| Numero! | Title | Year / Label | Notes | More Info | Trivia | ||
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1 |
3d Mazenture |
1982 Softek |
MIA |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009946 | |||
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2 |
5 Stones Of Anadon |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.andysarcade.net/personal/elk/electron.htm | Text Adventure for the Beeb. | ||
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-- |
ACE |
Originally published by Cascade. | http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000056 |
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ACE 2 |
Originally published by Cascade |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000059 | ||||
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-- |
Activator |
Originally published by Cascade | http://www.uvlist.net/game-45989-Activator | ||||
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3 |
Almazz |
1985 |
C64 Arcade Adventure |
http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=259&d=36 | |||
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4 |
Alien Syndrome |
1988 | Licensed Port |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000157 | |||
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- |
All Stars |
Compilation of previous releases |
contains: Bobby Bearing, Psytraxx, That's The Spirit, Xecutor, Shadow Skimmer, Mindstone, Inside Outing, Warlock. | ||||
|
5 |
Acherons Rage |
1983 |
Oric Atmos game. Somebody actually made one! |
http://www.oric.org/index.php?page=software&fille=detail&letter=&num_log=10 | First use of "Masters Of The Game" ? Early example of rebranding follows the release of this baby. http://www.48katmos.freeuk.com/cc05.htm | ||
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6 |
Battlepods* |
Mobile Phone - 2005/2006 according to Langdell. |
I've searched as many places as I can,the only mention is on the Edge mobile site with two rather unimpressive screenshots. Whether it made it out the door or not is anyones guess. | ||||
|
7 |
Bobby Bearing |
1986 |
Released later on Mobile Phones, pretty much a straight port *I think*. Due, allegedly, for the iPhone also |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000606 | I've managed to trace a copy of Bobby Bearing for Mobile Phones. It appears to be a polish port of some sort but is broken under emulation (possibly broken full stop, it doesn't look high quality!). Gets to the menu then bombs out. Unfortunately a) I don't have a phone and b) even if I did have a phone, I've no way to transfer files to it. So yeah. There appears to be some sort of contention as to who actually owns the rights to this. See the ever excellent Craig Grannell's Cult Of Mac piece for info: http://cultofmac.com/tim-langdell-still-a-jerk-resues-edge-iphone-game-maker-over-rights-issues/13046 Last traceable version is from 2003 by Jabber.pl, although Langdell claims to have reissued it yearly since. Whether this means he reissues the same version or there really is different builds I'm unable to verify. | ||
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-- |
Bongo |
1984 |
Originally published by Anirog |
Q-Bert Clone. | |||
|
8 |
Brian Bloodaxe |
1985 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000694 | Fun looking but quite shoddy to play platform game. Riffs very heavily on Monty Python and UK TV culture. | ||
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9 |
Bug Squad |
1983 |
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http://www.c64gg.com/complete.html | |||
|
10 |
Chess 3d |
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-- |
Classix |
Compilation |
Bobby Bearing, Psytraxx, Starbike,Brian Bloodaxe, That's The Spirit | ||||
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11 |
Colony |
1982 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001013 | |||
|
12 |
Cosmic Swarm |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009629 | Also MIA | ||
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-- |
Cybotron |
Originally published by Anirog |
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13 |
Darius+ |
1990 | Port |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001254 | C64 version listed in Tim's "official" softography, as far as I'm aware this was never released for the C64. | ||
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14 |
Devon Aire In The Hidden Diamond Caper |
1988 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002488 | For reasons unknown, this appeared to go through not one but two name changes. Raffles and Inside Outing! | ||
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15 |
Draculas Revenge |
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http://oric.org/index.php?page=software&fille=detail&letter=&num_log=36 | Another Oric game! Blimey. | |||
|
16 |
Dragons Lair |
1983 | http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020071 | NOT the Don Bluth laserdisc game, as ported to home computers by Software Projects. A maze game it would seem, but as it's MIA - who knows. | |||
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-- |
Earthedge* |
Multi! |
Coming Soon. Allegedly. No details but listed on Tim's softography. (Un)interestingly, there's a band called Edge Of Earth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Earth Thanks Ivan. | ||||
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-- |
European Five A Side |
More Anirog stuff |
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17 |
Eye Of Zoltan |
1983 |
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http://ifwiki.org/index.php/Electron | Text adventure for the Electron. | ||
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18 |
Fairlight |
