Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Something I was beginning to think I would never get to say! Just over 18 years worth of searching for Games That Weren’t – we are very proud to to present the fully recovered “Daffy Duck – And The Great … Continue reading
A short post thanks to contributor Daniel Meléndez, who spotted Daley Thompson playing a slightly different looking Daley Thompson’s Decathlon game on the Commodore 64: Not massive differences it has to be said, apart from the panel boards and the … Continue reading
Just a very short post to host some demo/hack disks that I found in Level Up games in Canterbury on some old C64 disks. They seem to be credited to a Derick Boorman who lived in Kent and hacked around … 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?
Recently had the pleasure of chatting with the lovely Wayne Goodchild at eneba.com about retro games, preservation, and current developments (beyond just Games That Weren’t). Continue reading
A huge thanks is required for Duncan Kershaw, who was recently clearing out and found a bunch of design docs and odds and ends. Rather than dump them, he very kindly asked us if we’d be up for scanning and … Continue reading
Something a little bit different, but thanks to Duncan Kershaw – we are able to show you a little glimpse of a level and a bad guy which was never used in the final release of DJ Puff. The charset … Continue reading
Thanks to some recent contributions, the following titles have been updated. And now after a feature request, you can now view an update log to see exactly what has changed. This can be found near the top of the review. … 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
A very quick update tonight on GTW64 with some info from Gary Mays on Swords and Sorcery and also the release of a very early isometric prototype from Lynsoft called Cops and Robbers (Working title we believe): Check out at … Continue reading
Thanks to Andrew Braybrook, rare prototype Paradroid screens on the Commodore 64 (including early unused “fishbone” designs) were preserved for the excellent Graftgold book by Retro Fusion Books. Many didn’t make it inside, but thanks to Ste Day, here is … Continue reading
A few quick early screens that have been spotted by Martin Inter recently, in particular for the C64 conversions of Robocop, Predator and R-Type in Zzap Italia. Predator and R-Type are quite small oddities, but for Robocop, in the Zzap … Continue reading
With many thanks to Martin Inter, a number of early screens from actual released C64 games such as G-Loc, Dragon Ninja, Batman The Caped Crusader and Hammerfist have been added to this page. These show different sprites (in the case … Continue reading
An Easter update at GTW64: Full game released – ‘Escape’ Four new entries – Hard Drivin V1, Indiana Jones Last Crusade V1, Radioactive, Unnamed SEUCK game Four updated entries – Bits for Bizmo, Hangman’s Hazard, Mega Twins, Zynon http://www.gtw64.co.uk
Contributor Allan Pinkerton is on fire at the moment with his preservation work, and he has preserved a large bundle of educational titles from Kidware and also Bible research files for the Commodore 64. There is also a Quiz Minder … Continue reading
Been a while, but here is a new update with a brand new game release, and a digest of updates that have happened since the 27th February. Evil Garden fully recovered and released today Thanks to Lenny Bronstein for highlighting … Continue reading
Yet more slightly different looking screenshots – this time for the C64 version of Exile, which pretty much had a different main character and panel screen in Commodore Format issue 7. It seems that Paul Docherty (thanks Rob!) was brought … Continue reading
GTW64 has had a number of updates over the past few weeks, including: Two ‘Nanosec’ entries added ‘Splidge the snowman’ music found and added A long lost 3DCK game found and released – ‘A Chance in Hell’ Entry added for … Continue reading
If you have recently joined the new Threads.net service, then you can now find Games That Weren’t on there too at gamesthatwerent or https://www.threads.net/@gamesthatwerent Hoping a desktop version arrives soon, but we’ll keep posting out our updates to here, as … Continue reading
Keeping up with the updates, more entries added and various updates (each entry includes details of what has changed). See below for details: 3 new entries added Heart Of Yesod, Monstics Mystery 2, C64GS cartridge titles 7 updates made Attack … Continue reading
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