bee 52
'PHALSBERG' ENTRY UPDATED...
Thanks to Jazzcat and Ian Coog, GTW adds a series of proper screenshots of the game and also the first disk for downloading. The second disk is still missing...
Phalsberg
Phalsberg
'SUPER PHOENIX' THE FULL STORY!...
Author of Super Phoenix gets in touch with GTW and gives the story behind this obscure game which surfaced recently...
Super Phoenix
Super Phoenix
06 / 04 / 09
'GRELL AND FALLA' UPDATED...
More details about the game and what its fate was to be. Why didn't it get a full release, but did on the Spectrum and Amstrad? ...
Grell and Falla
Grell and Falla
7 CLEAN FILES ADDED...
A fair chunk of the downloads we have, have intros and bits strapped on the front. Thanks to Jazzcat, a number of clean downloads have been added to the following...
Born in Space, CF Adventure, City Bomber, Dreamraider, Elaroo, Koshimo, Legend of Kyril
Born in Space, CF Adventure, City Bomber, Dreamraider, Elaroo, Koshimo, Legend of Kyril
29 / 03 / 09
'UXB' FULL GAME FOUND!...
To follow Monster Museum, GTW presents a long lost Blagger clone called UXB by Jason Fox and Adam Gilmore...
This is a full game which is presented to you thanks to Wreg, 6R6 and Jazzcat, so enjoy!...
UXB game
This is a full game which is presented to you thanks to Wreg, 6R6 and Jazzcat, so enjoy!...
UXB game
10 / 03 / 09
'MONSTER MUSEUM' FOUND!...
After a month of discovery and tracing the game's author, GTW is proud to present the long lost Monster Museum in its final state.
This is a game which is about 90% complete and features qualities / simularities to other Palace titles like Barbarian 2 and the author's original Dan Dare. The game also includes some previously unheard tunes by the late Richard Joseph which makes things even more special with the release. Check it out and enjoy this long lost Palace game!...
Monster Museum
This is a game which is about 90% complete and features qualities / simularities to other Palace titles like Barbarian 2 and the author's original Dan Dare. The game also includes some previously unheard tunes by the late Richard Joseph which makes things even more special with the release. Check it out and enjoy this long lost Palace game!...
Monster Museum
23 / 02 / 09
'HIGH RISE HORROR' FOUND!...
Remains of the game are located and released. Sadly nothing too playable, but something of the long lost conversion from the BBC Micro game!...
High Rise Horror
High Rise Horror
ANOTHER 'COLONY' PREVIEW FOUND...
A very early preview of Colony found thanks to Vinny Mainolfi!... Check it out!...
Colony
Colony
'SAVAGE PLATFORMS' DIARIES ADDED...
With greatest thanks to Allan Bairstow, we are proud to add the Savage Platform diaries from Commodore Scene as a download. A few scans need fixing, but this is a great read! Fixes will come soon!...
Savage Platforms
Savage Platforms
7 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
Yet more added to the GTW vaults, including two titles with graphics by the talented Mermaid and finally a lost Commodore game.
Armageddon, Hip Hop, Guardians of Time, Ninja Grannies, Shutdown, Sooty and Sweep 2, Space Ace (Unofficial)
Armageddon, Hip Hop, Guardians of Time, Ninja Grannies, Shutdown, Sooty and Sweep 2, Space Ace (Unofficial)
7 ATARISOFT ENTRIES ADDED...
Thanks to Mat Allen, we quickly add 7 new entries for 7 long lost Atarisoft titles. Lots more detail to add to them (Though some with downloads and shots!), but they're added to GTW so we don't forget!...
Crystal Castles, Donkey Kong JR, Missile Command, Mario Bros, Stargate, Typo Attack, Vanguard
Crystal Castles, Donkey Kong JR, Missile Command, Mario Bros, Stargate, Typo Attack, Vanguard
3 ENTRIES UPDATED...
Both Chaos Lands and Covboy's Quest have their entries updated with new previews added...
Chaos Lands, Covboy's Quest, Thomas The Tank Engine 2
Chaos Lands, Covboy's Quest, Thomas The Tank Engine 2
15 / 02 / 09
2 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
Starting off our quick update, here are two new entries added to the archive...
Hero Of The Golden Talisman V1, Joust
Hero Of The Golden Talisman V1, Joust
'COVBOY'S QUEST' SHOTS ADDED...
Thanks to Jazzcat we show you a first look at this promising looking Coma game...
Covboy's Quest
Covboy's Quest
'FUZZBALL' - LOST LEVELS AND SIDS...
After some hacking around by Loflo, its discovered that the CF preview has 17 potential level remains locked away, some extra sprites.. but also we learn more about the game's development and some exciting news about the game music....
Fuzzball
Fuzzball
'MONSTER MUSEUM' - COMING SOON!...
Excellent news, but GTW has permission to release Monster Museum, so look forward to this soon!... Currently we are obtaining scans and extras to create a rather special release!...
'GIANA 2' - SOUND EXE ADDED...
Jazzcat digs out the executable sound files for the game to be ran on the real thing...
Giana 2
Giana 2
'MOOD' UPDATE...
Creator of MOOD, Perff sheds a bit more light on the project, along with some corrections!...
MOOD
MOOD
'I OF THE MASK' EXISTS!...
GTW discovers thanks to Richard Hewison that a C64 conversion was certainly on the cards!...
I of the Mask
I of the Mask
08 / 02 / 09
'MONSTER MUSEUM' FOUND!...
A fantastic discovery we have to share with a sneaky peak at a new GTW title we are trying to secure for the website in the very near future (Sadly we cannot release anything yet, and have only been given a few screenshots). Check out a quick glimpse of this long lost Palace Software game (Which we believe to be around 80-90% complete)... We'll keep working to get this out there soon!...
Monster Museum
Monster Museum
THREE NEW GTW ENTRIES...
Yet more additions to the archive, including a sequel to a solid Zeppelin title, a rather large sized update to a old Edge game and a very early 1993 preview of a maze game...
Bod Squad 2 / Quo Vadis V2 / Boing
Bod Squad 2 / Quo Vadis V2 / Boing
THREE ENTRIES UPDATED...
Firstly we close the case on Arctic Moves, then we add the full versions to two of our old entries...
Artic Moves / Smashout / Super Pac Twins
Artic Moves / Smashout / Super Pac Twins
26 / 01 / 09
'SLIDEWAYS' FOUND AND RELEASED...
A great start to 2009 as GTW uncovers the game that TRAZ should have been. Check out this first ever look at Simon Birrell's long lost Cascade title...
Slideways
Slideways
'GAMMA STRIKE' GAMES FIXED!...
Thanks to Iopop/Triad, Alien Team and Voyager 19 have been fixed to work without the target, which means you can now finally sample the SEU element of Alien Team and the guardian stage...
Gamma Strike
Gamma Strike
'LETHAL XCESS' EDITOR ADDED...
Oliver Lindau has recently released the Bones Park editor which was used to create levels for Lethal Xcess. In the release Oliver has included the whole of Level 1, and so we have added this and the editor as a download...
Lethal Xcess
Lethal Xcess
TWO MORE GTW'S ADDED...
And finally another two for the GTW pot, including one with we think some rare Maniacs of Noise music in the game, and a lost 3rd part to a trilogy...
Artic Moves / Blond Blubber
Artic Moves / Blond Blubber
05 / 01 / 09
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!...
Another big update (maybe not quite as big as last year, but thankfully we had no backlog!), and some nice gems uncovered just in time for Christmas! Thanks for all your support again, and enjoy!...
'SUB HUNTER' DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE ON 24TH...
Additionally before we start, we would like to announce an extra gift which isn't GTW related, but the free edition of Sub Hunter is being released on the 24th (Tomorrow) on http://www.c64.com. This is the disk version of the game which includes various bonus goodies too compared to the tape edition.
So keep an eye out and feel free to grab the game and enjoy, but if you would like to own a professionally produced edition on tape or disk (Of which the deluxe edition on disk is superb!), then why not put in an order at Psytronik Software
So keep an eye out and feel free to grab the game and enjoy, but if you would like to own a professionally produced edition on tape or disk (Of which the deluxe edition on disk is superb!), then why not put in an order at Psytronik Software
'GAMMA STRIKE' FOUND AND RELEASD!...
One of our nice additions for the Christmas update is the finding and uncovering of Gamma Strike, originally a target based game that never quite made it to full mainstream release. This could well have been the last remaining copy, and now its been preserved before it deterioates forever. Check out the high quality photos and download the original tape (Warning - the games are not fully playable without the gun).
Gamma Strike
Gamma Strike
'SUPER PHOENIX' FOUND AND RELEASED...
Author of an unreleased 1984 Loriciels game called 'Super Phoenix' has ported it and released it to the world - though not seemingly publicised much. GTW adds an entry in the hope that people will get to discover this undiscovered SEU...
Super Phoenix
Super Phoenix
'KNIGHT RIDER 2' RELEASED...
A new GTW thanks to Shaun Bebbington and Widdy, this is an unofficial conversion that was meant for CGC2006. This is a rather neat tribute to the crappy Ocean original and well worth checking out. Read the story and download the remains here...
Knight Rider 2
Knight Rider 2
MORE 'APEX' BITS FOUND...
Thanks to Jason (Kenz) Mackenzie, GTW adds some more long lost Apex bits, including the long lost loading screen to Cyberdyne Warrior and some extra bits too...
Apex bits / Cyberdyne Warrior bits
Apex bits / Cyberdyne Warrior bits
TWO NEW 'TASKSET' ENTRIES DETAILED...
Thanks to Paul Drury, GTW uncovers two unheard of Taskset titles, including screenshots for one of them taken from old negatives recently found...
Andy Rixon game / Vulcan
Andy Rixon game / Vulcan
LARGE 'MEGA GAMES' UPDATE...
More information from John Gibson, Dawn Jones and Ally Noble as we expand on the Mega Games entry, and with some exciting news coming soon we hope!...
Mega Games
Mega Games
16 NEW ENTRIES ADDED
Yet more GTW discoveries and titles we need to find... these 16 will keep you busy...
3D Maze Game / Ancient Warriors / Dragons Lair: Timewarp / Death Workshop / Evolution Cryser / Flik Flak / Game Hunter / New Pasqua / Q-Castle / Ratpack / Sword of Abbalon / Super Mario Bros clone / Sips of Terror / The Soul Gem of Martek / Vengeance of Zeno / Zynon
3D Maze Game / Ancient Warriors / Dragons Lair: Timewarp / Death Workshop / Evolution Cryser / Flik Flak / Game Hunter / New Pasqua / Q-Castle / Ratpack / Sword of Abbalon / Super Mario Bros clone / Sips of Terror / The Soul Gem of Martek / Vengeance of Zeno / Zynon
29 ENTRIES UPDATED
A nice long list of updates to go along with the above... For a large section, this is confirmation about what the game was about, other versions and some links. For a few there are some additional scans, and a smaller portion ... small titbits and creator speaks added, with cases closed for some...
3D boat assassin / Aquablast / Armalyte v1 / Biff 2 / Chess / CF Adventure / Cop out / Cosmic Shock absorber / Captain Planet / Damned / Darius+ / Enterprise / Fast'n'Furious / Fantasia Diamond / Hands of stone / Knight Force / Kung Fu Warriors / Moreta - Dragon Lady of Pern / Monster Business / Mach 3 / Phimosis / Rapid Steel / Space Ace / Soldier one / Super Wonderdog / Super Thief / The Greedy Dwarf / Toyota Rally / Warlock
3D boat assassin / Aquablast / Armalyte v1 / Biff 2 / Chess / CF Adventure / Cop out / Cosmic Shock absorber / Captain Planet / Damned / Darius+ / Enterprise / Fast'n'Furious / Fantasia Diamond / Hands of stone / Knight Force / Kung Fu Warriors / Moreta - Dragon Lady of Pern / Monster Business / Mach 3 / Phimosis / Rapid Steel / Space Ace / Soldier one / Super Wonderdog / Super Thief / The Greedy Dwarf / Toyota Rally / Warlock
23 / 12 / 08
TWO NEW GTW ENTRIES...
A very quick update before Christmas with two new GTW entries (Sorry!, its been so busy like you won't believe recently!). More soon, and hopefully some nice findings too!...
Bombzone / Pipemania 2
Bombzone / Pipemania 2
26 / 10 / 08
SUB HUNTER RELEASED!...
Ok, not quite GTW related but after 4 years of hard work our C64 game Sub Hunter has been finished and released.
It is now on sale
from Psytronik Software on tape (With disk version coming soon). This is by GTW webmaster 'Frank Gasking' on the pixels and
design, and C64 developer 'Richard Bayliss' on code/sfx and Maniacs of Noise on Music.
The game will only be available exclusively from Psytronik Software for the first month or so, but then there will be an alternative free download for people to play after that.
It's been a bit of a slog in our free time to get it sorted, but we're glad its done and now don't want to see the game for quite some time if we can help it!
For now, if you would like to have a go of the game, grab yourself a suitable C64 emulator and grab the 4 level demo.
The game will only be available exclusively from Psytronik Software for the first month or so, but then there will be an alternative free download for people to play after that.
It's been a bit of a slog in our free time to get it sorted, but we're glad its done and now don't want to see the game for quite some time if we can help it!
For now, if you would like to have a go of the game, grab yourself a suitable C64 emulator and grab the 4 level demo.
30/ 09 / 08
THREE ENTRIES UPDATED...
A quick update with new information and updates on the following three titles in the archive...
2000AD / Gem X 2 (GemZ) / Top Wrestling
2000AD / Gem X 2 (GemZ) / Top Wrestling
SUBMIT A REVIEW, EXPAND THE ARCHIVE!...
GTW64 is now accepting submitted GTW entry reviews, which could be on preview's which we have not yet covered which are sat on Gamebase or elsewhere. There is still a good 1000 or so entries out there to process on Gamebase alone, and it might take some time! (And valuable time which could be spent on tracking down full versions, work disks). So we need your help a bit, so if you fancy helping out, please email us :)
EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS ...
A whole batch of design documents have been unearthed recently on some surprise Empire Software games for the C64, pretty much confirmation of existance of some titles which we thought would never have been considered. All of this, and a superb document discovery for Barbarian 3 will be coming soon. Keep 'em peeled!
14 / 09 / 08
WE'RE STILL ALIVE :)
Yup, we've been a bit quiet recently, but thats mainly due to finishing off Sub Hunter for this October and also work getting a little busy. But we'll be back soon with some new GTW bits and pieces, and with any luck a surprise :)
07 / 09 / 08
'COMMANDO KUWAIT' ADDED!.
A second preview of this long known preview has been added along with the first preview and a story about this Commando Libya inspired GTW...
Commando Kuwait
Commando Kuwait
28 / 06 / 08
TWO STUNNING PREVIEWS RELEASED!...
Prepare to be shocked as we present the unofficial conversion of Mortal Kombat 2 and another fantastic preview of a game called Island of Monsters by Hungarian software house, Hermit Software...
Island of Monsters / Mortal Kombat 2
Island of Monsters / Mortal Kombat 2
25 / 06 / 08
'PSYKOZONE' RELEASED AT LAST!...
At long last after a 14 year wait, the long lost Psykozone game from Psytronik is released and fully enhanced as it would have been back then. A big thanks to Jason Mackenzie, Jason Kelk and Richard Bayliss for all their hard work! Check it out!...
Psykozone
Psykozone
22 / 06 / 08
BIG FINDINGS FOR 4 GAMES!...
Some very big discoveries as we find out programmers, details and bits about the following big GTW entries...
19th Part 2 / 3D Boat Assassin / California Games 2 / Time Scanner V1
19th Part 2 / 3D Boat Assassin / California Games 2 / Time Scanner V1
'WORLD CUP CARNIVAL V1' ENTRY ADDED
How did we miss this?... Of course, we got a shameful copy of Artic's World Cup, but there was another game that was apparently even worse. What happened to it?...
World Cup Carnival V1
World Cup Carnival V1
TWO GENIAS CASES SOLVED?...
20 / 06 / 08
'MIND RUNNER' - TITLE SCREEN FOUND!...
Jason Steele digs out and shares part of his unreleased Mind Runner game, showing the long lost title screen in its full form...
Mind Runner
Mind Runner
'3D BOAT ASSASSIN' - AUTHOR SPEAKS...
Paul Gill sheds a bit more light on this long lost Mastertronic game, and we learn if it will be easy enough to now find...
3D Boat Assassin
3D Boat Assassin
'RETURN OF THE LIONS' - AUTHOR SPEAKS...
