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'Games That Werent' searches for unreleased games, unfinished games that never were on the Commodore 64. Currently featuring 1160 review entries with various scans, screenshots, downloads, interviews and more. GTW64 aims to find the games for you to play, giving credit to developers whose unseen hard work has never been fully appreciated and to preserve what we can... Can you help us find these lost games?

'DARKNESS AT DAWN'

Another from the archive!
Click image to read review

THREE NEW GTW RELEASES!...

Following on from our last update comes yet another with 3 new titles previously not seen and ready to download. This includes the great unofficial Space Ace preview we've been speaking about, another game from the same author and also an early preview of Citadel 2 (Working title) by Martin Piper, creator of the recent Berzerk Redux!... Enjoy!...
Citadel 2, Jam It!, Space Ace (Unofficial)

TWO NEW EBES ENTRIES + ONE UPDATE...

Two more EBES titles are given entries, as well as a very quick sub title update to Bakpakker...
Bak Pakker, Cyclone Duel, Iron Maiden

TWO MORE NEW ENTRIES...

Details of a sequel to the Ghosts n Goblins clone, Dragon's Kingdom and also of the Zzap megatape game sequel to Tusari, named Tusari 2 (If you hadn't of guessed!)...
Dragon's Kingdom 2, Tusari 2

PLUS THREE MORE UPDATES...

And to finish things off, we have more production details about Gods to confirm it was real and news that we may see more soon. Creator speaks details added to Neried and finally some rare screenshots added to The Soul Gem of Martek with some more details about the size of the game...
Gods, Nereid, Soul gem of martek

12 / 07 / 09

FOUR RELEASE EXPLOSION!...

A very big thanks to Mauricio Muñoz Lucero for highlighting the following 4 new Michael Ware GTW games which have surfaced recently, including 2 never seen before games, an early version of Warhawk and also confirmation that CDU's Dartz game was meant for Alligata's Pub Games.... Check them out!! :)
Dartz, Dr Bazair '92, Proteus, Tidemarsh

MISSION SHARK - A ZEPPELIN TITLE...

Confirmation that Mission Shark is indeed a Zeppelin title that never was from 1991. More details added to review...
Mission Shark

MORE INFO UPDATES...

Various small snippets and updates to the following...
Battletoads, Gods, Zone of Darkness

04 / 07 / 09

YET ANOTHER CODIES GAME...

Another lost Codemasters game is labelled and found within Gamebase. Check out the entry and download the game...
Mission Jupiter

AND A FIREBIRD GAME?...

Also a game apparently meant for Firebird in 1987 has been added to the archives. Was Rob Hubbard really doing music for it?...
S.P.U.D - Super Powered Urban Device

13 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...

A nice big bundle of new entries thanks to a lot of you GTW contributors!... Keep it up!...
Appointment with Fear, Devils of the Deep, House 2, Illusions, Mad, Magic Carpet, Mission Shark, Moebius, Nereid, Pizza Time, Prince Valiant, Queen Bee, Trantor 2

3 ENTRIES UPDATED...

Some more updates and snippets added to the following titles...
Battletoads, Flashpoint, Hot Rubber

15 / 06 / 09

1 NEW ENTRY AND 1 ENTRY UPDATED...

An even quicker update from us, 1 new Codemaster entry with its music to download for now and a update to Gauntlet 3 with the original disk images added...
Twin Turbo V8, Gauntlet 3

07 / 06 / 09

6 ENTRIES UPDATED...

A very quick update from us to end May 2009, 6 entries updated with various titbits of info added...
Blood Bowl, Dandy V1, Eradicator 2, House, Klaboom, Sword of the Samurai

31 / 05 / 09

'ERADICATOR 2 & 3' - ENTRIES ADDED...

One was a SEUCK effort due for Commodore Disk User, the second was a completely non-SEUCK game which was sadly never to be. Two reviews, and also the SEUCK effort found and available for download. Check out the entries below...
Eradicator 2, Eradicator 3

'METAL ARMY' - PLAYERS ENTRY ADDED...

Yet another Players title gets the GTW treatment. This intriguing conversion of the released Spectrum game seemed to be shaping up fine, with screenshots appearing inside an inlay advert. Check it out here...
Metal Army

'PALLASADES' - ENTRY ADDED...

A promising R-Type clone?... Yet another title learned about thanks to David Dewar. Can it be found?...
Pallasades

2 ENTRIES UPDATED...

And to round things off, here are two quick updates to Fungus 2 and Sword of the Samurai. The first contains an extra inlay scan thanks to Andrew Fisher, and the later just a few little titbits and links thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni...
Fungus 2, Sword of the Samurai

25 / 05 / 09

'DANDY V1' - NEW ENTRY ADDED...

