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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.

  • Jules Burt on ShockWave: I definitely don’t recall the timelines…but I do know we got the Sega hardware and did start learning how to… Jul 4, 17:07
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Thanks Gaz – I think there’s a good chance there was inspiration, though it was more of a copy of… Jul 4, 13:37
  • Gaz Spence on Nigel Mansell World Championship: What an amazing find, Frank. It gives hope that other sensational finds are still out there too. The game itself… Jul 4, 11:58
  • Anon on Platoon early differences (C64): They look pretty cool, still, and that game was really awesome – spent quite some time completing it over and… Jul 4, 09:12
  • Alfonso on ShockWave: Keep in mind that back then, the runway for articles in print magazines was easily 6 to 12 weeks. So… Jul 4, 09:09
  • Frank Gasking on Liverpool FC: Ah that would be this one: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/liverpool-v1/ It exists too – hoping in time the developer will dig out their… Jul 4, 08:50
  • Gixio on Liverpool FC: I’m shocked. Your Commodore reviewed a completely different version (side scrolling), but the dashboard colors look like those of the… Jul 4, 07:36
  • Mark Clements on Mirage: Glad you all liked it! I don’t know why Codemasters didn’t take it on, maybe they didn’t test it enough… Jul 3, 20:22
  • Frank Gasking on Dominion: Ah very cool, and not at all! Thanks very much for sharing! Jul 3, 17:28
  • VideogamEndingsDatabase on Dominion: a friend of mine did a longplay of this recovered game, hope it wouldn’t be considered spam! https://youtu.be/TVMW3BOaiqU sadly, no… Jul 3, 14:43
  • Frank Gasking on Pride & Prejudice: Thanks for the heads up Mister Ree! I’ll take a look a bit later today. Jul 3, 09:37
  • Mister Rhee on Pride & Prejudice: It’s the PC version, not the C64 version, but if anyone’s interested I believe I’ve found this game over at… Jul 3, 04:41
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell World Championship: That is fantastic Martin! I had a quick look last night for anything unused and completely missed the head sprites.… Jul 2, 16:23
  • Martin Piper on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Had a look at the track routine and found unused Nigel Mansell graphics that animate. https://youtu.be/trIsPqKfXmg Jul 2, 15:47
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Apologies – PDS stands for Programmers Development System which was used by many developers during latter years of the C64.… Jul 2, 09:32
  • Richard Tew on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Wasn’t quite sure what this meant. ” but we were stunned to find the entire PDS source code back up… Jul 1, 20:40
  • mistri on Nigel Mansell World Championship: there are tools to help with reverse engineering , so it’s not impossible.. and a bit less time consuming doing… Jul 1, 11:55
  • Hank on Nigel Mansell World Championship: No worries :) Just had another quick go (now that I’m temporarily free of work commitments) and I can confirm… Jul 1, 11:11
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Ah amazing! So its just the visual markers missing to indicate the pitstop like on the NES version? Thanks Hank,… Jul 1, 09:49
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell World Championship: It’s unlikely we’ll be able to release the source, but if anything changes – then we’ll put it up here.… Jul 1, 09:48
  • Hank on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Just a quick update to my last comment – I’ve had a quick go – pitstops ARE there. At least… Jul 1, 09:48
  • Stu on Nigel Mansell World Championship: Fantastic, do you think the source will ever see the light of day? Jul 1, 09:44
  • Hank on Nigel Mansell World Championship: AMAZING! Just in time for the Silverstone GP too! I’m supposed be training engineers on some systems stuff in half… Jul 1, 09:29
  • Frank Gasking on Commando 86: I think you’re right Alfonso – more than likely it was just a quick mock-up to advertise the game in… Jun 30, 09:46
