Preserving Cancelled, Unreleased and Lost Video Game History Since 1999
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While Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia is best known for its 1994 Spanish release and a later English version published in the US by Optik Software – Pendulo Studios had once begun work on a far more ambitious follow-up version of the game for French publisher Infogrames. This project was ultimately cancelled, but its technology would go on to form the foundations of Hollywood Monsters. Continue reading
Not to be confused with the text adventure trilogy of the same name, Legacy of the Necromancer was a planned dungeon crawling RPG in the style of Dungeon Master. It was to be developed by a team at Virgin, and not Westwood (as it was incorrectly reported by press at the time). The title was even shown at the Winter CES that year on Virgin’s stand, but it never saw release. Continue reading
In the latest Amiga Addict magazine, we have contributed an article on the unreleased Dick Special series, which talks about not only Sandy White’s original development – but also the Activision and Miracle Games versions that followed afterwards.
For more details, including ordering – please check out the link below:
https://www.addict.media/amiga-addict/amiga-addict-magazine Continue reading
We’ve had a request from the grandson-in-law of the developer of “Calculated Risk!” for the Apple II to try and help find a clean dump of the game that works in an emulator. Continue reading
A little bit behind at the moment, but just to share that work at Games That Weren’t has been highlighted in a new Retro Gamer article on Enigma Variations in issue 280. The feature in particular takes a look at many games that were never released by the development studio, many of which were preserved by us last year. Quick photos below, but text blurred out. Continue reading
Amiga fans may recall a late release in the Amiga calendar in the shape of Tiny Troops back in 1997 from Vulcan Software and then later Amiga Future in 1999. A real-time strategy game with elements of Cannon Fodder at times, and where you could have up to 2 players in a split-screen mode. Continue reading
C.L.E.I.A. (or Complex Logic of the Autonomous Computer Entity) is a cancelled game from Ubi Soft that was being developed back in 1990. Very little is known about the development, though the game bears resemblance to titles such as Explora and Chrono Quest. Continue reading
Fellow preservationist, Stone Oakvalley Studios, is searching for evidence of an earlier, undocumented version of the Amiga CD32 Demo Disc (v1.0), believed to have shipped with some of the very first CD32 consoles in mid-1993. Continue reading
Short post to highlight and early development screen for Elite’s Last Battle on the Commodore 64 thanks to Martin Inter. This was found on the back of the cover and has a character block for Alyssa strangely used for the boss section. Continue reading
Short post to highlight and early development screen for Ghosts n Goblins on the Commodore 64 thanks to Martin Inter. This was found on the back of the cover and has very little different – apart from the score panel being missing at this stage. Continue reading
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