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.
1998 Simtex / Speedworks / Europress Platforms: PC, Sony PlayStation and Arcade XLR8 was a futuristic bike racing game, where you race through the likes of volcanic deserts and ancient prehistoric looking rainforests. The game was due to be released … Continue reading →
A quick unused materials post today, where The Sarge recently released an unused Rubicon loading screen for the Commodore 64 via their Fairlight Demo called The Demo Coder. With thanks to Jazzcat for flagging up!
A smaller update this month, but our next and last update of 2024 should hopefully be a lot bigger. See you then! ;-) 2 new entries added Roadwars V2, The Scarlet Pimpernel 11 updates added Allaxmax, Around the World in 80 Days, Charlie … Continue reading →
2006 Relic Entertainment Platform: Mobile J2ME A short entry for a Java Platform mobile conversion of a classic real-time strategy game that many of us have lost hours to over the years – including myself on PC over multiplayer. It … Continue reading →
1993 U.S. Gold Platform: Amstrad CPC Our next entry into the archives is one which has tormented Amstrad CPC users for many many years. But were they then perhaps saved from the lack of a Street Fighter 2 conversion? Back … Continue reading →
1983 Spectrum Games Platforms: ZX Spectrum, ZX81, Commodore VIC-20 Our next entry into the archives is a collective one for a number of currently missing Spectrum Games titles that were advertised around 1983 time for the likes of the ZX … Continue reading →
Not technically a Game That Wasn’t, but a lovely story from Ready64, where Modulus on the Commodore 64 was released with content missing, so it was not possible to complete. One of the coders Ivan Del Duca has now restored … Continue reading →
Back in the days before SEGA’s trusty blue mascot appeared on the scene, the company would licence its various games to the likes of Activision, and U.S. Gold – resulting in conversions of Afterburner, Outrun and many more for home computers of the time. Continue reading →
2021 System 3 Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 International Karate and IK+ are two titles which helped to really put System 3 on the map, along with of course the Last Ninja series. Archer Maclean did a superb job … Continue reading →
1996-2018 System 3 Platforms: PC, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PSX, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 + others Also known as: “The Last Ninja – Return to Lin Fen Island” When you think of System 3, The Last Ninja series probably comes … Continue reading →
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