  • Alfonso on Commando 86: “It seems adverts snuck out though showcasing what the cover would have looked like” True, I recall seeing that advert… Jun 30, 08:51
  • Frank Gasking on S.U.B: Many thanks Timber, just updated the page and added some of the other reviews for now too. Jun 28, 10:30
  • LiqMatrix on 8-bit Apocalypse: This looks like an expanded universe of their released 8BitBoy game. Like the spooky theming. Jun 27, 13:15
  • Timber on S.U.B: There was also a review of the DOS version in the German magazine “PC-Player” 1994-05 (on page 78) with 37% Jun 27, 08:13
  • John Wells on Power Crystal: If its the person I think it is, Andy W and I went to his house to pick up the… Jun 25, 20:12
  • @rchivist.0n3 on Engalus: @PLG_4269 Russian bottom feeders. Sounds right. Jun 25, 02:13
  • Vince White on Chopper Land: I know that A.R. Softwear released at least three of the games in that picture: Dots and Boxes Nightmare Park… Jun 24, 21:25
  • LiqMatrix on Canadian Tire: Carts of Fury flash game preserved: Greetings Frank, It appears that a Russell Challenger created some of the concept art for this game and has posted… Jun 24, 13:56
  • Frank Gasking on Chopper Attack: Thanks for the confirmation Hoagie, I’ll update the page! :) Jun 23, 22:33
  • Hoagie on Chopper Attack: I just found out that this game is Hi-Roller Battle on Pioneer LaserActive. Jun 21, 15:34
  • Frank Gasking on Mindstone: That is fantastic work Professor Chaos! Thank you so much! Just updating the page now and will ping Andrew a… Jun 20, 10:15
  • Darren Johnson on Bob Harris and the Secret of the Killer Bees: I think it’s funny he mentioned the Killer Bees! score verification code. I actually have one of the high scores… Jun 20, 00:54
  • Professor Chaos on Mindstone: “Pennysoft” must be a misspell from Soft magazine. They clearly meant “Pennsoft” without “y”. I’ve looked them up last September,… Jun 19, 23:16
  • Frank Gasking on The Last Stuntman: That is a fantastic spot RH! It’s the same graphics! Which means either the level was being developed by a… Jun 19, 12:01
  • RH on The Last Stuntman: This looks a lot like the public domain mini game “Parachute Joust” on the Amiga, which was quite a lot… Jun 19, 11:11
  • Frank Gasking on Elevator: Thanks Martin for the details and also link to the preview! I’ll update the page now, and hopefully Craze will… Jun 15, 15:45
  • Martin Lindskog on Elevator: This game was coded by Craze/nofx (Kristian) and a super early preview can be found here https://csdb.dk/release/?id=33263. Shortly after joining… Jun 15, 15:08
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing NES prototype: Hi Hank – we’ll tell the full story, and i’ll probably do a short commentary video as well. It has… Jun 15, 14:52
  • Frank Gasking on Star Trek: A World For All Seasons: Ah that’s awesome – I will post a reply there to see if Andrew’s interested in sharing some memories. Thanks… Jun 15, 14:50
  • Portalream on Star Trek: A World For All Seasons: I was posting about it on bluesky and just got a message from Andrew Probert about it: “Your speculation is… Jun 15, 14:39
  • Hank on Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing NES prototype: That’s cool, the fact we have anything at all is amazing, especially since it’s being fixed up too. Is there… Jun 15, 11:13
  • Frank Gasking on Star Trek: A World For All Seasons: Ah that is amazing, thank you Portalream! I think that does indeed give evidence that he was involved, especially if… Jun 15, 11:00
  • Frank Gasking on Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing NES prototype: Haha, no worries Hank! So yeah, it seems the C64 edition was being based off the NES edition in terms… Jun 15, 10:58
  • Hank on Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing NES prototype: Do you know Frank, I looked at this version and I thought to myself “Looks very C64ish, I wonder if… Jun 15, 10:50
  • Portalream on Star Trek: A World For All Seasons: That 1 person craft (fighter?) reappears in a painting by Andrew Probert for the Star Trek Ships of the Line… Jun 14, 18:38