Hannes Sommer sheds some light on his unfinished Lions of the Universe sequel, and just why it never got finished. Could we be seeing more though?...
Return of the Lions
Return of the Lions
15 / 06 / 08
'XANAGRAMS' - FOUND AND SAVED!...
Thanks to Adam Carlton and Luigi Di Fraia, GTW has preserved yet another missing title. Check it out!...
Xanagrams
Xanagrams
'EARTH 3' - MORE SHOTS AND BITS...
Thanks to the game's author, we add some more unseen shots of Earth 3...
Xanagrams
Xanagrams
07 / 06 / 08
'GENIAS SPECIAL' - THREE NEW ENTRIES...
Thanks to Luca/Fire, GTW enters another 3 entries into the database, this time 3 Genias titles, including a rather good looking wrestling game...
Highway Blaster / Titan's Mystery / Top Wrestling
Highway Blaster / Titan's Mystery / Top Wrestling
03 / 06 / 08
'CURLY SQUIRREL' - PREVIEW AND UNSEEN BITS...
Thanks to Marco Das and the game's developers, GTW adds a currently known preview, but a lot of extra unseen graphics by JSL. What happened to this game?...
Curly Squirrel
Curly Squirrel
'BLOODWHEELS' - NEW PSYTRONIK GAME FIND...
A long lost Alf Yngve title which was due for the Psytronik label has been uncovered by Jason Mackenzie and is here after a 14 year delay!...
Bloodwheels
Bloodwheels
'IN THE BEGINNING' - FOUND AND SAFE!...
We are pleased to announce that Mosaic's "In The Beginning" has been found safe and well thanks to
Bo Gøran Kvamme. So it was released, but here it is and a GTW and Gamebase64 case closed!...
In The Beginning
In The Beginning
'PROJECT ARGUS' - DISK LABEL SCAN ADDED...
Quick one, but the specially created disk label by Jason (Kenz) Mackenzie has been added to Project Argus...
Project Argus
Project Argus
02 / 06 / 08
SITE TWEAKING AND MAINTENANCE
The new GTW64 site is to get started in the next few months, but in the meantime there will be various fixes to pages and styles to prepare everything for smooth transfer to a new design/site structure. You should hopefully not notice anything as this happens.
One thing you may have noticed is the header being tidied up, since the old header was very messy and glitched quite badly on some browsers. A quick and dirty fix it is though for a 5-6 year old template.
One thing you may have noticed is the header being tidied up, since the old header was very messy and glitched quite badly on some browsers. A quick and dirty fix it is though for a 5-6 year old template.
29 / 05 / 08
'MIND RUNNER' - GAME STORY ADDED...
Clear details about Jason Steele's Mind Runner are added as well as a Creator Speaks page. Check it out!...
Mind Runner
Mind Runner
'STURMTRUPPEN' - GAME SHOTS FOUND!...
Thanks to Luca/Fire, some excellent ingame shots of Sturmtruppen actually running with sprites have been added. Are we closer to finding this one?...
Sturmtruppen
Sturmtruppen
'MURDER!' - CRISP SHOTS ADDED...
Nothing major, but just adding some very clear screenshots from Zzap Italia to the shots section. Though something might be brewing on this one, more when/if anything comes of it...
Murder!
Murder!
27 / 05 / 08
'TROJAN' (DURELL) FOUND!...
Excellent news as thanks to Zeldin/Cascade, GTW presents early previews of Durell's long lost Capcom conversion of Trojan.
Trojan
Trojan
'AFTERMATH' PREVIEW FOUND!...
A RPG preview has been recovered and placed into GTW, check it out!...
Aftermath
Aftermath
STEVE KELLETT SPECIAL...
Steven Kellett speaks to GTW about Circus Fun and another 6 new GTW games which we are hopeful to show you very soon!...
Circus Fun / Cyborg / Droid One / Droid One Plus / Fruit Fight / Solo / Unnamed game
Circus Fun / Cyborg / Droid One / Droid One Plus / Fruit Fight / Solo / Unnamed game
'THE BUBBLER' - CREATOR SPEAKS...
Matt Young speaks to GTW about his long lost conversion of The Bubbler... Could we be seeing it very soon?...
The Bubbler
The Bubbler
'GOLD TRAIN' - AN INTERCEPTOR GTW...
The Your Commodore covermount game is uncovered to be an 1984 Interceptor game that never was. Richard Taylor talks to GTW and sheds light on this conversion that never quite made it like it should...
Gold Train
Gold Train
'TANX' REMAINS ADDED...
Remains of the Cyber Systems and Hackersoft effort is released into the world, along with the full development story...
Tanx
Tanx
'MATH-A-GRAPH' PREVIEW ADDED...
Author of Math-A-Graph has recently released a 5 level preview into the world. Could this GTW become a completed game?...
Math-A-Graph
Math-A-Graph
TWO CASES CLOSED...
22 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Yet more GTW's are entered into the archives. Plenty for you to get reading :)
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons / Behemoth / Baseball game / Black Shadow / Battlehawks - 1942 / Complex / Fairlight 2 / Freaky Fish / Galactic Conqueror / Lasertrain / Mach 3 / Multi-pack / Monster Museum / Off Shore Warrior / Rex Harde / Roadstar XRi / Space flight game / Shockwave / Sophistry / The Champ / Turbo Cup Challenge / Zombies, Undead or Alive!
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons / Behemoth / Baseball game / Black Shadow / Battlehawks - 1942 / Complex / Fairlight 2 / Freaky Fish / Galactic Conqueror / Lasertrain / Mach 3 / Multi-pack / Monster Museum / Off Shore Warrior / Rex Harde / Roadstar XRi / Space flight game / Shockwave / Sophistry / The Champ / Turbo Cup Challenge / Zombies, Undead or Alive!
13 GTW ENTRIES UPDATED...
Some creator speaks added to the likes of Batman Returns, Brainleak, Lustinana and some vital details uncovered on games such as Super Thief, Whirligig, Zone Warrior and Time Scanner...
Arthema / Batman Returns / Bamboo / Brainleak / Charlie Chaplin / Knightforce / Lustinana (Sunken Ship Game) / Mindsmear / Super Thief / Time Scanner / Whirligig / Xanagrams / Zone Warrior
Arthema / Batman Returns / Bamboo / Brainleak / Charlie Chaplin / Knightforce / Lustinana (Sunken Ship Game) / Mindsmear / Super Thief / Time Scanner / Whirligig / Xanagrams / Zone Warrior
24 / 05 / 08
THE WILD BUNCH - COMING SOON!
Excellent news for fans of the Spectrum/Amstrad Firebird title! The long lost C64 conversion is going to be finished off as authentically as possible and released in limited form with proper inlays as it would have been had Firebird had released a C64 version back in the day.
This is Jon Well's own conversion which never was, which after GTW started nagging about digging out for GTW, Jon has decided to actually finish it for the world to enjoy. Jon teams up with Jason (Kenz) Mackenzie yet again, with Kenz concentrating on producing all the inlays and labels (and possibly more).
Click the banner below to read the diaries and put in your pre-order!
This is Jon Well's own conversion which never was, which after GTW started nagging about digging out for GTW, Jon has decided to actually finish it for the world to enjoy. Jon teams up with Jason (Kenz) Mackenzie yet again, with Kenz concentrating on producing all the inlays and labels (and possibly more).
Click the banner below to read the diaries and put in your pre-order!
'TIME' ENTRY ADDED...
A entry for a possible C64 conversion of an Amiga game called 'Time' has been added to the archive...
Time
Time
06 / 04 / 08
'SPACE ACE' ENTRY ADDED...
A possible C64 conversion of Space Ace may have been planned. Entry added until we confirm if this is vapourware...
Space Ace
Space Ace
'OBLITERATOR' UPDATED...
Chris Caress sadly confirms that his work disks only contain scraps of code. Review entry updated with details and what next...
Obliterator
Obliterator
THE COMMODORE 64 BOOK, 1982-199X...
This is well overdue (Sorry Andrew!), but fellow GTW team member, Andrew Fisher, has recently had his book released to the world - 'The Commodore 64 book - 1982-199X', which is a comprehensive guide to some of the best C64 games of all time from that period.
Although it could very easy sound biast, I have just recieved my copy today and it is fantastic! If you love the Commodore 64 and your games, then you will love this book -it's been crafted with a lot of love and care by Andrew and it's a highly recommended read. The presentation is awesome too, and already the book has been recieving very positive reviews.
And Solar Jetman gets a mention too in 1991, which is fantastic news in itself that this awesome conversion finally gets the limelight treatment it sadly lost out on back in the day. Grab a copy from the link below...
The Commodore 64 Book, 1982-199X
Although it could very easy sound biast, I have just recieved my copy today and it is fantastic! If you love the Commodore 64 and your games, then you will love this book -it's been crafted with a lot of love and care by Andrew and it's a highly recommended read. The presentation is awesome too, and already the book has been recieving very positive reviews.
And Solar Jetman gets a mention too in 1991, which is fantastic news in itself that this awesome conversion finally gets the limelight treatment it sadly lost out on back in the day. Grab a copy from the link below...
The Commodore 64 Book, 1982-199X
30 / 03 / 08
TWO NEW ENTRIES ADDED...
Thanks to Cybergoth, GTW adds two new entries to the archive - Covert Action and Coporate Raider.
Covert Action / Corporate Raider
Covert Action / Corporate Raider
IVANHOE MUSIC ADDED...
Ivanhoe music has been found in HVSC and now added to the entry...
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
MEGA GAMES - WEB FILES ADDED...
Various web resources on the Mega Games have been added to the download we recently added. Happy reading! Some day we'll do a proper write up with Mega Games, and likely split it off into its 3/4 titles...
Mega games
Mega games
22 / 03 / 08
ROCKUS FULL GAME FOUND AND ADDED!...
A game which lost out on a game competition for 64'er magazine in 1993 has been salvaged by the game's author. Check out this complete platformer and its brief background story...
Rockus
Rockus
CHAMPIONSHIP RUN - MUSIC FOUND...
Zeppelin Games unreleased Championship Run was found some time ago in preview form, and now HVSC have helped to uncover Adam Gilmore's unused tunes for the game. Now added to the archive download...
Championship Run
Championship Run
MEGA GAMES - PSYCLAPSE UPDATE...
More details about what exactly this game involved, confirmation of the sprite being part of the game and now the actual sprite file is available for download...
Mega games
Mega games
15 / 03 / 08
BACKLASH WAS DUE FOR C64!...
The sequel to Encounter was infact due on the C64 and now you can read about this long lost conversion here...
Backlash
Backlash
09 / 03 / 08
DARIUS + ENTRY UPDATED...
Martin/Stadium 64 digs out a review of Darius + from ACE magazine, with a small review of the C64 version. So did it *really* exist...
Darius +
Darius +
01 / 03 / 08
WIZARDRY IV ENTRY ADDED...
Twoflower provides GTW with an entry on Wizardry IV, as posted on our forum recently. Open and closed case, but check it out...
Wizardry IV
Wizardry IV
23 / 02 / 08
ANOTHER SUZY SOFT GAME SAVED!...
Tomaz has been busy again, recently saving another Suzy Soft game called - Kljuc aka "The Key". GTW adds it to the archives...
Kljuc
Kljuc
WILD BUNCH ON THE C64 EXISTS...
Exciting news as GTW discovers that we are quite close to a C64 conversion of Firebird's famous Wild Bunch game...
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch
THUNDERZONE - MORE FOUND...
Kevin Murphy and Jason Steele have recently found and released a lost level from Thunderzone!...
Thunderzone
Thunderzone
12 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
More titles get the GTW treatment for you to check out, with some rather interesting ones too:
Assassin / Crossbones / Dangar / Fast 'n' Furious / Formula 1 Simulator / Kid Saviour / Lunar Rescue / Mind runner / Red Arrows / Spikey & The Search for Rip / The Omnicron Conspiracy / The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Assassin / Crossbones / Dangar / Fast 'n' Furious / Formula 1 Simulator / Kid Saviour / Lunar Rescue / Mind runner / Red Arrows / Spikey & The Search for Rip / The Omnicron Conspiracy / The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
2 GTW ENTRIES UPDATED...
Lone Wolf has its advert found thanks to Peter Weighill and Pieces 2 gets some screenshots added!...
Lone Wolf and The Ice Halls Of Terror / Pieces 2
Lone Wolf and The Ice Halls Of Terror / Pieces 2
16 / 02 / 08
'CHUTE PURSUIT' FULL GAME ADDED!
Thanks to Mason, we add the full version of Chute Pursuit to the archive and close the case...
Chute Pursuit
Chute Pursuit
3 NEW V1 TITLES ADDED!...
720 Degrees USA, Ice Tea and Winter Games all get added as we take a look at some rather different early versions of these released titles...
720 Degrees USA V1 / Ice Tea V1 / Winter Games V1
720 Degrees USA V1 / Ice Tea V1 / Winter Games V1
OVER 1,000 ENTRIES AND GROWING!...
GTW64 tonight has it past the 1,000 mark for entries within the archive, and has been the result of almost 10 years worth of work. A big thank you for all the support since the start of the project. Since starting we have helped to preserve the likes of Deadlock, Armalyte 2, Bugs Bunny, Solar Jetman, Tyger Tyger, Lunar Jetman and many more. Lets now see if we can track some more :-)
27 / 01 / 08
'COOKIE' ON THE C64 EXISTS!
Following on from Lunar Jetman, we discover that Cookie was also underway too for conversion...
Cookie
Cookie
'SESTAVLJANKA' LOST GAME ADDED!...
An unreleased educational game for children is saved by Tomaz Kac. GTW reports on the big finding and sticks it in the archive for posterity...
Sestavljanka
Sestavljanka
'LUNAR RESCUE' ENTRY ADDED...
Long lost Mr Micro game gets and entry, where is the game?
Lunar Rescue
Lunar Rescue
'THE ADVENTURER' ENTRY ADDED...
An Ultima styled game which never quite made it. What happened?...
The Adventurer
The Adventurer
'ANIK MICROSYSTEMS' SPECIAL...
10 missing Anik Microsystems games get their own quick individual entries within GTW. Check them out!
Chain Reaction / Colour Me Quick / Dozy Dodo / L.A. Sunset / Link-a-line / Micro Olympics 1 & 2 / Moonbase Touchdown / Nautilus Navigator / Star Trek 64 / Vegas Slot
Chain Reaction / Colour Me Quick / Dozy Dodo / L.A. Sunset / Link-a-line / Micro Olympics 1 & 2 / Moonbase Touchdown / Nautilus Navigator / Star Trek 64 / Vegas Slot
6 GTW ENTRY UPDATES...
Breakstreet - Confirmation that its not the Creative Soft game.
Mythos - Sad confirmation about the game.
Software House - Game found and located! Did Cult release it now?
The Abyss - New details of its Infocom links.
The Gold Collection - 2 titles being tracked as we speak.
TMNT 3 - Details of it not being started.
Mythos - Sad confirmation about the game.
Software House - Game found and located! Did Cult release it now?
The Abyss - New details of its Infocom links.
The Gold Collection - 2 titles being tracked as we speak.
TMNT 3 - Details of it not being started.
09 / 01 / 08
Happy Christmas everyone! - It's been about 2 months of hard work and research, but finally the Christmas update is here, and it is actually the largest update ever done by GTW to try and clear the way for 2008. A BIG thanks to all the team involved and the many contributors who have helped. I'm a bit weary now, so any mistakes, please be gentle! We've got some nice findings and releases just in time for Christmas, so please enjoy and we'll see you in 2008!
'BOBBY BOUNCE BACK' - FULL GAME RELEASE!...
A fantastic and full budget game by the C64 coder of "Murder!" and graphic artist of "Mega Twins" has been fully recovered and now released for the first time. It's taken some fixing, but its finally here in time for Christmas!...
Bobby Bounce Back
Bobby Bounce Back
'THRONE OF FIRE' - SHOCK FINDINGS...
Melbourne House's long lost C64 conversion of the popular Spy VS Spy clone has had its remains completely found. Check our story on the uncovering of this long mystery and check out the playable previews we have salvaged for you...
Throne Of Fire
Throne Of Fire
'TREE DEMO' - REMAINS RELEASED...
Yet another long lost Apex game has been released with this very early Side Arms clone.
Tree Demo
Tree Demo
'BAD ENEMIES' - SF 2 CLONE FOUND...
Roberto and Raffox spill the beans on Italy's take on Street Fighter 2 that never saw the light of day and brings you the remains to check out...
