Prototype – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Cold Steel (Super Nintendo)

On June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 By fgasking

1992 Ocean Software Brian Flanagan has been in the games industry for over 30 years, working on well over 40 shipped titles. He once worked at Ocean Software for around 10 years, working (uncredited) on Operation Wolf and then infamously … 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

AlarCity Dungeon Prototype – Formerly known as the "AlarTV" Amiga version

On March 25, 2019March 26, 2019 By Neil G

Even more Amiga news today as we’ve recently been informed from Earok of PixelGlass, that he has released a playable Amiga prototype of the AlarCity Dungeon, which was formly known as AlarTV. Now I know many of you are still waiting for the full game of AlarCity from PixelGlass, but […]

Fantastic Dizzy – Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game Prototype discovered

On March 2, 2019March 3, 2019 By Neil G

Ever since I had an Amstrad CPC 464 and then on to an Amiga, I have always been a massive Dizzy fan, playing pretty much every Dizzy game ever released since 1987 by the famous Oliver Twins with a huge collection gathering in my cupboard. One such Dizzy game I […]