Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Thanks to Hein Holt for passing on his impressive vertical scroller – Red Baron 3000. Started in 2007, but sadly was never to be. Read more over at https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/red-baron-3000/
Thanks to Paul Clansey, we have fully preserved two of his unfinished games in the form of RPG game Freebooter and ambitious Elite style sim Exodus. Hoping for Paul to share more soon about how they both work, but check … Continue reading
Sorry it’s been a while! Currently working on other projects, but GTW64 has been ticking over in the background – and since our last major update – the following has been added and updated below. Also, yesterday was a year … Continue reading
A massive thank you to Tom Roger Skauen, who passed on a copy of this very obscure and rare sample release of Dragon’s Lair – which he fully preserved in TAP format. Tom cannot remember how he obtained the game, … Continue reading
The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment have yesterday made Habitat Open Source, by releasing all of the code on GitHub. Work has been going on since 2013 to try and preserve everything, and now the goal is to try … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t is a freely ran project, 100% non-profitable and done in our own free time. To ensure minimum downtime, storing vast amounts of scans, downloads and information we have to pay for our hosting. UPDATE! – We have … Continue reading
Been a while, but here is a new update with a brand new game release, and a digest of updates that have happened since the 27th February. Evil Garden fully recovered and released today Thanks to Lenny Bronstein for highlighting … Continue reading
Thanks to contributor RVO for the heads up about a couple of Amiga game concepts being posted and spotted online on Pinterest. In total, 3 very cool looking concepts in the shape of “Magic”, “Mystic Dream” and “Venturer”. A shame … Continue reading
Some great news, but John Darnell (developer of the Kane series, Jet Set Willy 2, Dragon’s Lair and many others) has decided to resurrect his long lost Sleepwalker game that was originally meant for Software Projects. The game was in … Continue reading
Thanks to ‘Lifeschool’ for the heads up, where Mark Sibly gave a quick interview to talk about Gloom. Another contributor on the forum gave details of an Australian game in development called “Stop Saddam”.
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