Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Back in 1992, The Code Monkeys already had official Game Boy dev kits and experience from writing Missile Command and Centipede for Accolade. Towards the end of the year between projects, developer Mark Kirkby began experimenting during downtime. A massive fan of Stunt Car Racer on the Atari ST and Amiga, he wondered whether something similar could be achieved on the Game Boy. Continue reading
Gamebase64 has been a hugely important digital archive for the Commodore 64 for over 25 years now, bringing together all of the games that have made the platform so special. Webmaster and developer Steven Feurer tragically passed away suddenly in … 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 big thanks to Retroid64 who has produced an excellent Top 10 YouTube video of most wanted GTW64 titles and findings in the archive. Check it out below! :-)
I’ve been completely blown away by the support when The Games That Weren’t book was launched late last year, and even more so when it completely sold out by the start of the new year. After a number of queries … Continue reading
This is so cool! A lovely surprise for this morning that the GTW book is getting a cameo in a new game coming soon on Steam called Astro Burn – which I wasn’t expecting at all! It’s a heavy blunt instrument, so may prove useful in hand-to-hand combat if Kitty ever needs! Continue reading
Our publisher Bitmap Books have just released a bit more detail in their latest newsletter about the upcoming Games That Weren’t book, including a sneak peak at how its shaping up, so here is a bit of a preview for … 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
The 2025 Zzap!64 annual has arrived and looks great! The biggest surprise was the six page Games That Weren’t tribute feature by Ian Osborne, who had created the article that inspired it all. Talking about how some of the titles … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t features in the press this month in various forms, with an Amiga CD32 Games That Weren’t piece in the latest Amiga Addict magazine (CD32 special to celebrate 30 years), and also an interview with Amstrad Addict (an … Continue reading
Morning all – just wanted to give a heads up that i’ll be doing a Games That Weren’t talk at the amazing Zzap Live event this month in Kenilworth. The GTW book will be on sale too via Sega Mags … Continue reading
Just had a fantastic time at Zzap Live in Kenilworth over the two days with my friend Brian ONeill, catching up with lots of friends old and new (and a bit of gaming). Thank you everyone who came to heckle … Continue reading
Video is now live of the recent Games That Weren’t talk at The Retro Collective. Hope you enjoy it and thank you so much to The Cave for hosting us. A fantastic place which I hope many of you will … Continue reading
Great news, but thanks to the games author Simon Phillips, we have managed to preserve possibly one of the only copies and packages of the obscure Gamma Strike game set on the Commodore 64. What is particularly interesting about this … Continue reading
Thanks to Obi-Wandi, we learn that there was potentially an earlier edition of Gauntlet on the C64, which featured “easily comprehensible speech synthesis”. This was according to Happy Computer magazine and in their review of the Amstrad edition of the … Continue reading
2008 Backbone Entertainment Platform: Nintendo DS As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus DLC content to share with you. Within the book is … Continue reading
1990 Active Minds Platform: Amstrad GX4000 As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus DLC content to share with you. Within the book is … Continue reading
1995 Hudson Soft Platform: Nintendo Virtual Boy Bonk was a very popular character from Hudson Soft that featured in a number of popular platforming titles, especially on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16. The first title for the game was known as PC … Continue reading
1992 Thalamus Platform: Commodore Amiga Also known as: Quedex 2 – The Geometry Challenge Geometry was a working title for a new puzzler game that was due for release from Thalamus back in late 1992 on the Commodore Amiga. What … Continue reading
1992 Marcus Hamilton Platforms: Commodore Amiga, PC and Atari ST A bizarre name for an intriguing puzzle game that was due for release on the Amiga, ST and PC platforms back in 1992. Not much is currently known about the … Continue reading
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