Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
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”.
Before and since the recovery of the infamous Sigue Sigue Sputnik from oblivion, we wanted to always learn more about the game via its creator, Tony (Gibbo) Gibson. Attempts had been in vain though sadly. Mark Harrison popped up early … Continue reading
Thanks to Ross Sillifant, Simon Butler sheds some light on a lost Arc Developments ST game: Ross: So, Simon, what could you tell us about various ARC Development titles on ST/AMIGA you were a key part of? Simon: Blimey I’d … 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 unfortunately have to pay for hosting. If you would like … Continue reading
In 1990, Codemasters announced the CD Games Pack – a compilation for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Sinclair Spectrum with 30 games which would be read from a stereo CD player via a lead that plugged into the headphone … Continue reading
An amazing update on the recent discovery of the Last Ninja 2 disks for the Konix Multi-system. One disk has been read so far, and the results have been very positive – with the game being now emulated and running! … Continue reading
Some amazing news through today from Mark Campbell (who runs the fantastic Konix Multisystem site), that a copy of Last Ninja 2 on the Konix Multisystem has been found by an ex-developer at Attention to Detail, Jon Steele. It is … Continue reading
Another GTW64 update for the (far too) hot month of July, including: 5 new Karl Hornell entries added Chopperman, Clod Jumper, Commodore Juicer, Hex-Bert, Qrazy Qber 3 updates also added Bushido Warrior, Chainsaw Warrior, Nighthunter
First GTW64 update for July, which includes the following Zone of Darkness level assets recovered Zone Of Darkness 2 new entries added Body Slam, Circus Circus 7 updates added Arsenal FC, Brides Of Dracula, Heavy Barrel, Rex, The Rocky Horror … Continue reading
Over the last week, various prototypes have been saved from a bunch of disks which were found by Mark R Jones, which include the following (clickable links to Atari Mania pages): Starquake 2 (Unreleased) Version 1.3.1992 Version 19.3.1992 Caspar The … Continue reading
GTW recently helped online games journalist Larry Bundy Jr with research and information on the Thundercats game series by Elite, including the two unreleased titles. And the final result has been published last week. Here it is, enjoy!
A huge thank you to Christina Burroughs for her kind contribution to our gamesthatwerent.com domain costs for this year! This now concludes our donations for 2014, so many thanks to everyone who donated!
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
A quick GTW64 update from us to present the first piece of Search For Sharla seen for over 20 years in the shape of the end sequence, thanks to the work of Andy Roberts and Vinny Mainolfi. In addition to … Continue reading
The latest issue of the free C64 fanzine, RESET has been released, which features a full GTW article on System 3’s Fuzzball game. Check out the magazine and download here: http://reset.cbm8bit.com/?dir=issue3
Keeping up the updates for March, we have the following updates for you: 1 new entry added Droidz 6 updates added Flight Deck 2, Heebie Jeebies, Lusitania, Mega Twins, Orcus, Viking Child
I’ve been chatting to two guys called Simon and Ekkehard, who used to develop a lot of Vic 20 games back in the day. In recent times, they had tried to recover their long lost work – but were having … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that Games That Weren’t will have a display at Play Blackpool this 3rd and 4th May. In collaboration with Andy Brown of Replay Events, we have helped pick a number of games for various consoles … Continue reading
Our first update for 2014 includes the following: 2 new entries added Toki V1, Yie Ar Kung Fu V1 8 updates added See the “Updates made” link at the top of each page for what has changed. Ballfever, Bugs Bunny, … Continue reading
A huge surprise for Amiga fans today, as System 3 have released the Amiga version of Putty Squad after being missing for almost 20 years and to mark the release of the Playstation release. The game has been preserved thanks … Continue reading
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