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.
Carl Muller did a fantastic job squeezing in Speedball 2 onto the Commodore 64 back in 1991. However, it was at a cost in various areas … and most notably was for some of the in-between screens. Commodore Format in … Continue reading →
Now for something which isn’t worth a full entry on the GTW64 site, but is worthy of a mention. Recently a prototype of System 3’s 1991 racer/shooter Turbocharge on the Commodore 64 has been uncovered by TMR/Cosine, originally preserved to … Continue reading →
Many thanks to Mark Jones for helping to recover more bits and pieces from the original Flood 2 write up!. This includes many designs and mockups, as well as an interview and some disk based materials! https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2010/09/28/flood-2-bullfrog-so-close-yet-so-far%E2%80%A6/ Enjoy!
Although a few weeks old news now, with the addition just now of some previously unseen development materials, we thought it would be worth mentioning news on the main site about the up and coming new development. That’s right, with … Continue reading →
After a few months offline, Games That Weren’t is back – with a slightly new lick of paint – though not too dissimilar to the old site. So what happened?… Unfortunately the hosting disappeared and bang went all our content. … Continue reading →
1986 Elite Platforms: ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 Dragons Lair was a technical marvel in the early 80s with its impressive Laser Disc technology. Elite jumped on the bandwagon with their licence of the popular cartoon series. Whereas Dragons … Continue reading →
1985 Ultimate Lunar Jetman was part of a huge classic genre on the Spectrum that spawned a few games by Ultimate featuring the Jetman character. The range of games however never quite made their way onto the C64. Spectrum users … Continue reading →
A big thanks to Paul Drury for flagging this up for GTW after a recent Retro Gamer magazine article with Larry DeMar. After Vid Kidz had delivered Stargate to Williams, Larry had begun working on a new project called “Conquest” … Continue reading →
1992 Bullfrog Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and PC Ah ‘Flood’… The memories had with this awesome Amiga game back in the day. With its groundbreaking speech effects throughout, Flood proved to be a big hit on the ST/Amiga back … Continue reading →
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