Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Gamebase64 has been a hugely important digital archive for the Commodore 64 for over 25 years now, bringing together all of the games that have made the platform so special. Webmaster and developer Steven Feurer tragically passed away suddenly in … Continue reading
Our first update for 2014 includes the following: 2 new entries added Toki V1, Yie Ar Kung Fu V1 8 updates added See the “Updates made” link at the top of each page for what has changed. Ballfever, Bugs Bunny, … Continue reading
A big thanks to Retroid64 who has produced an excellent Top 10 YouTube video of most wanted GTW64 titles and findings in the archive. Check it out below! :-)
Our publisher Bitmap Books have just released a bit more detail in their latest newsletter about the upcoming Games That Weren’t book, including a sneak peak at how its shaping up, so here is a bit of a preview for … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that Games That Weren’t will have a display at Play Blackpool this 3rd and 4th May. In collaboration with Andy Brown of Replay Events, we have helped pick a number of games for various consoles … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t features in the press this month in various forms, with an Amiga CD32 Games That Weren’t piece in the latest Amiga Addict magazine (CD32 special to celebrate 30 years), and also an interview with Amstrad Addict (an … Continue reading
Great news, but thanks to the games author Simon Phillips, we have managed to preserve possibly one of the only copies and packages of the obscure Gamma Strike game set on the Commodore 64. What is particularly interesting about this … Continue reading
Recently, we were kindly invited to write a guest article for www.GOG.com on some of the PC/Mac games that we have covered in the book, as well as talk about the work involved in the writing of the book. You … Continue reading
I’m pleased to announce that pre-orders for our Games That Weren’t book are now open at https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the-games-that-werent To give a bit of background to regulars of the site (as well as new visitors). Primarily my aim was to produce something … Continue reading
Great news, but a reprint of The Games That Weren’t book is now available for pre-order. The Games That Weren’t chronicles 40 years of video game projects that never made it past ‘work-in-progress’. Discover more than 80 unreleased gems from … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t is a freely ran project, 100% non-profitable and done in our own free time. To ensure minimum downtime, storing vast amounts of scans, downloads and information we unfortunately have to pay for hosting. If you would like … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t is a freely ran project, 100% non-profitable and done in our own free time. To ensure minimum downtime, storing vast amounts of scans, downloads and information we unfortunately have to pay for hosting. If you would like … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t is a freely ran project, 100% non-profitable and done in our own free time. To ensure minimum downtime, storing vast amounts of scans, downloads and information we have to pay for our hosting. UPDATE! – We have … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t is a freely ran project, 100% non-profitable and done in our own free time. To ensure minimum downtime, storing vast amounts of scans, downloads and information we unfortunately have to pay for hosting. If you would like … Continue reading
Games That Weren’t is a freely ran project, 100% non-profitable and done in our own free time. To ensure minimum downtime, storing vast amounts of scans, downloads and information we have to pay for proper hosting. UPDATE – All hosting … Continue reading
It’s been a while since we added some VIC-20 games to the archive, so here we are, with some quick entries to bolster up the slowly growing archive. This week we have added the following: Alien Garden Necromancer Panic Button … Continue reading
A short update for the Commodore VIC-20 archive with 4 new titles added into the archives, including one which is deemed to be the holy grail of unreleased VIC-20 titles. Hellowoon Wizard of Wor Speed Type Electronic Calendar These additions … Continue reading
Well, 2018 went far too quick! It’s been almost a year since our last update, which wasn’t really the intention and isn’t the norm. I had planned to take a few months break and then continue as usual, but unfortunately … Continue reading
Over the past few months, GTW64 has been working with C64.com to preserve a series of games after working on the disk collection of Darren Melbourne. 25 or so disks were painstakingly preserved by C64.com, and GTW64 trawled through these … Continue reading
It is a big week, as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary of Games That Weren’t. It’s also our monthly update to the Commodore 64 archive, with plenty of new and updated materials for you to check out. 2,500 entries now … Continue reading
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