1985 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001712 | There was, once upon a time (2002? Blimey!), a freeware remake of this being made - had the kibosh put on it by Langdell and so was never completed nor seen the light of day. Bloody nice it was too. Sadly, the communications are now lost to the ether. Bo Jangeborg sheds some light on the "history" of Fairlight: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6456.msg209504#msg209504 | ||
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19 |
Fairlight II |
1986 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001715 | |||
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-- |
Fairlight: The Legend |
Compilation! |
Compilation of Fairlight I & II. | ||||
|
20 |
Firebirds |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001770 | Also coming soon for usual array of formats! Original version is well old, mind. | ||
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21 |
Firequest |
1984 |
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http://retro.lonningdal.net/home.php?page=Publishers&publisher=The%20Edge | |||
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-- |
Flightpath 737 |
Anirog! Anirog! |
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22 |
Galactians |
Galaxian clone! |
http://archive.worldofdragon.org/index.php?title=Softek | For the Dragon 32. I only ever knew one guy who had a Dragon so not been able to dig up much more beyond a wiki link. | |||
|
23 |
Galaxians |
Ooh, proper name this time. |
http://oric.org/index.php?page=software&fille=detail&letter=&num_log=45 | Unofficial clone. | |||
|
24 |
Garfield Big Fat Hairy Deal |
1988 |
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First of a pair of officially licensed Garfield games. Nothing amazing, but very cute. | |||
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25 |
Garfield Winters Tail |
1990 |
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(Un)interestingly, there appears to be a 10:1 difference between the documents Langdell submitted featuring the sleeve/advert for G:WT and the -actual- published stuff. See here: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6456.msg233437#msg233437 | |||
|
26 |
Ice Giant |
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http://oric.org/index.php?page=software&fille=detail&letter=&num_log=58 | ||||
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27 |
Jeepers Creepers |
1982/1983 |
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Not sure of the date to be honest! Reference here: http://www.xgd.com/game/Jeepers-Creepers/115315 | |||
|
28 |
Joust |
1983 |
Joust clone! |
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-- |
Jump Jet |
Anirog! Anirog! |
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-- |
Kick Off |
Anco originally. |
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|
-- |
Koala Lumpa - Journey To The Edge |
Br0derbund. |
Wonder what happened here? Was this "spawned" too? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=5933979 | ||||
|
29 |
KRIS |
1987 |
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See here: http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D2060 and here: http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D3758 | aka RISK - not the board game, a Defender-esque shooter. Thanks, Jasper. | ||
|
30 |
Magic Edge |
Location based. |
With thanks to Mewse, possibly this? http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=832 More Mewsey musings on the subject, interesting reading. http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6456.msg231897#msg231897 | ||||
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31 |
Master Key |
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32 |
Mazenture |
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Different from Mazenture 3d? We just don't know! However, in the interests of "benefit of the doubt" I've included it anyway. | ||||
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33 |
Megapede |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Megapede$&pub=^Softek+Software+International+Ltd$ | Centipede clone, obv. | ||
|
34 |
Meteoroids |
1982 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Meteoroids$&pub=^Softek+Software+International+Ltd$ | Go on, guess. | ||
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35 |
Microbot |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003177 | |||
|
36 |
Mindstone |
1986 |
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http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/gamedetails.php?id=4972 | |||
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-- |
Mirrors* |
A GAME BY EDGE! |
Yeah, this is pretty legendary now. The Edge site featured a big splash screen with "Mirrors Edge" in big letters. In tinier letters in the middle lay the words "a game by". This went through a couple of variations, all similar. Pretty clear that it was aimed at (being generous here) riffing on the EA title. Odd behaviour for someone who covets his trademarks so. Screengrab here: http://www.tigsource.com/pages/edge-games In a public statement, Tim Langdell had this to say on the subject: "As to what the "MIRRORS (by) EDGE" was about : EA wrote us saying that in their opinion our game Mirrors would never been confused with their game Mirror's Edge even if we promoted it using our house brand EDGE. From the moment we started promoting it using our house brand EDGE we have been flooded with people linking MIRRORS by EDGE with EA's game Mirror's Edge, thus proving EA wrong. Their use of Mirror's Edge is likely to cause confusion in the consumers mind with our use of our marks Mirrors and Edge, and while it can tend to be reverse confusion (since they have marketed Mirror's Edge so well and our game has yet to be launched) their use is still an infringement of our registered rights, proved in part by all the recent public discussion of our legitmate use of MIRRORS by EDGE to promote our upcoming game." | ||||
