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Che John
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Visual culture, software literacy, experimental film practice & the networked image ● https://linktr.ee/cheguevarajohn
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More Christmas goodies. Although unlucky with the C64 recovery - things have fared better for the #AmstradCPC edition of Hill 19. We are pleased to present a prototype of the long lost Gremlin game. Similar to Ikari Warriors, with strategy elements:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/12/hill...
December 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Something very special today with the release of Jeff Minter's 'Fastlife' for the ZX81 - based on Conway's 'Life', preserved for the first time by Steve Brown of the TZXVault and released by Games That Weren't today! More details and download here:

www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/earl...
October 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Thanks again to Frank @gamesthatwerent.com for another game recovered from my archive. I am all the more grateful, as at the time it was a technically & visually ambitious project seen by very few!🙏🎮💾 Read more here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/path...
#amiga #commodore #16bit #retro #games
Path of the Little Dragon (Commodore Amiga) - Games That Weren't
You may think you're looking at a PC Engine title, but instead - here's an Amiga game you likely have never heard of. An early and impressive PC Engine style beat-em-up called Path of the Little Drago...
www.gamesthatwerent.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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We've been busy recently working on recovering a lost 1989 EA game - not for PC Engine, but for the #Amiga. Path of the Little Dragon is an early proto beat-’em-up done PC Engine style, and today we’re sharing several builds with you. Learn more here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/path...
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The amazing team @gamesthatwerent.com have supported me recently in recovering & archiving a couple of my unpublished games from the late 80's for Commodore 64 & Amiga platforms. Read more here : www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/hill-19/

#commodore64 #retrogames
Hill 19 (C64) - 1988 Gremlin Graphics - GTW64
Hill 19 was to be a strategic action-shooter game, very similar to Ikari Warriors/Commando, but with more strategy involved. The player would control a team of characters (believed to be about 3), inc...
www.gamesthatwerent.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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A quick crack at #DavidLynch, who has left us without our permission.

#illustration #art #cinema
January 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Unboxed several bits of analogue AV kit for a few glitch/video experiments. The Panasonic MX12 is in surprisingly good nick, as is the trusty Phillips CM8833 Monitor from my Amiga dev' days.
November 17, 2024 at 1:27 PM