Work continues at Games That Weren't, and we have another huge discovery! The long-lost god sim Populous for the #NES has been recovered! A full conversion lost for 33 years - now you can finally play it today! 
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Random Retro Game:
Title: Marble Madness
Released: 1984-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Game Boy, NES, SEGA Master System, Game Gear
Also released on: PC, Game Boy Advance, Apple II, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST, Genesis
First huge surprise of the year from #GTW with Sensible Soccer for the #NES recovered! A near-complete conversion seemingly unknown until now. Missing for 32 years, you can finally play it. Go be a goal-scoring superstar hero! 
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/sensible-soccer/
Games That Weren't · Sensible Soccer (Nintendo Entertainment System) - Games That Weren'tWe all like (good) surprises, and hopefully our next entry into the Games That Weren't archives will be just that. Back when Enigma Variations were porting Sensible Soccer to the original Game Boy, unbeknownst to us all - Mark Greenshields was working on a NES conversion too, using the original Amiga code as reference.
First huge surprise of the year from #GTW with Sensible Soccer for the #NES recovered! A near-complete conversion seemingly unknown until now. Missing for 32 years, you can finally play it. Go be a goal-scoring superstar hero!
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/sensible-soccer/
Full video with commentary at: https://youtu.be/91xqZPC7xi8