You may be surprised to know that there was a different version of Electric Dreams' Dandy being produced on the C64 by the original developers Ram Jam Corporation. Check out the new entry to learn more...
Dandy V1

'48 HRS' - MORE ABOUT ITS DEVELOPMENT...

GTW learns more about the SCUMM-style game 48-hrs and see what else it later inspired today...
48 Hrs

18 / 05 / 09

'R-TYPE V1' - EXTRA LEVEL LOCATED!...

Another level has surfaced thanks to Jazzcat, the long lost level 4 in a completely different crack of the game. This has been added to the main download and shot added...
R-Type V1

'GIANA 2' - NEVER TO BE FOUND?...

Sadly Quiss and PVCF confirm they no longer have the game or its remains, so is this it finally for this intriguing sequel?...
Giana 2

09 / 05 / 09

'INFECTION' - FULL GAME FOUND!...

More great findings for 2009 continue with the full version of Virgin Mastertronic's unreleased puzzler "Infection". This is the game which was to later become "Spot", but features far better presentation and game features. The added bonus is a previously unheard David Whittaker tune. Check it out!...
Infection

07 / 05 / 09

'STARGLIDER 2' - COMING SOON?...

Some great news, but coming soon to GTW will be a bit of a shock ... a complete version of "Starglider 2".

You may recall the demo version which sits in the archives, but confirmation comes that it was actually completed and the sources have already been backed up. There is a potential unseen Bob Stevenson picture to go with it, and also potentially a filled vector build of the game (Albeit a bit choppy). More details coming soon - but exciting times ahead :)

05 / 05 / 09

'EARTH 3' NEW MAP AND SCAN ADDED...

Antonios Grizis digs out more bits from his incomplete and great looking game Earth 3, including a map of a factory part of the game and a sketch of the planned end of level guardian...
Earth 3

25 / 04 / 09

'DAN DARE V1' SHOTS + ARTICLE ADDED...

Thanks to Peter Weighill for digging out the article and shots, you can now find a rather different looking Dan Dare and learn more about the long lost first part...
Dan Dare PT1

21 / 04 / 09

12 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...

A slightly late easter update, and to kick things off - here are 12 new GTW entries to check out!...
Bloid Bros, Beast Busters, Boxing Manager 2, Dan Dare PT1, Death Star Interceptor II, Get Dexter, Kaiser, Necronom, Quadrant 4, Spore 2, Shinobi V1, Wildfire

11 ENTRIES UPDATED...

And to round things off, here are 10 updates to various entries. These include details from the author of Covboy's Quest, leads on developer for Heebie Jeebies, information about Liverpool V1's conversion by the coder himself, review scans added to Bee 52, screenshots and article bits added to Messiah 3, exciting news regarding Sooty and Sweep 2 + Thomas The Tank Engine 2. Finally a rather large update to White Feather Cloak with a lot more details about the game. Enjoy!...
Asylum, Bee 52, CovBoy's Quest, Henry, Heebie Jeebies, Liverpool V1, Messiah 3, Soul gem of martek, Sooty and Sweep 2, Thomas The Tank Engine 2, White Feather Cloak

GRELL & BEE 52 WERE RELEASED!...

Well, ok... not exactly by Codemasters, but thanks to Frank Cifaldi for highlighting, Codemasters had struck a deal back in 2006/07 with Gametap.com to distribute some old C64 games. Included are Bee 52 and Grell and Falla. Check the links below!...
Bee 52 on Gametap / Grell and Falla on Gametap

20 / 04 / 09

'BEE 52' ADDED...

A new GTW entry is added with the addition of Codemaster's unofficially released Bee 52. Due for release, Codemasters left the C64 and so it was left to Nick Taylor to try and get something back from the game ...
Bee 52

'PHALSBERG' ENTRY UPDATED...

Thanks to Jazzcat and Ian Coog, GTW adds a series of proper screenshots of the game and also the first disk for downloading. The second disk is still missing...
Phalsberg

'SUPER PHOENIX' THE FULL STORY!...

Author of Super Phoenix gets in touch with GTW and gives the story behind this obscure game which surfaced recently...
Super Phoenix

06 / 04 / 09

'GRELL AND FALLA' UPDATED...

