Here is a larger overview of recent comments on the Games That Weren’t website, so you can keep up to date with any recent input from others on our various entries.
Frank Gasking on Eelona – The Warrior Princess: Thanks for getting in touch Christian and for more details about your game! Just updated the page with details. Sep 25, 11:24- on Eelona – The Warrior Princess: This game was based on a (never published) web comic an online friend had made in the style of the… Sep 24, 19:31
- on XLR8: Ah that’s brilliant, thanks VirtuaIceMan! Just added a link on the main page under the videos section. I’ll have a… Sep 24, 09:06
- on XLR8: I’ve made a video about this now, with lots of footage of both versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOi2ZMNhn_s Sep 23, 23:28
- on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Adventure prototype recovered for the Commodore 64: Nice, but the Walk cycle desperately needs improvement. I can’t take it seriously. Sep 22, 07:15
- on Eskimo Eddie: David Selwood here, C64 version author. The ZX Spectrum version came out first. Ocean released it before the C64 version.… Sep 21, 22:17
- on Touchlight: Thanks Chancer! I’ll put 1989 for now, based on Sean’s music being 1988. I’m guessing that the game was leaked… Sep 21, 17:29
- on Touchlight: as for “scene” release date, was sept 1990 .. i was asked to join BYG at the pcw show when… Sep 21, 15:11
- on Rimrunner: Hi, ST version actually got never released either. There’s a small demo we found and archived over ten years ago… Sep 19, 11:33
- on Moonshadow 2: Thanks for getting in touch Darkerror, i’m really sorry to hear about your father. That is fantastic to hear the… Sep 18, 10:46
- on Alien Olympics Game Boy prototypes: Hi Dylan, latest update is that there are plans to add to a retro compilation and do a special release… Sep 18, 10:44
- on Moonshadow 2: Hi, I’m darkerror, Congratulations on your site (a great source of historical preservation). The project isn’t completely abandoned. Unfortunately, I… Sep 18, 08:58
- on Alien Olympics Game Boy prototypes: This is awesome! Have you tried at all anymore to let the Game Gear iteration be released? Sep 18, 06:46
- on Scooby Doo V1: Hi Joshua, yeah I just saw that this morning – very interesting. Will be worth keeping an eye on, especially… Sep 16, 15:42
- on Scooby Doo V1: Well this is interesting. Elite is looking at completing the project all these years later. https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/40-years-after-it-was-cancelled-this-ambitious-scooby-doo-computer-cartoon-could-be-resurrected? “According to Elite, partial… Sep 16, 11:47
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: Thanks Jave – they were extremely useful to compare against when double checking what had been included in the final… Sep 11, 09:28
- on Pocket Panic GBC Prototype: Thanks Michele – great to see the competition page for the game, i’ll add the link to the page. As… Sep 11, 09:24
- on Pocket Panic GBC Prototype: http://n64.icequake.net/mirror/www.bung.com.hk/GBCodingCompetition/1stGBCodingCompetition/results.htm Sep 11, 06:48
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: I was the person who posted the magazine scan over at TCRF which shows the early screenshots, and it’s great… Sep 11, 03:34
- on Myth: History in the Making V1: “Finally, in 1994 System 3 released a port for the Amiga CD32. There are no noticeable changes or improvements, game… Sep 9, 13:50
- on Boxing Game: Had a quick look, and there’s one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3dDSQsPHw Sep 9, 09:29
- on Fire and Forget 2: They certainly put a lot of effort into any bluff. To create a proper full cabinet and even have it… Sep 8, 14:16
- on Fire and Forget 2: That’s awesome, thanks for the heads up Dopamine and good to get confirmation overall. I’ll update the page quickly. As… Sep 8, 14:14
- on Fire and Forget 2: It was all bluff guys. The graphic designer told it in an interview a few weeks ago. The arcade was… Sep 8, 10:40
- on Bible Research Systems titles: Jim Pyeatt, I am still interested in obtaining the ISO images of all your BRS CDs (no matter the version)… Sep 7, 06:49
- on The Amazing Spiderman: It’s funny how a lot of the magazines back then tried to get away with it – I think a… Sep 6, 11:00
- on The Amazing Spiderman: ACU were awful for this sort of thing. In this case it looks like there may have been a preview… Sep 5, 12:34
- on Infinite Inferno: Thanks very much for that, and really appreciated. It would be great to get to the bottom of where the… Sep 2, 01:43
