Games That Weren't^®

NOTE: This game is (c) Warner Bros, and is distributed freely without any profit as part of a digital preservation project. With thanks to David A Palmer productions (http://www.gamesproducer.com/) “Daffy Duck – And The Great Paint Caper” was to be … Continue reading →

An old CNET style game with simple rocks to avoid in this sideways SEU. By the same guys who created "Crackmania", also in the archives and incomplete. This game doesn’t seem to be built for the purpose of selling, but … Continue reading →

A collective entry of religious titles which have been highlighted by Hedning. One title which we can offer here is Acts of the Apostles, which we presume was released and is why we can play it now. Within the code … Continue reading →

This old game from the 80’s was the result of a creation by Kevin Franklin who also did Zybex for Zeppelin in 1988. This is a multi-sideways scrolling shoot em up, which features a ship which flips a lot like … Continue reading →

A very big thanks to Mauricio Muñoz Lucero for highlighting this one for us. Dartz is a game which has been highlighted thanks to the author of Warhawk digging out his unreleased software whilst he develops the new Warhawk game … Continue reading →

Our next entry has been highlighted thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni, and is an RPG title that was created back in 1994. It is listed on Gamebase as unreleased, but seems to be a playable and complete game by Michael Härtig … Continue reading →

A similar game to Ocean Conquerer by Hewson, where you control what I think is a submarine, though i’m not sure. We have found recently that the game was infact published, and also on the MSX too, so it is … Continue reading →

Our next title is another title developed by Duncan Kershaw back around 1990 with his Reflective Designs company. As with Harrier Strike, the game seems to be based on the same engine as Steel Eagle. Duncan says that the game … Continue reading →

Our next entry into the GTW64 vault is a very bizarre title that was leaked back in 1988 by Phoenix (PHX). This is a title which is based on James Herbert’s relatively less known sequel to The Rats, of which … Continue reading →

One of the great things with hunting for unreleased games, is that they can turn up under the oddest of circumstances. When Hedning/Genesis Project got in touch to say he had found something surprising in a collection of Dutch disks, this was certainly a case of just that! Continue reading →

First of all… this game may have been released in Italy, but it also had a planned release in the UK and other parts of Europe. This is a football game, which in the version I have got hold of, … Continue reading →

A game which has been found out about thanks to information from Darren Melbourne. Duel is a split screen shooter which featured tons of parallax scrolling and special effects throughout. It was to be a combat game where you are … Continue reading →

We are slightly cheating with this entry, but this is for a collection of games written by Duncan Kershaw way before his Players Software days. They are all written in BASIC, and are some of the earliest examples of Duncan’s … Continue reading →

A game that was advertised in the US press as a mail order only title. It was described in the advert with you having to guide Elvin through 40 music filled levels, collecting treasures along the way. You would have … Continue reading →

Every so often, the C64 scene will spring up a few surprises and quite often its when an ex-C64 programmer decides to unleash the contents of one of their work disks. Dux is a shining example of this, and is … Continue reading →