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Is there a way to revert manually to earlier versions of a package?
I know this is a bit weird but I need previous versions of some packages for some reason.

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Depends how you installed it: for example, which TeX distribution do you use? – Joseph Wright♦ Apr 22 '12 at 19:57

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If you are using TeXLive, tlmgr can backup installed versions (it already does this automagically) and restore previously installed; see its documentation. I don't know if MikTeX offers something similar. And the mercurial repository of CTAN offers older versions - but you'll have to install them manually.

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You can find historical versions of (some) packages on Automated Mercurial Repositories of CTAN. However, you'll have to manually install these in your local /texmf folder.

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