Here is a larger overview of recent comments on the Games That Weren’t website, so you can keep up to date with any recent input from others on our various entries.
Barrie on Darkness At Dawn: I love ID and Deus Ex Machina before it. I really hope Colin and Mel will try to resurrect this… Feb 25, 20:04
on Grand Prix Simulator: Aaah, so Zzap! Italia said a truth at the time, including C16! https://plus4world.powweb.com/software/Grand_Prix_Simulator Feb 25, 10:06- on A talk at Retro Collective: It was a joy to host you Frank at what I hope is the first of many meet ups. Thanks… Feb 25, 07:53
- on Ghost Hunters: Ghost Hunters originated on the CPC and ported to the Speccy via the CPC which the Oliver Twins used for… Feb 22, 18:41
- on Codemasters early conversion entries added: No problem at all. :) I moderate both The Dizzy Fansite and The Codemasters Archive, so researching things for both… Feb 21, 08:52
- on Batman Returns missing features (Atari Lynx): They’re listed at https://www.mobygames.com/game/38511/batman-returns/ … I’m linked with Susan, but never had a response about another title. I’m in touch… Feb 20, 11:12
- on Batman Returns missing features (Atari Lynx): Be interesting to ask the developers if we knew who they were? Feb 20, 10:58
- on Pandemonium: Thank you Hoagie! I couldn’t find anything with a quick text search, but have grabbed the PC Zone scan and… Feb 19, 18:57
- on Pandemonium: The game was indeed reviewed in the shareware section of some British magazines in 1994, with Astros Productions credited as… Feb 19, 15:25
- on Messiah 3: Would be amazing to see the game released – hoping Gene pops back here sometime to see what the chances… Feb 17, 12:58
- on The Ancient Art of War: I never had it. I never played it. But in my mind… it was a important for my philosophy of… Feb 16, 19:16
- on Messiah 3: Just came across this game in the Sept-Oct 92 issue of RUN and was instantly disappointed to hear it was… Feb 16, 15:13
- on Wizardry IV: Yeah, I think there’s a good selection who enjoy them. I wasn’t really into them myself, but did try to… Feb 15, 21:59
- on Wizardry IV: I just wondered why it doesn’t exist, googled and found your entry. ;) Feb 14, 17:39
- on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: No problem at all Marko! And great to learn where the 3D graphics disk came from – that was a… Feb 11, 11:19
- on Bonus Atari ST recoveries: Thanks everyone for rescuing and dumping these disks! I guess we now know which utilities the late great Archer Maclean… Feb 11, 09:59
- on Dominion: A whole Article about this game, thank you very much Hoagie! And thank you Frank for posting these Mindcraft games! Feb 7, 18:54
- on Unknown K-Byte game: That’s brilliant! Thanks so much for finding and locating what the game was. I’ll update the page and close the… Feb 7, 10:50
- on Unknown K-Byte game: The game shown is definitely Narnia, released for C64 and Apple II (both in the same package on a flippy… Feb 7, 09:34
- on MicroLeague Sports titles: That’s a great spot, thank you Max! I’ll update the page quickly with the information. Feb 6, 10:47
- on MicroLeague Sports titles: Final wwf expansion disks advertised with matches were to include The Ultimate Warrior VS. Ravishing Rick Rude, and “The Hit… Feb 6, 08:15
- on Donkey Kong Jr: That’s a very good point LiqMatrix! I had completely forgotten about it! Just added a link now! Feb 4, 15:36
- on Donkey Kong Jr: That is amazing – I hadn’t checked the video yet, but i’ve grabbed some frames from it to include on… Feb 4, 14:56
- on Donkey Kong Jr: Actually, I found even more footage from the news report the blog post looked at! Not sure if the sound… Feb 4, 05:15
- on Piper Software games: That’s brilliant news Håvar, thanks for letting us know! Updated the page quickly and it will be great to see… Feb 3, 22:54
- on Transmuter: Thanks Adam! That’s brilliant – just added to the page and made a note about the others to try and… Feb 3, 22:47
- on Piper Software games: All the 4 Piper software games are now found and preservation should be possible. I see only two are added… Feb 3, 22:47
- on Transmuter: Hi. I’ve found the magazine advert mentioned in this article. It was in “Popular Computing Weekly” around April 1987. https://thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Advert_PopularComputingWeekly_Apr1987.jpg… Feb 3, 17:05
