Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 1025
1988 Firebird Software Platform: PC DOS Thrust was a brilliant budget title from the mind of the late Jeremy Smith back in 1986, developed first for the BBC Micro (released via Superior Software), then converted to a large number of … Continue reading
1992 Kid’s Source Platform: PC Engine A short entry for now on a currently missing PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 title called Riftwar Saga, which was a 1/2-player hack and slash title that was due for release in 1992 from a company called … Continue reading
1999 No publisher Platform: Commodore Amiga Kontakt was a new adventure game being written for the Commodore Amiga sometime in 1999, where you would control a reporter called Albert Faser, who suspects someone of carrying out illegal transactions. When given … Continue reading
As summer starts to near the end, we continue to squeeze out more updates for the C64 archive – which seems to have no end in sight! Check out the following updates for August: Early Karl Hörnell game found Karl … Continue reading
Our friends at Atarimania.com have informed us of a recent discovery of an unreleased text adventure for the Atari called The Connoiseur. A game that was intended for release by Synapse Software in 1984. The game was archived by the … Continue reading
1993 Grandslam Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC Realms of Darkness was billed as a role-playing game for people who hated role-playing games. As well as an isometric Populous-style viewpoint for its RPG features, there would also be a side view … Continue reading
1999 Insomnia Platform: Commodore Amiga (and later PC) In Thalimar: Land of Chaos, you control a powerful mage – a servant of darkness who wants to take over and burn villages, kill innocent people, and carry out other unceremonious acts … Continue reading
Great news, but a reprint of The Games That Weren’t book is now available for pre-order. The Games That Weren’t chronicles 40 years of video game projects that never made it past ‘work-in-progress’. Discover more than 80 unreleased gems from … Continue reading
2001 Hyperion Software Platform: AmigaOne There were big plans with the AmigaOne, and yet another title that would be planned for it was a conversion of Echelon: The Storm. A game that was being developed by Buka Entertainment that year … Continue reading
1994 Ocean Software Platforms: Amiga CD32 and Atari Jaguar (TBC) As Commodore were desperately holding on towards the mid-1990s, the Amiga CD32 was also desperate for an injection of new and exciting titles to try and help keep everything afloat. … Continue reading
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