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.
Well, after a bit of a break there was quite some backlog to clear. Thank you for all the submissions and also kind words about my Dad. This month we have a slightly larger GTW64 update with the following below … Continue reading →
A short post to highlight an early Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) screen that was shown in ACE magazine issue 27 on page 110. Here you can see a screenshot with a different dashboard, without text and as Anonymous Contributor suggests, perhaps … Continue reading →
199? Mark Zuckerberg Platform: Atari 400/800 Something a little bit different, highlighted thanks to Bertrand / Atari Mania. This was an early utility that was created by Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook/Meta fame. It was a communications/radio/electronics utility which may have … Continue reading →
1985 Protocom Platform: Atari 400/800 Apologies to Bertrand / Atari Mania, we’re a little late reporting news of this finding that was made back in March by Philsan / Filippo Santellocco. In 1985 Raph Koster programmed his first ever game … Continue reading →
1992 SEGA Platform: SEGA Mega Drive MetalMorphis was to be an off road racing game with a difference, where you would compete in the ultimate rally sport on the SEGA Mega Drive. The game came to light after Original Video … Continue reading →
1983 Eastern Micro Electronics Platform: Arcade Our next title Dinosaurs is entered into the archives, but was seemingly released in very limited numbers, and therefore is still at large. Currently you cannot play the game in the likes of MAME, … Continue reading →
1986 Martech Platforms: Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum This is a short stub entry for now which is thanks to Patrick Furlong. At the end of the first game on the ZX Spectrum, there is mention of a Zoids 2 … Continue reading →
1992 Grandslam Platform: SEGA Master System By the early 1990s, games based on movies were extremely popular – but there were a *lot* of duff titles in the mix. Die Hard 2 could well be considered to be among that … Continue reading →
Apologies all – its a very small GTW64 update this month, as my Dad sadly passed away at the beginning of the month. As a result, i’ve been busy making funeral arrangements and sorting out bits and pieces. Normal service … Continue reading →
2006 Unknown Platform: Mobile J2ME A short entry for a Java Platform mobile de-make of Rogue Trooper, 3rd person shooter game that was released on many platforms of the time in 2006. The game of course was based upon the … Continue reading →
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