Proprietor of Games That Weren't—a digital archive dedicated to unreleased and cancelled video games, founded in 1999. A passionate software preservationist, contributing to various projects, particularly for the Commodore 64. By day, working as a software/web developer.
1993-1994 Hot-Shot Entertainments Platforms: Commodore Amiga, PC, SEGA Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Our next entry into the archives is a bizarre title which seems to have got around in various magazines, and across a number of platforms – each … Continue reading →
1982-1983 Paul Hope Platform: Commodore VIC-20 It is surprising how emotions can run high, and the warm fuzzy memories flow when playing games from your childhood – and playing Chariot Race by Micro-Antics on the Commodore VIC-20 is no exception. … Continue reading →
2001 Titus Interactive Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance Prehistorik Kart is a new entry into the GTW archives that should have a compilation bonus title to go along with the Nintendo Game Boy Advance release of Prehistorik Man – a … Continue reading →
1995 Hudson Soft Platform: Nintendo Virtual Boy Bonk was a very popular character from Hudson Soft that featured in a number of popular platforming titles, especially on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16. The first title for the game was known as PC … Continue reading →
1994 Ocean Software Platform: Amiga 1200 (and possibly CD32) Mighty Max was based on the popular toys and subsequent cartoon of the time (huge in the US!), and was initially developed on the Amiga 1200 as the primary platform, with … Continue reading →
1993 Krisalis Software Platforms: Various A very short entry for now and for a potential sequel to Soccer Kid, a platformer game where you control a kid with a football who can perform a series of special moves to defeat … Continue reading →
1982-1983 Archer Maclean Platform: Atari 400/800 In August 2023, Chris Wilkins (Fusion Retro Books) entrusted Games That Weren’t with the task of preserving all of Archer’s development disks. Whilst going through Archer’s 5.25″ work disks, a series of significant discoveries … Continue reading →
1983 SEGA Platform: Atari 2600 (possibly VIC-20 and others too – unconfirmed) Team member Fabrizio Bartoloni recently brought to my attention a very intriguing title which SEGA announced as part of their first line up of games for various home … Continue reading →
Already into the second month of 2024, and plenty more updates for the GTW64 archive. So here is what we have for February 2024: Two new recoveries Thanks to Csaba Virag, two more seemingly unpreserved games have been found. It … Continue reading →
1993 ICOM Simulations Platform: PC and Mac ICOM Simulations, the makers of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, were to follow up with a title called Global Golf: The Earth Invitational. Announced around Summer 1993, the game would give you the chance … Continue reading →
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