Games That Weren't
Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
@buzzclik.bsky.social
Design guy. Font spotter. PETSCII fanatic. Views all my own, my bosses have nothing to do with it. I make tiny robots here: https://bsky.app/profile/petsciibots.bsky.social I make fake C64 games here: https://bsky.app/profile/64thdimension.bsky.social
@stuartmaine.bsky.social
Veteran video game designer and writer. Author of I'm Too Young To Die and Hurt Me Plenty with Bitmap Books, and Designing Video Games with White Owl.
@bartoloni.bsky.social
Tech consultant & former IT journalist. QuoraIT Top Writer 2019, 2022. 日本語。Opinions are my own.
@freeze-zx.bsky.social
FREEZE-ZX - A Premier Gaming Zine for #ZXSpectrum Enthusiasts featuring interviews|reviews|cheats Buy @ https://freeze64.com/freeze-zx/ 🕹📺
@dosgames.com
Home of over 2,000 free DOS games at DOSGames.com. Founded January 1999. Daily random game post is chosen by a bot!
@vghistory.bsky.social
a meditation on videogame history. donate to my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/moshboy/ also find me on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy nfaq: https://pastebin.com/vUmrYKx6
@pgmcgonagle.bsky.social
Lecturer in Mod Lit, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Donegalian. AHRC PhD at Exeter/BL on archive of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.@unigroningen@bsky.social
@azzurraleamonde.bsky.social
Sardinian/corsican solo dev/graphic designer/translator. NO AI/NFT/CRYPTO. Lover of pixel art/low poly 3D. Love everything retro (C64, MSX, Amiga, MS-DOS, etc.). Love emulation and CRTs.
@iainlee.com
Counselling - hello@iainleecounselling.com Support - https://ko-fi.com/iainlee Amazon Wish List - http://tinyurl.com/ezvazcwd General iain@iainlee.com
@duffadash.bsky.social
Your local towel-wearing game preservationist librarian. Autisticly obsess over #dkgame, terrible horror movies, adventure games and weeb shit. He/Him.
@sassquad.net
Breaking the web full time, mostly playing or creating retro games. Formerly wrote and webbed Acorn User magazine, fiddled with d3js at CityAM. Among many others. All views are my own. No AI slop here. Enjoy my 8-bit games at https://www.sassquad.net/
@anderszapac.bsky.social
Bättre laglös än rådlös. Dumsnäll intill döden. Möjligen även mentalt instabil.
@bitmapbureau.com
2D game development and pixel art veterans based in Southampton, UK! We love porting our work to retro consoles such as the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Dreamcast, Neo Geo, and many more! http://shop.bitmapbureau.com
@mupf.dev
Video game historian, N-Gage SDK creator, homebrew game developer, hacking culture cultivator and a nerd at heart. @ngagesdk.de https://mupf.dev
@bro3256.com
the guy who owns a Famicom and admin of FamiWiki (profile picture by @Akfamilyhome.com) 504/1041 Famicom cartridges
@mossrc.bsky.social
Writer/Director: *TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming* (out 2025) Author: *A Tale of Two Halves*, *Shareware Heroes*, *The Secret History of Mac Gaming*, a book on Age of Empires 1 dev (TBA) Co-Writer/producer: FPSDOC Australian rich@mossrc.me
@retrohistories.bsky.social
Old videogames, cross stitch, and other nerdy pursuits. Occasionally makes short documentaries about stories from videogame history. Somehow they've had a million views?! "Sound[s] bored and enthused at the same time" — YouTube commenter Hoodii
@videogamecanon.bsky.social
Amateur game historian and cataloger of links to great writing about games. 💻 videogamecanon.com ➡️ Video Game Canon Top 1000 ➡️ Bite-Sized Game History 💻 videogameresearchlibrary.com ➡️ Video Game Research Library
@ocornut.bsky.social
programmer of things and stuff. dear imgui / the dragon’s trap / dreams / tearaway / pixeljunk shooter / soul bubbles / meka Paris, France https://www.miracleworld.net
@emceebois.bsky.social
he/him Retro gamer, vintage computing enthusiast, games preservation wallflower. PFP art used with permission by https://linktr.ee/SlytonLim
@carrythezero.bsky.social
PhD researcher at Bath Spa | videogame preservation | lifting my skinny fists like antennas to heaven
@jeremyoduber.com
Gaming garbage archeologist, sometimes maker of game-like things, the world's leading Eva Cash: DIRT Project expert. Ask me about Rig n Roll. He\they. 🇦🇼 in 🇳🇱 youtube.com/@alien_bob twitch.tv/alienbob
@sczther.bsky.social
Videogame archivist and historian, focus on local (czech/slovak) history and obscurities
@lunarchivist.bsky.social
⭐ Moon Castle Lunar Media Dungeon ⭐ collections manager, media archivist https://www.tumblr.com/museumoftheamericanmall?source=share https://archive.org/details/@moon_castle
@snescentral.com
SNES Central is a website that is dedicated to documenting everything related to the Super Nintendo, including packaging, PCBs and obscurities like unreleased games and prototypes. Also posting random gaming stuff I see in Japan. http://snescentral.com
@sensibleswos.bsky.social
Your daily(ish) dose of Sensible randomness Celebrating the beautiful pixel world of Sensible Soccer and all its versions. Check out Etsy store for prints! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/8bit16 https://www.ko-fi.com/sensibleswos/
@danwhitehead.net
Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie (Z2), Terrahawks (Time Bomb), Minecraft (HarperCollins) Find my stuff here: danwhitehead.net
@sorenh.bsky.social
He/Him. Tech Director @ The Initiative, and a console developer at heart. Working on Perfect Dark. Past: AltspaceVR, Minecraft Bedrock Edition VR, Project Spark, Path Of Neo, Enter The Matrix, Amok (Sega Saturn/PC), Banshee (Amiga 1200/CD32). Lemon.
