Alongside unreleased and cancelled titles, Games That Weren’t also focuses on the preservation of rare, hard to find and historically important released games.
This section highlights titles that were released in limited numbers, difficult to access or at risk of being lost over time. Through ongoing recovery efforts, we aim to ensure these games and their history are documented and preserved for future generations. From obscure releases to previously unavailable versions, this area showcases preservation work that sits outside of unreleased games and prototypes, but remains just as important to gaming history.
Use the A-Z index below to browse and explore these preserved titles and recoveries.
A
- Alligata Masters and Maniacs SFX bits (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Amiga PD disk preservation (September 2025) (Commodore Amiga)
- Anirog brochures
- Archer Maclean A8 prototypes and unused assets (Atari 400/800/XL, Commodore 64 (C64))
- Archer Maclean’s Snooker prototypes (Atari ST, PC)
- Atari 8-bit version of Trap recovered (Atari 400/800/XL)
B
- Best of MVP Software CD preserved (PC)
- Bonus Atari ST recoveries (Atari ST)
- Bryan Robson’s Super League preserved (Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 (C64), ZX Spectrum)
- Bugs Bunny’s Cartoon Workshop – Novotrade 1990 PC game test video (PC)
C
- Canadian Tire: Carts of Fury flash game preserved (PC)
- Cartoon Network’s “Toon Jam!” fully preserved for the first time
- Cavilon – A hack of Neoclyps (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Chevy Tech 1987 disk (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Children’s Trivia – variant preserved for C64 (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Classic & Baby Arcadia (PC)
- Commodore 64 games preserved (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Commodore Cracker scans added (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Crystal X – Amstrad CPC games preserved (Amstrad CPC)
E
- Early and lost Jeff Minter ZX81 title ‘Fastlife’ recovered! (ZX81)
- Educational and bible titles preserved (Commodore 64 (C64))
I
- IK+ design and development notes (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Information Sought: Unknown Amstrad CPC Text Adventures (Amstrad CPC)
- Insect Kill and Clean All (Commodore 64 (C64))
K
- Keith Purkiss C64 Archive (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Kick Off 3: European Challenge SEGA Mega Drive Prototypes (Mega Drive / Genesis)
M
- Maximus preservation work at Atarimania.com (Atari 400/800/XL)
- Mind Bender (PC)
- Missing Cedar Island Software (Atari 400/800/XL, Commodore VIC-20)
- Missing Micro League Baseball newsletters (Atari 400/800/XL, Commodore 64 (C64))
- Modulus C64 game fully restored to full glory after 25 years! (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Mugsy (ZX81) + Adding Blocks/RBS (C64) (Commodore 64 (C64), ZX81)
P
- PC Demo CD preserved (PC)
- PC Shareware CD’s preserved (PC)
- Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes (Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES))
R
- Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved! (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Rock Star Goes Bizarre (C64) recovery (Commodore 64 (C64))
S
- Search for Calculated Risk! (Apple II game) (Apple II)
- Seeking Lost JumpStart Language Games – Community Help Needed! (PC)
- Sketch Prototype (Atari) Preserved (Atari 400/800/XL)
- Smarties: Adventure in Colourland (PC)
- Special FX tool recoveries (C64) (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Startech – lost hardware + software (Atari 400/800/XL, BBC Micro / Electron, Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore VIC-20, ZX Spectrum)
- Steve Ralph Amstrad CPC adventure games preserved (Amstrad CPC)
- Student game development project archives (PC)
T
- The KATT Games Master Keyboard Archive (PC)
- Tora Tora Tora C64 game recovered (Commodore 64 (C64))
V
- Various C64 educational titles preserved (Commodore 64 (C64))
- Various C64 preservations (Commodore 64 (C64))
- VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum preservations (Commodore VIC-20, ZX Spectrum)
