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.
1993 HeartBeat Corporation Platform: SEGA Mega Drive Outworld 2375 AD is a racing game that was in development for the SEGA Mega Drive in 1993 as a title for use with a Heartbeat Catalyst device (a body-mounted fitness sensor) that … Continue reading →
1989 Kingsoft Platform: Commodore Amiga A short entry for what looks like a superb little Galaga clone with a load of extra bells and whistles taking advantage of Amiga hardware. Just a small preview seems to have featured within a … Continue reading →
1995 Psygnosis Platform: PC Just over ten years after its original release on the ZX Spectrum, Psygnosis planned to release an update to the classic adventure game for PC users back in 1995. The gameplay would consist of hand-to-hand combat, … Continue reading →
1993 Daniel Cook Platform: PC Inspired by the release of Dune 2 in 1992, artist Daniel Cook started creating his own RTS game design for a title called Hard Vacuum – intended for 386 and 486 computers of the time. … Continue reading →
Time has come round quickly once more, with our yearly Christmas update – and as always, we have something for you in the shape of a previously unseen and unreleased C64 game (lost for 38 years), some recovered C128 titles … Continue reading →
A little Christmas 2022 bonus thanks to Csaba Virag, who has found two BASIC German C128 titles that don’t seem to have yet been preserved. B-1 Bomber and Spukschloss. C128 games are hard to find, and although these are probably … Continue reading →
1992 Gremlin Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST A short entry for a title that was due to be a Ninja-themed version of Hero Quest, building upon the successful Gremlin adaptation of the board game. Mentioned in the news pages of … Continue reading →
1993 Ocean Software Platform: Commodore Amiga A second Addams Family game from Ocean Software that would be based on the cartoon series that had just been created. News of this development was reported very briefly in the news pages of … Continue reading →
1992 Mindscape Platform: Commodore Amiga Released on Super Nintendo and SEGA Mega Drive, Outlander was also once due for release on the Commodore Amiga too by Mindscape in 1992. The game is described by our very own Karl Kuras as … Continue reading →
1992 Sandy White Platform: Commodore Amiga Back in late 1991, Commodore User magazine reported that Sandy White was back on the scene and working on a plan to bring back Ant Attack as a new spruced up title for the … Continue reading →
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