|
38 |
Monsters |
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39 |
Monsters In Hell |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003253 | Panic Clone | ||
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-- |
Moon Buggy |
Anirog |
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|
40 |
Mr Payback* |
Interactive Movie? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113863/ |
Yes, it would seem it is! Variety article here: http://www.langdellbrown.com/variety.htm | ||||
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-- |
Mythora* |
Frontline Studios |
http://www.gamershell.com/news_10882.html | aka The Banished. Released 2005. Edge involvement unknown but I'd guess at none. http://bestgamer.ru/games/banished_the.htm IP Holders claim to have no knowledge of Edge's involvement in the title. Thanks David Green. | |||
|
-- |
Mythora 2* |
"on hold" |
Nothing appears to exist of this with the exception of a logo and screengrab on The Edge site. As of 11th August 2009, Tim Langdell has declared the game "on hold" in a public statement. Given Mythora 1 appears to have had no Edge involvement, it seems a curious situation. | ||||
|
41 |
Ostron |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003550 | Joust clone | ||
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-- |
Out On A Limb |
Anirog |
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42 |
Pagemaker |
1986 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008531 | Word Processor | ||
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43 |
Pengu |
Mobile Phones |
Y'know, I can't even be bothered looking for this! "Games you could code in half an hour with one eye poked out and someone holding onto your testicles with a vice that will be near impossible to google due to the weight of clones" doesn't exactly inspire me. | ||||
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-- |
Pirates Of The Barbary Coast |
Cascade |
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44 |
Psi Chess |
1986 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003911 | |||
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-- |
The Punisher |
Licensed Port |
Unreleased: http://gtw64.retro-net.de/Pages/p/Review_Punisher.php | ||||
|
45 |
Quak Attack |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.c64gg.com/Q2.html | Another Joust clone. | ||
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46 |
Quo Vadis |
1984 |
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As was the trend of the time, Quo Vadis was a game released with a prize. A sceptre allegedly worth 3,500 pounds. Despite folks finishing the game, the prize was never given out with folks being informed they'd phoned in with the incorrect answers! There was an article on the internuts somewhere covering "prize" games of the 8 bit era, but I've lost it. If anyone knows its location, it'd be much appreciated! | |||
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-- |
Racers |
IBA/Lexicon Entertainment originally. See notes. |
Screenshots and models used on the Edge Games page clearly match the game Voltage by IBA/Lexicon. IBA appears to be some sort of outsource to us/work to hire unit and Lexicon no longer exist. Fortunately for us, the game has been released in .ru by Akella and archive.org also has a record of Lexicon possibly selling the game before their demise which suggests a UK release may have occured. http://www.ibacz.eu/IBA-Developed-Computer-Game http://web.archive.org/web/20071217084524/www.lexiconentertainment.com/product_info.php?products_id=70&cPath=31 http://www.prlog.org/10028816-iba-developed-computer-game-released.html http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188616 NB: Screenshots on C&VG site match exactly those featured on Edge Games screenshot page (just in case there's any doubt here): http://www.the--edge.com/edgegames/racers.htm Possible reason for name change? Top digging by Brandon Boyer: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6456.msg231936#msg231936 | ||||
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47 |
Repulsar |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004098&loadpics=3 | Missile Command | ||
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48 |
Revalation |
1984 Softek |
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http://www.c64gg.com/R9.html | Jousty-shooty game thing. | ||
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49 |
Robon |
1983 Softek | http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004185 | Listed on Edge site as "Robotron" - No Spectrum version of Robotron was ever officially released (although one does exist and it is VERY good) | |||
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50 |
Shadow Skimmer |
1987 |
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http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/gamedetails.php?id=5770 | |||
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51 |
Shao Lins Road |
1986 |
Licensed Port |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004445 | |||
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-- |
Skyrunner |
Cascade |
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-- |
Slapshot |
Anirog |
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52 |
Snoopy: Case Of The Missing Blanket |
1990 |
Licensed title. |
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004607 | |||
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-- |
Soft Aid |
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Was actually published by Quicksilva. Contains one Edge title - Starbikes See here: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue14/Pages/Crash1400056.jpg | ||||
