Games That Weren't covers cancelled video games and unreleased games across a variety of consoles + home computers. Running since 1999 online + longer offline.
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Mike the Dragon is a cancelled #C64 conversion of a very early Kingsoft #Amiga release - very similar to Chuckie Egg. Sadly never completed due to time constraints, thankfully Protovision kindly provided remains for the GTW archives many years ago.
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Today we take a look at Rage by id Software, which was released on a variety of platforms including #PC, #Xbox360 and #PS3. Grzegorz Antosiewicz dissects & highlights a large number of differences and items cut from the final release.
gamesthatwerent.com/2021/12/…(opens in a new tab)
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Today is our big #GTW64 xmas update for 2021, with a special new release of Gyro Shoc for you to play. Plus a glimpse of Vale of Shadows, 38 new entries and 37 updates added to the archives. Happy holidays all & we hope you enjoy!
gamesthatwerent.com/2021/12/… #c64 #unreleased
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Deathstalker is a cancelled #C64 conversion of a #ZXSpectrum and #AmstradCPC Codemasters title. Abandoned due to a coding glitch + developer inexperience at the time. There is an early prototype available on the GTW site to check out:
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Here is a great #bbcmicro recovery that you may have missed of a very obscure and previously unknown Pole Position clone called Flat Out. Now fully preserved and released on Christmas Day. Check out the full story and download at stardot.org.uk/forums/viewto…
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💬 Quake Advance: How a Lost Game Boy Shooter Prototype Came Alive
The roughness is doing a lot of the emotional work here. Quake Advance is fascinating as a technical experiment, but the slow performance would probably make me quit quickly. I keep judging it like a game, even though it was really a glimpse into a developer’s workbench. Maybe that’s unfair. Would you rather have seen a compromised official Quake port or preserved this way?
#GameBoyAdvance #QuakeAdvance #retrogaming
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Hey @fgasking check out this developer interview by @nerd_cage -- there's some discussion here about cancelled games, including Project Dreams!
Link: piped.video/4uoNKr3QbrA
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Calling all #Commodore64 #C64 enthusiasts…
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New GTW release: Pro Tennis, a very early Amstrad CPC prototype by David Bradley at Clockwize. There's not much to play, but offers a glimpse of the game taking shape before development stopped. Thanks to Dean Hickingbottom for preserving the prototype.
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Made in Sheffield
Yet another #NES prototype recovered! Today we’re releasing an earlier 1992 build of Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing by Gremlin. Used as a reference for a conversion, this build features title screen, credit, and speed differences:
gamesthatwerent.com/2025/06/…
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The Games That Weren’t
Delves into the mysteries of video games that never saw the light of day.
Out now: bitmapbooks.com/collections/…
#bitmapbooks #books #fyp #retrogaming @fgasking
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If you own a #Commodore64...
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スーパーファミコン「F1 ナイジェル・マンセル F1チャレンジ」はPCE以外当時の主要コンシューマ全機種で移植されている。NES版(海外ファミコン)は数少ない主観視点でプレイできる。メガドラ版は後方視点。
Yet another #NES prototype recovered! Today we’re releasing an earlier 1992 build of Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing by Gremlin. Used as a reference for a conversion, this build features title screen, credit, and speed differences:
gamesthatwerent.com/2025/06/…
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Resident Evil - Featured in our book - The Games That Weren’t
Discover more than 80 unreleased gems from the annals of gaming.
Out now: bitmapbooks.com/collections/…
#bitmapbooks #books #fyp #retrogaming @fgasking
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The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators
A celebration of the games, creators and machines that made the arcade such a special place.
Hurry! Selling fast: bitmapbooks.com/collections/…
#bitmapbooks #books #arcade #gaming
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Greg's amazing photo collection at Gremlin Graphics can be viewed at gremlinarchive.com/?s=greg+h…
Super fortunate that Greg Holmes carried a camera in the Gremlin Graphics offices. A wonderful treasure trove for British video game historians and lovely memories for those devs featured.
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#newupload
I finally started getting into my disc collection. To start it off, here is
The Art of Laputa
archive.org/details/laputa-a…
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Unreleased Newgrounds Game for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance
-2d run and gun sidescroller
-Based on popular Newgrounds franchise character
-Original engine was made by Tom Fulp
The game is Alloy by "Black Hammer Games" Check out the YT Video to support the channel
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Check out A Slice of Dinosaur Pie by Simon Butler on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/968…
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As I'm in a #Wizball mood at the moment here's some history. Shown here is my 1st rough idea for a #ZXSpectrum ld scr, then a start of an attempt. Next is Simon Butler's sketch showing me how to change the art to landscape, then the original ld scr by myself.
#OceanSoftware
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