  • sp on Power Crystal: Do you remember a John Preston working on the creatures? Jun 11, 22:44
  • Frank Gasking on Gee Bee Air Rally – tape release: Hi Andrew, thanks for getting in touch! It’s just the C64 tape original version we’re looking for, though we suspect… Jun 10, 09:20
  • Andrew Joseph on Gee Bee Air Rally – tape release: Are you looking for the ZX Spectrum Tape version of this. As I have that. Jun 9, 14:55
  • Frank Gasking on Huxley: The Dystopia: That’s great news and thanks for the heads up – just updated the page now! Jun 9, 12:49
  • Problemkind on Huxley: The Dystopia: Guys, people are trying to revive this game. There is a discord for this. At the moment it’s possible to… Jun 9, 00:22
  • Frank Gasking on Space Junk: Thanks Pirate Dragon! I’ll get that linked into the piece now quickly – much appreciated and great to see more… May 30, 17:57
  • Frank Gasking on Thrust: Thanks for sharing Neil! It was a lovely surprise when Lee dug out the conversion – just a shame that… May 30, 17:55
  • Frank Gasking on Hawkeye 2: Hi Bren, we think it might be an error: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/bamboo/ Our understanding is that both games were completely separate (as… May 30, 17:55
  • Pirate Dragon on Space Junk: Here’s the espisode of Games World that it was featured on, which should have been broadcast 1993-03-02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD1ZqHinRwk&t=227s May 30, 00:26
  • Neil on Thrust: I worked with Lee in the 90s and one day he brought in Thrust to play on the company PCs.… May 28, 07:54
  • Bren on Hawkeye 2: The Games Machines (issue 31,June 1990) on page 10 (bottom right) sates “Bamboo – Hawkeye 2, due in Autumn” First… May 27, 23:15
  • Frank Gasking on Commando 86: Thanks Gaz, thats a great find! I’ll update the page when I get back from leave with all the details.… May 26, 21:28
  • Gaz Spence on Commando 86: Issue 13 of Your Sinclair previewed the game, which was then called Commando ’87. See https://archive.org/details/Your_Sinclair_013/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater. The team behind the… May 26, 13:40
  • Frank Gasking on Commando 86: Ah Alfonso! It was your comment that prompted it – i’ll add in the credit now, as I lost track… May 26, 12:13
  • Alfonso on Commando 86: Ah, nice to see an entry for Commando 86 at last – thanks!! I had asked for this in a… May 26, 12:09
  • Frank Gasking on Drive: Good shout Ken! Forgot about that page :) Added just now :) May 26, 10:39
  • Ken Knight on Drive: covermount casualty? May 26, 10:31
  • Frank Gasking on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: Thanks for the heads up Strident! Just adding a link within the post! May 26, 10:24
  • Strident on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: Thanks for the additional bits of info. CommodorePlus did an article on Italian software piracy that mentions the Creator series.… May 23, 18:15
  • Frank Gasking on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: Thanks Martin! Ah, that’s why I missed it on the Ready64 site. I’ll update the page quickly, but also Tim… May 23, 15:10
  • Stadium64 on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: visit this link: https://ready64.org/download/categorie.php?cat=5 May 23, 13:31
  • Stadium64 on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: great preserving this. but just wanted to point out that this looks like “just” a bootlegged italian release of this.… May 23, 13:06
  • Frank Gasking on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: Hopefully Tim can shed some more light on it, such as whether it was official or not. My guess is… May 23, 10:49
  • Strident on Rare Italian bootleg of The Quill preserved!: Wow! I’d be interested in hearing more about the background of this and its release. Was this an officially licensed… May 23, 10:13
  • Frank Gasking on Games That Weren’t talk at Zzap Live 2025: Thanks Stooart for the very kind words! :) May 22, 16:19
