Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Thanks to Andrew Braybrook, rare prototype Paradroid screens on the Commodore 64 (including early unused “fishbone” designs) were preserved for the excellent Graftgold book by Retro Fusion Books. Many didn’t make it inside, but thanks to Ste Day, here is … Continue reading
An Easter update at GTW64: Full game released – ‘Escape’ Four new entries – Hard Drivin V1, Indiana Jones Last Crusade V1, Radioactive, Unnamed SEUCK game Four updated entries – Bits for Bizmo, Hangman’s Hazard, Mega Twins, Zynon http://www.gtw64.co.uk
To mark the 40th anniversary of Elite by Ian Bell and David Braben, Ian has added further sources to his archives for the likes of Apple, Atari, C64, NES – but crucially a few unreleased titles too. This includes source … Continue reading
1995 Psygnosis Platforms: PC and Sony PlayStation Elric: The Almon’s Mission was an RPG title being developed by Psygnosis way back in 1995, based on the character by Michael Moorcock. The game was intended for release on both PC CD … Continue reading
Been a while, but here is a new update with a brand new game release, and a digest of updates that have happened since the 27th February. Evil Garden fully recovered and released today Thanks to Lenny Bronstein for highlighting … Continue reading
Very occasionally in the pursuit of a GTW you stumble upon other, previously unknown GTWs by happenstance. This happened to me recently as part of my ongoing investigation into the possibility of an Alien Trilogy port on the Sega 32X. … Continue reading
GTW64 has had a number of updates over the past few weeks, including: Two ‘Nanosec’ entries added ‘Splidge the snowman’ music found and added A long lost 3DCK game found and released – ‘A Chance in Hell’ Entry added for … Continue reading
If you have recently joined the new Threads.net service, then you can now find Games That Weren’t on there too at gamesthatwerent or https://www.threads.net/@gamesthatwerent Hoping a desktop version arrives soon, but we’ll keep posting out our updates to here, as … Continue reading
Been a few weeks, so here is a new GTW64 update with some more bits and pieces added and updated: 3 new entries added Boxing Game, Snow Bros (unofficial), Up in the air 14 updates added Argonavtica, Babylon, Commodore Format … Continue reading
Many thanks to Mark Jones for helping to recover more bits and pieces from the original Flood 2 write up!. This includes many designs and mockups, as well as an interview and some disk based materials! https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2010/09/28/flood-2-bullfrog-so-close-yet-so-far%E2%80%A6/ Enjoy!
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
The 2025 Zzap!64 annual has arrived and looks great! The biggest surprise was the six page Games That Weren’t tribute feature by Ian Osborne, who had created the article that inspired it all. Talking about how some of the titles … 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
Video is now live of the recent Games That Weren’t talk at The Retro Collective. Hope you enjoy it and thank you so much to The Cave for hosting us. A fantastic place which I hope many of you will … 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
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