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53 |
Softek FP Compiler |
For the Speccy, like |
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54 |
Sofkit1 |
Andrew Glaister's compiler |
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55 |
Sofkit2 |
Another compiler |
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56 |
Soldier Of Light |
1988 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004634 | http://imr.ip-design.com/imr/iview/c33i_m.htm | ||
|
57 |
Spectral Writer |
1984 Softek |
Word processor |
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58 |
Starball |
1988 |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/mike.jones001/mic3.htm | |||
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59 |
Starbike |
1984 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004849 | |||
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60 |
Starblitz |
1984 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004851 | |||
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61 |
Super Meteors |
83/84 ? |
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http://www.48katmos.freeuk.com/cc05.htm | |||
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62 |
Sword Of Sodan |
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http://www.lemonamiga.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php%3Fid%3D1030 | Not entirely sure this is the same game or what Tim's involvement is, but as per usual benefit of the doubt where no evidence points otherwise. If anyone can shed any more light on this, obviously, I'm interested. | |||
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63 |
Tangent |
1988 |
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http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=3410 | |||
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-- |
Teenage Wasteland |
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Multimedia Tie In, Coming Soon! Although the copyright holder claims (again!) that there's no involvement from either The Edge or Tim Langdell and that any claims otherwise are false. | ||||
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-- |
Thai Boxing |
Anco game |
This is a reissue, but for some reason Google Docs has decided it doesn't want to let me colour this row blue. So just pretend, alright? | ||||
|
64 |
That's The Spirit |
1985 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005222 | |||
|
65 |
The Artist |
1985 | Art package |
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66 |
The Artist II |
1986 |
Art package |
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67 |
Tonic Tile |
1988 |
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http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=3017 | Arkanoid clone | ||
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68 |
UGH! |
1984 Softek |
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http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=2746 | |||
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69 |
Ultrapede |
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http://www.3001.co.uk/software/dragon.html | Another Dragon game. Somebody get an up to date informative Dragon archive on the net stat! | |||
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70 |
Warlock |
1988 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005634 | |||
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71 |
Wizardry |
1985 |
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http://www.gamebase64.com/oldsite/gameofweek/7/gotw_wizardry.htm | |||
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72 |
Xecutor |
1987 |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005783 | |||
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Xeno II |
Anirog |
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73 |
Zaga Mission |
1984 |
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http://c64tapes.org/year.php?id=4 | |||
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Zoids |
|
Published by Martech. The Edge's involvement unknown. Budget reissue? Port? Later Marvel Comics deal? Who knows. | ||||
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74 |
Zolan Adventure |
1983 Softek |
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http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007219 |
List last updated: 11th August 2009, 3 games have had their status changed but STUPID Google Docs has decided to play funny buggers with Firefox now so they're not coloured in! Apologies for that.
Either way it brings the list down from 77 to 74 titles that I can trace to ACTUALLY being published by Softek/The Edge or any variation thereof. Added some notes and links to reviews/information on the games
and somehow by the grace of god managed to avoid adding a "Clone/Not Clone" column, tempting as it was.
Edge public statement: http://www.the--edge.com/edgegames/mobigame.htm
Total number of reissues in the list: 15 (listed in ### light blue)
Total number of titles coming soon: 5 (listed in ### canal street pink)
Total number of compilations: 3 (listed in ### dirty orange)
Utilities: 6 (number quite possibly larger than Tim has listed in his own personal softography) (listed in ### aqua-ish)
Total of games published in the recent past that we can find any evidence of (roughly the past 15 years): 1 (listed in ### yellow-y)
Out of total games published, titles I'm unable to verify but have included assuming good faith: 3
Entries I was unable to find details of Edge actually publishing: 2 (listed in ### naughty purple)
Actually, forget the colour coding as Google docs now completely refuses to let me change stuff.
Gratuitous pic of incorrect listing for Robotron. Pics or it didn't happen etc...