GTW64 news – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Make My Day game fully recovered

On June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 By fgasking

Following on from the release of Mirage, we are pleased to announce the preservation and recovery of yet another title in the form of Make My Day. A full diagonal scrolling Western game which was intended for Power House back … Continue reading →

Unreleased Mirage (C64) added to the site

On June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 By fgasking

A surprise to kick off the weekend for you all, with the full and unreleased Mirage game that was never released by Mark Clements. Mark was better known for his Summer and Winter Camp music, but also did a lot … Continue reading →

GTW64 update for June 2020

On June 16, 2020June 17, 2020 By fgasking

It’s that time of the month again, and another update, including some artwork added by Stoo Fotheringham that has been under our noses for some time. Heebie Jeebies loading screen found Heebie Jeebies 8 new entries added Crypt of the … Continue reading →

Good Old Games guest article

On June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 By fgasking

Recently, we were kindly invited to write a guest article for www.GOG.com on some of the PC/Mac games that we have covered in the book, as well as talk about the work involved in the writing of the book. You … Continue reading →

GTW book pre-orders now open!

On June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 By fgasking

I’m pleased to announce that pre-orders for our Games That Weren’t book are now open at http://www.gtwbook.co.uk To give a bit of background to regulars to the site (as well as new visitors)… Primarily my aim was to produce something … Continue reading →

Joust (C64) found!

On May 30, 2020May 31, 2020 By fgasking

Great news, but collector Ken Van Mersbergen (known to many as Dutchman2000) has found and preserved the long lost AtariSoft conversion of Joust, which we have had an entry on for some time here. Ken got in touch with GTW … Continue reading →

Cubic Maxi (C64)

On May 17, 2020May 18, 2020 By fgasking

Thanks to contributor Ken Knight, it has been highlighted that the preview of puzzler Cubic, called Cubic Maxi contains some differences in the game play compared to the final release. Otherwise it looks pretty much the same as the final … Continue reading →

GTW64 update for May 2020

On May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 By fgasking

Another month and another update, including some preservation work for some released titles and a number of new entries. 7 new entries added Bailiff, Ophir, Raiders of the Valley of the Kings, Secrets of Science, Steam Powered Computer Company titles, … Continue reading →

Various C64 preservations

On May 5, 2020May 6, 2020 By fgasking

Kevin Wilson has very kindly sent some obscure titles to be preserved fully for the C64, so here they are: The Game (Simple early Pacman clone) TAP files, DC2N dumps and Scans Dinosaurs (Early BASIC educational title) TAP files, DC2N … Continue reading →

Troll (C64) pre-release screen

On April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 By fgasking

Thanks to Dan Warren, here is yet another pre-release screen, this time from Palace Software’s 1988 Troll game. There are some very minor graphic differences compared to the final version, including the score being on the opposite side and some … Continue reading →

V pre-release screenshots

On April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 By fgasking

Thanks to Dan Warren, here are some pre-release screens from Ocean’s “V – The Game”. Very small differences overall, just showing an earlier score panel. The game graphics seem to be at this point pretty solid. Scans courtesy of Stephen … Continue reading →

GTW64 update for April 2020

On April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 By fgasking

A few more updates to the site, which includes a number of new entries and various updates. Batman Returns in particular has been tidied up a bit, and i’ve added some much better and high quality screenshot scans, thanks to … Continue reading →

Lemmings early screens (C64)

On March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 By fgasking

Flicking through the last issue of Zzap!64 back in late 1992, I rediscovered an early screenshot and the first to be shown of the Commodore 64 version of Lemmings. It would be a year until the final game saw release. … Continue reading →

GTW64 update for March

On March 21, 2020March 22, 2020 By fgasking

Another month and another update at GTW64, with a number of new entries and updates that we’ve been adding since the last. Hope everyone is well, and keep safe in these strange times. 8 new entries added Bugs in buggyland, … Continue reading →

First update of 2020

On February 2, 2020February 3, 2020 By fgasking

In hoping to bring back more regular updates now the book nears conclusion and publication in a few months, here is the first GTW update of 2020, including a new Vic 20 section. This update includes a bunch of new … Continue reading →

Games That Weren’t Christmas update 2019

On December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 By fgasking

Well, another year has passed and when preparing for this update, I realised that it had been almost 12 months since the last full update. Sorry about that! Hopefully reasons are now a lot clearer as to why that was! … Continue reading →

Derick Boorman disks

On December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 By fgasking

Just a very short post to host some demo/hack disks that I found in Level Up games in Canterbury on some old C64 disks. They seem to be credited to a Derick Boorman who lived in Kent and hacked around … Continue reading →

The Games That Weren’t book – coming soon!

On November 17, 2019November 18, 2019 By fgasking

After 5 years of work (give or take), we’re pleased to announce The Games That Weren’t book coming soon in May 2020 from Bitmap Books, covering unreleased games since the dawn of the industry. More details coming soon, but very … Continue reading →

One final update – Spooky + unknown preview

On December 31, 2017September 8, 2018 By fgasking

We have one last surprise update for 2017, including a preview of an extremely promising game which could still hopefully be finished and taken out of GTW64. The coder still open to help and suggestions for continuing – can you help? Also, an unknown and very early shooter preview by […]

Games That Weren’t Christmas update 2017

On December 23, 2017September 8, 2018 By fgasking

It’s that time of the year again, when we dig out some more findings to present for a large Christmas update. Apologies for the slowness of updates this year, but another project has taken priority of late. I hope this makes up for things. Merry Christmas everyone and all the […]