Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
We have one last surprise update for 2017, including a preview of an extremely promising game which could still hopefully be finished and taken out of GTW64. The coder still open to help and suggestions for continuing – can you … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year again, when we dig out some more findings to present for a large Christmas update. Apologies for the slowness of updates this year, but another project has taken priority of late. I hope this … Continue reading
Sorry for the lack of updates recently everyone – i’ve been really swamped on another project recently, but we have been preparing for our annual Christmas update, where we have a few bits and pieces for you as well as … Continue reading
Not quite unreleased news, but an improved A06 version of The Quill and Illustrator for the Commodore 64 has recently been preserved, after it being realised that it hadn’t yet been done. Version A05 has been around for a long … Continue reading
Had another few more bits and pieces come through over the past week or so – so here is another digest of recent updates – including two new full games (Equinox + Soda Shop) that were recovered by Peepo, Tom … Continue reading
Second update of the year with two new previews added to the site: Escape from London remains added An adventure game due for release for 2013 has now been added in what could be its final state. Full story about … Continue reading
Just a quick post to put back up the Alligata Master disks and Maniacs of Noise SFX files that we had on the old site. It seemed a shame they were tucked away out of sight – so here they … Continue reading
First update of 2017, and a few new goodies for you to check out already. More to come soon we hope. Two unreleased games found Two more final findings on Ashley Routledge’s C64 disks, this time on the Compunet download … Continue reading
Our 2000th GTW64 entry added! Many thanks to you all for your support and contributions over the years. Thanks to you, we have reached a milestone today with our 2000th GTW64 entry into the archive. To celebrate we are proud … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t has been running for almost 20 years now, with its first on-line presence appearing way back in early 1999. After years of research and preservation work done in our spare time, we are now about to mark … Continue reading
It seems like Commodore User magazine were a little naughty with their Nemesis review back in the 80’s. Featuring screenshots from what seem to be an earlier version of the game – just look at the brown/orange score panels, which … Continue reading
Thanks to Martin/Stadium 64 – Emlyn Hughes was reviewed/previewed with very different panel graphics, which you can see below: Was there maybe other differences tucked away that were never used in the final version?
A rather different early preview of Bugs Bunny – Private Detective has been found on Ash and Dave’s work disks recently. This was done around 1991 time, and seems to have undergone some major changes that led up to the … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that the long lost C64 conversion of Charlie Chaplin has been recovered in its final state. A mystery for many years, after the release of the Amstrad, Spectrum and PC versions – the full story … Continue reading
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
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