Bad Enemies
Bad Enemies
'BOMB' - RARE LAZER DEMO UNCOVERED...
Remember the snazzy Scramble clone by Tony/Chris West recently?... Well, now also check out the minor unseen version which features JetPac style lazers for the main ship fire.
Bomb
Bomb
'SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK' - BIG DEVELOPMENTS...
You may remember the band, but did you remember the hype around a game?... Read the full details here and new details about the game and what happened to it...
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
'REBEL STAR' - C64 VERSION EXISTS...
GTW discovers that Firebird had a C64 conversion of Rebel Star underway for their budget label, we track down the coder and look into trying to find the remains for the future...
Rebel Star
Rebel Star
'MYTHOS' - SUPER ZELDA ON A C64!...
It has to be seen to be believed - Crossbow/Crest's awesome Zelda clone preview may never get finished, but after seeing it - you may shed a tear...
Mythos
Mythos
Now get ready for it...
126 NEW ENTRIES ADDED!...
Our fingers have bled dry, but we've done it!... All your contributions have been processed, backlog materials now sorted out - and this was part of the result!
5 Star General / Axeman / Battlefield Germany / Big Business / Benidorm / Catch 23 / Cavefighter / Christmas Adventure / Chutes and Ladders / Combat Chess / Conflicts 1 / Conflicts 2 / Costa Capers / Cyber Cop / Dead City Rescue / Death or Glory / Denizen / Digital / Djinn / Fears of darkness / Final Frontier / Firebird / Force of the Vulcan / Fortress America / Frontline / Futureball / Hollywood Poker / I Can Remember / Ice Age / In the Beginning / Infection / I-Spy for Children / Joe Blade 3 / Jumper / Knight Force / Krakatoa / Lakers VS Celtics / Legend / Legend of Fairghad / Live and Let Die V1 / Log X / Lone Wolf - I.H.O.Terror / Lost Caves / Lost Robot 2 / Math-a-graph / Meantime / Mewlio / Mexico 86 / Moses: #1 / Mothership 2 / Mr Pixel's Game Maker / Mr Pixel's Programming Paint Set / Mutant / Nightbreed RPG / Nimitz / Octil / Ozzy Versus The Universe - Part II / Paranoid Pete / Pengwyn / Pharaoh's Pyramid / Picture Parts / Pieces 2 / Pimania / Pirates of the Ocean / Player Manager / Prehistorik / Pride and Prejudice / Primary Maths / Pro Tennis Tour 2 / Psycho Baby / Quiz Quest / Records File / Red Scorpion / Renegade / Roller Coaster / Runestone / Saigon Combat Unit / Saviour / Shadowkeep / Shear Panic / Sliders / Software House / Sorry! / Speed Fighter / Splidge & The Snowmen / Star Maze / Stargate Legacy / Sword of Twilight / System 8 - The Pools Predictor / Talvisota / Team Yankee / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 / Teladon / The 4th Dimension / The Abyss / The Devils Crown / The Doomsday Papers / The Flight of the Phoenix / The Gold Collection / The Greedy Dwarf / The Magic Roundabout / The Most Advanced Musical Synthesizer Midi Program / The Oath / The Swamp / Toddler Tutor / Tonic Tile / Top Cat / Touchstone / Trilzone / Trivia / Trouble / Tujad / Turf Form - Beat the bookie / Twilight Zone / Two On Two Sports / Uj Vadnyugat 3 / Unnamed game / Viage al centro de la tierra / Warspite / Wayne Gretzky Hockey / Western Game / Wild West World / Witch Way / Wizard / Wizard War / Xanagrams
5 Star General / Axeman / Battlefield Germany / Big Business / Benidorm / Catch 23 / Cavefighter / Christmas Adventure / Chutes and Ladders / Combat Chess / Conflicts 1 / Conflicts 2 / Costa Capers / Cyber Cop / Dead City Rescue / Death or Glory / Denizen / Digital / Djinn / Fears of darkness / Final Frontier / Firebird / Force of the Vulcan / Fortress America / Frontline / Futureball / Hollywood Poker / I Can Remember / Ice Age / In the Beginning / Infection / I-Spy for Children / Joe Blade 3 / Jumper / Knight Force / Krakatoa / Lakers VS Celtics / Legend / Legend of Fairghad / Live and Let Die V1 / Log X / Lone Wolf - I.H.O.Terror / Lost Caves / Lost Robot 2 / Math-a-graph / Meantime / Mewlio / Mexico 86 / Moses: #1 / Mothership 2 / Mr Pixel's Game Maker / Mr Pixel's Programming Paint Set / Mutant / Nightbreed RPG / Nimitz / Octil / Ozzy Versus The Universe - Part II / Paranoid Pete / Pengwyn / Pharaoh's Pyramid / Picture Parts / Pieces 2 / Pimania / Pirates of the Ocean / Player Manager / Prehistorik / Pride and Prejudice / Primary Maths / Pro Tennis Tour 2 / Psycho Baby / Quiz Quest / Records File / Red Scorpion / Renegade / Roller Coaster / Runestone / Saigon Combat Unit / Saviour / Shadowkeep / Shear Panic / Sliders / Software House / Sorry! / Speed Fighter / Splidge & The Snowmen / Star Maze / Stargate Legacy / Sword of Twilight / System 8 - The Pools Predictor / Talvisota / Team Yankee / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 / Teladon / The 4th Dimension / The Abyss / The Devils Crown / The Doomsday Papers / The Flight of the Phoenix / The Gold Collection / The Greedy Dwarf / The Magic Roundabout / The Most Advanced Musical Synthesizer Midi Program / The Oath / The Swamp / Toddler Tutor / Tonic Tile / Top Cat / Touchstone / Trilzone / Trivia / Trouble / Tujad / Turf Form - Beat the bookie / Twilight Zone / Two On Two Sports / Uj Vadnyugat 3 / Unnamed game / Viage al centro de la tierra / Warspite / Wayne Gretzky Hockey / Western Game / Wild West World / Witch Way / Wizard / Wizard War / Xanagrams
35 ENTRIES UPDATED...
And finally the following have had updates, new scans, downloads and other bits added where relevant:
Alternate Reality / Aquablast / Armalyte 2 / Battle / Beauty and the beast / Big Boggle / Blockade Runner / Breakstreet / Cave Guennie / Cydonia / Darksyde / Dawn Patrol / Death Pit / Fantasia Diamond / Firethorn / Get a Life / Heebie Jeebies / I.I.S / Illgen / Kestral / Kick Off 2 / Mantronix / Marbloyd / Mindstone / Mumbles Superspy / Operation Thunderbolt / Parallax 2 / Police Quest / Pyramids of Time / SAS Strike Force / Seven Gates of Jambala / Sophistry / Star fleet II: Krellen Commander / Virus / Xybots
Alternate Reality / Aquablast / Armalyte 2 / Battle / Beauty and the beast / Big Boggle / Blockade Runner / Breakstreet / Cave Guennie / Cydonia / Darksyde / Dawn Patrol / Death Pit / Fantasia Diamond / Firethorn / Get a Life / Heebie Jeebies / I.I.S / Illgen / Kestral / Kick Off 2 / Mantronix / Marbloyd / Mindstone / Mumbles Superspy / Operation Thunderbolt / Parallax 2 / Police Quest / Pyramids of Time / SAS Strike Force / Seven Gates of Jambala / Sophistry / Star fleet II: Krellen Commander / Virus / Xybots
21 / 12 / 07
'BANDITS!' FOUND AND RELEASED!...
A bit late in reporting, but Bandits! has been found and released, and can now be found in the GTW archives. Check it out!...
Bandits!
Bandits!
21 / 10 / 07
NEW RELEASE - 'THE REBELS'...
A great little game has been found and released in recent days. Where did it come from?...
The Rebels
The Rebels
TWO MORE FIREBIRD TITLES ENTERED...
Break Street and Pyramid of Time get the GTW treatment as we begin the search to find these two intriguing games from Firebird's past...
Break Street / Pyramid of time
Break Street / Pyramid of time
GLOBAL SOFTWARE SPECIAL...
Four Global Software titles are added and updated, which were based on really cheesy movies back in the day...
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes / Curse of the Mushroom People / Plan 9 from Outer Space / Wild Women of Wonga
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes / Curse of the Mushroom People / Plan 9 from Outer Space / Wild Women of Wonga
SEVEN NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Seven more entries are added, including a rather surprising licence and some surprising early versions of published titles...
Airwolf 2 V1 / Fantasia Diamond / Genesis / International Soccer Challenge / Krypton Factor / Rastan V1 / Xybots V1
Airwolf 2 V1 / Fantasia Diamond / Genesis / International Soccer Challenge / Krypton Factor / Rastan V1 / Xybots V1
16 / 07 / 07
'ZRENITE' - NEW GTW RELEASE...
Wayne Billingham's long lost Hi-Tec game has been mostly found in preview form and added to the archive. Check out the next Hi-Tec game to be recovered from 1992...
Zrenite
Zrenite
'GAMMA STRIKE' - MORE DISCOVERIES...
Peter Weighill helps uncover more details about this interesting pack due for release in 1988...
Gamma Strike
Gamma Strike
01 / 07 / 07
'VIRGIN ATLANTIC CHALLENGE' - NEW ENTRY...
The long lost Virgin Atlantic Challenge game from Virgin Games has been added, with a bucket load of information and various bits and pieces of interest. Could it be found?...
Virgin Atlantic Challenge
Virgin Atlantic Challenge
'TOUCHLIGHT' - UNHEARD MUSIC FOUND...
Jason Kelk helps uncover the long lost and unheard tunes by Sean Connoly for the awesome Touchlight game.
Touchlight
Touchlight
CRL UPDATE SPECIAL...
1 new entry and 3 updates including crucial information from members of CRL...
Academy / Thunderbirds V1 / War of the Worlds / Wolfman V2
Academy / Thunderbirds V1 / War of the Worlds / Wolfman V2
6 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED!...
More entries are added to the archive. Almost at 1000 :-)
Cow Pat Frisbee V1 / Gamma Strike / TV Sports Basketball, The Mystery of Arkham Manor / The Secret River / The Wizards Citadel
Cow Pat Frisbee V1 / Gamma Strike / TV Sports Basketball, The Mystery of Arkham Manor / The Secret River / The Wizards Citadel
24 / 06 / 07
5 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Another 5 entries into the archive for GTW to search for ...
Alea Jacta / Arcade Classics 2 / Big Bite Live / White Feather Cloak / Xeon
Alea Jacta / Arcade Classics 2 / Big Bite Live / White Feather Cloak / Xeon
12 UPDATED ENTRIES...
12 titles get the update treatment, and there's more to come!...
Battle / Bleepboy / Blockman / Barcelona 92 / Cave Wizard / Italian Night 99 / Liverpool V1 (Grandslam) / Starline / Tears of Rage / The Godfather / The Punisher / Zone Warrior
Battle / Bleepboy / Blockman / Barcelona 92 / Cave Wizard / Italian Night 99 / Liverpool V1 (Grandslam) / Starline / Tears of Rage / The Godfather / The Punisher / Zone Warrior
29 / 04 / 07
'DEADHEAD' GAME FOUND!...
To start, a long lost demo of a game is uncovered. Almost complete, and looking rather nice - Check out Wayne Billingham's
long lost Defender clone...
Deadhead
long lost Defender clone...
Deadhead
'MORE 'CJ'S 4TH' & 'CAPTAIN DYNAMO 2'...
More findings for CJ'S 4th and Captain Dynamo 2, including some maps and unseen loading screens! Zips and images updated...
Captain Dynamo 2 / CJ's 4th
Captain Dynamo 2 / CJ's 4th
'WHIRLIGIG' - 8-BIT VERSIONS DID EXIST!...
Chris Pink sheds light on the Mike Singleton conversions that didn't quite make it...
Whirligig
Whirligig
11 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
And another 11 new entries are added for you to check out...
Famous Five - Five Go Adventuring Again / Games Compendium / Lords of the Rising Sun / Panic Stations / Safari Guns / Titan Find / Worron / Xcel / Xtron / Zorakk The Conqueror
Famous Five - Five Go Adventuring Again / Games Compendium / Lords of the Rising Sun / Panic Stations / Safari Guns / Titan Find / Worron / Xcel / Xtron / Zorakk The Conqueror
3 UPDATED ENTRIES...
17 / 04 / 07
'LIVERPOOL FC' - OCEAN LICENCE FOUND!...
The shocking licence of Liverpool FC from Ocean Software has been found and added to GTW. Check out the many previews and pieces of the long lost management section, and parts of the action sections which turned into Adidas Soccer...
Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC
'GAME ON!' - MORE FINDINGS!...
More versions of Game On added to its archive, including a very early 1987 edition of the game...
Game On!
Game On!
2 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Another two entries added to GTW to fill the archive up and clear our backlogs...
Forbidden Planet / Horace and the Spiders
Forbidden Planet / Horace and the Spiders
MORE TO COME...
Yet another two titles are to be uncovered, three full games... including a game for PAL developments and another two big titles. Also a mass of new GTW entries to come.
22 / 03 / 07
'CAPTAIN DYNAMO 2' - FOUND!!...
A big surprise to kick off this special quick update for GTW... The almost complete preview of a long lost Codemasters game. This is another of the 20 something Codies games found! - Is there more to find though of this game?...
Captain Dynamo 2
Captain Dynamo 2
'GROOVY ELECTRIC DEATH' - FOUND!...
Jazzcat and Simon Birrell uncover the last remaining copy of this long lost game. A big finding of a nice little full game...
Groovy Electric Death
Groovy Electric Death
'MEGA TWINS' - GRAPHICS FOUND!...
GTW recovers a bulk of graphic work for this long lost US Gold / Tiertex conversion. Take a look at how the game would have really looked and could a playable version really be around the corner?...
Mega Twins
Mega Twins
'OUTRUN EUROPE' - GAME PROPOSAL ADDED!...
Bought from the author on Ebay, GTW scans and PDF's the 16 page document, including maps and game proposals....
Outrun Europe
Outrun Europe
MORE TO COME...
Be prepared for a few more surprises to come... watch this space! ;-)
25 / 02 / 07
'CAPTAIN DYNAMO 2' - FOUND!!...
A big surprise to kick off this special quick update for GTW... The almost complete preview of a long lost Codemasters game. This is another of the 20 something Codies games found! - Is there more to find though of this game?...
Captain Dynamo 2
Captain Dynamo 2
'GROOVY ELECTRIC DEATH' - FOUND!...
Jazzcat and Simon Birrell uncover the last remaining copy of this long lost game. A big finding of a nice little full game...
Groovy Electric Death
Groovy Electric Death
'MEGA TWINS' - GRAPHICS FOUND!...
GTW recovers a bulk of graphic work for this long lost US Gold / Tiertex conversion. Take a look at how the game would have really looked and could a playable version really be around the corner?...
Mega Twins
Mega Twins
'OUTRUN EUROPE' - GAME PROPOSAL ADDED!...
Bought from the author on Ebay, GTW scans and PDF's the 16 page document, including maps and game proposals....
Outrun Europe
Outrun Europe
MORE TO COME...
Be prepared for a few more surprises to come... watch this space! ;-)
25 / 02 / 07
'GAME ON!' GAME ADDED!...
An early version of John Lowe's Darts has been found before it was picked up by Gremlin. Read the story and download here...
Game On!
Game On!
'COINED' - FULL GAME FOUND!...
The creator of Coined gets in touch with GTW and uncovers his game at long last...
Coined
Coined
FRONTIER OF WARRIORS - PREVIEW FOUND!...
Patrick Furlong uncovers his long lost GAC adventure game in its final state...
Frontier Of Warriors
Frontier Of Warriors
'BARBARIAN 3' - STEVE BROWN SPEAKS!...
Steve Brown sheds some massive light on the long lost part of the unfinished trilogy...
Barbarian 3
Barbarian 3
'BOOMBASTIC BENNY' - NEWS OF A SHOCK...
Boombastic Benny is modified, fixed and released as Bomberman 64 for the Freestyle Jam. What does this mean for Boombastic Benny?...
Boombastic Benny
Boombastic Benny
'STARFLEET 2' - ENTRY ADDED...
Alex Ross brings us another excellent write up, this time on the long lost Starfleet 2 game for the C64...
Starfleet 2
Starfleet 2
'STURMTRUPPEN' - ADVERT ADDED...
A rare advert of Sturmtruppen has been found and released!...
Sturmtruppen
Sturmtruppen
26 / 01 / 07
2 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
To kick off 2007, here are two more entries, including another shock revelation of another Lemmings conversion from Psygnosis..
