Welcome to Games That Weren't 64!
We cover Cancelled & Unreleased Video games for the Commodore 64 computer. A non-profit large archive dedicated to preserving lost games that were never released to the public, as well as prototypes and the odd preservation of released titles. Our aim to share history and stories from the developers, assets and more before it is too late. GTW has been preserving lost video game history since 1999.
Please Browse our archive and discover the many entries that we host and have saved over the years.
Latest News and Posts
GTW64 October 2022 update
Autumn has well and truly drawn in, and the updates for Games That Weren’t 64 continue where possible. This time we present 7 new entries, and 9 updates overall to various titles.
A big chunk of additions include many titles that were planned for the Commodore MAX platform – which was the precursor to the C64. If the titles can ever be found, then they should be adaptable to work on the C64. There’s also the finding of a more complete demo of Lemmings V1.
Enjoy, and see you all next month hopefully!
7 new entries added
Air Battle, Challenger, Cosmax, Go Sets Go, Greenhouse (MAX edition), Pirate Attack, Sub Hunt
9 updates added
3 Days In Carpathia, 9 Lives Of Fritz The Cat, Arcadian, Armalyte 2, Exorcist, Gem-X 2, Jimmy’s Grand Prix, Lemmings V1, Pushover64
GTW64 September 2022 update
As the summer draws to a close, we present 4 new entries, and 17 updates overall to various titles. We’ve added a new entry for Visualize’s Kung-Fu Warrior, which oddly we haven’t added until now. A strange C64 conversion of a C16 classic that had limited release in Spain and a number of tidy ups for many titles.
4 new entries added
Amphora of the Star God, Exorcist, Kung-Fu Warrior, Pepe’s Garden
17 updates added
Absolute Beginning, Andy Rixon Game, Aquablast, Autoguard, BrainBreak, Ice Age, Lethal Xcess, Liberation, Little Beau, Liverpool V1, Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix, Quo Vadis, Quondam, Rastan V1, The Magic Roundabout, Tunes n Trivia, Xybots
GTW64 August 2022 Update
Well and truly back up to speed this month with 6 new entries, and 18 updates overall to various titles. There is the new mystery of a U.S. Gold release that seemingly never was in most parts of Europe, details about early versions of Knuckle Buster, great progress being made with Firebird’s Ice Age, and much more!
6 new entries added
Australian Games, Baldor’s Castle, Galactic Software titles, Knuckle Buster V1, Triz, X-Men
18 updates added
Beauty And The Beast, Captain Courageous, Diabolik, Enduro Racer V2, Galaxy Patrol, Ice Age, Lunar Jetman, Mission Jupiter, Necronom, R-Type V1, Savage Platforms, Snow Bros, Stellar Manager, Stratos, Sturmtruppen, Sunburst Communications titles, Zaxon, Zero-X
GTW64 July 2022 update
A bit more up to speed this month, with 5 more new entries, including a large catalogue listing to try and find a bunch of software that may not yet be preserved and a homebrew title that hasn’t seen the light of day since 1991. Then a nice 16 updates to existing archive titles with some tidy ups and new information in places.
5 new entries added
BrainBreak, Blockie, Dynacomp catalog titles, Megváltó, Operation Neptune
16 updates added
Catch 23, Dungeons Of Death, Enduro Racer V2, English Invaders, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade V1, Jonny Quest and the Splinter of Heaven, Mega Games, Mindbending Aliens From Hyperspace, Murder!, Nefarious, Pulsator, R-Type V1, Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Wilberforce
The Mind Possessing Aliens from Hyperspace
1991 Demonware
Platforms: Commodore Amiga, C64 (see link below) and PC
Originally we knew of this game thanks to its appearance in an Early Warning scanner in Commodore Format magazine. This was for the C64 edition, which we have covered already under the C64 GTW archive site. Our focus for this page is for the Amiga and PC editions which are also currently missing.
The basic story line was of a Mad Doctor Von Stal discovering a way to send people into hyperspace, but hasn’t worked out how to get them back. But also how to stop the flood of monsters coming through the opening he’s created and are taking over people’s minds.
Continue readingGTW64 June 2022 update
Apologies all, a bit of a smaller update than usual due to recent personal events. Hope to be back up to full tilt by next month. Enjoy all!
1 new entry added
9 updates added
Enduro Racer V2, Exodus, Kick Your Brain, Kwik Snax V1, RabbitJack’s Casino, Rockus, Rubicon 2, Space Wars, Sword Of The Samurai
GTW64 May 2022 update
For May 2022 we have the following 6 new additions and updates for the site, including a number of new entries and preservations over the past month. Also details of another Shadow of the Beast conversion that was under way and various tidy ups and additions for 33 pre-existing entries. Enjoy!
6 new entries added
Harold V1, McMurphy’s Mansion, PlayWriter series, RabbitJack’s Casino, Shadow of the Beast V1, Silvia
33 updates added
2400 A.D., Alien game, Batman Returns, Bee 52, Bible Research Systems titles, Bob’s Full House V1, CJ In Space, CJ’s 4th Adventure, Chops, Defensive, Double Dragon V1, Educational Activities, Inc. titles, Formula 1 Simulator, Formule 1, Gravity X, Hard Drivin’ V1, K-TEK Software titles, Karnov V1, Kick Your Brain, LOGO-Logic 1 and 2, Megatanoï, Micro Application titles, Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix, Nuclear Sub Command, Phoenix Lair, Race Drivin’, Sprites Software titles, Street Fighter 2 V1, Tetrix, Trucc, Zamzara V1, Zgadula, Zynon
More C64 titles preserved
Thanks to the amazing efforts of contributor Allan Pinkerton, two more unpreserved C64 titles have now been preserved in the form of the final missing Playwriter title – Castles and Creatures (which goes now with the other titles preserved in April), but also a previously unknown title from Micro Learn called Myths, Magic and Monsters.
Allan has scanned in all the materials and also preserved the disks, which you can download below. Many thanks to Allan Pinkerton for his hard work and dedication to see these titles preserved.
Downloads
Quick note to all
Hi all – just a heads up that I may not get to process any site comments or submissions right away, as a close family member has been admitted to hospital.
I’ll try and respond and update as soon as I can, including adding some more updates to the site over time. Apologies for any delays in getting back to you and wishing you all the best!
Frank
GTW64 April 2022 update
For April 2022 we have the following new additions and updates for the site, including yet another unfinished Tetris game that has been recovered. A large chunk of new entries are for titles which may have been released, but have not yet been digitally preserved and made available in places such as Gamebase64.
Tetrix and TV Foci previews recovered
Yet another Hungarian Tetris clone and a very early pong demo that has been recovered thanks to Csaba Virag.
12 other new entries added
Bible Research Systems titles, Daybreak Software titles, Educational Activities, Inc. titles, K-TEK Software titles, LOGO-Logic 1, Journalist, Micro Application titles, Sprites Software titles, Sunburst Communications titles, Tetris, Unknown RPG, Vapour
26 updates added
Bak Pakker, Ball-Job, Captain America, Championship Golf at Pebbles Beach, Covermount casualties, Cyclone Duel, Defensive, Edward Randy, Flashback, Formule 1, Gremlins, I Of The Mask, Iron Maiden, Karnov V1, Last Ninja V1, Mumbles – Superspy, PlayWriter series, Pyramid Of Time, Rainbow Bomb, Razzmatazz, Rings Of Medusa 2, Stargate Legacy, Starsat, Top-Hole Golf, Warriors