- on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Adventure): No problem at all – not much at the moment, but here is a post from the main artist: https://x.com/j_ljunggren/status/1832373249205833945… Sep 2, 01:43
- on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Adventure): I know it’s outside the purpose of this site, but Monkey Island conversion for C64? I can’t seem to find… Sep 2, 01:32
- on Infinite Inferno: I do have the game on a floppy disk, however I don’t think I will be able to contribute in… Sep 2, 01:29
- on Motor Mania: Ah that’s fantastic, thank you! The screenshot is a lot better quality, so i’ve added it and also the article… Aug 31, 23:23
- on Motor Mania: I have just found that motor mania was also featured in uk publication games master issue 16 (April 1994), although… Aug 31, 10:50
- on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Adventure): Thanks Dani! We linked to BrickBambi’s channel at the bottom of the page. Aug 30, 14:07
- on GTW64 August 2025 update: Ah, we’ll have to ask the Pickfords sometime to see if they can shed some light. Aug 30, 14:06
- on Re-Volt: There was also ATV Racer as well, which was based off the same graphics too. Not sure if the same… Aug 30, 14:06
- on Re-Volt: This is terrific work. Eventually it was released by Datel as Race Time. One day, they will find out a… Aug 29, 16:22
- on GTW64 August 2025 update: Well great. This is nice work. Hopefully one day we will see V1 of WWF Superstars for Game Boy. Created… Aug 28, 17:12
- on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Adventure): Hi! There are a few videos BrickBambi’s YT channel https://www.youtube.com/@BrickBambi/videos Aug 27, 12:44
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: Fantastic work Challenger! I’ve just added links to the video section on the page. I can’t believe so much is… Aug 26, 13:15
- on Franko 2: No Mercy: Thanks Mateusz, and no problem at all. Thanks for the tip for the online version too! :) Aug 26, 13:09
- on Franko 2: No Mercy: Thank you so much for this post! I’m big fan of Franko! Back in the days, I heard that there… Aug 26, 07:32
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: After nearly an entire week, Level 5 footage comes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLm8SpcVhVw Messing with the room values somehow corrects the first… Aug 26, 02:32
- on Tip Off Game Boy and GBC Color prototypes: Thanks Duc Nguyen! Will be interesting to learn what Neil was coding, not seen anything in the archives just yet.… Aug 25, 23:41
- on Scavenger: Hi MiggyMog, that’s fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing, I will add to the page quickly now, including a… Aug 25, 23:30
- on Tip Off Game Boy and GBC Color prototypes: Thanks and it was great. Race Time —> Re-Volt Fulltime Soccer —> Super Kick Off Hang Time Basketball —> Tip… Aug 25, 11:16
- on Scavenger: Nice ST-News article from 1989 where John Philips talks about the game a bit and the to be 8-channel digisynth… Aug 24, 11:00
- on Maerzi II: Thanks for getting in touch Michael! The game was found on a set of disks in Hungary by our team… Aug 21, 11:01
- on Maerzi II: Oh well. I am Michael. I did that one. And I did it for a friend of mine. His name… Aug 20, 14:57
- on Cave Fighter: I also have a Re-Release of C64 Cave Fighter as a Bonus Game together on the same Disk with Snap… Aug 19, 22:20
- on Cave Fighter: That’s fantastic Warren – many thanks for confirming! We did wonder if it was just a budget re-release and its… Aug 19, 16:39
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: Fantastic work Challenger! I’ll share now on the site and also on my socials. Aug 19, 16:18
- on X’Treme Roller: Hold my beer Duc – until Thursday anyway ;) Thanks for the kind comments as well :) Aug 19, 16:14
- on Cave Fighter: Following my previous comment, it does seem like it was the Bubble Bus version re-released. There’s a copy on eBay… Aug 19, 13:45
- on Cave Fighter: Cave Fighter did get a Blue Ribbbon re-release of the Bubble Bus original on the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 which… Aug 19, 13:39
- on X’Treme Roller: Great work! Did you know Datel’s unlicensed Hang Time Basketball is based on the Game Boy Tip-Off? Wish there are… Aug 19, 06:23
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: New May 1994 proto footage comes here, playing the third level and showing the glitched unbeatable third boss and the… Aug 18, 17:43
- on Footy game: Hi Joshua – ah that is very interesting, and could be something for sure. Though if they were using the… Aug 17, 23:11
