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.
1998 Krisalis / Psygnosis / Eidos Platform: PC Contributor Niklas Lindholm has been trying to solve a mystery about a football management game that would just disappear completely without a trace. Krisalis had already previously had released a title called … Continue reading →
Date unknown – Audiogenic Platforms: Unknown A short entry for now for a title flagged up by contributor Niklas Lindholm, which was a licenced game based on the legendary footballer Sir Stanley Matthews. The game was mentioned by Audiogenic’s Peter … Continue reading →
1979 Larry Rosenthal Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. The book … Continue reading →
2001 Mythos Games Platforms: PC and Sony PlayStation 2 By the creators of UFO: Enemy Unknown and being led by Julian Gollop, and was a 3D evolution of the previous X-COM strategy games produced by Mythos Games. The press at … Continue reading →
A short post to highlight two Amiga titles that never were (thanks to Karl Kuras) which were mentioned in the pages of Commodore User magazine. The Legend of Billy Boulder This title was actually due for release on PC and … Continue reading →
Pretty much the end of summer already and time of the month for another GTW64 update, with various updates and additions that were added over the past month. 2 new entries added Elite 2, The Spelling Bee 31 updates added … Continue reading →
1994 Renegade Platforms: PC and Acorn Archimedes A short entry for a title due for release by Renegade on the PC and Acorn Archimedes (thanks to Kevin Tilley for flagging this one up to cover). This was to be a … Continue reading →
1993 Thalamus Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC A short entry for a title due for release by Thalamus on the Amiga and PC late into the publisher’s life (thanks to Kevin Tilley for flagging this one up to cover). This … Continue reading →
1984 Atari Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. Check out our … Continue reading →
1978 Atari Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. The book contains … Continue reading →
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