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.
With thanks to Ross Sillifant, it has been highlighted from a MEGA Power interview with Steve Turner that a PC Engine edition of Paradroid was once in production, as well as a unknown console edition of Total Recall. Paradroid 90 … Continue reading →
1990 Color Dreams Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Lynx and Sega Mega Drive Just a short entry for a cancelled film title that was due for release on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Lynx and Sega Mega Drive. It was … Continue reading →
2004 Elixir Studios Platform: PC Due originally for release in Q4 of 2005, this was to be a sequel to Republic: The Revolution. “Blue Vault” the working title of the game. The development would consist of an 18-strong development team, … Continue reading →
1993 SEGA Platform: Sega Mega Drive Graphic artist Craig Stitt has recently been putting up a lot of brilliant unseen materials from his SEGA days, and has today just added a video showing screens from another Sonic related title called … Continue reading →
1996 Accolade Platforms: Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation A short entry for now on what sadly was to be an abandoned conversion of Star Control III for both the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation platforms. The game was eventually released … Continue reading →
We had a request from contributor Robin Gravel, who has spent some years looking for this Mastertronic/Virgin game that was advertised for PC back in 1988 called Ray Trace VS the Megadeath Aliens. It was described as an arcade action … Continue reading →
Another month and another GTW64 update with a number of new entries and various page updates that have been added over the past month. Enjoy! 11 new entries added Ball Breaker, Black Tiger V1, Bushfire, Counting Bees, Eskape, Fighting Survivor, … Continue reading →
1999 Fox Interactive Platform: Sony PlayStation and SEGA Saturn (unreleased) A short entry to share some screens showing a much earlier version of Alien Resurrection, featuring a 3rd person perspective for the game that was eventually dropped for a 1st … Continue reading →
1993 Ocean Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST A short post to share various screens from the pretty much complete but unreleased Universal Monsters that was due for release on the Amiga and Atari ST platforms. Sadly hitting development … Continue reading →
A quick post after receiving an email today from a Robin Gravel who has highlighted the classic title “The Heist” – a title I remember well on the Commodore 64. In the advert which you can see here, the game … Continue reading →
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