Lemmings V2 / Quark
Lemmings V2 / Quark
8 GTW ENTRIES UPDATED...
Creator speaks, a load of scans and article PDF's and new details revealed for the following titles...
Block game / GI Hero / Habitat / Last Ninja V1 / Megagames / Nigel Mansell (Martech) / Rugby World Cup 2 / Virus
Block game / GI Hero / Habitat / Last Ninja V1 / Megagames / Nigel Mansell (Martech) / Rugby World Cup 2 / Virus
04 / 01 / 07
NICK TAYLOR'S 'BLOCK GAME' ADDED...
As a Christmas present, along with Dave Spicer, GTW has uncovered another game by Nick Taylor called "Block Game ". A WIP title which is not 100% complete, this is a playable preview of a potential budget
title which never quite made it. Enjoy!...
Block game
title which never quite made it. Enjoy!...
Block game
NEW 'CYDONIA' PREVIEW ADDED!...
After some hard work fixing up, at the death we present another uncovered preview for your Christmas enjoyment...
Cydonia
Cydonia
SAVAGE PLATFORMS - PREVIEW FINDINGS..
Thanks to GTW colleague Andrew Fisher, we present some more bits and pieces from Savage Platforms...
Savage Platforms
Savage Platforms
SUPER GALAXIES - PREVIEW FINDINGS...
Thanks to Richard Bayliss, more bits and pieces from Super Galaxies has been added, including an unseen preview and also some sources..
Super Galaxies
Super Galaxies
47 BRAND NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED!...
We've gone slightly crazy and attempted to clear our backlogs of entries. Here's 47 of them for you to get reading through. As well as reviews, there are scans and other bits and pieces that have been found along the way. A big thanks to Alex, Peter, Patrick and Martin!..
Exodus / Elysium / Enemy / Hijack / Intruder / Last Ninja V1 / Lemmings Demo / Lemmings V1 / Lusitania / Magnox / Marble Madness Clone / Marine Attack / Mantronix / Miami Vice / Meantime / Mr Fixit / Mumbles - Superspy / Old Scores / Project Stealth Fighter V2 / Pirates V2 / Police Quest / Primary Maths / Pulsator / Revenge Of The Mutant Pepperpots / Rodland V1 / Rugby World Cup 2 / Retro Torque / Sixers / Shogoth / Stellar 7 / Super Cars 2 / Starship / Se-kaa Of Assiah v2 / Storm Warrior / Subsonic / Space Monkeys / Spacestation Alpha / Super Huey 3 / The Frontier Of Warriors / Three Weeks In Paradise / Trojahn / Whirligig / Wolfman V2 / Winetou / Virus / Zorakk / Ziggurat
Exodus / Elysium / Enemy / Hijack / Intruder / Last Ninja V1 / Lemmings Demo / Lemmings V1 / Lusitania / Magnox / Marble Madness Clone / Marine Attack / Mantronix / Miami Vice / Meantime / Mr Fixit / Mumbles - Superspy / Old Scores / Project Stealth Fighter V2 / Pirates V2 / Police Quest / Primary Maths / Pulsator / Revenge Of The Mutant Pepperpots / Rodland V1 / Rugby World Cup 2 / Retro Torque / Sixers / Shogoth / Stellar 7 / Super Cars 2 / Starship / Se-kaa Of Assiah v2 / Storm Warrior / Subsonic / Space Monkeys / Spacestation Alpha / Super Huey 3 / The Frontier Of Warriors / Three Weeks In Paradise / Trojahn / Whirligig / Wolfman V2 / Winetou / Virus / Zorakk / Ziggurat
13 UPDATED GTW ENTRIES...
And finally... a fair amount of new information,scans etc have been added for the following 13 games...
Megatree / Nigel Mansell / Obliterator / Prince of Darkness / Penguin Tower / Space Veg Corp / Super League Manager / Starwars Episode 1 / Sturmtruppen / Starglider 2 / Talisman / Trac Troopa / Xenon 2
Megatree / Nigel Mansell / Obliterator / Prince of Darkness / Penguin Tower / Space Veg Corp / Super League Manager / Starwars Episode 1 / Sturmtruppen / Starglider 2 / Talisman / Trac Troopa / Xenon 2
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Phew! Well, its just left now to say a big thanks to all for all your support in 2006!... Enjoy and Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
23 / 12 / 06
'NIMITZ' - BIG FINDINGS AT LAST!...
Confirmation of the game's author, and an exclusive talk with the author about the long lost Martech game, including details of the actual game itself and how it could one day be found!...
Nimitz
Nimitz
'OUTRUN EUROPE' - DEVELOPER SHEDS LIGHT...
Neil Coxhead talks to GTW about his first Outrun Europa attempt, his feelings about it and what his ideas and reasons were...
Outrun Europe
Outrun Europe
SEVEN NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED! ...
More games added to the archive for you to read about, including 4 reviews written by GTW contributors Martin Smith and Alex Ross, who have produced some excellent reviews (Thanks!)...
International Rugby / Killing Game Show / Lords Of Chaos Expansion Pack / Phantomas / Tour De Force / Xenon II Megablast / Zone Warrior
International Rugby / Killing Game Show / Lords Of Chaos Expansion Pack / Phantomas / Tour De Force / Xenon II Megablast / Zone Warrior
KEEP IT COMING!...
A big thanks to Patrick Furlong, Martin Smith and Alex Ross who have all been helping to clear our backlogs and get the reviews written up! If you would like to help, please get in touch!... The quicker we can get the entries ready and written up, the quicker we can continue to search more for the lost games. Look out for the next update with more to come!
14 / 10 / 06
THREE NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED! ...
More reviews and more from our backlog of GTW information ready for the site.
A big thanks to Martin Smith for contributing the Swords and Sorcery review!
Phantom Club / Probots / Swords & Sorcery
Phantom Club / Probots / Swords & Sorcery
'MOOD' - NEW PREVIEW ADDED! ...
Recently Perif, one of the creators of MOOD, have released an even
better preview of their unfinished DOOM/Wolfenstein clone. Check out
the addition to the MOOD download zip...
MOOD
MOOD
TWO ADVERT SCANS ADDED! ...
Thanks to Marco, one of our regular GTW contributors, we add two new
advert scans from popular German magazines for both Monster Business and Return of Medusa....
Monster Business / Return of Medusa
advert scans from popular German magazines for both Monster Business and Return of Medusa....
Monster Business / Return of Medusa
HELP US UPDATE GTW64 ...
We are desperate to clear our backlogs of information, so we can concentrate on finding and researching GTW titles. We'll keep plugging away, but if you feel you could help us knock out some GTW reviews from our information, please get in touch! Any reviews will be credited to yourself!.
27 / 09 / 06
'GOLDEN PYRAMIDS 2' - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW...
Another GTW finding from Twilight Software, and one of their bigger developments. A long lost sequel to their popular Lode Runner style game, Golden Pyramids. Download our work disk findings, and also the source code of the game...
Golden Pyramids 2
Golden Pyramids 2
'HEEBIE JEEBIES' - ENTRY ADDED...
We take a look at a long lost Software Projects game which may be lost forever. Can it ever be found?...
Heebie Jeebies
Heebie Jeebies
RARE 'GIANA 2' COVER-ART ADDED...
Thanks to Stefan Lindberg, GTW gives a glimpse of how the official Giana Sister's 2 artwork would have looked if you bought it in the shop. This was before it was transformed into Hard and Heavy.
The Great Giana Sisters 2
The Great Giana Sisters 2
12 / 08 / 06
'ALFRED J KWAK' - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW ADDED...
Another GTW finding from Twilight Software - Harold Klink and Martijn Althuizen. A early development title in the mould of Mario/Freds Back. Source code also available for download...
Alfred J Kwak
Alfred J Kwak
'PARALLAX DEMOS' - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEWS...
Another preview, this time for a space SEU by Twilight Software, known only as the Parallax demos. Early development phase with controllable ships. Also included are a set of bonus demos found on the work disks...
Parallax Demos
Parallax Demos
'ENEMY SCOUT' - MORE ADDED!...
Yet more findings for Enemy Scout, including unused intro pictures, and two other title screens unused. Also, the game's source code and graphics have now been added for additional download...
Enemy Scout
Enemy Scout
30 / 07 / 06
'ENEMY SCOUT' - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW ADDED...
A new GTW finding for this update from Twilight Software - Harold Klink and Martijn Althuizen. A nice looking game in its early stages, just how would this game have shaped up had it been completed?...
Enemy Scout
Enemy Scout
2 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED!...
Two new titles which have been sitting in our backlog for a while now are given the GTW treatment...
Purple Saturn Day / Super Contra
Purple Saturn Day / Super Contra
4 BIG GTW ENTRY UPDATES...
Some big findings and updates for the following 4 titles...
Enterprise / Go Ape! / Time Scanner V1 / Twister
Enterprise / Go Ape! / Time Scanner V1 / Twister
3 GTW'S SOLVED!...
Castle Capers, Motorcross Mania and FSS Liberator have been all found safe and well, and with a few stories to tell!...
Castle Capers / Motocross Mania / FSS Liberator
Castle Capers / Motocross Mania / FSS Liberator
'GTW PORTAL' - LAUNCHED!...
The new GTW portal website has been launched. This contains reviews, news, features on a variety of systems, with the option to drop down into one of our 3 platform archives (C64, Amiga or PC). We need your help, so come along and take a look, sign up to the site and forum and check out news of GTW's across a variety of platforms...
http://www.gamesthatwerent.com
http://www.gamesthatwerent.com
27 / 07 / 06
'VALKYRIE' - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW ADDED...
A new GTW entry and preview to check out of a stunning looking slideshow of graphics for the unfinished SEU called Valkyrie. Can anything playable be found?...
Valkyrie
Valkyrie
'BARBARIAN 3' - EXCLUSIVE SKETCHES ADDED...
Early development concept sketches for Barbarian 3 are added to the GTW archive, thanks to Steve Brown and Martyn Carroll...
Barbarian 3
Barbarian 3
4 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
More new entries added to the database, including a rare Silverbird entry which needs finding and two older titles which might be slightly harder to find...
Capture The Flag / Covboy's Quest / Dimension X / Motorcross Mania
Capture The Flag / Covboy's Quest / Dimension X / Motorcross Mania
3 GTW ENTRIES SOLVED AND CLOSED...
New information to finally close some searches, and also add some Creator Speaks pages for the following games...
Acid House / Beast / Dolphin Force
Acid House / Beast / Dolphin Force
3 GTW ENTRIES UPDATED...
More information, creator speaks and findings for the following 3 games...
Battle Ball / Chute Pursuit / Chartbreaker
Battle Ball / Chute Pursuit / Chartbreaker
30 / 06 / 06
APOLOGIES...
Just to let you know that we're not dead yet, but June has been a very busy month, and i'll be delayed getting a new update running. Things such as the World Cup, too much work at work and other personal stuff has come into things, and its eating into my free time. We'll be back up and running very soon, and the GTW Portal is almost complete. Keep sending in your findings and research though, as its still being recorded :)
13 / 06 / 06
6 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
More titles added to the archives, including one downloadable preview which has recently surfaced, and two titles which could be coming our way very shortly (Including a very neat Thalamus title - Nuker)...
Defector / Heroquest Exp 2 / Lock On / Nuker / Rex / Undead
Defector / Heroquest Exp 2 / Lock On / Nuker / Rex / Undead
3 ARCHIVE REVIEW UPDATES...
More of our backlog cleared with 3 of our existing GTW entries updated with new information...
Half Life / Heavy on the Majik / High Steel
Half Life / Heavy on the Majik / High Steel
'ORCUS' - RARE SFX DEMOS ADDED...
Some rather rare sfx demos with sfx not used in Orcus have been uncovered, and they are pretty neat too!...
Orcus
Orcus
'TOTAL RECALL V1' - RARE DOCS ADDED...
Mark Jones Jr has uncovered various design documents about the Active Minds conversion of Total Recall. Check out the specially made PDF download for a big insight into the original game's plans...
Total Recall V1
Total Recall V1
'GTW PORTAL' - COMING SOON...
A new main GTW site is under development and should be ready within the next month. It will be a very simple site which will carry features on various games for various systems, and will be a main source of our GTW mirror site updates. We are hoping that more people will start up GTW sites for their own platforms, and join in with this portal.
27 / 05 / 06
JON WELLS TALKS TO GTW...
He helped provide software to a C64 scene which was being starved after the likes of Ocean and Codemasters shut up shop on the C64. Jon sadly has many projects unfinished due to the dwindling support of new titles, will he ever finish any of them?... Jon Wells talks to GTW in a indepth interview about his C64 life...
An interview with - Jon Wells
An interview with - Jon Wells
16 / 05 / 06
'DYNABLASTER' - MORE FINDINGS...
Confirmation of the developers, and also the game's existing music has been uncovered and confirmed. Including what happened to the game, and how it might be possible to find something of this conversion yet...
Dynablaster
Dynablaster
'CATTIVIK' - CREATOR SPEAKS...
Giancarlo Calzetta sheds light on his long lost Spy Vs Spy clone which was in development for Idea Software. Find out what the game was like, why it got cancelled and how it could be found in the future...
Cattivik
Cattivik
6 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Adding more from our lists and information, another 6 titles put into the archive as review entries. The search begins for yet more lost titles......
Big Boggle / Bandits! / Bubble Blaster / Baja Buggies / Duel / Drivin' Force
Big Boggle / Bandits! / Bubble Blaster / Baja Buggies / Duel / Drivin' Force
8 ARCHIVE REVIEW UPDATES...
We clear more of our information backlogs with clippings of discussions with programmers, notes, shots and other extras for the following games...
Axel's Magic Hammer / Amoeba / Addams Family V1 / Brix / Batman 3D / Batty Builders / Brides of Dracula / Castle Capers
Axel's Magic Hammer / Amoeba / Addams Family V1 / Brix / Batman 3D / Batty Builders / Brides of Dracula / Castle Capers
SCANS ADDED...
4 titles from the GTW archives get various scans added to the entries. Check them out!...
Charlie Chaplin / LOYTA / Penguin Tower / Where Time Stood Still
Charlie Chaplin / LOYTA / Penguin Tower / Where Time Stood Still
'WANTED LIST' - UPDATE ...
03 / 05 / 06
'DYNABLASTER' SCREENSHOTS FOUND!...
After some 15 years or so of mystery surrounding the C64 conversion of Dynablaster, it
seems we are indeed looking for a C64 conversion, and one maybe almost complete? Thanks to some great research work by
Karl Kuras (info) and Pohli (source + scans), GTW presents some very rare screengrabs...
Dynablaster
Dynablaster
19 / 04 / 06
'BUGS BUNNY' (HI-TEC) - RELEASED!...
It has been a long time coming, but GTW is very proud to present the exclusive release
of Hi-Tec's long lost Bugs Bunny game for the first time. This is a full game which never saw the light of day sadly due to
Hi-Tec going into liquidation before it could be released. Dave Palmer has kindly allowed us
to Bugs Bunny into the GTW archives for people to enjoy. So get downloading and enjoy!...
Bugs Bunny - Private Detective
Bugs Bunny - Private Detective
10 / 04 / 06
'2400AD' - WHAT HAPPENED...
Thanks to Allan Shortt, GTW finds out and partially solves the mystery behind the long lost 2400AD game by Origin. Find out how far the game got before cancellation, and why. Also, Marco (Exile) digs up some advert scans which seem to provide some unseen C64 shots. Can it be found?...
2400AD
2400AD
'GTW VIC 20' - SMALL ARTICLE ADDED...
Sadly we don't have time to set up a dedicated site to the Vic 20 and its lost games, the machine still has a huge place in the webmaster's heart and hence a small feature listing some of the machines lost games has been produced and will be maintained as much as possible... Maybe a GTW mirror of the future?...
GTW Vic 20
GTW Vic 20
'WANTED LIST' LARGE UPDATE...
Our GTW Wanted list has been updated a heck of a lot (1052 entries!), with missing titles listed from
Gamebase and Stadium 64
merged in which we haven't covered yet as entries. The reason we've spent a lot of time compiling a large list, is due to not being fully able to create entries for every
single game. This way you can see exactly what it is missing and looked for by GTW, Gamebase and Stadium 64. Please contact the webmaster for any duplicates, or mistakes.
With so many in the list, there's no doubt a few gaps. This file will be updated much more over the next week or so with many more
titles we have to add from our research archives...
Wanted List
Wanted List
05 / 04 / 06
'MOOD + REEL FISHING' - SFX RELEASES...
