Welcome to Games That Weren't!

We are an Cancelled & Unreleased Video games archive with prototypes, developer history and assets for many computers and consoles of all ages. A non-profit large archive dedicated to preserving lost games that were never released to the public. Sharing history and stories from the developers, assets and more before it is too late. GTW has been preserving lost video game history online since 1999, and long before that offline.

Please Browse our archive and discover the many entries that we host for many different platforms.

Latest News and Posts

More updates for GTW64 added

Continuing the stream of updates for 2014 and for April, some more updates to the archive.

2 new entries added

3D Pool V1, War in Middle Earth V1

14 updates added (details of each update under “Updates made” link for each game)

BMX Racers V1, Eye Of The Moon, Heart Of Yesod, Hijack, Hyper Galactic Warrior, Knuckles, Lusitania, Omega Ceti, Pentacle, Runestone, SDI, Stargate Legacy, Super Thief, Tyger Tyger

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Lost Vic 20 games found

I’ve been chatting to two guys called Simon and Ekkehard, who used to develop a lot of Vic 20 games back in the day.

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In recent times, they had tried to recover their long lost work – but were having troubles doing so. Ekkehard finally got hold of a Vic 20 recently and managed to get his and Simon’s works preserved.

For more details and downloads for Simon’s game ‘Dudu’ and all of Ekkehard’s currently preserved works, check out the following links:

http://firepunchd.tumblr.com/post/80874300326/long-lost-first-vic20-84-game-found-an-old

http://blogs.newphoria.de/2014/03/27/some-of-my-vic-20-games/

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C64 Battle Ball preserved and more updates

Thanks to Stoo Cambridge for passing on his last remaining copy for preservation, Battle Ball has been finally recovered and released. This was due to be released on the Power House label, but sadly went under before it could be sold. Grab it from here:

Battle Ball

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In addition to that we have the following updates:

3 new entries added

Play and Learn series, Restrictor, Shadowgate

1 update added

Stratagos

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Games That Weren’t display at Play Blackpool

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 and computers which never saw a commercial release and will be available for people to play and check out.

For more details, check out:

http://www.playblackpool.com/games-that-werent-feature-revealed/

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New Mark Wilson tunes added to GTW64

Another GTW64 update which features a new entry thanks to Mark Wilson, and a set of tunes intended for the game. In addition – Arbitrator has had a set of tunes submitted by Mark which were also intended for the game.

Finally Ian Coog has provided SID tune rips for both Castle Boy and Starburst (as well as Arbitrator just moments ago), which we have added to all entries.

1 new entry added

Device for Alien Destruction

3 updates added

Arbitrator, Castle Boy, Starburst

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Two full C64 games recovered

Thanks to Mark Wilson, the GEMS compilation pack has been digitally preserved, which includes 2 previously unreleased full games and also a far more complete version of Starburst (with previously unheard tunes by Andy Brown). This update also includes a new entry and a few updates thrown in to boot!

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Two full titles found and preserved from GEMS collection

Castle Boy, Stratagos

1 new entry added of a cool looking RPG

Outpost

4 other entries updated

Arbitrator, Obliterator, Starburst, Xenon 2

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