- on Rotator: Thanks Andreas for the heads up. I have added a note to the write up to reflect this, and so… Aug 17, 23:08
- on Rotator: Thanks Professor Chaos! Added details to the page about the musician and with the links too. Hopefully Karsten might be… Aug 17, 23:08
- on Gem-X 2: Thanks Professor Chaos! I have added the alternate name and also details of the other versions that were released. Hoping… Aug 17, 22:59
- on Gem-X 2: Nothing about the C64 version in my comment, but the Amiga version leaked out way back in 1993 (google Gem’Z,… Aug 16, 14:02
- on Rotator: In a December 2001 interview, Karsten Obarski casually listed a game called “Rotator”, twice even: https://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?view=3982&detail=interview Going by that, he… Aug 16, 13:52
- on Further Adventures of Alice in Videoland: Very interesting story! Those were somewhat dark times and some of the truth may never be known. But that’s what… Aug 16, 11:21
- on Footy game: There’s a note at MobyGames (unsourced) that reads “Sports Action American Football During the game’s development as Sports Action Rugby,… Aug 16, 07:57
- on Rotator: That review from Amiga Joker should be handled with caution. The magazine was quite popular in germany and an interesting… Aug 16, 02:55
- on Xtron: I think this must be the case Glenn. Too much of a co-incidence that there was a Galaga shooter with… Aug 13, 14:28
- on Xtron: After doing a smidge of research on this game it appears the title it’s self was used for a vertical… Aug 13, 09:45
- on Graham Gooch World Class Cricket: Hi Vince – yeah, the game got released in 1993 with the packaging pictured, though for a strange reason they… Aug 12, 14:34
- on Graham Gooch World Class Cricket: I’m a bit nonplussed over this. Because I distinctly remember getting this in 1993 ? for the c64. I hate… Aug 12, 12:57
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: Thank you so much Challenger – i’ve just updated the page with a summary of your findings and also YouTube… Aug 11, 21:38
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: Thanks! And more news: I recorded the second level that includes earlier versions of the beta music, there’s a Jailhouse… Aug 11, 17:06
- on Bible Research Systems titles: Where can I find the installation codes for the products? Aug 10, 05:08
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: That’s amazing, thank you Challenger for sharing your findings! I’m away for a little bit, but will update the page… Aug 8, 11:05
- on 40+ Years Lost: Stairway to the Stars (Commodore VIC-20) Finally Recovered!: I’ve added some text from Tommi here: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/VIC20.txt Aug 8, 08:15
- on Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes: Hello! Thanks for the amazing discovery. This game was interesting for me since my childhood. I managed to record the… Aug 7, 17:54
- on Moonsweeper: Ah that’s amazing work by Ken, i’ll ping him a message to see about covering the story with him sometime… Aug 7, 12:01
- on Moonsweeper: Someone on AtariAge found a source code printout of the game and has been typing it in. He says it’s… Aug 7, 11:49
- on 40+ Years Lost: Stairway to the Stars (Commodore VIC-20) Finally Recovered!: I’ll reach out to Tom to see if they can reply in the comments. Aug 5, 11:01
- on Aladdin (NTSC) NES prototype: Thanks for the confirmation! I’ll update the post later today and also post out that this is a lost NTSC… Aug 5, 11:00
- on Alien Olympics: I’ve chased up for an update, so I hope to report back soon. I think the recovery of the full… Aug 5, 11:00
- on Aladdin (NTSC) NES prototype: This prototype seems to work on NTSC systems and the sound tempo is adjusted for NTSC. The final game doesn’t… Aug 5, 10:51
- on 40+ Years Lost: Stairway to the Stars (Commodore VIC-20) Finally Recovered!: I second this. Aug 4, 15:32
- on Alien Olympics: Three months were passed since this was posted, and the ROM still wasn’t available. Is the contact with the owner… Aug 4, 09:12
- on 40+ Years Lost: Stairway to the Stars (Commodore VIC-20) Finally Recovered!: I would be curious to learn more about the details of how Tommi Lempinen and Tom Roger Skauen were able… Aug 1, 17:34
- on Kick Off 3 SNES Prototypes: Thanks very much KungFuFurby for taking a look! I have updated the page with your comments and findings. If anything… Jul 30, 09:51
- on Kick Off 3 SNES Prototypes: The 08-03-94 build can be dated in between the known beta version and the final version: it has the menus… Jul 29, 19:14
