Joe the Monkey

1990 Ubi Soft Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Joe the Monkey is one of many projects that were in development and cancelled by Ubi Soft around this time. Thanks to Hoagie, we learn that the game has you … Continue reading
Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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1990 Ubi Soft Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Joe the Monkey is one of many projects that were in development and cancelled by Ubi Soft around this time. Thanks to Hoagie, we learn that the game has you … Continue reading

Right under our noses all along! The long “lost” Commodore 64 Codemasters game Magnum Force has finally been fully preserved today thanks to Nostalgia, after being hidden on the Codemasters CD compilation and undetected for over 30 years. Check it … Continue reading

Our second update of the year has more Commodore 64 goodness in the form of 7 new entries and 11 pre-existing entries updated (check ‘history’ tab for details of changes). See you next month! 7 new entries added Dino Time, Hårsfjärden, Mickey’s … Continue reading

Just had the most fantastic weekend at Retro Collective with my wife, Tasha, giving a talk on Games That Weren’t and the digital preservation of unreleased games over the past 25 years or so. A huge thank you to Neil … Continue reading

1993 Scangames (Scandinavian Games) Platform: Commodore Amiga Also known as: Seven gates of hell After a less than perfect experience with the development/release of Fuzzball on the Amiga, artist Tomas Dahlgren returned to Sweden, determined to create the perfect arcade … Continue reading

Thanks to Adam Markey for highlighting a conversions call from Codemasters in April 1987, we’ve created a set of new entries for ZX Spectrum, Atari 800, MSX and Commodore 16/Plus 4: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/02/armourdillo/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/02/ghost-hunters/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/02/grand-prix-simulator/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/02/pro-snooker-simulator/
1987 Codemasters Platform: Commodore 16/Plus 4 A very short entry for a Commodore 16/Plus 4 conversion of Pro Snooker Simulator that is currently missing. The question is, was it ever started? The game was released on the Commodore 64. Popular … Continue reading
1987 Codemasters Platform: Commodore 16/Plus 4 A very short entry for a Commodore 16/Plus 4 conversion of Grand Prix Simulator that is currently missing. The question is, was it ever started? The game was released on the Commodore 64. Popular … Continue reading
1987 Codemasters Platforms: Atari 800 and MSX A very short entry for an Atari 800 and MSX conversion of Ghost Hunters that is currently missing. The question is, were either ever started? The game was released on the Commodore 64 … Continue reading
1987 Codemasters Platform: ZX Spectrum A very short entry for a ZX Spectrum conversion of Armourdillo that is currently missing. The question is, was it ever started? The game was released on the Commodore 64. Popular Computing Weekly, and probably … Continue reading
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