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Games That Weren't 64 is a dedicated archive of cancelled and unreleased Commodore 64 games, prototypes and lost C64 titles. Since 1999, we have been preserving rare development history, unseen builds and developer insights from the Commodore 64 scene.

Explore a growing collection of unreleased C64 games, cancelled projects and recovered prototypes, alongside developer stories, assets and preservation work. Our non-profit archive aims to document and save Commodore 64 games that were never released, before they disappear completely.

Browse the Commodore 64 archive and discover thousands of lost and unreleased C64 titles.

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GTW64 September 2026 updates

Posted: by Frank Gasking

Not entirely sure where most of 2026 has gone, but here we are – and about to hit October. Only feels like a few months ago I was preparing the Christmas updates. A slightly larger update this month, as we had a lot of contributions come through, including details of a surprising C64 conversion that likely never got far as part of 3 new entries added to the archive, then we have 12 updated entries, a Scooby and Scrappy Doo prototype added and finally 11 lost titles found. See you all next month!

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3 new entries added

Cadaver, Megahirn, Protector

11 lost/missing titles located

Following on from the 15 Grolier / Mindflight titles last month and thanks to Nicol Walder, 11 more previous lost/missing titles for a few of our pages, and also a few missing from Gamebase have been added to the site.

11 lost/missing C64 titles

Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo prototype added

Just the other day we also added a Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo pre-release build.

Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo Prototype

12 updates added

Defensive, Escape From Colditz, Heroquest Expansion Pack 2, Mindbend, Murder!, Picnic Paranoia, Raid on Romaro , Stack Light Rifle games, Star Force Seven, Transforming Overland Robot, Tronix 2, Vengeance Of Zeno

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11 lost/missing C64 titles located

Posted: by Frank Gasking

A quick round-up of several Commodore 64 findings for September 2026, thanks to Nicol Walder, who has been digging through various disk collections and comparing their contents against missing titles within GTW and other archives.

Among the games located are the missing Orbyte Software titles French, Italian and Spanish, along with Rats & Cats and an incomplete copy of Escape from Alcatraz from our Stack Light Rifle Games searches. Nicol has also located Inferential Anne 1 and Inferential Anne 3, neither of which currently seems to be present within GameBase64 or on our Micrograms page, as well as Mind Prober and Poker Party from our Dynacomp catalogue searches. Continue reading →

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Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo (C64) prototype

Posted: by Frank Gasking

A short entry for a Commodore 64 early preview/prototype build of Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo, which was being produced by Ash and Dave for Hi-Tec Software back in 1991.

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This seems to be a test build of one of the levels which may have been sent to the publisher to show progress back in the day, or to a magazine for preview screenshots. There is currently no sound implemented, no cut scenes and there could be minor differences compared to the final release (especially last minute bugs). If you spot anything majorly different, please let us know and we’ll update the page. Continue reading →

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Games That Weren’t C64 – August 2026 updates

Posted: by Frank Gasking

August has gone in a flash, and so we have our next digest from the Commodore 64 archive, where quite a bit happened this month with 1 new entry, 15 missing Grolier titles recovered and 15 other game updates  (see “History” tab for changes). We’ll have more again for you next month!

1 new entry added

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15 Grolier / Mindflight missing titles preserved

Thanks to MalcSeventyFour we were very happy to share 15 previously unpreserved Commodore 64 educational titles from Grolier / Mindflight – which included the long lost Miss Mouse and Rhyme Land titles that we have been searching for recently.

Grolier / Mindflight missing titles

15 updates added

Bubbles, Deathstalker, Dynacomp catalog titles, Miss Mouse, Murder!, Raiders of the Valley of the Kings, Rebelstar 2, Reel Fishing, Rhyme Land, Shanghai Karate 2, Spiders From Mars, The Secrets of Science Island, Vale Of Shadows, Vampyr Motel, World Cup Football

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Grolier / Mindflight missing titles

Posted: , last updated: by Frank Gasking

Thanks to MalcSeventyFour firstly we are very happy to share 15 previously (or what seems to be) unpreserved Commodore 64 educational titles from Grolier / Mindflight – which includes the long lost Miss Mouse and Rhyme Land titles that we have been searching for recently.

