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.
Lee Theasby on Los Angeles S.W.A.T: I’m sure I remember reading a review of the C16/Plus 4 version in Commodore User, unless my mind is playing… May 15, 09:35
on Los Angeles S.W.A.T: Loved the C64 version back in the day. It’s a very easy game though. You can get on a pretty… May 15, 09:01- on Feature: My Collection Of – Unreleased Video Games with Games That Weren’t: Nice to see!!! What else is out there to see that others have?? I have heard, and always seen, that… May 11, 03:24
- on Tour De Force: That is really strange. I wonder if they reviewed a pre-release version of the compilation, but then it was realised… May 10, 23:41
- on Tour De Force: Funny how Zzap! reviewed the game as part of the 10 Mega Games Vol 1 compilation. Were they just going… May 10, 21:00
- on Turbo Cup Challenge: There was also a different advert for the game in the Personal Computer Show insert in Zzap! issue 42: https://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=42&page=134 May 10, 20:26
- on Super Thief: Thanks Iain, just fixed – and it reminded me I had a big chunk of text about the game from… May 10, 12:28
- on Impossible Mission Prototype (Atari Lynx): That is superb news! On it now to do some quick updates. I’ll link to the forum post. Also a… May 10, 12:05
- on Impossible Mission Prototype (Atari Lynx): And now thanks to the Atari community, Monster Demolition has turned up. May 10, 10:31
- on Super Thief: There was actually four adverts for the game in Zzap!64 issue 40 (It says “There were two cartoon adverts” above).… May 9, 22:20
- on IK+ Atari ST and Amiga prototypes and assets: Nice to see the IK+ sprites sheets in the assets. Looks like Archer had planned a racing game called Quattro… May 9, 19:37
- on CatGun: Victory Mission G: Only the same artist, yeah. There already are naked anime girls, present as environment sprites in a couple of the… May 7, 15:04
- on Games Compendium: Ah – done some digging and found C64 loading instructions thanks to the CPCRulez archive. Added some scans :) May 7, 14:35
- on Games Compendium: Thanks Iain! I’ll update the page. Looks like CPC might be missing too. Will be intrigued to see if there… May 7, 14:28
- on CatGun: Victory Mission G: It is by some of the same people that used to work at the Vision Factory :) May 7, 14:25
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Hi Bertrand, I think you have to set the memory expansion settings to something like 8K and it should work.… May 7, 14:24
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Absolutely amazing that this game was found, many thanks to everybody involved! Also gives hope that the other titles are… May 7, 09:19
- on Aladdin (NTSC) NES prototype: There are bugs when climbing in the Cave of Wonders, and it crashed on me before I even faced Jafar.… May 6, 22:10
- on Games Compendium: It came out for the Spectrum: https://www.gremlinarchive.com/index.php/2020/08/23/compendium-zx-spectrum/ and was advertised in Zzap!64 issue 31. I’m pretty sure that’s where the… May 6, 12:02
- on CatGun: Victory Mission G: is the same developer who made The Apprentice for the CD-i? (Iwonder of this game would have had gidden naked… May 6, 11:35
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: Sadly I had to thrown away my PC Format magazines years ago, a decision I still regret… May 5, 23:57
- on Unreleased Dizzy games on the Megadrive – So close yet so far?: That’s how things can be, sometimes. May 5, 14:36
- on Fire and Forget 2: Thanks Hoagie! Just updated the page with a link. So that is pretty much that then! :) May 3, 20:48
- on Fire and Forget 2: I just found this interview with Eric Caen, who confirms the cabinet was a fake one, for promotional purpose: https://air-gaming.com/titus-interactive-studio-developpeur-de-jeux-entretient-avec-eric-caen/ May 3, 09:22
- on MegaRace: there were no Amiga with more than 2mb. so if the game doesn’t work with more fast ram, either the… Apr 30, 20:25
- on Evil Garden: Hi Michael – i’m not sure. It was definitely Lutz that I spoke with, so perhaps they just changed their… Apr 30, 10:06
- on Evil Garden: In the game the credits refer to Karl Vieweg not Lutz Vieweg. What’s the mystery about that deviation? Apr 30, 09:49
- on Escape From Colditz: Thanks for the heads up Stefan – just fixing the link now to a waybackmachine link. The interview you shared… Apr 29, 13:07
- on Escape From Colditz: The link to the interview with Jules by Ross Sillifant and Grumpy Gamers doesn’t work for me, forwards me to… Apr 29, 12:55
- on I-Ninja 2: That’s all we have been sent unfortunately. If anything else does surface, then we’ll continue to add to the page. Apr 29, 11:50
- on I-Ninja 2: Is there any other gameplay footage available besides what’s shown here? Thanks. Apr 29, 11:44
- on MegaRace: So, I tested the new version of Megarace on the emulator first. I’m still waiting to get some new blank… Apr 29, 08:51
- on MegaRace: I’m looking forward to it. I’ll test it right away as soon as you have a new version. Apr 28, 22:21
- on MegaRace: Looks like the expansion isn’t needed – will update the page shortly with some details thanks to Steve Snake and… Apr 28, 11:56
- on MegaRace: I just tested it with the FMV module and SX-1 expansion, and once without the expansion for the CD32. Unfortunately,… Apr 28, 10:38
- on Echelon: The Storm: damn i used to play this game back in 2010 when my dad bought a bunch of game dvds from… Apr 26, 08:28
- on Martin Holland – a tribute: Wow so much love in this comment section, i was just looking up overkill the game as i was studdying… Apr 23, 14:48
- on Galander: Thanks hogsy! Looks like we just forgot to update the tag, so i’ll do that now :) Apr 23, 09:52
- on Galander: Minor thing, maybe it’s still intentional but I noticed article is tagged “no download available” despite the demo availability? Wondering… Apr 23, 07:53
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: Thanks JQW, that’s really useful to know! We’ve got someone taking a look for us at the moment, so hoping… Apr 22, 23:10
