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Force of Four was a cheeky Gauntlet clone which was being coded by Wayne Beckett for Alternative Software (Who also produced Space Rider).
GTW found out about the game thanks to Craig Kelsall who saw the title being developed whilst working on an earlier version of Future Bike for Alternative (Which later got completed at Hi-Tec, probably due to Dave Palmer moving and setting up that company).
However, although the game was coming on well, it never surfaced. We're not entirely sure at this early stage why - possibly it was for the simple fact that it was a Gauntlet clone, but also could have been that Wayne was pulled onto another project when he later did work for Hi-Tec software. As far as we know, there was no Spectrum/Amstrad versions and various sites seem to indicate that nothing existed at all. It could have been a C64 specific development though.
We have a couple of leads to hopefully get in touch with Wayne and talk to him some more about the conversion and see how far it got, if anything survived etc. Early days, but maybe there is a full game to be found?
Can
you help with this one?
Frank.
(Additional
source credits - Craig Kelsall) |
