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.
2000 Quantic Dream Platform: Dreamcast A short post on a cancelled Dreamcast adventure game that was in development by Quantic Dream back in 2000, following on from their Omikron development. Below is a magazine article and several screenshots from the … Continue reading →
1991 U.S. Gold Platforms: Atari Lynx and Atari Panther As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. It was … Continue reading →
Thanks to Ken Knight for bringing it to our attention that the long lost Mega Drive conversion of Mad Stalker: Full Metal Forth has recently been released by independent publisher Columbus Circle, some 26 years after it was intended originally. … Continue reading →
1988 Canvas Software / U.S Gold Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore 64 As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding additional assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus … Continue reading →
1992 Atari Games Platform: Atari Lynx As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. Within the book is … Continue reading →
1989 Llamasoft Platform: Konix Multi-System As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. Within the book … Continue reading →
2006 Core Design Platform: PlayStation Portable Just a short post for now to share details of Core Design’s cancelled version of Tomb Raider Anniversary (thanks to Ken Knight for the heads up). To summarize, for the 10th anniversary – Core … Continue reading →
1993 TCFS Platform: Commodore Plus/4 Back when Lemmings was being converted to every platform under the sun, the poor old Plus/4 was being neglected, having long been abandoned commercially. That however didn’t stop Tamás Sasvári (code) and Csaba Kémeri (graphics) … Continue reading →
1986 Elite Systems Platforms: Commodore 16 and Plus/4 This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. As a result, please note that it hasn’t been professionally proof read … Continue reading →
Nintendo Life have published a chapter from The Games That Weren’t book, which takes a look at the unreleased Virtual Tank game by Boss Game Studio. As well as talking to the developers involved in the game, there are screenshots … Continue reading →
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