Thanks to Glenn Rune Gallefoss, GTW brings you some exclusive SFX demos containing many unused SFX objects from both Mood and Reel Fishing. Also, Marco has kindly submitted some previously unseen bitmap images for Reel Fishing which we've included...
MOOD / Reel Fishing
MOOD / Reel Fishing
TWO NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
More entries into the GTW archive, starting with a rather bad game in bad taste, and another which Ocean didn't seem to like enough to release...
Seal Cull / Castle Capers
Seal Cull / Castle Capers
30 / 03 / 06
'REEL FISHING' - PREVIEW RELEASE...
This very promising fishing game was to be finished and released by Protovision, but due to sad circumstances, it is never to be. GTW pays tribute to a great looking Amiga conversion...
Reel Fishing
Reel Fishing
STE PATTULLO INTERVIEW ADDED...
Developer of Limbo 1 and 2, and also the original developer of Escape From Colditz, Ste Pattullo speaks to GTW about his C64 life and sheds light on what he is up to these days...
Ste Pattullo Interview
Ste Pattullo Interview
HUGE 'WANTED LIST' UPHEVAL...
We are now beginning to compile a huge list of all the titles we are looking for, and what titles we search for more of. This will be receiving a lot of updates over the next week or two
as we aim to fill it up to the brim. We haven't had chance to add everything as a GTW entry, so this document will act as a stopgap so we can promote the titles we are searching for without having to have a full entry
in the archive right away. Please check out our Wanted list and see if you can help us!...
Wanted List
Wanted List
28 / 3 / 06
RARE SCREENSHOTS ADDED...
Three of Jon Well's biggest titles which never saw the light of day have had some exclusive emulation based screenshots added, so you can get a clear view of how some of these games were really looking. Also you will get possibly the first ever look at the fantastic 'Weebles Adventures', of which only the main sprite has been seen via Jon's 'Easy Lives' program...
10th Dan / Germ Alert / Weebles Adventures
10th Dan / Germ Alert / Weebles Adventures
'DEVIOUS DESIGNS' - BOB SPEAKS...
Bob Stevenson gives his side of events about the great Devious Designs which was recently rebuilt and released for the first time...
Devious Designs
Devious Designs
21 / 3 / 06
'DEVIOUS DESIGNS' - RELEASED!...
After many months of hard work, GTW is very proud to present one of the most wanted lost GTW titles of all time...Devious Designs by Imageworks 1991. Saved, salvaged and preserved at last thanks to Pete Baron and Glenn Rune Gallefoss. We are showing you the most complete version possible from what remained. This is a nice large preview of a great puzzle game that was sadly scrapped because of the dying C64 market. It's not too far from complete, and is playable enough for people to enjoy we hope.
Please feel free to leave comments in the forum if you wish to ask any questions or leave comments to Pete... Enjoy, and we hope there will be plenty more of the same to come in 2006...
Devious Designs
Please feel free to leave comments in the forum if you wish to ask any questions or leave comments to Pete... Enjoy, and we hope there will be plenty more of the same to come in 2006...
Devious Designs
9 / 2 / 06
'DYING HIGH' - LOST ZZAP GAME RELEASED!...
Hot on the heels is another finding... A long lost Zzap Megatape game which never was (Because Zzap mistakingly thought it was bugged). This is a short and sweet 2 player Dogfighter game which is good fun, and also has the added bonus of some unheard Jeroen Tel tunes...
Dying High
Dying High
'CRAB GRAB' - CREATOR SPEAKS OUT...
A fantastic creator speaks from the creator of Crab Grab, which gives a full insight about how the game came about...
Crab Grab
Crab Grab
OVER AND OUT...
Plenty more to report soon, and some exciting findings. If you have any help with finding more long lost titles, please get in touch. Hopefully soon i'll clear more of our review backlog...
8 / 2 / 06
'FUNGUS 2' FULL GAME RELEASED!...
After many years lost... The lost and great sequel to Player's "Fungus" budget game has finally been uncovered thanks to some email exchanging with Karl Hornell. This is no demo, but a full game for you to enjoy, and one of many big findings to come for 2006... Enjoy!...
Fungus 2
Fungus 2
'PLATFORM MANIA' - LOST PREVIEW RELEASED!...
15 years since it was last heard of in Limbo 2, Ste Pattullo helps GTW to unearth his old Manic Miner clone. This early development preview is all that remains, and is saved at last...
Platform Mania
Platform Mania
6 / 2 / 06
'DYING HIGH' - BIG FINDINGS...
The long lost Zzap 64 megatape game has been found along with one of its developers. We take a more detailed look at what this game really was about, and find out a little bit more about what happened with the game's creator. Coming soon will be the full game for download which is in the post to us now...
Dying High
Dying High
2 / 2 / 06
'LABYRINTHS' - UNSEEN PREVIEW RELEASE...
Ste Pattullo digs out his work disks and helps to release a rather nice early Pacmania clone preview which never quite saw the light of day due to the dying C64 market. Take a look and wonder what might have been...
Labyrinths
Labyrinths
'UFO 2 AND 3' - UNSEEN GAME RELEASES...
Following on from Labyrinths comes two more from Ste Pattullo, this time two full games from his early days as a developer. Both sequels didn't make the light of day until now...
UFO 2 / UFO 3
UFO 2 / UFO 3
'NIGEL MANSELL GP' (GREMLIN)- EXISTS!...
Some awesome news and information in which signifies that Gremlin's 1992 conversion was indeed well into production, and infact only around 6 weeks away from completion. We get the developer's names and a small insight into the game itself...
Nigel Mansell GP
Nigel Mansell GP
'MEGA GAMES' - MORE SCANS ADDED...
A few improved scans, and some new ones have been added to the scans page for this very infamous Imagine brand that never was...
Mega Games
Mega Games
'HOT RUBBER' - UPDATED REVIEW...
Updated review based on some new information and corrections with our entry...
Hot Rubber
Hot Rubber
4 MORE GTW ENTRIES ADDED FOR 'H'...
A bundle more reviews, plus some scans for a few of the new entries here...
Half Life / Heroquest - Kellers Keep / Heavy on the Majik / High Steel
Half Life / Heroquest - Kellers Keep / Heavy on the Majik / High Steel
MORE TO COME!...
There is plenty more on the way, with Devious Designs and Fungus very close to the end of their fixing, plus there is more soon from Ste Pattullo... as well as a shock finding which is in the process of being ported to PC for us. After the up and coming house move in a few weeks, we'll be back with some more regular updates whilst fixing the site in the process. Look out this year for the new GTW main portal site which will be in development this Easter to house all of the GTW mirrors we have running.
29 / 1 / 06
DELAY'S DELAY'S...
Things have gotten a bit held up this month as the webmaster will be moving shortly. Also, GTW is undergoing some major work again over all its pages (nothing noticable, but important none the less). Until the major work is done, I won't be updating the pages. The good news however is that we have another 4-5 new GTW titles never seen before to come, including a new release (or two) in the very next update from the original developer of Colditz on the C64. This will be as soon as possible, so hold in there and keep up the support! It's much appreciated! We'll be back soon! :-)
23 / 1 / 06
IT'S CHRISTMAS!... UPDATE TIME!...
Finally we've got it sorted, and we are proud to present one of our biggest updates of the year, with over 60 titles either new entry based or updated. There's possibilities of mistakes, so let me know and there's some credits i've lost, so let me know again if i've missed your name unintentionally. Otherwise, enjoy and Merry Christmas!...
'XENON 2'-LIKE TECH DEMO ADDED...
An exclusive finding for GTW from DMA Design's Mike Dailly. This is a very early test demo for a Xenon 2-like background, and a game which was cancelled very early on before any concepts were really drawn up. As an added bonus, Mike has allowed all of the preview's source code for you to check out, as well as a copy of SNASM to compile everything with....
Game With No Name 4
Game With No Name 4
'SOFTWARE MANAGER' NEW RELEASE...
This was to be a first release for GTW, but we have discovered that a preview had already sneaked out many years before, unknown to developer, Markus Schneider. GTW presents a new entry which contains possibly a previously unseen preview of the game (In German). We also have supplied the English translation which was present in Gamebase. Read the story behind the game and check out what you missed out on.....
Software Manager
Software Manager
'FUNGUS 2' ENTRY ADDED + RELEASE SOON!...
A fantastic set of games were created for Players by Karl Hornell in the late 80's. But did you know about the long lost sequel in development by Karl? GTW takes a look at the long lost sequel, and provides some rather exciting news to make you look forward to 2006......
Fungus 2
Fungus 2
'DEVIOUS' ON ITS WAY, PLUS ANOTHER GTW!...
There's very good progress underway with the fixing up of Devious Designs, as the Source code obtained from Pete Baron is being pieced together. Now there are some final bugs and sorting out to be done (even possibly by Pete himself!). Things are looking good, and we should be seeing the game sometime in the new year. In addition to this, a rather well sort after GTW in preview state has turned up and is being ported across to PC. It is not a fully playable game, but a very important title for GTW. This will also be coming in early 2006, along with some other findings too from the same developer. More soon on this....
'MANIACS OF SFX' FEATURE ADDED...
A very brief feature dedicated to a recent find from Pete Baron. A D64 full of many previously unseen SFX demos from Maniacs of Noise. This also includes two sets of SFX which have been unheard to many apart from developers (2040AD and Nighthunter). The feature gives a brief overview of each SFX pack, and highlights any potential bits which are new and possibly previously unused.t...
'Maniacs of SFX' feature
'Maniacs of SFX' feature
3 PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS ADDED...
Entries added along with their respective reviews, as we examine another set of interesting titles which are out there only as previews...
In-Zane / Marc In Wonderland / Moppel The Nekkroklast
In-Zane / Marc In Wonderland / Moppel The Nekkroklast
'ZZAP's "MEGASTAR" TITLES EXAMINED...
Zzap once ran a feature on what made a decent game for their covermount, and people sent in their various own efforts. Although praised or ripped apart, many never surfaced in the community and are still at large today. We take a good look at some of the titles we haven't covered yet...
Cyber Squidgies / Dying High / Klaboom / Zanaton
Cyber Squidgies / Dying High / Klaboom / Zanaton
'ESCAPE FROM COLDITZ' CREATOR SPEAKS...
First programmer, Ste Pattullo talks to GTW exclusively about work on Digital Magic's Escape From Colditz game, letting us know what happened and why Miles Barry was drafted in. Also some interesting developments are highlighted to come, and a YC feature scan has been added...
Escape from Colditz
Escape from Colditz
'SOLDIER OF LIGHT V1' WHAT HAPPENED?...
Darren Melbourne sheds some light on who Carl Coffey was, and why he never finished this rather nice looking version of Soldier Of Light...
Soldier Of Light V1
Soldier Of Light V1
'ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES' NEW INFO...
Again, Darren Melbourne gives a huge insight into the C64 conversion of this ambitious Vector game. We get developer names and an insight to how the game was shaping up and what finally happened...
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
'PRINCE OF DARKNESS' ENTRY + COMING SOON!..
Another entry, for the game which music already exists out in HVSC by Drax. Good news is that the game has been found and is currently being fixed for a release in 2006...
Prince Of Darkness
Prince Of Darkness
NEW SCREENSHOTS AND SCANS ADDED...
A bundle of new screenshots, scans and bits for the following current
GTW games have been added.. Fuzzball, Murder, Captain Courageous, .
Fuzzball / Murder! / Captain Courageous
GTW games have been added.. Fuzzball, Murder, Captain Courageous, .
Fuzzball / Murder! / Captain Courageous
NEW ENTRIES FOR 'B', 'C' and 'D'...
A bundle of new entries into GTW, including reviews, Creator Speaks and Scans for some entries...
Bounce / Counter Attack / Championship Golf / Cop Out / Cosmonaut on Mars / City Warriors / Dragons Lair 2 V2 / Dynamite Dan 2 / DDT: Dynamic Debugger / Doomsday Blues / Dragonfly Attack
Bounce / Counter Attack / Championship Golf / Cop Out / Cosmonaut on Mars / City Warriors / Dragons Lair 2 V2 / Dynamite Dan 2 / DDT: Dynamic Debugger / Doomsday Blues / Dragonfly Attack
NEW ENTRIES FOR 'E' and 'F'...
A bundle more of new entries into GTW for E & F, including reviews, Creator Speaks and Scans for some entries..
Everwar / Enterprise / Epsilon / Fire & Forget / Fun Flyer / FSS Liberator / Frontier / Fighting Cops / Fortress America
Everwar / Enterprise / Epsilon / Fire & Forget / Fun Flyer / FSS Liberator / Frontier / Fighting Cops / Fortress America
NEW ENTRIES FOR 'G' & 'T'...
Our final bundle of GTW entries for G & T, including reviews, Creator Speaks and Scans for some entries...
Golden Axe V1 / Gnome Ranger 3 / Gem-X 2 / Gladiator / Go Ape! / Gore / Gotcha Maths / Get a Life / Graeme Souness Vector Soccer / GI Hero / Games Compendium / Thunderbirds (CRL version)
Golden Axe V1 / Gnome Ranger 3 / Gem-X 2 / Gladiator / Go Ape! / Gore / Gotcha Maths / Get a Life / Graeme Souness Vector Soccer / GI Hero / Games Compendium / Thunderbirds (CRL version)
13 OTHER GTW ENTRIES UPDATED...
Updates to reviews and various new creator speaks and other new pieces have been added to the following entries...
Addams Family Cart / Blind Panic / Captain Dynamo 2 / Chainsaw Warrior / Cosmic Shock Absorber / Dux / Dynablaster / Dominion / Flimbos Quest 2 / Gyrofalcon / Game With No Name 3 / Giana 2 / Godz
Addams Family Cart / Blind Panic / Captain Dynamo 2 / Chainsaw Warrior / Cosmic Shock Absorber / Dux / Dynablaster / Dominion / Flimbos Quest 2 / Gyrofalcon / Game With No Name 3 / Giana 2 / Godz
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS!...
Well, its been a rollercoaster year, and what with a possible move in the new year, its about to become a taller rollercoster. Findings have been very good for 2005, and the site has continued to grow at a steady rate and i've managed to improve some of the structure to keep it maintainable for the future.
Devious Designs has probably been the biggest finding of the year, and will be something to look forward to for 2006. What else is to come in 2006?... More of the same, but hopefully more findings too. 2005 has brought along 3 new Mirror sites for the PC, CPC and Amiga and hopefully we will have more systems covered next year. With the C64 side ever increasing, it is becoming a great advert for a workable project which can uncover lost code for almost any system out there... GTW mirrors for Vic 20, NES, Spectrum, Megadrive, Snes etc anyone?...
We will continue to keep plugging away and find what we can, but we still need your help!... Help has been a crucial part of our work, and this year has seen the biggest influx of information and developers coming forward, and has helped us even find or put us close to finding some big titles.. A big thank you to you all, and especially the regular's who have been sifting through magazines and passing on scans. All there is say is that we hope you have a fantastic Christmas and an even better new year!... Here's to 2006, and may we find many more lost games!...
Devious Designs has probably been the biggest finding of the year, and will be something to look forward to for 2006. What else is to come in 2006?... More of the same, but hopefully more findings too. 2005 has brought along 3 new Mirror sites for the PC, CPC and Amiga and hopefully we will have more systems covered next year. With the C64 side ever increasing, it is becoming a great advert for a workable project which can uncover lost code for almost any system out there... GTW mirrors for Vic 20, NES, Spectrum, Megadrive, Snes etc anyone?...
We will continue to keep plugging away and find what we can, but we still need your help!... Help has been a crucial part of our work, and this year has seen the biggest influx of information and developers coming forward, and has helped us even find or put us close to finding some big titles.. A big thank you to you all, and especially the regular's who have been sifting through magazines and passing on scans. All there is say is that we hope you have a fantastic Christmas and an even better new year!... Here's to 2006, and may we find many more lost games!...
22 / 12 / 05
3 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Another small update leading up to Christmas with the following entries added...
Cops Fight Back / Crossbow - Legend Of William Tel / Dropzone 2
Cops Fight Back / Crossbow - Legend Of William Tel / Dropzone 2
26 / 11 / 05
RETRO SURVIVAL RELEASED!...
The professionally produced CD magazine by the freelancers of Retro Gamer has now been released, and is posting out now. If you didn't want to pre-order, or pay online, you can now additionally pay by cheque instead.
What is Retro Survival? It's a CD-based magazine featuring articles from the never-released issue 19 of Retro Gamer. The freelance writers from RG have got together to produce this CD, and added new content.