- on Donkey Kong Jr: That’s fantastic, thank you Zdrmonster! I’ll update the page on Tuesday when doing the site updates. Feb 2, 16:17
- on Donkey Kong Jr: I think I found a screenshot of this: https://gdri.blogspot.com/2024/06/developers-on-tv-k-byte.html Feb 1, 06:55
- on Star Tech Games: Hi Mario – it’s one we’re certainly looking to see preserved. Do you have any way of backing up? Jan 30, 15:38
- on Jetbrix: It’s true – memories can blur over time. We’ll hopefully find out for sure some day. Jan 30, 15:37
- on Alien Trilogy: I’ve not seen anything either Ross. It seems very unlikely that it was – and it was just a mock-up… Jan 30, 14:36
- on Back in the USSR: Thanks Dan – worth adding Mats as a temporary credit at least. I’ll do that now. Jan 30, 14:33
- on Star Tech Games: Hello guys, I have the Star Tech Meteor I don’t know if is something that you are looking for. Thank… Jan 30, 14:20
- on Back in the USSR: Mats Larsson (the owner behind Moltech Software) made some own games as well. I think one of them was called… Jan 29, 17:55
- on Alien Trilogy: I’ve never seen any evidence Alien Trilogy ever being planned, let alone started as a scripted, on-rails, arcade style, FMV… Jan 29, 17:24
- on Jetbrix: My suggestion is to take whar SOUT remembers with a grain of salt: on that same site, he also assigned… Jan 29, 16:08
- on Darkland: No worries Hoagie – I had no idea either. It could well be that it didn’t see release, or had… Jan 27, 21:04
- on Darkland: My bad, I forgot to check on Atari Mania, but I still can’t find any review or ad for this… Jan 27, 17:24
- on Darkland: Ah thanks Ivan, I think I mis-interpreted Hoagie’s submission. Seems that the Amiga version is missing, but the ST version… Jan 26, 20:56
- on Darkland: Seems to be released for the Atari ST. https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-darkland_9075.html Jan 26, 13:36
- on Deathbringer: Thanks Marco – they sometimes did that with games, but its definitely worth adding to the page :) Jan 24, 09:33
- on Alien Trilogy: That suggests it was then just a concept mock-up, or they were looking at doing an FMV game on the… Jan 24, 09:32
- on Alien Trilogy: What is the most interesting to me that it was shown so early (Jan 1994). Yet the first port of… Jan 24, 03:30
- on Deathbringer: They delivered a poster of deathbringer with the game Volfied, but as they used the same box as the amiga… Jan 24, 00:17
- on Alien Trilogy: That is a great finding Molasar! Thank you very much for that – i’ll add into the main page now.… Jan 23, 11:18
- on Adidas Golden Shoe: For some reason this post has given me real vibes as to what it felt like reading about new 16-bit… Jan 23, 09:27
- on Alien Trilogy: At Winter CES (January) 1994 there was a demo of Alien Trilogy which seems to be a CGI FMV. Perhaps… Jan 22, 11:40
- on Joy of Killing: Ah, you’re always so kind :D I would say, considering a game like XENON II – MEGABLAST was released 7… Jan 21, 14:49
- on Fire and Forget 2: Thanks very much Hoagie for sharing your thoughts on this. From what you’ve explained about Titus, it does sound likely… Jan 20, 15:15
- on Battlezone 2000: That’s brilliant Michael – thank you very much for sharing, i’ll embed that in now and that does indeed (along… Jan 20, 10:34
- on Nigel Mansell F1 Racing: That’s brilliant, thanks Marco! I’ll update the page tomorrow sometime! Jan 20, 10:32
- on Nigel Mansell F1 Racing: Also the was the FreeWheel from Logic 3 supporting this game, i will send you some pics. It clearly says… Jan 20, 09:18
- on Fire and Forget 2: On the one hand, it’s quite plausible, especially when you realize that the news revealing that they were making an… Jan 19, 18:23
- on Battlezone 2000: Some footage was shown at Summer CES 1994 and fortunately captured by Atari Explorer Online for a VHS they sold… Jan 18, 07:49
- on Bible Research Systems titles: It will be better for us to communicate or anyone else who wants to contribute to contact me at: https://www.verse-searcher.com/contact/… Jan 15, 00:53
- on Chopper Attack: That’s a good point Hoagie – thanks for flagging that up. I’ll also add the scan and the alternate name… Jan 14, 17:22
