Preserving Cancelled, Unreleased and Lost Video Game History Since 1999
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As a bonus Christmas update, we have the very rare ZX81 edition of Mugsy, which many of you will remember as a popular release from Melbourne House. This is the original idea and design which Melbourne House would base their game off, created by Collins Computing. Continue reading
Thanks to a kind loan by developer Lance Abson, our next Christmas update presents a set of source code and build disks from Sci-Fi (which was released by Digital Magic Software) for you to check out. One of the disks also contains some art assets used within development and may be early versions of artwork. Continue reading
One of our next Christmas updates is the release of two late Dropzone prototypes for the Nintendo Game Boy original. These were recovered from the archive of the late Archer Maclean and found within a set of backup disks. Continue reading
Our next update is a special recovery of Tork for GameBoy Advance, approximately 60-70% complete (with no sound) and lots of levels. An impressive conversion, with Nebulus style and other 3D levels throughout – sadly never to see completion. Enjoy!
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/12/tork/ Continue reading
GTW Highlight No.42: Then finally in November, a Polish edition of the Games That Weren’t book (with extra content) was released. Never in a million years did we imagine seeing a translated edition:
https://gknb.pl
And that is it for our highlights of December 2024 to November 2025. We’ll be back tomorrow with the start of our new Christmas updates for this year, before having a nice long break with family. A list of our highlights so far can be found below. Take care and we hope you enjoy what’s coming up!
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/tag/xmas2025/ Continue reading
GTW Highlight No.40: In October, and thanks to LiqMatrix’s incredible preservation work (with support from @museumofplay and @wcnews), this very obscure 90s #PC gaming device was finally archived:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/the-katt-games-master-keyboard-archive/ Continue reading
GTW Highlight No.39: In October, we had been busy working on recovering a lost 1989 EA game – not for PC Engine, but for the Amiga. Path of the Little Dragon is an early proto beat-’em-up done PC Engine style, and we shared several builds here:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/path-of-the-little-dragon/ Continue reading
Crossroads was an ambitious 3D aerial-combat shooter infused with strategy elements that was once in development at the Jordan-based studio Nasson Entertainment. Pre-conceptualization began in late 2005, with dreams of soaring into the sixth console generation, specifically the Xbox 360 and PC. However, full development wouldn’t officially take off until May 2006. Continue reading
GTW Highlight No.38: A nice September surprise was when Mark Kirkby (Code Monkeys) got in touch to share his impressive 1992 #GameBoy road engine prototype that later evolved into Road Rash. Now play the demo and check out the complete source code too!
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/game-boy-road-engine/ Continue reading
GTW Highlight No.37: In September, and after 42 years, Imagic’s Moonsweeper for #VIC20 was finally preserved. Painstakingly restored by Ken Van Mersbergen (+ help from Simon Rowe & Torsten Kracke), Ken kindly allowed release via Games That Werent:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/imagics-moonsweeper-commodore-vic-20-saved-after-42-years/ Continue reading
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