More details about the game and what its fate was to be. Why didn't it get a full release, but did on the Spectrum and Amstrad? ...
Grell and Falla

7 CLEAN FILES ADDED...

A fair chunk of the downloads we have, have intros and bits strapped on the front. Thanks to Jazzcat, a number of clean downloads have been added to the following...
Born in Space, CF Adventure, City Bomber, Dreamraider, Elaroo, Koshimo, Legend of Kyril

29 / 03 / 09

'UXB' FULL GAME FOUND!...

To follow Monster Museum, GTW presents a long lost Blagger clone called UXB by Jason Fox and Adam Gilmore...

This is a full game which is presented to you thanks to Wreg, 6R6 and Jazzcat, so enjoy!...
UXB game

10 / 03 / 09

'MONSTER MUSEUM' FOUND!...

After a month of discovery and tracing the game's author, GTW is proud to present the long lost Monster Museum in its final state.

Monster Museum shot

This is a game which is about 90% complete and features qualities / simularities to other Palace titles like Barbarian 2 and the author's original Dan Dare. The game also includes some previously unheard tunes by the late Richard Joseph which makes things even more special with the release. Check it out and enjoy this long lost Palace game!...
Monster Museum

23 / 02 / 09

'HIGH RISE HORROR' FOUND!...

Remains of the game are located and released. Sadly nothing too playable, but something of the long lost conversion from the BBC Micro game!...
High Rise Horror

ANOTHER 'COLONY' PREVIEW FOUND...

A very early preview of Colony found thanks to Vinny Mainolfi!... Check it out!...
Colony

'SAVAGE PLATFORMS' DIARIES ADDED...

With greatest thanks to Allan Bairstow, we are proud to add the Savage Platform diaries from Commodore Scene as a download. A few scans need fixing, but this is a great read! Fixes will come soon!...
Savage Platforms

7 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...

Yet more added to the GTW vaults, including two titles with graphics by the talented Mermaid and finally a lost Commodore game.
Armageddon, Hip Hop, Guardians of Time, Ninja Grannies, Shutdown, Sooty and Sweep 2, Space Ace (Unofficial)

7 ATARISOFT ENTRIES ADDED...

Thanks to Mat Allen, we quickly add 7 new entries for 7 long lost Atarisoft titles. Lots more detail to add to them (Though some with downloads and shots!), but they're added to GTW so we don't forget!...
Crystal Castles, Donkey Kong JR, Missile Command, Mario Bros, Stargate, Typo Attack, Vanguard

3 ENTRIES UPDATED...

Both Chaos Lands and Covboy's Quest have their entries updated with new previews added...
Chaos Lands, Covboy's Quest, Thomas The Tank Engine 2

15 / 02 / 09

2 NEW ENTRIES ADDED...

Starting off our quick update, here are two new entries added to the archive...
Hero Of The Golden Talisman V1, Joust

'COVBOY'S QUEST' SHOTS ADDED...

Thanks to Jazzcat we show you a first look at this promising looking Coma game...
Covboy's Quest

'FUZZBALL' - LOST LEVELS AND SIDS...

After some hacking around by Loflo, its discovered that the CF preview has 17 potential level remains locked away, some extra sprites.. but also we learn more about the game's development and some exciting news about the game music....
Fuzzball

'MONSTER MUSEUM' - COMING SOON!...

Excellent news, but GTW has permission to release Monster Museum, so look forward to this soon!... Currently we are obtaining scans and extras to create a rather special release!...

'GIANA 2' - SOUND EXE ADDED...

Jazzcat digs out the executable sound files for the game to be ran on the real thing...
Giana 2

'MOOD' UPDATE...

Creator of MOOD, Perff sheds a bit more light on the project, along with some corrections!...
MOOD

'I OF THE MASK' EXISTS!...

GTW discovers thanks to Richard Hewison that a C64 conversion was certainly on the cards!...
I of the Mask

08 / 02 / 09

'MONSTER MUSEUM' FOUND!...

A fantastic discovery we have to share with a sneaky peak at a new GTW title we are trying to secure for the website in the very near future (Sadly we cannot release anything yet, and have only been given a few screenshots). Check out a quick glimpse of this long lost Palace Software game (Which we believe to be around 80-90% complete)... We'll keep working to get this out there soon!...
Monster Museum

THREE NEW GTW ENTRIES...

Yet more additions to the archive, including a sequel to a solid Zeppelin title, a rather large sized update to a old Edge game and a very early 1993 preview of a maze game...
Bod Squad 2 / Quo Vadis V2 / Boing

THREE ENTRIES UPDATED...

Firstly we close the case on Arctic Moves, then we add the full versions to two of our old entries...
Artic Moves / Smashout / Super Pac Twins

26 / 01 / 09

'SLIDEWAYS' FOUND AND RELEASED...