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The titles recovered can be found below within a large list of 32 titles that MalcSeventyFour extracted from a folder which came with the disks. Unless specified, Commodore 64 and Apple 2 versions may be missing: Continue reading →

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Games That Weren’t C64 – July 2026 updates

Posted: by Frank Gasking

As predicted, a bit quieter this month, but we still have an advanced preview recovery, a pre-release of Eye of Horus, 1 new entry in the Commodore 64 archive and 17 various updates to existing entries to check out (see “History” tab for changes). We’ll have more again for you next month!  Thanks to @2SlyGuy for link fix!

Trigger Happy advanced preview added

Earlier this month we added a more advanced preview of Trigger Happy, the Delta clone which was recovered by Genesis Project.

Trigger Happy

Eye of Horus pre-release disk added

We also added a pre-release disk version of Eye of Horus, which may have very minor differences compared to the final retail release.

Eye of Horus Pre-release

1 new entry added

Inertia

17 updates added

Ala Software, Arcade Wizzard, Australian Games, Epsilon, Mewilo, Nightflight, Pride & Prejudice, Quantarallax, Reel Fishing, Rhesus, Space Vegetables Corp, Spindizzy V1, Steam Powered Computer Company titles, The Sanctuary, Void, Who Dares Wins, Zambeezi

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World Geography C64 disks preserved

Posted: by Frank Gasking

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Allan Pinkerton has been busy once more, preserving World Geography 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 editions which you can check out with full scans here:

https://archive.org/search?tab=all&query=commodore+bobco&sort=-publicdate

These are the English editions, and there are other language versions out there that need preserving. Allan has also flagged that 1986 and 1989 are missing, so please get in touch if you can help with those!

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Eye of Horus pre-release disk (Commodore 64)

Posted: by Frank Gasking

Something a bit different for the Games That Weren’t archives today, with preservation of what seems to be a strange pre-release version of Logotron’s Eye of Horus on the Commodore 64.

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The disk was discovered at Level Up Games in Canterbury last year from a collection that was saved from Ashford, Kent. I thought the disk label was particularly curious, as it states a version number on the label and even suggests a built-in cheat mode. Continue reading →

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Trigger Happy (Commodore 64): Advanced Preview Discovered

Posted: by Frank Gasking

A more advanced preview of the unreleased Commodore 64 shoot-em-up Trigger Happy has surfaced! Featuring improved graphics and much more developed attack waves than the previously known build, it’s a fascinating glimpse at what might have been.

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https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/trigger-happy/

Huge thanks to Hedning/Genesis Project for the heads up.

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Lost C64 games and protos – June 2026 (GTW64)

Posted: by Frank Gasking

A huge digest update to the Commodore 64 archive this month with some major recoveries for you that you may have missed.

Arcade Wizzard (U.S. Gold) found at last!

Missing for almost 40 years, and one we’ve been hunting for 22 – the obscure Pinball game from U.S. Gold has been recovered, and its much more advanced than you might think!

Arcade Wizzard

Full Void game recovered and added to the archives

As part of the above recovery, Tony Smales has shared his unreleased budget shooter, which is a sort of sideways scrolling Xevious clone. Very close to release, but sadly not to be. But here it is for you to now enjoy after 39 years being locked away:

Void

Aussie Games (Australian release) prototype added

The game never got a proper full European release, and an extra twist is to now present you with remains of the unreleased Australian edition. This may feature missing scenes, different content (especially the bottle shooting level) and bugs not yet fixed. A great curiosity to explore:

Aussie Games (Australian release prototype)

Two early obscure titles (including one earlier prototype) preserved

Just before the above were recovered, Games That Weren’t preserved some released software that hadn’t yet been preserved. An American Football game, and a prototype of a flight simulator with some minor differences:

IFR (Flight Simulator) and Co Pro Football

3 more new entries added

Then we have our usual set of additions and new entries:

Bad Max, Danger – High Surf, Zorro

14 updates added

Followed by updates to the following 14 titles with scans added and new info. Please check the history tab for details of what has changed.

City Warriors, Dungeons and Magic, Hagar The Horrible, International Karate V1, Mindbending Aliens From Hyperspace, Nimitz, Ninjanimal, Parasol Stars, The Sanctuary, Thunder Light, Trazers, Tycoon Tex, Universal Military Simulator, Virus

Might be a bit quieter next month, but we’ll see. We’ll see you again next month for the next digest!

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