What is on the CD? A great collection of retro gaming articles on all sorts of subjects - an in-depth look at the Vectrex by Mayhem, missing pages from the Def Tribute to ZZAP! 64 that RG published, an interview with Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe, Games That Weren't, Back to the 80's, spoof ads... Many of the regular features are present, along with added video and audio content, plus a great competition.
Where do I find out more? Visit the website at
www.retrosurvival.co.uk
What is Retro Survival? It's a CD-based magazine featuring articles from the never-released issue 19 of Retro Gamer. The freelance writers from RG have got together to produce this CD, and added new content.
What is on the CD? A great collection of retro gaming articles on all sorts of subjects - an in-depth look at the Vectrex by Mayhem, missing pages from the Def Tribute to ZZAP! 64 that RG published, an interview with Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe, Games That Weren't, Back to the 80's, spoof ads... Many of the regular features are present, along with added video and audio content, plus a great competition.
Where do I find out more? Visit the website at
www.retrosurvival.co.uk
18 / 11 / 05
5 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
More entries, and another update... This time with 5 new titles added to the archives....
Bubbles / Car Game / Cricket Captain 2 / Combatribes / Crackdown V1
Bubbles / Car Game / Cricket Captain 2 / Combatribes / Crackdown V1
17 / 11 / 05
3 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
More added, this time with 3 new entries of some interesting titles which have been waiting to be archived for a while
now...
Bushido Warrior / Blood Bowl / Bolderdash Clone (Working name)
Bushido Warrior / Blood Bowl / Bolderdash Clone (Working name)
2 GTW TITLES UPDATED...
15 / 11 / 05
5 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
As promised, the start of some frequent updating which I hope to keep up until the possible big move, and before Christmas. More to come soon!....
Barcelona '92 / Batman 3D / Batty Builders / Blind Panic / BMX Stunts
Barcelona '92 / Batman 3D / Batty Builders / Blind Panic / BMX Stunts
14 / 11 / 05
'ROY BANNON' INTERVIEWED!...
Creator of Batman Returns on the Commodore 64 gets the interview treatment and talks about his programming past and a bit more about that rather special GTW title that continues to elude us all...
Interview with Roy Bannon
Interview with Roy Bannon
'RUBICON 2' GRAPHIC DEMO ADDED...
An exclusive and rare graphic demo, which demonstrates part of level one in this sadly incomplete sequel. Also there is a bonus unused Zoom part from the original game. Could there be more demos to be found?...
Rubicon 2
Rubicon 2
'EARTH 3' PREVIEW ADDED...
A new entry to GTW, this time with a rolling demo of a rather nice looking game which sadly never got finished...
Earth 3
Earth 3
'2400 AD' UNHEARD SFX AND NEWS!...
Thanks to Pete Baron, we uncover some previously unheard SFX for 2400AD, the unreleased game by Origin. But also we discover something rather interesting about this game which will lead to more being found out...
2400 AD
2400 AD
'G. GOOCH WC CRICKET' TRUTH REVIELED...
GTW talks to Audiogenic and finds out the truth behind this rather better looking Cricket game that never was...
Graham Gooch WC Cricket
Graham Gooch WC Cricket
'OP THUNDERBOLT V1', ZZAP SPEAKS...
Robin Hogg gives his side of events to balance things up a bit in the mystery behind this bizzare GTW...
Operation Thunderbolt V1
Operation Thunderbolt V1
'BANK PANIC' = 'WEST BANK'!...
Zeldin of Cascade provides proof that Bank Panic was sold to Gremlin, after Elite turned it down. A snippet of code in a corrupted version of West Bank still has the Elite credit inside. And presentation bears a similiar resembalance to Knockout, Richard Gibb's other game. Check out the findings...
Bank Panic
Bank Panic
'ADDAMS FAMILY V1' ADDED...
A new entry for yet another V1 title. This time the cartridge version of The Addams Family which sported a different developer in Finlay Munroe. This was to be a closer implementation of the NES game, so what happened to this particular version?...
Addams Family V1
Addams Family V1
'MURDER!' ADVERT SCAN ADDED...
Rare advert scan added thanks to Peter Weighill...
Murder!
Murder!
9 NEW GTW ENTRIES ADDED...
Clearing our archives, we add 9 new entries into the GTW archives...
3D Formula One / 3D Boat Assassin / Atic Atac / Attack of the killer tomatoes / Arena / The Absolute Beginning / Alien Realms / Adam - Caveman / Battletoads
3D Formula One / 3D Boat Assassin / Atic Atac / Attack of the killer tomatoes / Arena / The Absolute Beginning / Alien Realms / Adam - Caveman / Battletoads
5 GTW ENTRIES UPDATED...
More information from our files, added to various games already in the GTW archive to back up the information a little bit more...
Arsenal / Argonatica / Bodega / Brides of Dracula / Escape While You Can
Arsenal / Argonatica / Bodega / Brides of Dracula / Escape While You Can
MORE TO COME?...
Although this update has been building up, there has been a bit of a delay due to various goings on in real life. The next big thing to happen is a complete house move, which "touch wood" is imminant. In the meantime I hope to be doing a few games a night from our files to add to the site. So you may see one or two games added fairly frequently as I attempt to clear the backlog once more. See you all soon!.
12 / 11 / 05
PCGTW - NEW RESKIN COMPLETE...
PC GTW has recieved a new reskin to improve the site and its structure. More updates are due with many bits and pieces unseen from the PC world of unreleased. So go along, check it out and give your support!... Can you help track any more lost PC titles down?....
Oh, and GTW64 will be updated shortly.. its been a bit chaotic, read the blog.. :)
Visit PCGTW at
http://pcgtw.retro-net.de/
Oh, and GTW64 will be updated shortly.. its been a bit chaotic, read the blog.. :)
Visit PCGTW at
http://pcgtw.retro-net.de/
6 / 11 / 05
AMIGA GAMES THAT WEREN'T LAUNCHED!...
After many years of discussion, and a change of hands, Amiga GTW has finally been launched into the world
thanks to Adrian Simpson, who is better known as one of the main team for Hall Of Light database of Amiga games.
The site has been described by Adrian as basic to start, but the work begins here and the site will grow from these beginnings. Already, they begin by releasing a GTW which has never been released until now. A fantastic start, and a sign of what to come. The Amiga, like the C64, has a large library of titles yet to be found, such as Putty Squad and even Solar Jetman. Now this project has launched, it is hopeful that many titles will now be researched and uncovered as digging begins.
Check it out and if you can help by searching, showing your support and giving encouragement, this project will no doubt bear fruit!
Visit the website at
http://agtw.abime.net
The site has been described by Adrian as basic to start, but the work begins here and the site will grow from these beginnings. Already, they begin by releasing a GTW which has never been released until now. A fantastic start, and a sign of what to come. The Amiga, like the C64, has a large library of titles yet to be found, such as Putty Squad and even Solar Jetman. Now this project has launched, it is hopeful that many titles will now be researched and uncovered as digging begins.
Check it out and if you can help by searching, showing your support and giving encouragement, this project will no doubt bear fruit!
Visit the website at
http://agtw.abime.net
30 / 10 / 05
RETRO SURVIVAL PRE-ORDERS BEING TAKEN...
Just to announce something
that i've done a feature for, and something really worth checking out
if you were a reader of Retro Gamer...
What is Retro Survival? It's a CD-based magazine featuring articles from the never-released issue 19 of Retro Gamer. The freelance writers from RG have got together to produce this CD, and added new content.
What is on the CD? A great collection of retro gaming articles on all sorts of subjects - an in-depth look at the Vectrex by Mayhem, missing pages from the Def Tribute to ZZAP! 64 that RG published, an interview with Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe, Games That Weren't, Back to the 80's, spoof ads... Many of the regular features are present, along with added video and audio content, plus a great competition.
When is it available? Launch is planned for the 5th November, so the sooner you pre-order the sooner after that date you will get your copy.
How much is it? Cover price is £5 plus P&P
How do I pay for it? Pre-orders can be paid for via NoChex, credit/debit card and PayPal. Cheques will be accepted after the launch date.
Where do I find out more? Visit the website at
www.retrosurvival.co.uk
What is Retro Survival? It's a CD-based magazine featuring articles from the never-released issue 19 of Retro Gamer. The freelance writers from RG have got together to produce this CD, and added new content.
What is on the CD? A great collection of retro gaming articles on all sorts of subjects - an in-depth look at the Vectrex by Mayhem, missing pages from the Def Tribute to ZZAP! 64 that RG published, an interview with Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe, Games That Weren't, Back to the 80's, spoof ads... Many of the regular features are present, along with added video and audio content, plus a great competition.
When is it available? Launch is planned for the 5th November, so the sooner you pre-order the sooner after that date you will get your copy.
How much is it? Cover price is £5 plus P&P
How do I pay for it? Pre-orders can be paid for via NoChex, credit/debit card and PayPal. Cheques will be accepted after the launch date.
Where do I find out more? Visit the website at
www.retrosurvival.co.uk
25 / 10 / 05
'OUTRUN EUROPE' VIDEOS AND SCREENS!...
Thanks to Mr Fox, The Overkiller and Joerg
Droege, GTW brings you possibly the first ever look at Outrun Europe,
also known as Outrun Europa V1. This was actually developed before
Turbo Outrun, but was cancelled as Sega released the Turbo Outrun
arcade and US Gold decided to convert that first. Read the full story,
and checkout the all new screenshots and video downloads added!...
Outrun Europe (Europa V1)
'SUB HUNTER' PREVIEW RELEASED...
Not a GTW, but a live game project which is being worked on by myself and Richard Bayliss. This is a conversion of the the classic Vic 20 game, Sub Hunt, and will feature various enhancements and a variety of gameplay styles throughout. This 1 level preview has you having to save 5 swimmers and getting to the surface before your oxygen runs out. Many tweaks needed, but the beginnings of hopefully a nice little game...
Sub Hunter Preview
HEADER REWORK...
After a lot of huffing and puffing, i've moved
all the pages over to .php based pages and have got rid of the frames
. The Header is not included in each page, and now people with
lower resolutions will be able to view pages without the navigation
taking up all the room. It's early stages, and no doubt there
will be a few bugs. Please bear with us, but everything is
gradually working again. If you have any links to .htm pages within
GTW, please update your links!
25 / 10 / 05
FULL 'STARSAT' GAME FOUND!...
Thanks to Scott Julian, GTW is proud to
present another lost game which has now
been found. Starsat is an Australian RPG/Arcade Adventure game which was
denied publishing by a popular Australian company for reasons still unknown.
Compared to most games released back in the 80's, this is not a bad game at all
and hopefully one you can at last enjoy...
Starsat
been found. Starsat is an Australian RPG/Arcade Adventure game which was
denied publishing by a popular Australian company for reasons still unknown.
Compared to most games released back in the 80's, this is not a bad game at all
and hopefully one you can at last enjoy...
Starsat
TWO BIG 'CORE' TITLES REVEALED...
It has come to light about two big C64
titles which are confirmed as in existance
by the developers who later went on to form Core Design and produce many classics. Terry Lloyd and Chris Shrigley shed light on two big titles, including "Task 2", a game which Bulldog took over as a release. And even more incredible... "Axel's Magic Hammer", reported to be actually completed and fully produced on our beloved C64. Check out the reviews below to read more....
Axel's Magic Hammer / Task 2
by the developers who later went on to form Core Design and produce many classics. Terry Lloyd and Chris Shrigley shed light on two big titles, including "Task 2", a game which Bulldog took over as a release. And even more incredible... "Axel's Magic Hammer", reported to be actually completed and fully produced on our beloved C64. Check out the reviews below to read more....
Axel's Magic Hammer / Task 2
'ZONE OF DARKNESS' - CHAR DEMO RELEASED...
Never seen before, GTW has been given
permission to add the Character demo for Zone Of Darkness. The
Flashback style main character which is fully controllable on a
test backdrop. More to come soon, including all the level
graphics which were created and hopefully something more
playable. The story begins to unfold on this excellent looking
GTW....
Zone Of Darkness
Zone Of Darkness
'OP THUNDERBOLT V1' - PARTIALLY SOLVED......
At last, the mystery behind the rather
bizzare Operation Thunderbolt V1 is solved. Brian Flanagan tells
all, and why Zzap 64 gave the game such a high rating when it
was incomplete and never played. More light is shed on
Trevor Brown, and extra details given on the actual first
version's development...
Operation Thunderbolt V1
Operation Thunderbolt V1
'ZAMZARA V1' ADDED AND DISCUSSED...
We take a look at Zamzara like you've
never seen it before. Thanks to some recent sources, we tell the
story about the various incarnations of this fantastic game, and
the very very sad conclusion...
Zamzara V1
Zamzara V1
'JAILBREAK' PREVIEW ADDED...
Another GTW game added of a early preview
which sadly had part lost in corruption on a disk. We talk to
the game's developer who tells us the full story about the game,
and why we might not be seeing any more than what is here...
Jailbreak
Jailbreak
APEX SPECIAL - MORE GTW REVIEWS...
GTW adds another 6 Apex entries into the
archive, this time with a set of titles which only got to a very
early stage and were mentioned in the Mayhem diaries. Featuring
write ups for each game and blown up scan shots for each where
available. Thanks to Mort for the scans!...
Destruction Bros / Genesis / H20 / Katapult Kidz / Squish / Theo Saurus
Destruction Bros / Genesis / H20 / Katapult Kidz / Squish / Theo Saurus
'BREAKTHROUGH' - RARE SHOT ADDED...
Thanks to Vinny Mainolfi, we add the
missing screenshot which many may not have seen (Unless you have
the later Commodore Format issues). A rare
screenshot of the reworked version of Breakthrough has been added, Jon Wells awesome sideways scrolling SEUCK game...
Breakthrough
screenshot of the reworked version of Breakthrough has been added, Jon Wells awesome sideways scrolling SEUCK game...
Breakthrough
11 / 10 / 05
'GODFLESH' REMAINS FULLY RELEASED...
GTW brings you the full exclusive remains
of Godflesh - a IK/Mortal Kombat planned game, consisting
of all the music, scans and graphics which were produced for the
game. Although nothing is sadly playable due to how far it
got, it is a small indication that a rather nice looking game
was taking shape... Even if it was just the graphics...
This therefore is another case closed...
Godflesh
Godflesh
NEW LOOK A-Z + SEARCH ADDED...
As GTW has now hit way past the 600 odd
mark in terms of entries, it was about time we organised the
site in a better way. With a severe lack of time to
implement a database solution, a temporary php solution has
been developed to improve navigation, and with this a new
search engine has been built to filter out specific games.
It is by no means a perfect solution, but hopefully you'll
agree it is much better this way now. If there are
problems, of course, contact us... And as an added
bonus, you can now pick a game at random using the Random
link underneath the GOTM. Enjoy... and proper update
coming soon!
1 / 10 / 05
'DEVIOUS DESIGNS' HAS BEEN SAVED!...
One of the biggest GTW findings since
Solar Jetman has been recovered at last for the Commodore 64, with
Pete Baron recovering his
unreleased/incomplete puzzler for Imageworks. Devious
Designs is a fantastic puzzle game which features a book of
moves which are very impressive to say the least. And with
the two big developers of Myth and Salamander, Pete Baron and
Bob Stevenson, behind the game... you can see the quality shine
throughout. We have NOT put the game up just yet, as there
is unfortunately a bug preventing the game to be played beyond
the 4th level.... read more below....
At the moment the game is being fixed up, and we believe there to be at least 12 levels, and at most about 30 approximately. The Amiga version had about 50 levels, with 20 bitmap screens cycled with different puzzles. Pete Baron is currently digging out more remains of the game on PC disk to see if anymore can be salvaged and to help produce a much fuller release. The game is fully playable, and features a lot more moves which were later taken out of the Amiga version reluctantly. We believe there could be as many as 12 bitmap's done by Bob Stevenson in the game. We are hoping to find more of the title screen and possibly an ending from Pete's PC disks. There is a partial title screen in place. There is no music, but some sfx which may have been temporary.
So although we just announce the game for now, we have put up a
few
screenshots of the first two levels.. and have added a
special
video download of the first level being played through (4mb
approx). We'll keep you updated, but at last this long
lost game has been found!....
Devious Designs
AND A FULL GTW FOUND TOO!... (23/9/05)
More GTW titles, as yet another game has
been found. This time a full game from Australia which
was rejected due to a disagreement with the company.
The game seems to be a RPG style game with a hint of
Spindizzy about it. This will be coming up shortly in
the next update with any luck with the full story about the
game and how it was found....
