Proprietor of Games That Weren't—a digital archive dedicated to unreleased and cancelled video games, founded in 1999. A passionate software preservationist, contributing to various projects, particularly for the Commodore 64. By day, working as a software/web developer.
1994 Mindcraft Platform: PC DOS A short entry for a title called Dominion, due for release by Mindcraft and highlighted by Andreas Wirooks and spotted in various upcoming text files in Mindcraft’s other games. A description for the game was … Continue reading →
1993 Mindcraft Platform: PC DOS A short entry for a title called Gryphon Masters, due for release by Mindcraft and highlighted by Andreas Wirooks and spotted in various upcoming text files in Mindcraft’s other games. A description for the game … Continue reading →
1991 Expose Software / Synchron Assembly Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Eutanasia is a vertical shoot-’em-up that was being created by Synchron Assembly, the Swedish demomakers who wrote Audio Sculpture. It was due to be released under the Expose … Continue reading →
1994 Paramount Interactive / Tachyon Platforms: PC and Apple Mac A tragic loss for fans of Star Trek, with this intriguing point and click adventure game called Deep Space Nine: The Hunt. The game was due out back in 1994 … Continue reading →
1993 Electronic Arts Platforms: Commodore Amiga, SEG A Mega Drive and MS DOS Also known as: Kult of Speed Cult of Speed was to be a new Games Workshop licence from Electronic Arts for Amiga and PC, after the success … Continue reading →
It’s a new year and our first Games That Weren’t Commodore 64 digest update. We have 6 brand new entries into the archive, including a lost Robin Hood game and what seems to be a lost Ocean game too (but … Continue reading →
Bertrand / Atarimania.com has been doing some amazing work recently, now recovering a large number of General Masters Corporation games for the Atari 8 bit platform. There’s a thread here over at AtariAge with more details and links: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/379007-general-masters-corporation NOTE … Continue reading →
A great article has been published regarding the unreleased Jack The Ripper for Amiga and with mock-ups for an abandoned online version for PC. Thanks to https://mastodon.world/@mr_creosote@dosgame.club for sharing. https://goodolddays.net/en/game/Jack-the-Ripper/ Any new info or snippets, we’ll add to the gallery … Continue reading →
1990 New Deal Productions Platform: Commodore Amiga Darkland is a very neat looking action game that was in production for the Commodore Amiga back in 1990 by New Deal Productions. It seems the company released a few titles, but then … Continue reading →
1986 Jens and Mattias Thorsen Platform: Sinclair QL Our first ever Sinclair QL title into the unreleased games archive which is Games That Weren’t, and thanks to Anonymous Contributor for the heads up. Much of the following is based from … Continue reading →
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