- on Chopper Attack: The report in Power Play does not clearly say that the game was shown. It just says that Andy Hollis… Jan 14, 15:16
- on Chopper Attack: Great spot Jim! It could possibly be, though the logo at the very start seems to say something else other… Jan 14, 11:21
- on Chopper Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ZTt0YKpKY It might be the helicopter game in the first minute of this video? Jan 14, 11:08
- on Eskimo Eddie: Hi Fever – I suspect that it was accidently put onto a PD compilation (like what happened to a number… Jan 14, 10:35
- on Eskimo Eddie: Hi Frank What about the comment on GB64 that says “Digital Marketing PD #028” does that mean that it was… Jan 13, 12:30
- on Bible Research Systems titles: No problems…once I get an ISO from your BRS CD, that will fill-in the missing files for gaps listed in… Jan 13, 04:57
- on Bible Research Systems titles: I haven’t forgotten you, just caught up in a lot of personal stuff for a bit. Don’t forget to remind… Jan 12, 12:26
- on Multi-pack: Hi Paul, i’ll ping you an email quickly. We weren’t 100% sure if it existed or not, and hoped it… Jan 11, 16:52
- on Multi-pack: Hi, ive just got a load of c64 tapes and this was in it. Your web site says this doesnt… Jan 11, 14:05
- on An interview with Craig Kelsall: Thanks Hoagie, i’ll make a note to cover Slicks in the future! Jan 10, 09:04
- on An interview with Craig Kelsall: The Amiga version of Slicks was previewed in Joystick 32 (11/1992) page 089. Jan 9, 17:27
- on Sorry!: https://retrocollector.org/index.php?page=1&system=1&media=123456789AYZ&publisher=-1&title=sorry&box=-1®ion=-1&type=0123&release=22216 Jan 9, 17:09
- on Engalus: Thanks for the kind words PLG_4269. Yeah, unfortunately this happens a lot with a lack of source crediting – though… Jan 8, 09:06
- on Engalus: Thanks GTW for the thorough and detailed article/videos as usual. It’s unfortunate you never got the clearance to release the… Jan 7, 19:25
- on Guerrilla War: Thank you Hoagie, that is great work! I’ve just updated the page with credit to yourself. Hopefully Marc will be… Jan 7, 15:45
- on The Black Onyx: Young Mr. Henk in the Login photo!! The second game, The Fire Crystal, was released for PC-8801, but the third… Jan 7, 13:12
- on Guerrilla War: After some research, it seems that Prestasoft was just another name for Satory Software, Marc Djan’s company before he was… Jan 6, 16:01
- on SEGA 1995 product catalogue: Hello, there’s not much info out there on this “SEGA 1995 product catalogue”, that’s for sure! I’m having a tough… Jan 5, 20:51
- on Bible Research Systems titles: The Web site, http://www.Verse-Searcher.com, is up and running….enjoy! ~Alfonso Martinez Jan 2, 01:02
- on The Cross: Great website! I’ve enjoyed exploring all the details about cancelled and unreleased C64 games. The insights into these forgotten titles… Dec 29, 07:12
- on Bible Research Systems titles: I am almost finished setting up my Web site, www.Verse-Searcher.com, that will be an archive of everything Bible Research Systems.… Dec 28, 08:21
- on Long lost Jeff Minter games found!: Thanks Michael. My collection of files was just from the 8-bit portion. Dec 24, 14:26
- on Long lost Jeff Minter games found!: That’s awesome, thank you Michael – i’ll add links to the page. LiqMatrix has also sent an archive over so… Dec 24, 11:34
- on Bible Research Systems titles: Jim, Try uploading to https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/njxh194nwxjcya14bkqpl/AB7tKHu8B8y1INZA0GC6l5E?rlkey=xfn623a5h6kb1ymwoo5f7hysy&st=8o5v09w5&dl=0 Thank you, Dec 24, 02:30
- on Long lost Jeff Minter games found!: Hi Frank, I believe most of those Llamasoft files have working downloads here: 8-bit https://web.archive.org/web/20240224142009/http://www.llamasoftarchive.org/oldsite/llamadloads.htm 16-bit https://web.archive.org/web/20230128075839/http://www.llamasoftarchive.org/oldsite/llamadloads2.html I’m grabbing them… Dec 24, 00:31
- on Thank you!: Thank you, Frank, for yet another incredible year, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours! Amazing… Dec 23, 23:15
- on Thank you!: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year – Lots Of Love and Best Wishes and Long Health for ALL the… Dec 23, 20:38