23 / 9 / 05 +
15 / 9 / 05
15 / 9 / 05
'PIZZA DELIVERY' (MARTECH) - FOUND...
One of the planned last games to come from
Martech for the C64 has been found in its final state, as Dave
Spicer finds his work disks and ports the game for GTW readers
to check out...
Pizza Delivery Game
Pizza Delivery Game
'LITTLE BEAU' (DIGITAL MAGIC) - FOUND...
Jason Kelk discovers part of very few
remains of the C64 conversion of Little Beau (Which later
was released on the Amiga as Kid Gloves 2). The part
found?... a rare glimpse of the 1st level map. More might be
on the way too as the story unfolds of this relatively
unknown conversion.
Little Beau
Little Beau
'HYPERION 2' ADDED + CREATORS SPEAK......
A game which we've missed, but a story
which hasn't been told yet about this mysterious game which
surfaced on the FTP's in recent years. We hear from the
game's creators about the game and find out what happened to
Hyperion 1... another GTW possibly to come later.....
Hyperion 2
Hyperion 2
'INSPECTOR GADGET V1' MYSTERY SOLVED!...
Thanks to Mat (Bond-clone), the
creators of Inspector Gadget V1 have been tracked down and
reveal why we never got to see this far superior version
released in the shops. Could there be more to this game?...
or is this it?..
Inspector Gadget V1
Inspector Gadget V1
LOADS OF SCANNED SHOTS ADDED......
Missing screenshots have been scanned
in for Batman Returns along with some sprites and animations, Fuzzball and Street Fighter 2 V1,
which suggests that Batman may have had 4 levels complete
and not 3... Fuzzball has two newly added screenshots we
missed and which were not in the released preview.. And we
give a glimpse and show people that Street Fighter 2 V1 was
looking a lot better than the tripe we eventually had...
Batman Returns / Fuzzball / Street Fighter 2 V1
Batman Returns / Fuzzball / Street Fighter 2 V1
'CIRCUS FUN' IS A FULL GAME...
Thanks to Jaymz Julian, GTW discovers
that Circus Fun is a little bit more than we
thought!... Check out the extra screenshots and write up to see the bits we missed.
Circus Fun
thought!... Check out the extra screenshots and write up to see the bits we missed.
Circus Fun
'TAU CETI 2' - THE TWO SEQUELS...
We take a look at the unofficial and the
official sequels to Tau Ceti which never quite saw the day.
Andrew Fisher helps to unravel the mystery behind Attack on
Centralis, the unofficial sequel which CRL turned down from
John Twiddy...
Academy / Attack on Centralis
Academy / Attack on Centralis
4 NEW REVIEW ADDITIONS!...
Clearing our backlogs of various titles
yet to document, we clear up our numeric titles and a whole
load of 'A' based titles with the following games...
NOTE! - It's just been found
that Alternate Reality - The City, has been released...
there has been a cock up on my part, so i'm
investigating what other version of AR it was which never
got the release. Apologies for that! :-) (Thanks
Pete Weighill for the heads up!)
3D Car Game / Alien VS Predator / Asylum / Alternate Reality - The City
3D Car Game / Alien VS Predator / Asylum / Alternate Reality - The City
'SHOOT' - COMPLETE & RELEASED...
Thanks to Jason Kelk, we close the case
on Shoot, which was actually confirmed as completed and
released.
Shoot
Shoot
A SURPRISE COMING UP...
Our next quick update will be focusing
on the biggest release for GTW since Tyger Tyger which will
be coming soon. Unfortunately there is a bug which is
preventing all the levels to be played properly, so this is
to be fixed first before a proper release is made. We will
however be announcing the game in about a few days,
including screenshots and a small video clip to show the
game. There are also 3 other GTW titles which are close to
being found, including a particular cartoon character game
(not quite Daffy Duck! yet..) which has been discovered in
its full form. More soon!
11 / 9 / 05
'MURDER!' - LATEST NEWS AND CODER TALKS...
As part of the exciting new developments
with the finding of US Gold's elusive Murder! game, we
uncover a whole load of information about the game and what
it was like, a bit of a surprise about the game, plus the
progress made on finding this lost gem. Can
programmer, Chris Walsh save the day?...
Murder!
Murder!
6 NEW GTW TITLES ADDED!...
More titles are added to the archives,
including 4 new downloadable previews (Including one rather
nice platformer and a RPG) and a certain tool which almost
sporned a sequel which you can read about...
Amok / Arcadian / Anasthaia / Battle / Enduro Racer V2 / SEUCK 2
Amok / Arcadian / Anasthaia / Battle / Enduro Racer V2 / SEUCK 2
4 GTW TITLES UPDATED!...
ATitles in the GTW archive get the
update treatment, with new previews added for Scorpion and
Godflesh. Also some new screenshots of MOOD are added
and credits added for some of the gaps which needed
filling...
Arthema / Godflesh / MOOD / Scorpion
Arthema / Godflesh / MOOD / Scorpion
'MY CRAP' PAGE EXPLOSION...
Ok, i've gone a bit mad this week and
added almost all my unreleased games, demos and work disk
rubbish. Its a "sort the wheat from the chaff", and
there's a heck of a lot of chaff!... Check out some
previously unseen SEUCK efforts (if that interests you) which
were some of Cyber System's last games in development (Including
Sensation, Snot and Crap and more). Some very blush making
crap here, sentimental and forgettable.. ;-)... and also some
salvaged bits. Phew.. now thats one lot of my crap
preserved to show the grandkids (god help them)...
My released works / My unreleased/unfinished crap
My released works / My unreleased/unfinished crap
'ALLIGATA MASTERS' UPDATE!...
Thanks to many submissions, we have
updated the Alligata disk pages with new information on some
of the disks, and new fixed versions of some of the
downloads. Each person is credited with each disk as
relevent. Many thanks to all involved!...
Alligata masters
Alligata masters
'CART CRAZY' SMALL UPDATE!...
A few notes and ammendments made for
LN3, Vendetta and Narco Police...
Cart Crazy!
Cart Crazy!
GTW NEWS UPDATES...
It has been a long time coming for this
update, as things have been rather busy. I'm still
going and the project is still a priority. We have
some huge news on one particular GTW, and permissions to
release it.. but i'm not saying any more until the game in
question is found before I get any hopes up. Basically
this is following on from the last update... the search is
currently still on. Until next time, which hopefully
won't be as long. I'm off to Croydon for the CGE2005,
so I will be reporting back with scans and text very
soon!... Hopefully, Archer will give some infos on IK
Deluxe and Dropzone 2... :)
7 / 8 / 05
'CIRCUS FUN!' ALLIGATA GAME FOUND!...
As part of the massive Alligata master archiving done recently, we managed to find this very early Alligata game, based on Bigtop Barney. Check out this very early pitched demo on its first ever release to the public...
Circus Fun!
Circus Fun!
THE 'ALLIGATA MASTERS' SAVED!...
With big thanks and gratitude to James Grayson, GTW has archived and saved as many of the Alligata master disks as it could. Many were damaged, but we managed to find one or two things of interest. Check out our new article and what we managed to find and save...
The Alligata Masters
The Alligata Masters
'PARASOL STARS' - AMAZING FINDINGS!...
At last GTW has had some major success by finding out some crucial information about the C64 conversion of Parasol Stars!... We have a developer name at long long last, Colin Porch... and Colin gives GTW a massive insight into what happened to the game, how far it got, how good it would have been and more!... Are we actually on the verge of finding the long lost conversion?...
Parasol Stars
Parasol Stars
'COLIN PORCH' INTERVIEWED!...
GTW speaks to the developer behind some of the most famous C64 conversions including Dragons Lair, Head Over Heels, Operation Wolf, Gryzor and Parasol Stars!... Colin talks about his time at Imagine, Software Projects and Ocean, while sharing stories of his developments...
Interview with Colin Porch
Interview with Colin Porch
'STEVE COLLINS' INTERVIEWED!...
Yet another great interview with the developer of the awesome Badlands, Herobotix and recently salvaged Tran. Steve talks about his time as a C64 coder, and exactly how he managed to squeeze Badlands into a single load, and what we might be missing with the still missing Plasmatak....
Interview with Steve Collins
Interview with Steve Collins
'3 DAYS IN CARPATHIA' FOUND!...
Well, ok... we missed it!... It was kinda found back in 2001 :) In GTW's hibination period, this was actually found and preserved by Hugh Riley and Jazzcat. Check out the found bits and pieces, but there could be more to come!...
3 Days In Carpathia
3 Days In Carpathia
'SHYLOCK' - CREATOR SPEAKS!...
Following the finding of Shylock, the game's developer steps forward and sheds some light on this sadly cancelled game and tells us why it never made it...
Shylock
Shylock
'MIKE THE MAGIC DRAGON' - CREATOR SPEAKS!...
Malte Mundt continues on from his recent released GTW, and adds his own words about this excellent game...
Mike The Magic Dragon
Mike The Magic Dragon
'METAL WARRIOR 4 V1' -TRANSLATIONS...
As promised, Lasse Öörni has very kindly translated all his design notes for people to check out and read for the unreleased parts of his excellent MW4 game. Check out the added text file here...
Metal Warrior 4 V1
Metal Warrior 4 V1
GTW NEWS UPDATES...
We bear more good news as Wayne Billingham finds his C64 disks. We soon will be examining these in the same way as with the Alligata masters in the hope of finding remains of Mega Twins, Bobby Bounce Back and more!.... This could be very interesting!.... Also there is some huge news about one particular GTW which will make you all smile... but we don't want to say too much until we find it... But trust me, the news is very very good!
3 / 7 / 05
'MIKE THE MAGIC DRAGON' EXCLUSIVE!...
A great and previously unseen playable preview of an unreleased Protovision game called Mike The Magic Dragon, based on an old 1986 Amiga game by Kingsoft. As well as the preview, Malte Mundt has very kindly provided all the sources for the game and has opened up the possibility of anyone taking over the project and finishing it!... Malte has also done me a massive favour, and has written the review himself, which i'm very grateful for!... Thanks Malte!... Enjoy!...
Mike The Magic Dragon
Mike The Magic Dragon
'PETER BARON' - MYTH CREATOR INTERVIEWED!...
Myth and Salamander are two famous C64 titles which have given us much pleasure over the years, but we never really knew much about its programmer, Peter Baron. After researching for Devious Designs, GTW talks to Pete about his past C64 work, including the hugely successful Myth...
Peter Baron Interview
Peter Baron Interview
RARE PREVIEW OF 'ORCUS' FOUND!...
Jazzcat has been busy digging for GTW, and has uncovered a MUCH MUCH more advanced preview of Orcus, cracked again by DCS (Whom seem to have cracked all of the previews...hmm). This features a 90% complete playable version of level 1, featuring most of the level graphics complete with colour splits!, some sprites, full sfx and even a more complete shop. Warning, its quite buggy... but it's impressive even still!...
Orcus V3 Preview
Orcus V3 Preview
'SCIMITAR' REVIEW ADDED!...
Cyberdyne System's update of Sinister gets the review treatment. Could this exciting game really be making its way to GTW in the coming months?... It could well be...
Scimitar
Scimitar
'INSPECTOR GADGET V1' UPDATED...
The missing animated introduction sequence has been added to the archive, along with an early advert of the game, including the V1 screenshots to prove that this was the first version of Circus Of Fear. We also finally get some credits as a result!... Can we find out more about this one now?...
Inspector Gadget V1
Inspector Gadget V1
'SOLDIER OF LIGHT V1' - AMMENDMENTS...
Following a particularly poor review in terms of information and facts, we have rejigged and reworked the review accordingly. A new feature includes discussion from Rob Whitaker, who did the graphics for the completed version.
Soldier Of Light V1
Soldier Of Light V1
SCANS ADDED...
Two lots of scans added. First is an advert and a preview article from Commodore Format for Escape From Colditz. Secondly is a screenshot scan of Aquablast, the game which turned into Live and Let Die by Elite.
Escape From Colditz / Aquablast
Escape From Colditz / Aquablast
GTW NEWS UPDATES...
Sadly nothing more yet on Murder or Mega Twins yet... but there is still time! Hopefully soon we'll be finding out more about the Alligata disks for a future update, and a few more title release exclusives are on there way.
8 / 6 / 05
'ALTER DEVELOPMENT' EXCLUSIVES ADDED!...
As promised from last week, GTW presents 2 exclusive Alter Development titles which were in production around the time of Lemmings on the C64. This includes the solving of the mysterious F1 racing game, now shown to be Championship Run for Zeppelin Games, and another previously and exciting unknown game called History Of The World... This follows along with the preview of Smash Out, which has been released, but not officially it seems...
Championship Run / History Of The World / Smash out
Championship Run / History Of The World / Smash out
'DAFFY DUCK' UNSEEN ART MASTERS ADDED!...
Although the future looks bleak for Daffy Duck on the C64, more is uncovered as we show you some rare master artwork materials for the coverart and poster art, thanks to Dave Palmer. Now if only the masters of the game could be sent too...sigh....
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
'MURDER!' UPDATE...
Um... Well, not sadly looking so good yet either. We have found Chris Walsh the coder, but sadly it seems that Chris may not have anything of the game left anymore. Not that we will be giving up any hope, as Chris will be searching for anything that does remain for us to uncover. So its not over until the fat lady sings, but be prepared for the worst... More soon!
'MEGA TWINS' UPDATE...
OGTW has sent a letter to Mike Ager in the hope of learning more about Mega Twins and seeing if it still exists. Fingers crossed, but things are moving at least in attempting to find more. Wayne Billingham will be digging out his disks in June time, so at the very least we may be seeing the graphics. Again, more soon!
COMING SOON...
More exciting news on the Alligata masters, found at a bootfair in Sheffield. The owner is kindly loaning GTW the disks to port and preserve whatever is there unreleased.... Including something it seems from Steven Kellett. Checkout the scan of the disks here. Myself will be taking bit more of a break in future, as things are starting to get quite mad. Updates may be decreased in size slightly, but will remain frequent. Check out the blog to keep updated.
30 / 5 / 05
GTW EXPLOSION ...
This week has possibly been the most productive in GTW history, with some incredible news and findings throughout. The most significant are in todays update which brings 3 of the big GTW names under the spotlight once again. Not only is there what is presented today, but there is more to hopefully come... including something rather special from Alligata software. Lets hope that the GTW tree will bear more fruit soon...
'MEGA TWINS' BREAKTHROUGH!...
At last, GTW discovers who is really behind the mysterious US Gold conversion which has eluded us for many years. Wayne Billingham sheds light on the conversion which we knew little about ... until now.... some revelations and news which will hopefully bring smiles...
Mega Twins
Mega Twins
'MURDER' CODER NAMED AT LAST!...
Yet another mystery solved, as the C64 programmer of US Gold's Murder title is named and confirmed. As we go on the search which could be the last search for this major lost title, have we really turned a corner now or are we set to recieve the news we have all dreaded?...
Murder
Murder
'SHYLOCK' IS FOUND AND ADDED!...
Great news!... The long lost Shylock game which had music by Mark Wilson, has been found alive and well by Mark himself in its preview only form. Take a look at this interesting space SEU in its early stages, and wonder what may have been...
Shylock
Shylock
'CALIFORNIA GAMES 2' SHOCK...
Once there was sad news that the game was cancelled and that it may never be found... But amazing news has surfaced about the C64 conversion, which confirms the programmer and graphic artist and a surprisng development team behind the game... Read more to find out... Are we about to discover its remains at long last?...
California Games 2
California Games 2
MARC WALTERS SHEDS LIGHT ON THREE GTW'S...
Creator of Chronic The Badger, Marc Walters sheds light on 3 more GTW titles he was producing, and which could be making their way to GTW very soon in their final states... Intersting titles to be read about, and which will likely intrigue you...
Betsy WWII Flying Ace / Galactic Enforcer / Interceptor 2160 AD
Betsy WWII Flying Ace / Galactic Enforcer / Interceptor 2160 AD
MORE 'CODEMASTERS' TITLES...
News surfaces of some intriguing news about CJ's 4th Adventure, and its real name and the mysterious graphic artist. Also, yet another of the 20 something lost Codemaster games has been named... a sequel to Captain Dynamo... credited and described...
CJ's Island Antics / Captain Dynamo 2
CJ's Island Antics / Captain Dynamo 2
TWO MORE NEW GTW'S REVIEWED...
Our final two reviews added share the same graphic artist as that of Mega Twins, and Wayne Billingham talks to GTW about two other games he had a big part in...
