Welcome to Games That Weren't!

We are an Cancelled & Unreleased Video games archive with prototypes, developer history and assets for many computers and consoles of all ages. A non-profit large archive dedicated to preserving lost games that were never released to the public. Sharing history and stories from the developers, assets and more before it is too late. GTW has been preserving lost video game history online since 1999, and long before that offline.

Please Browse our archive and discover the many entries that we host for many different platforms.

Latest News and Posts

Atari Addict released, including GTW feature!

Atari Addict landed this weekend, and David Crookes has done an amazing job putting this #Atari special together with many different features across many platforms. We also had the honor of writing the unreleased games segment too!

To order, visit: https://pixel.addict.media/shop/atari-addict-magazine

Posted in: Atari, Atari 2600 / Atari VCS, Atari 400/800/XL, Atari 7800, Atari Falcon, Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, News | Leave a comment

GTW Highlight No.12: The Godfather breakthroughs (SEGA Master System)

GTW Highlight No.12: June was certainly busy, and we did a huge investigation into The Godfather on the Sega Master System + others. It vanished after a rough first cut that wasn’t up to scratch. We made some big breakthroughs in terms of who worked on it:

https://gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/the-godfather/

Posted in: Atari ST, Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore Amiga, GTW64 news, News, SEGA Master System | Tagged: | Leave a comment

GTW Highlight No.11: 25th Anniversary of Games That Weren’t

GTW Highlight No.11: In May, we celebrated an incredible 25 years of Games That Weren’t, which was first born back in 1999. Covering the history of how the site first started and some of the key events and recoveries over the years leading up to 2024.

https://gamesthatwerent.com/2024/05/25-years-of-games-that-werent/

To accompany the page, we also did a video that talked through the early beginnings and some of the key findings from over the years.

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GTW Highlight No.09: A look at Into The Shadows (PC, PS, Saturn)

GTW Highlight No.9: In April, we looked at Into The Shadows – an impressive 3D fantasy fighting game developed for Scavenger in 1996 for PC, PlayStation + Sega Saturn. Only a rolling demo currently exists, but something playable is hoped to be found.

https://gamesthatwerent.com/2024/04/into-the-shadows/

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GTW Highlight No.08: Micro-Antics VIC-20 preservation work

GTW Highlight No.8: Finally in March, we carried out a huge preservation project on Micro-Antics, the company that produced the amazing Chariot Race for the Commodore VIC-20. All titles were fully preserved, including dev materials + an unreleased game:

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/03/a-tribute-to-micro-antics/

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GTW Highlight No.07: Prehistorik Kart prototype saved (Game Boy Advance)

GTW Highlight No.7: Again in March, we released an early prototype of Prehistorik Kart on the #Nintendo #GameBoyAdvance for the first time – a Mario Kart clone due as a compilation bonus for the GBA release of Prehistorik Man by Titus in 2001:

https://gamesthatwerent.com/2024/03/prehistorik-kart/

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