Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Nightmare Busters Rebirth Kickstarter has launched today (and already hit its initial target!) – a stunning HD remake of the unreleased SNES gem! This is due soon for Steam, Switch, PlayStation – plus a special SNES Ultimate version! Link below … Continue reading
The guys at World of Spectrum have just worked with Dean Hickingbottom to recover remains of a rather neat little game called Ninja Grannies which was developed by Clockwise Developments. Well, its a one on one beat-em-up which isnt Street … Continue reading
If you’ve been checking out GTW for some years now, you may recognise the Apocalypse and Putty Squad write ups. They are indeed nothing new, but reviews that were salvaged recently from the old site. I’ve just quickly tidied them … Continue reading
The final Fun School game in the series on the C64 has finally been saved from obscurity after a recent online store finding of the game by GTW64. The game has now been fully preserved and submitted to Gamebase 64 … Continue reading
A quick update with the recovery of an interesting Qix inspired game called Pen Palz, where you must draw a certain percentage of the screen whilst avoiding enemies. A cool early preview worth checking out! http://www.gtw64.co.uk/Pages/p/Review_Penpalz
Penguin Tower on the Commodore 64 was recently finished off after almost 30 years. Developer Jani Hirvo has just informed Games That Weren’t that he has released all of the source code for the game on github! https://github.com/mokdevel/PenguinTower_c64
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the “Nice and Nasty Gaming Podcast” with Mamemeister recently! We chatted about Games That Weren’t, how I first got into gaming, and picked out three games I’d take to a desert … 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
Hi all – just a heads up that I may not get to process any site comments or submissions right away, as a close family member has been admitted to hospital. I’ll try and respond and update as soon as … Continue reading
As the backlog is starting to creep up a bit, here is something to relieve the backlog pressure!… Autoguard shots added New York Crisis entry added Three other entries added – 6 Kingdoms of Babylon, Bombmania, Bomber Clot Six entry … Continue reading
A rare PC demo of the extremely ambitious 3D Amiga and PC title Cyberspace has been located thanks to Kusfo. Out there all along after release by a Spanish gaming magazine. Check it out for yourself, and could the non-playable … 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
We had a request from contributor Robin Gravel, who has spent some years looking for this Mastertronic/Virgin game that was advertised for PC back in 1988 called Ray Trace VS the Megadeath Aliens. It was described as an arcade action … Continue reading
1996 Starbyte Platform: Amiga Thanks to Dasse Evertsson for the heads up, but at the end of the fantastic Amiga game Traps ‘n Treasures, there is a little hint of a sequel with “Redbeard’s Revenge”. Due for release it seems … 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
After 25 years of being in the wilderness, Robotron 2084 for the Texas Instruments machine has been uncovered by TI enthusiast Bryan Roppolo for the TI-99/4A Videogame House website. A neat little conversion which can finally be savoured be sure … Continue reading
Thanks to Fliplift on the Lemon64 forums, a very rare promo edition of Rock Star Ate My Hamster on the Commodore 64 has been recovered. This was released through The Sun newspaper, and has been missing for quite some time, … Continue reading
Recently in 2011 saw the re-launch of the Bad Taste label by Keith Wood in preparation for a upcoming article in Retro Gamer magazine on Dis Baby. Coming from events of producing the article and interest from the Bad Taste … Continue reading
A passionate fan is on a mission to track down all international versions of the 1997 edutainment game JumpStart Spanish – originally developed by FunnyBone Interactive and published by Knowledge Adventure for PC platforms. 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
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