Bobby Bounce Back / Zrenite
Bobby Bounce Back / Zrenite
NEW CONTACT PAGE ADDED ...
To open up GTW for more reader submissions, information submissions, feedback and emails, we have set up a contact page for people to email us in different ways. We are considering taking on reader review input, so we are trialing the option of submitting reviews... but also you can just submit information to us, send us feedback or email the webmaster personally.
A BIG THANK YOU!...
Certain people have been massive influences on this update, none other than Wayne Billingham who has been a huge star in solving a fair few BIG GTW mysteries all at once and promising so much in the near future with regards to finding bits and pieces of some of the titles. Also, a guy called Matt has been very helpful in tracking down a large number of ex-C64 developers for us this week, which may even lead to Murder being found... That guy deserves a pack of cookies!... :-).... Also LeeT has been helping out a lot with regards to Murder, and also in the past with the search for programmers etc. Marco Das for his fantastic contribution of scans and information. Oh and Mark Wilson for digging out Shylock for the first time!... A big thank you to you all!
COMING SOON...
Next week will see the new and previously unseen works of Alter Developments, who brought us Lemmings (and almost Troddlers!) on the C64... Including a racing game preview for Zeppelin Games and a rather neat looking game which was to take on Rubicon, Armalyte and pretty much every other superb C64 title... Hopefully we'll also have more news on any exciting developments and more new reviews..
23 / 5 / 05
THREE GTW DOWNLOADS AND REVIEWS...
To start off after the small break, we have 3 new GTW entries with downloads added to the site, starting with a first glimpse at First Star's unreleased Panic Button which has surfaced recently, a uridium clone called Source Of Light, and a memory based game called High Memory... Check them out here...
Panic Button / Source Of Light / High Memory
Panic Button / Source Of Light / High Memory
'PLASMATAK' FINDINGS AND RESULTS ...
Sadly not the results we were hoping for, but things have been found and there is evidence that a preview still exists. Check out the updated review for screenshots, source downloads, scans and more information...
Plasmatak
Plasmatak
MORE 'METAL WARRIOR 4' ADDED!...
Hot off the inbox is yet another early glimpse of Metal Warrior 4 before it heavily changed into basically a completely different game. This time we have an untranslated test demo featuring combat and talking. Text is in Finnish, but check out this exclusive early look at the game (mw4_v1_combat file added in zip)... A big thanks to Lasse for this!...
Metal Warrior 4 - V1 - Combat
Metal Warrior 4 - V1 - Combat
'GROOVY GARDEN' ENTRY ADDED ...
REMOVED DUE TO BEING FOUND BY GAMEBASE. :-)
'MEGA TWINS' HIGH QUALITY SHOT ADDED...
Previously we have only had low quality scans of the game's screenshots in Commodore Format, but now thanks to Patrick Furlong and an Amstrad magazine, we now have added a very high quality screenshot which gives the game's graphical detail away a lot better...
Mega Twins
Mega Twins
ANOTHER BEYOND BELIEF GAME REVIEWED...
Just seems there are more and more Beyond Belief games yet to be discovered, and now thanks to Marco Das, we have learned of another called Bmx N Mountain Bike Rad...
Bmx N Mountain Bike Rad
Bmx N Mountain Bike Rad
STRANGE GAME COMPILATION REVIEWED...
Zzap 64 once had a small snippet on a compilation called Ultragames. This strange pack of games never did get the review that Zzap promised, so what happened to it?...
Ultragames
Ultragames
'TWICE SHY' REVIEWED...
A Level 9 / Mosaic based adventure game gets the GTW review treatment after its several mentions but no show...
Twice Shy
Twice Shy
JOHN CASSELLS SHEDS LIGHT ON TWO TITLES...
Graphic artist, John Cassells, speaks to GTW and sheds light on two titles he worked on for Probe and Cascade called 'Apprentice' and 'Jihad' respectively. We take a look at what these games were about and make sense of them both...
Apprentice / Jihad
Apprentice / Jihad
'GTW CPC' LAUNCHED!...
Following in the footsteps of PCGTW, we now have an Amstrad version of GTW finally here from the hands of Patrick Furlong. Patrick has got a site up and running which is in its early days. They need your help, so if you know about Amstrad GTW titles as well as C64 titles, then please give Patrick a shout. Patrick is also welcoming any feedback about the site which may help, so check it out...
GTW CPC
GTW CPC
NEW WEB BLOG ADDED...
As a means of posting current developments to keep you up to date on whats going on, i've added a blog to put down my thoughts and findings. You'll get loads of crap in there too, but basically I wanted to write down things that are going on... which consists a lot of GTW at the best of times. Makes better than keep reposting on a sticky forum link! :) .... Blog link is in the main menu.
13 / 5 / 05
'COLOURSPACE 64' REVIEW ADDED...
We take a look at the planned and improved version of Colourspace which Jeff Minter was planning to bring to C64 screens after the success of the Atari version...
Colourspace
Colourspace
'MINDBENDING ALIENS' GAME REVIEW ADDED...
Demonware's obscure title gets the GTW treatment as we try to find out exactly what this game was all about...
Mindbending Aliens From Hyperspace
Mindbending Aliens From Hyperspace
'THE POWER 2'... DID IT EXIST?...
Yet another Demonware title gets the spotlight as we try to find out if the planned sequel ever got past the planning stages...
The Power 2
The Power 2
'MARIO IS MISSING!' - REVIEW ADDED...
Surprisingly enough it seems a Mario game was planned for our beloved C64, even if it was a RPG educational style game. We take a look at the possibility of the beloved plumber making another brief appearance on the C64...
Mario Is Missing
Mario Is Missing
22 / 4 / 05
19 / 4 / 05 - CHANGES AND MINOR UPDATE!...
Mario's creator speaks have been updated, a new credit for Turrican 3 and loads of changes and additions to Cart Crazy!... Enjoy! - Frank
PROTOVISION'S 'TURRICAN 3' ADDED!...
Thanks to Protovision, you can check out a glimpse of the other Turrican 3 game which was in production, but sadly cancelled. Take a look at a few of the game's levels and some extra bits and pieces...
Turrican 3 V1
Turrican 3 V1
'PLASMATAK' EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS!...
There is hope, as Steve Collins locates two possible tapes with remains of Plasmatak on... Could this long lost Thalamus game finally be found?... Watch this space, but for now check out some more recollections of the game from Steve himself...
Plasmatak
Plasmatak
'JAMBALA' CREATOR SPEAKS TO GTW...
The creator of "The Seven Gates Of Jambala", Mario Knezovic, speaks to GTW and talks about the C64 conversion of the game, including how far it got and the chances of its remains being made public...
The Seven Gates Of Jambala
The Seven Gates Of Jambala
MARIO TALKS ALSO ABOUT 'LETHAL XCESS'...
Continuing now with Mario's next C64 game which never was, the awesome Lethal Xcess. Read Mario's own words about the game as we learn that little bit more, and some possible exciting news...
Lethal Xcess
Lethal Xcess
...AND ABOUT 'MONSTER BUSINESS'...
Although not a developer of the game, Mario recalls details of this game when he was Technical Director at Eclipse Software...
Monster Business
Monster Business
NEW 'CART CRAZY!' FEATURE ADDED...
As part of a new 'Articles' section for GTW, we introduce a new feature which takes a look at all the many cartridges which were planned for the doomed C64GS console and never saw the light of day...
Cart Crazy!
Cart Crazy!
BEYOND BELIEF'S 'GAME PACK 1' REVIEWED...
We take a brief look at the little known 'Game Pack 1' from Beyond Belief... a very brief look!...
Game Pack 1
Game Pack 1
POPULOUS C64 *WAS* PLANNED!...
Paul Hughes sheds a bit of light on whether Bullfrog actually did want a C64 conversion of their classic game or not!... Confirmations are finally made...
Populous
Populous
SHOULD GTW64 FORUM MERGE WITH PCGTW?...
We need your votes!... I'm split between merging this site's forum with PCGTW, so i'm letting you all decide what you'd like to see before I make any final decisions. Of course, i'll be listening to Andrew and Jazzcat too and what they think... but we want to know what you think!... So please vote and let us know what you want!... Click below to vote!...
GTW forum merger vote
GTW forum merger vote
NEW SECTIONS AND TIDY UP ...
GTW welcomes two new header areas, 'Junk' and 'Articles'... Junk contains all manners of things unrelated to GTW, and will expand in the future. Articles will contain various non-entry based GTW bits and articles... the first can be read about above. Some existing pages have been moved here too!
19 / 4 / 05
'INCA - LOST TREASURE OF ANK PO' ADDED ...
A colourful looking graphic text adventure which certainly looked promising, but sadly couldn't make the big hurdle and get complete. Read all about this title and check out the found artwork...
Inca
Inca
'GRAHAM GOOCH WC' SHOTS ADDED...
Scans from the Commodore Format review, and the review itself have been added to accompany last update's review. What happened to it??...
Graham Gooch WC Cricket
Graham Gooch WC Cricket
'WHO DARES WINS' - ELITE SPEAK OUT...
Thanks to Martyn / Retro Gamer, we print what Steve Wilcox had to say about Alligata's cheeky Commando clone...
Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins
'SUPER DARYNA' REVIEW ADDED...
A fascinating RPG title for our C64, being produced by the same company that did PP Hammer, Demomware. Would this have been a good game?, and what would it have looked like?... Read more about it here...
Super Daryna
Super Daryna
'PARALLAX 2' - DID IT REALLY EXIST??...
We take a look at what should have happened... a sequel to the fantastic Parallax. With the first game being left open at the end, what happened to the planned sequel?...
Parallax 2
Parallax 2
'MANHATTAN DEALERS' REVIEW ADDED...
A drug fuelled Double Dragon clone comes under the spotlight, as we try to find out what happened to the planned C64 conversion...
Manhattan Dealers
Manhattan Dealers
'THE SEVEN GATES OF JAMBALA' ADDED...
A Super Mario Clone from Grandslam. A match made in heaven, or hell?... Advertised in various magazines, this game disappeared without trace...
Seven Gates Of Jambala
Seven Gates Of Jambala
'TOYOTA RALLY' - EVER STARTED?...
We thought Nigel Mansell was Gremlin's last key racing game for the C64, but we discover that their other racing game Toyota Rally also featured in their final fairwells...
Toyota Rally
Toyota Rally
'BRAINBLASTERS' - DID IT EVEN EXIST?...
Mentioned in the next month pages of Commodore Format as a reviewed game in the next issue... it never did get its review. What happened?...
Brainblasters
Brainblasters
'R-TYPE 2' - REVIEW ADDED...
Activision gained rights to the sequel, they mentioned a C64 conversion... but did they leave the C64 just before they could start?...
R-Type 2
R-Type 2
'THINGS ON STRINGS' REVIEW ADDED...
A title which would have been released by the late Martin Holland. Sadly he never got the chance to pass it on, so we take a look at what we know of this intriguing title....
Things On Strings
Things On Strings
'EURO SOCCER' REVIEW ADDED...
A soccer conversion that got particially started graphically and sonically, but did the game itself ever get started?...
Euro Soccer
Euro Soccer
8 / 4 / 05
SITE TWEAKS AND NEWS...
As an attempt to condense page size, the header
and news page have been converted from tables to CSS based code. If anyone spots any problems,
please email me! (no doubt there will be initial teething troubles while I move stuff over to CSS.
Also, Timo Weirich has stepped in with some web space for GTW. Timo hosts PCGTW, and it was felt a great idea to have both GTW's on the same server. A big thanks goes to Ejber Ozkan for the previous webspace, and for saving our neck when the NTL space ran low. Also a thanks to Russ Michaels who also offered some webspace recently.
Finally a new URL has been sorted out, so now you can access GTW64 via http://www.gtw64.co.uk. Thanks to Mat Allen for pushing the idea which was long overlooked. The next site update will be this weekend.
Also, Timo Weirich has stepped in with some web space for GTW. Timo hosts PCGTW, and it was felt a great idea to have both GTW's on the same server. A big thanks goes to Ejber Ozkan for the previous webspace, and for saving our neck when the NTL space ran low. Also a thanks to Russ Michaels who also offered some webspace recently.
Finally a new URL has been sorted out, so now you can access GTW64 via http://www.gtw64.co.uk. Thanks to Mat Allen for pushing the idea which was long overlooked. The next site update will be this weekend.
6 / 4 / 05
'LUNAR JETMAN DISCOVERED!'...
A big surprise for you.... Lunar Jetman
has shockingly turned up, worked on for the C64 in 1985 by Martin Galway...
We bring you the first ever look at the work-in-progress conversion
which was never known to exist until now... including its source code
words from Martin himself...
Lunar Jetman
Lunar Jetman
PETER 'MYTH' BARRON TALKS ABOUT 'DEVIOUS'...
After a long search, creator of Myth and
Salamander, Peter Baron has finally been found. Peter gives us a huge
look into the C64 game which has been a mystery for 14 years now, Devious
Designs. There is also some possibly exciting news too about this long
lost title (as well as the game's cover art which has been added from
the Amiga version)...
Devious Designs
Devious Designs
'WHO DARES WINS' ADVERT ADDED...
Thanks to Glenn Stubbingfield, a rare advert of the first Who Dares Wins game has been added
to its review...
Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins
4 NEW GAME REVIEWS ADDED...
More entries into the GTW vault, as the following get added and the examination treatment...
Brute Force / Graham Gooch World Class Cricket V1 / Make My Day / Winter Camp - TLL
Brute Force / Graham Gooch World Class Cricket V1 / Make My Day / Winter Camp - TLL
SMALL 'RACE DRIVIN' ' UPDATE...
A small snippet of information on Race Drivin' has been added from the pages of Zzap 64...
Race Drivin'
Race Drivin'
19 / 3 / 05
STREETHAWK V2 CREATOR SPEAKS!...
At last, we get an insight into the infamous Ocean game from the man himself, Colin Gresty.
Colin talks to GTW about the title, sheds some light about what the game was really like, and what really happened
(and some interesting news about the game's screenshots)...
Streethawk V2
Streethawk V2
TWO 'DATASOFT' GTW TITLES REVIEWED...
Two more backlog reviews, this time with two titles from the creators of Bruce Lee and Alternate
Reality, Datasoft. We take a look at the unreleased sequel to Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee 2 - Enter The Dragon and what might have
been better than the dire Quicksilva release, Elevator Action V1...
Bruce Lee 2 / Elevator Action V1
Bruce Lee 2 / Elevator Action V1
'DMA DESIGN' TEXT SOURCE ADDED...
Thanks to Ian Coog, a text file based version of the source code has been added to the download zip...
Game No Name 3
Game No Name 3
11 / 3 / 05
'RAPID STEEL' REVIEWED AND LAUNCHED...
A first ever look at Miles Barry's first ever C64 game, thanks to Jason Kelk. This is a very
early stage preview of a promising title with some great graphics...
Rapid Steel
Rapid Steel
'DMA DESIGN' GAME ADDED...
A rare and unfinished work in progress has been added, written by Mike Dailly of DMA Design.
This is a very early kind of Space Combat game. As well as the very early demo, the source code is also present to have
a look at...
Game No Name 3
Game No Name 3
MORE 'KOSHIMO' LAUNCHED...
Thanks to Frank Juerke, the previously lost Intro Sequence has been uncovered, along with other
bits and pieces of source code and graphics. Frank also gives his own insight into the game...
Koshimo
Koshimo
'STREET HAWK V1' SURPRISES...
Some very interesting revelations after more research on the game. Some big changes in the game's
details and some new leads to start chasing...
Street Hawk V1
Street Hawk V1
'A.B.C' FOUND AND ADDED...
Thanks to a GTW contributor, ABC has been tracked down on the net and submitted...
A.B.C
A.B.C
MORE 'MURDER' BITS ADDED...
Some extra screenshots and the Commodore Format review have been added, plus also some extra
news about the game's search...
Murder
Murder
'PREPPIE!' REVIEWED...
The classic Atari Frogger clone has been recently discovered to have been in developed for the
C64. We take a look at the title and see what happened...
Preppie!
Preppie!
MORE ON 'LETHAL XCESS'...
A scan showing the game in action has been added, as well as some potentially exciting news on
its search...
Lethal Xcess
Lethal Xcess
'TDTUD' NAMED AS 'DOMINION'...
Sensible Software's classic Zzap Sampler demo, The Day The Universe Died, is given its chosen name,
as chosen by the Zzap competion winner. Some credit and review fixes too thanks to Jon Hare...
Dominion
Dominion
6 / 3 / 05
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