@d-r-m.bsky.social
Random nobody, likes VR, computer graphics, anime, gaming, game preservation, retro tech, and technology discussion
@chriscovell.bsky.social
I'll be posting retro gaming, retrocomputing, and retro dev stuff. Canadian living in Japan https://www.chrismcovell.com/
@martcarroll.bsky.social
Writing words about videogames since 1997. Contributor to @retrogamermag.bsky.social
@pixelgaiden.bsky.social
Cody, Eric and Tim bring you a new episode every two weeks on the 15th and 30th of the month. We play retro and retro inspired games and tell you about them. Oh also beer! https://pixelgaiden.podbean.com/
@retrofied.uk
Bespoke retro computer & video games restoration products. Custom arcade artwork design, print and fitting. Operations Manager at The Cave 🕹️ and a proud part of the Retro Collective. https://retrofied.uk https://retrocollective.co.uk
@sanxion.bsky.social
Just a chap from South West England. Loving all things 8bit, 16bit and more bit. Views are my own and maybe wrong. Co host of the Pixel Gaiden podcast. https://pixelgaiden.podbean.com/
@arcadearchive.co.uk
Hello Arcadians and welcome to Arcade Archive, a classic arcade preservation museum based in Stroud, UK. Watch our videos at: https://youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective Book a visit https://retrocollective.co.uk
@nanakiemi.co.uk
Geeky gamer girl & speedrunner. Love Anime, Computers, Gaming, F1, Killie FC & Scotland. UKSG Marathon Staff. She/Her
@richrap3d.bsky.social
#3DPrinting #RepRap #RetroGaming #Arcade & #OpenSource hardware developer, Electronics engineer, innovator & salesman, Director of Heber Ltd. Author of 3D Printing for Dummies book. Based in the UK
@der-kleine-drache.bsky.social
#retrocomputing, #Commodore, #IBM, #Macintosh, #retrogaming, #chiptune, #pixelart, #scifi. Gentle vibes 😊 Cat dad 😺 #C64 addict 🕹️ Bud Spencer & Terence Hill fan 🧔🏻🧑🏼 The Blues Brothers fan 🕶️🚔 Blade Runner fan 🧓🏻🕊️ LN series fan 🥷🀄
@msmadlemon.bsky.social
Soul of an artist, mind of a nerd. Passionate creator who loves Commodore #Amiga, #Synthesizers, Music Creation, Art, Photography, #Retro Systems, Electronics and more. Website: https://msmadlemon.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MsMadLemon
@zzapitalia.bsky.social
This is the official account of the italian edition of Zzap! magazine, published by the non-profit cultural organization "Airons di Vigevano". We cover new games for classic 8 and 16 bit systems. You may find us at www.zzapmagazine.it.
@jdsachs.bsky.social
Former USAF pilot, former software developer, currently building my dream castle.
@lgr-yt.bsky.social
Profile for the LGR YouTube channel. Covering vintage computer hardware, software, and various retro tech oddities. https://youtube.com/@LGR
@damieng.com
• Software engineer @MongoDB (EF/C#) • Was @Auth0 (SDKs), @GitHub (Atom), @Microsoft (EF), @Xbox (Web/Sec), @Netflix (Players) • Font designer, dad to twins, 8/16-bit fanatic, C# fan ❤️☮️
@sega-mag.com
Tests, actu et reportages sur le SEGA d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. 💻 https://www.sega-mag.com 🔴 http://Twitch.tv/segamag 🎬 http://youtube.com/objectifsega 💸 https://fr.tipeee.com/segamag
@darrenhupke.bsky.social
Videogame book maker (32 Bit Library, Retro Game Zine). Writer. Podcast host (Complete Discography, Pixels and Polygons). Owner of @pixelsandpolygons.net Links to my books, podcast, and creative output below 👇 https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke
@hiddenpalace.org
We are a community dedicated to the preservation of retro video game development history. Visit: hiddenpalace.org
@commodorelad.uk
IT Engineer. If it wasn't for Commodore, I wouldn't be me. Player of Mens Field Hockey for the Mighty Fareham 7s. #commodorerulez #keepitcommodore #commodorehospital
@argonautgames.com
This is the official Bluesky account for Argonaut Games. https://linktr.ee/argonautgames
@zawtowers.bsky.social
IT person by day, former Zzap! 64 and Commodore Format contributor, Man City fan, F1, snooker, writer, poet, photographer and music lover at all other times. https://www.zawtowers.org.uk/