The Commodore Amiga community may have just witnessed a piece of digital history resurface: a seemingly unpreserved shoot 'em up titled Xeno Genesis by Demantoid Productions. Published by Danish PD/Shareware distributor Cat Computer Club, but screenshots shows the original publisher was meant to be Microvalue. While helping his brother clear out his loft, a user discovered a box of old Amiga disks. Among the common titles was this mystery game, which—despite the harsh storage conditions of the last 20+ years—successfully booted on the first try after a quick cleaning to remove dust and a stray spider leg.
Initial searches on definitive databases like the Hall of Light (HOL) and Lemon Amiga have yielded zero results for this title or the three developers listed on the disk. While it could have been a polished homebrew release or a forgotten demo, the production quality suggests it was intended as a serious release. The game has now been preserved as an ADF (Amiga Disk File) using WinUAE, ensuring this potential "one-of-a-kind" copy survives. Do you have any leads on Demantoid Productions, or do you remember seeing this game in a PD (Public Domain) library back in the day?
Hopefully we see a download link and video soon, but before then check it out below!
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It's crazy to think how many more games and software got lost like this and how much more stuff was never preserved.
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