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: The game uses a library called RUCKUS-DAC for its sound routines and appears to have been compiled against the shareware… Apr 22, 13:25
- on Dark Sceptre: There was an advert for it in Zzap!64 issue 21, but I’m not sure if it really counts as the… Apr 22, 11:20
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: Thanks TheAbandonedCastle. Hoagie mentioned further down in the comments about the issue, but i’ve not been able to find any… Apr 22, 09:03
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: I can remember reading a review or preview, in PC Format. If I can recall, they were not particulary keen… Apr 21, 18:51
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: Thanks Hoagie! I’ll try and find scans to add to the page :) Apr 21, 17:34
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Thanks for confirming Luc777! Strange how it ended up on a random C64 disk. Apr 21, 17:34
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: It was also reviewed in PC Format (Issue 31, 4/1994, 22%) and the Polish magazine Secret Service (Issue 25, 6/1995,… Apr 21, 17:16
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: The discovered game is not for the C64, it runs just fine on a Vic20. Just thought I’d let you… Apr 21, 09:24
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: There’s the box – https://strategywiki.org/wiki/File:%27Allo_%27Allo_Cartoon_Fun_cover.jpg Apr 20, 13:53
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: Hi Christopher – yeah, we spotted that too – apologies, I forgot to mention this in the write up. Alternative… Apr 20, 13:26
- on ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun!: This copy of the manual does mention the IBM PC version. https://www.scribd.com/document/221240439/AMIGA-Allo-Allo-Cartoon-Fun-Manual Apr 20, 13:14
- on Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes: I’m really sorry to hear that Richard. :( Thanks for letting us know! Apr 19, 23:03
- on Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes: I used to know Charlies Lawrence back in the day, having first met him in Regal Software in Gillingham High… Apr 19, 21:28
- on Galencia Khaos Sphere: I paid for it. Considering it was completed to the point of having 2 levels, it seems like less is… Apr 19, 11:41
- on Moon Child: I think some of the songs do exist as .mod files out there… but the one with the vocals at… Apr 18, 01:35
- on The NeverEnding Story II: Ah thanks for the heads up! I’ll add about the platform now and will mention the hidden text :) Apr 17, 20:47
- on The NeverEnding Story II: This game was also released on PC (DOS), which you neglected to mention. It includes a hidden rant from a… Apr 17, 19:19
- on Moon Child: This is really cool! I’m a big fan of silly demoscene aesthetic and exploration platformers. I noticed a bug in… Apr 17, 19:07
- on Educational and bible titles preserved: Thanks for this. I’m going to do the same with my Ultimate. Apr 17, 11:38
- on Lamborghini FX: There isn’t one unfortunately – not yet anyway. Hopefully in time something can be preserved so we can add it… Apr 16, 20:47
- on Moon Child: I ran into this game on a random shareware CD-Rom a while ago (link to the livestream including right timestamp… Apr 14, 16:47
- on Orcus: Still hopeful that Mike may have a chat some day. Tried a few times over the years, but no joy… Apr 13, 23:45
- on A-Team, The: There was a legal dispute over who had publishing rights on the game, I recall the dispute was with Ocean… Apr 13, 19:05
- on Orcus: this is one of the true gems lost – such as shame as so much quality work went into this… Apr 13, 16:16
- on Lamborghini FX: Good shout Netanel – apologies, I forgot to mention that the site was still live after all this time :) Apr 11, 18:14
- on Lamborghini FX: For anyone who wondering about the promotional website of Lamborghini FX, here’s the link: http://www.29-30productions.com/lambo/index.htm Have fun! Apr 10, 11:56
- on Bubbles: a boxed version is currently available to bid on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/178014236128 but this game have already been added on GB64:… Apr 8, 08:53
- on Tora Tora Tora C64 game recovered: thanks! it’s always fun digging old stuff to see of something lost pops up! Hope to find some other seuck… Apr 7, 14:30
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Reading the ads, I tend to agree that something seems a little sus, particularly given that no games have surfaced… Apr 5, 14:10
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Ah apologies – I hadn’t realised. Yeah, if that is the case – it would be a bit of a… Apr 4, 21:29
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Given the nature of the advertisement listed, what I’m about to write may not be the situation, however… I know… Apr 4, 20:44
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Seems a bit far-fetched to me. DK Interactive is a UK publisher and Nigel Preston is about the most English… Apr 4, 17:26
- on Resident Evil: Tried playing Final build on Visualboy 1.7.2 as well as 2.2.3; yet screen is split and in-game graphics are scrambled… Apr 4, 15:13
- on Startech – lost hardware + software: Was light pen support common in such games at the time? By the time I had one later in the… Apr 4, 11:09
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Thanks Andrew – just updated the page :) Seems likely its the same person. Apr 4, 10:35
- on Merlin Enterprises missing games: Mobygames lists a Nigel Preston working on later DK Interactive multimedia titles https://www.mobygames.com/person/562630/nigel-preston/ Apr 3, 11:50
- on Startech – lost hardware + software: Maybe, maybe not… There were many companies releasing light pens back in the day. As for Concentration, it is about… Apr 2, 20:01
- on Startech – lost hardware + software: Apologies for the double comment addendum, feel free to delete the near-dupe. My wi-fi connection at this morning’s cafe was… Apr 2, 12:22
- on Davka Software: Ah that’s amazing Bugjam! Great work and i’ll update the page with a link! Is there a raw backup that… Apr 2, 12:22
- on Mindsmear: Hi Marcel – you could very well be right. To me it feels the resolution does sort of match (almost… Apr 2, 12:20
