Thalamus - Unreleased Amiga games.

[Adrian Browne]

Were any subsequently released?
From the wiki:



The Search for Sharla (1990, Spectrum, C64, Amiga)
Delta Patrol (1992, Amiga)
Arsenal FC (1992, Amiga)
Beastmaster (1992, Amiga)
Nobby the Aardvark (1992, Amiga)
Street Warriors (1993, Amiga)
Restrictor (1993, Amiga)

I think Iv'e seen a video of mag pics for beastmaster on youtube.

I always liked Thalamus- the name and art style mostly. I dont think i ever bought a single Thalamus game- I played the armalyte demo to death though.

[s2325]

I think Beast Master [ Show youtube player ] was released as Beastlord http://hol.abime.net/85

[Predseda]

Nobby: http://www.abime.net/games/view/game/id/2417

[DrBong]

Originally Posted by s2325

I think Beast Master [ Show youtube player ] was released as Beastlord http://hol.abime.net/85

Yes, and Arsenal F.C., Nobby the Aardvark (reviewed/completed but, sadly, never made it to market like the C64 version did) and S.U.B. only had demos/previews released before Thalamus went into receivership in 1993.

http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?...unreleased=yes

Delta Patrol (Amiga version of C64 game Delta??), Street Warriors and the other games mentioned by Adrian presumably were either too early on in development for demos to have been released or, as in the case of The Search for Sharla, had been scrapped well before Thalamus' demise. Fortunately, Summer Camp and Winter Camp were licensed out to Black Legend and released on the Amiga in '93 before Thalamus disappeared for good.

[Adrian Browne]

Originally Posted by s2325

I think Beast Master [ Show youtube player ] was released as Beastlord http://hol.abime.net/85

I see, so it got released. Reviews of it were low scoring it seems except for the one amiga- but they could be soft on games.

[Adrian Browne]

Originally Posted by Predseda

Nobby: http://www.abime.net/games/view/game/id/2417

Thanks- reading it now.

[s2325]

I think it's too easy to lost, wander and fight without purpose. Game is very long as you can see on YouTube longplay.

[DrBong]

Originally Posted by DrBong

The Search for Sharla, had been scrapped well before Thalamus' demise.

Apparently this one was, indeed, scrapped on all formats......because the development company (Esprit) ran into financial difficulties and couldn't pay their coders. Thalamus ultimately pulled the plug, though, as the game ran way over time and budget.

Interestingly, the former head-honcho of Esprit Software Lance Mason reckons he still has an Amiga demo too. I wonder if aGTW has been in contact with him......

http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/search-for-sharla/

Originally Posted by Adrian Browne

Street Warriors (1993, Amiga)
Restrictor (1993, Amiga)

Given the time frame, looks like Street Warriors was a beat-em 'up being developed in France for the Atari Falcon too (see HERE). Nothing more heard after that from what I can tell.

Also Restrictor was supposedly being developed by Tiertex (or was it Arc?), but yep Thalamus' demise put paid to the release. Probably no big loss if Tiertex was involved in the development, though!

http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/restrictor/

http://www.c64.com/interviews/underhill.html

http://amr.abime.net/review_43391

[Sandro]

I have beem playing Nobby the Aardvark there is no music or sfx but is a fantastic platformer is a pity was never completed because it had been one of the best

[ImmortalA1000]

Originally Posted by Sandro

I have beem playing Nobby the Aardvark there is no music or sfx but is a fantastic platformer is a pity was never completed because it had been one of the best

Even on the C64 there is only one tune and if you turn the music off there is no sound effects at all hmmmm.

[Radertified]

Another unreleased Thalamus game was going to be a port of the C64 classic, Creatures 2.

[Crashdisk]

About Arsenal FC, a (practically) playable demo will soon be integrated into TOSEC

[Adrian Browne]

Originally Posted by Crashdisk

About Arsenal FC, a (practically) playable demo will soon be integrated into TOSEC

Cool!