  • stooart on Games That Weren’t talk at Zzap Live 2025: Captivating again! Well delivered and I love the passion you have, Frank! Keep it up. May 22, 16:05
  • Frank Gasking on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: Hi Mitch, just added the raw files incase you’d like to take a look or if anyone else does. May 22, 15:28
  • Frank Gasking on Mechamander: Thanks so much Klei! Just added to the page with credit! May 19, 16:58
  • Frank Gasking on ShelShock: Thank you so much Andy! Just updated the page with the details and confirmation. Glad you liked the talk too… May 19, 16:27
  • Andy Swann on ShelShock: Spoken to Fin. This was a tech demo and learning 3D exercise. At the time, most games were 2D and… May 19, 14:32
  • Frank Gasking on ShelShock: That’s fantastic, thanks Andy! That would be great to learn more about it too from Fin, please feel free to… May 19, 13:32
  • Andy Swann on ShelShock: I think I’m the Andy of “Andy’s Cube”, guessing that’s my texture mapper Pretty sure this is testing \ learning… May 19, 13:25
  • Frank Gasking on Dominion: Thank you so much for the heads up about the screenshots for the three games Klei! Really appreciated. I’ll try… May 19, 10:41
  • Frank Gasking on Meurtre À Grande Vitesse: Hi Pirate Dragon, no problem at all and thanks for highlighting the game. I’m not aware of it, but I… May 19, 10:37
  • Frank Gasking on Tintin on the Moon: No problem Pirate Dragon, and thanks for doing the scans too! I’ll add a credit for you now as original… May 19, 10:32
  • Frank Gasking on Three Weeks In Paradise: That’s fantastic news! So finally, we’ll be able to see the complete series at long last :) May 19, 10:32
  • klei on Dominion: There is a half page long preview with 4 screenshots in Computer Game Review and CD-ROM Entertainment – December 1993… May 17, 19:59
  • Gabor Harsfalvi on Three Weeks In Paradise: https://www.c64.fun/czytaj.php?text=247 May 17, 19:09
  • klei on Gryphon Masters: There is a screenshot and a short description of Realms of Fate: The Gryphon Masters in Electronic Games, 1994-02, Page… May 17, 18:39
  • klei on Mechamander: There is a screenshot in Computer Games Strategy Plus, Issue 40, Page 32. May 17, 18:28
  • Pirate Dragon on Tintin on the Moon: It’s so great to finally have somthing from this game that I’ve always wondered about (I’m sure one or two… May 17, 17:25
  • Pirate Dragon on Meurtre À Grande Vitesse: Hi, I would contact by email, but that doesn’t seem available in the contact link. So sorry if this doesn’t… May 17, 17:10
  • Frank Gasking on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: No problem. Just going away shortly, so i’ve made a note to try and dig them out and add to… May 16, 09:31
  • Kieren on Battlezone 2000: When I interviewed Rob Zdybel some years ago for Retro Gamer magazine he said that Battlezone 2000 was HoverStrike and… May 15, 21:07
  • Mitch on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: Thanks for your efforts, they’ll show up eventually. Sure, I’ll have a look at the Kryoflux files. Thanks, Mitch May 15, 20:32
  • Frank Gasking on XLR8: Very cool, i’ll check that out later on! :) May 14, 16:40
  • VirtuaIceMan on XLR8: Thanks! I’ve got hold of a few other unreleased games; chasing old developers can be fun! Example: the PC port… May 14, 13:58
  • Patrick J Furlong on Tintin on the Moon: Going by the plot you mentioned, it sounds like it’s more based on the 60’s animated version (Espionage Moon) -… May 14, 12:18
  • Frank Gasking on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: Unfortunately Mitch – the disk was damaged and had come away from the spindle too. I managed to fix it… May 14, 08:54
  • Mitch on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: Just when you think you’ll never find something, the ST 3D Graphics Programming disk show up. However, my first look… May 13, 18:52
  • Frank Gasking on EastEnders: Thanks Bård! That’s very odd – not sure where they got Brittania from, as the game was being done by… May 12, 20:42
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