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.
199? Unknown Platform: Atari 400/800/XE Our next entry in the archives is for the Atari 8-bit home computer platform, and is the early start of a fairly impressive conversion of Delphine’s Another World – though not by Delphine! It is … Continue reading →
2006 Unknown Platform: Mobile J2ME A short entry for a Java Platform mobile de-make of Outrun 2006, a sequel to the classic SEGA game from 1986. In 2024, ex-Ocean Software artist Bill Harbison would provide Games That Weren’t with a … Continue reading →
1989-1995 SideFX/Kimera Studios Platform: Commodore Amiga Our next title has come under various names over the years, Sergei, Sergei – the showdown and Sergei and the Isle of Belphegor. It sounds like a trio of games, but this was just … Continue reading →
1994 Inter Zone Platform: DOS Our next short entry is for a strange psychedelic shooter for DOS that was due for release from a German company called Inter Zone. The only evidence of the game we have found so far … Continue reading →
1992 Dinamic Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Very short entry for now until we get more details, though it has been revealed thanks to JazzGhostrider and Lemon64 forum member ricky006 that by completing Arctic Moves on the … Continue reading →
1984 Archer Maclean Platform: Atari 400/800 As our preservation work continues with the late Archer Maclean’s disks, we take a look at something a little different and unexpected that was found within his Atari 8-bit formatted disks. After developing his … Continue reading →
1984 Simon Freeman and David Hayhoe Platform: ZX Spectrum 48k Our next entry is an interesting Popeye clone that was produced for the ZX Spectrum back in 1984. It was discovered on a set of tapes at Ocean by Mark … Continue reading →
1994 Core Design Platform: SEGA Game Gear Trunkski (sometimes misspelled as Trunski) was announced by Core Design as a new Game Gear title at the same time they were due to become their very own publisher. The title was a … Continue reading →
As we near the middle of 2024, work continues in the Commodore 64 archive of Games That Weren’t, with more new entries added and also 23 titles updated in total. Much more on the way too for next month! (Apologies … Continue reading →
1990 Atari / Epyx Platform: Atari Lynx A very short entry for a title that has been flagged up by Ross Sillifant and mentioned by RJ Mical in an old Atari Lynx interview back in Electronic Gaming Monthly (issue 4). … Continue reading →
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