Monthly Archives: June 2026

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Raiden

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Posted: , last updated: by Frank Gasking

Few arcade shoot-em-ups made as much of an impact in the early 1990s as Seibu Kaihatsu’s Raiden. First released into arcades in 1990, the vertically scrolling shooter quickly became a huge hit thanks to its fast action, varied weaponry and relentless challenge. Players took control of the Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter in a desperate battle against an invading alien force, blasting through waves of enemies whilst collecting weapon upgrades and avoiding an overwhelming barrage of bullets.

The success of the arcade game saw Raiden converted to a wide range of platforms over the following years, including the PC Engine, Mega Drive, SNES, FM Towns, DOS, Atari Jaguar and many others. However, two planned computer conversions would ultimately fail to make it onto shop shelves. Continue reading →

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Lost C64 games and protos – June 2026 (GTW64)

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Posted: by Frank Gasking

A huge digest update to the Commodore 64 archive this month with some major recoveries for you that you may have missed.

1) Arcade Wizzard (U.S. Gold) found at last!

2) Full Void game recovered and added to the archives

3) Aussie Games (Australian release) prototype added

4) Two early obscure titles (including one earlier prototype) preserved

5) 3 more new entries added: Bad Max, Danger – High Surf, Zorro

6) 14 updates added: City Warriors, Dungeons and Magic, Hagar The Horrible, International Karate V1, Mindbending Aliens From Hyperspace, Nimitz, Ninjanimal, Parasol Stars, The Sanctuary, Thunder Light, Trazers, Tycoon Tex, Universal Military Simulator, Virus

Might be a bit quieter next month, but we’ll see. We’ll see you again next month for the next digest! Continue reading →

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The Three Stooges

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Posted: by Cameron Jennings

The Three Stooges was a minigame collection that was developed by Incredible Technologies and published by Cinemaware starring the titular Stooges, Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard, with the aforementioned minigames being based off of the short films starring the Stooges (e.g. the Punch Drunks boxing minigame).

The main plotline involves the Stooges trying to find ways to raise money for an orphanage to prevent the evil banker (modelled off the creator of the Stooges, Ted Healy) from foreclosing it. Continue reading →

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The Acrobat

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Posted: by Frank Gasking

The Acrobat is an intriguing unreleased adventure game, developed by Simon Price and Mike Lewis as a 16-bit evolution of the comics-based adventure system previously used for the likes of Red Hawk and Kwah!

The preservation of The Acrobat has been in collaboration with Richard Hewison as part of the launch of Richard’s new Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software book Kickstarter, following on from his superb Firebird book. If you love gaming history and preservation, please take a look and consider supporting it:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zzap642021annual/memories-of-rainbird-and-beyond-software Continue reading →

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Leisure LINCware

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Posted: , last updated: by Frank Gasking

Leisure LINC went online as a Tymnet/Telenet-hosted service in September 1986, offering game matchmaking, news, member chat and mail. It was especially known for its chess focus, including an official partnership with the U.S. Chess Federation, but it also supported other classic games such as checkers and backgammon.

What helped set it apart from similar services was the dedicated client software, LINCware, which was intended to give users a more graphical experience. It apparently had a lot in common with QuantumLink, even if the audience and direction were a little different. Continue reading →

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Three Big Commodore 64 recoveries

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Posted: by Frank Gasking

A lovely surprise for the weekend for you all! Today we are very pleased to add not one, but three significant Commodore 64 recoveries to the archives thanks to former Beam Software developer Tony Smales.

First up is Arcade Wizzard, a long-lost U.S. Gold pinball game that GTW has been trying to solve for over 22 years. Thanks to Tony, we can finally confirm its Beam Software origins and present a playable prototype.

Joining it is an Australian prototype of Aussie Games, containing a number of interesting differences from the released editions, plus Tony’s own unreleased game Void – a complete commercial title that sadly fell victim to publishing changes before release. Continue reading →

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EPT

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Posted: by Frank Gasking

Something very special for you today at Games That Weren’t, with further long lost prototypes of Rainbird’s EPT added to the archives (a single prototype has been out there for a while already), specifically the Atari ST edition. This is a lost space exploration game where a huge amount of the intended design has thankfully survived through documentation and various builds.

Thanks to the generosity of Ricardo Pinto and preservation work by Richard Hewison, alongside prototypes, we have been able to piece together what was planned for this ambitious space opera, along with detailed documentation files that you can read for yourself.

Today’s addition into the archive has been made to coincide with the launch of the new Kickstarter for the Rainbird History book written by Richard Hewison (which contains the full story about EPT). This is a follow-up to Richard’s amazing Firebird book, and which is looking just as good, if not better. Please check out the Kickstarter page for more details and please pledge your support if you can!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zzap642021annual/memories-of-rainbird-and-beyond-software Continue reading →

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Gravitor Game (Atari) Preserved

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Posted: by Frank Gasking

Bertrand / AtariMania has once again highlighted an interesting preservation release, this time with the recovery of Gravitor, a 1984 Atari 8-bit shoot’em up developed by Alan Kramer and published by Comax Software.

The game was discovered by John Hardie amongst a collection of disks that included a letter sent to First Star Software for evaluation. After tracking down Alan Kramer, additional materials were obtained, including the original packaging, manual and a written account covering the game’s history. Continue reading →

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