A great start to 2009 as GTW uncovers the game that TRAZ should have been. Check out this first ever look at Simon Birrell's long lost Cascade title...
Slideways

'GAMMA STRIKE' GAMES FIXED!...

Thanks to Iopop/Triad, Alien Team and Voyager 19 have been fixed to work without the target, which means you can now finally sample the SEU element of Alien Team and the guardian stage...
Gamma Strike

'LETHAL XCESS' EDITOR ADDED...

Oliver Lindau has recently released the Bones Park editor which was used to create levels for Lethal Xcess. In the release Oliver has included the whole of Level 1, and so we have added this and the editor as a download...
Lethal Xcess

TWO MORE GTW'S ADDED...

And finally another two for the GTW pot, including one with we think some rare Maniacs of Noise music in the game, and a lost 3rd part to a trilogy...
Artic Moves / Blond Blubber

05 / 01 / 09

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR!...

Another big update (maybe not quite as big as last year, but thankfully we had no backlog!), and some nice gems uncovered just in time for Christmas! Thanks for all your support again, and enjoy!...

'SUB HUNTER' DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE ON 24TH...

Additionally before we start, we would like to announce an extra gift which isn't GTW related, but the free edition of Sub Hunter is being released on the 24th (Tomorrow) on http://www.c64.com. This is the disk version of the game which includes various bonus goodies too compared to the tape edition.

So keep an eye out and feel free to grab the game and enjoy, but if you would like to own a professionally produced edition on tape or disk (Of which the deluxe edition on disk is superb!), then why not put in an order at Psytronik Software

'GAMMA STRIKE' FOUND AND RELEASD!...

One of our nice additions for the Christmas update is the finding and uncovering of Gamma Strike, originally a target based game that never quite made it to full mainstream release. This could well have been the last remaining copy, and now its been preserved before it deterioates forever. Check out the high quality photos and download the original tape (Warning - the games are not fully playable without the gun).
Gamma Strike

'SUPER PHOENIX' FOUND AND RELEASED...

Author of an unreleased 1984 Loriciels game called 'Super Phoenix' has ported it and released it to the world - though not seemingly publicised much. GTW adds an entry in the hope that people will get to discover this undiscovered SEU...
Super Phoenix

'KNIGHT RIDER 2' RELEASED...

A new GTW thanks to Shaun Bebbington and Widdy, this is an unofficial conversion that was meant for CGC2006. This is a rather neat tribute to the crappy Ocean original and well worth checking out. Read the story and download the remains here...
Knight Rider 2

MORE 'APEX' BITS FOUND...

Thanks to Jason (Kenz) Mackenzie, GTW adds some more long lost Apex bits, including the long lost loading screen to Cyberdyne Warrior and some extra bits too...
Apex bits / Cyberdyne Warrior bits

TWO NEW 'TASKSET' ENTRIES DETAILED...

Thanks to Paul Drury, GTW uncovers two unheard of Taskset titles, including screenshots for one of them taken from old negatives recently found...
Andy Rixon game / Vulcan

LARGE 'MEGA GAMES' UPDATE...

More information from John Gibson, Dawn Jones and Ally Noble as we expand on the Mega Games entry, and with some exciting news coming soon we hope!...
Mega Games

16 NEW ENTRIES ADDED

Yet more GTW discoveries and titles we need to find... these 16 will keep you busy...
3D Maze Game / Ancient Warriors / Dragons Lair: Timewarp / Death Workshop / Evolution Cryser / Flik Flak / Game Hunter / New Pasqua / Q-Castle / Ratpack / Sword of Abbalon / Super Mario Bros clone / Sips of Terror / The Soul Gem of Martek / Vengeance of Zeno / Zynon

29 ENTRIES UPDATED

A nice long list of updates to go along with the above... For a large section, this is confirmation about what the game was about, other versions and some links. For a few there are some additional scans, and a smaller portion ... small titbits and creator speaks added, with cases closed for some...
3D boat assassin / Aquablast / Armalyte v1 / Biff 2 / Chess / CF Adventure / Cop out / Cosmic Shock absorber / Captain Planet / Damned / Darius+ / Enterprise / Fast'n'Furious / Fantasia Diamond / Hands of stone / Knight Force / Kung Fu Warriors / Moreta - Dragon Lady of Pern / Monster Business / Mach 3 / Phimosis / Rapid Steel / Space Ace / Soldier one / Super Wonderdog / Super Thief / The Greedy Dwarf / Toyota Rally / Warlock

23 / 12 / 08