Two Long Lost Commodore PET Adventures Recovered After 45 Years

The original Commodore PET editions of Brian Cotton’s Catacombs and Goblin Towers, published by Supersoft back in 1981, have been recovered after being considered lost for around 45 years thanks to Marcel Lansing. Until now, only later Commodore 64 releases of the games were known to survive. The original PET versions were believed lost until Colin Haynes came forward with his original disks, allowing them to be carefully preserved using original Commodore hardware. As well as imaging the disks, Marcel also investigated the clever protection system built into Catacombs, which was designed not to prevent copying, but to stop players listing the BASIC source and cheating their way through the adventure. Just goes to show that you never know what might still be sitting in a collection waiting to be rediscovered. You can read the full story, download the recovered games and watch Marcel’s excellent documentary here: https://www.commodoregames.net/catacombs.asp