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.
I’ve just seen this message from Gilby on World of Spectrum regarding the recently discovered discs: To date, the Spectrum Mega Twins disc has been successfully dumped, plus two Amstrad discs with Mega Twins on it… There are other proto … Continue reading →
A long lost and unreleased version of Indy Heat has been packaged up and released, but only 50 limited edition copies will be available. So if you want to grab a copy, then check out the Atari Age forums for … Continue reading →
Within only a week we have covered our hosting costs thanks to fantastic contributions from Brandon Cobb, Vinny Mainolfi and Jan Schulze. Thanks guys, your contributions were very humbling and helps keep things ticking over for us. As a result … Continue reading →
Two weeks ago, a posting was made to the World of Spectrum forum indicating that demo versions of the Amstrad CPC and Sinclair Spectrum versions of unreleased US Gold/Capcom game Mega Twins were being auctioned on eBay. The Amstrad version … Continue reading →
Retro Fusion have just reported on a previously unreleased version of Dragons Lair on the Genesis/Megadrive surfacing. Check out the video below. The game is set to be released very soon we are told. Original source: Retro fusion
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 unfortunately have to pay for hosting. If you would like … Continue reading →
1984 Mikro Gen Platform: BBC Micro Dave Moore from Retro Software has recently informed us of a long lost BBC micro conversion of Cruise Attack by Mikro Gen being found safe and well. This was sold to Dave Moore back … Continue reading →
In the climb in anticipation for the upcoming In Da 80s! event, Dave Moore (Of Stairway to Hell fame) and Peter Edwards have been very busy trying to encourage developers to come along and help create some new games! Well, … Continue reading →
What was first thought to be a lost and unreleased educational game on the Commodore 64, has been found safe and well thanks to the guys at the Personal Computer Museum. Chutes and Ladders has been on our missing list … Continue reading →
Retrocollect have just recently reported that the long lost Codemasters game, Dreamworld Pogie, has been released at long last. Basically Yolkfolk.com recently celebrated Dizzy’s 25th birthday by putting up a number of download treats, which also oddly included the source … Continue reading →
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