Author Archives: Alex Ross

About Alex Ross

I also blog on games at www.zombiesatemyxbox.com.

In unreleased game space…no one can hear Alien Trilogy scream. A Game That Wasn’t for the SEGA 32X.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Alex Ross
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Way back in 1994 the Doom-style Alien Trilogy was slated to come out across just about all platforms. It came out on the Playstation, PC and Sega Saturn back in 1995 but proposed 32X and Sega CD versions never materalised. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Unreleased Dizzy games on the Megadrive – So close yet so far?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Alex Ross
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The Dizzy series is legendary among ZX Spectrum enthusiasts and the series were released across most home computer systems in the 1980s. Less well known are the console versions, even though numerous games were released on the NES and Master … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Tech demos for Robocop and Gen 13 on the PS One available to download!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Alex Ross
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We’re pleased to announce that Games That Weren’t can offer exclusively offer two tech demos for download! The demos are games developer Realtime Associates submissions for the contracts for Robocop and Gen 13 on the Playstation. In the event they … Continue reading →

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Games That Weren’t Needs YOU! Unreleased Megadrive games need tracking down

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Alex Ross
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Despite our best efforts there are times when our searches for unreleased games prove fruitless. It is at times like this we publish what information we do have in the hope that one of our intrepid and fabulous readers takes … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Psygnosis’ F1 was a GTW port for the SEGA Saturn

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Alex Ross
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Very occasionally in the pursuit of a GTW you stumble upon other, previously unknown GTWs by happenstance. This happened to me recently as part of my ongoing investigation into the possibility of an Alien Trilogy port on the Sega 32X. … Continue reading →

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That was the Mega-CD Game That Wasn’t

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Alex Ross
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It’s time to finally lay the rumour to bed. There wasn’t a Mega CD version of the classic game, Cannon Fodder. The rumours have existed since the days of the Megadrive and have never really be confirmed or denied one … Continue reading →

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Two Games That Weren’t (and sadly never will be)

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Alex Ross
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Sadly not all Games That Werent’ investigations turn out successfully, and many times we find out about an unreleased or cancelled game only to find out that whatever work was done on it is also lost to the ether. I … Continue reading →

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Star Fleet 2 (GTW64 highlight)

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Alex Ross
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A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives Designed as the sequel to the highly thought of Star Fleet, Star Fleet II was aimed at being bigger, better and more complex than its already complex predecessor. Both were war simulation games … Continue reading →

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Zorakk The Conqueror (GTW64 highlight)

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Alex Ross
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A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives Icon Software – 1984 What is it with fantasy games from the 1980s and the letter Z? So many characters, particularly in American fantasy (so it seemed to me) start with the letter … Continue reading →

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Pirates of the Ocean (GTW64 highlight)

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Alex Ross
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A highlighted review from the http://www.gtw64.co.uk archives 1987 Kele Line Games Pirates of the Ocean was one of four games slated for release by Kele Line in 1987, alongside Force of the Vulcan, that never made it to release. The … Continue reading →

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