Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 956
200X Lionhead Studios Platform: PC and possibly others Billion Dollar Monster was a cancelled game developed by Lionhead Studios, blending virtual pet mechanics with competitive battling and an ambitious TV show component. Designed as a PC game, each player would … Continue reading
2005 IOMO Platform: Nokia N-Gage It’s been a while since we covered a Nokia N-Gage title, and thanks to Bitmap Bureau and Michael Fitzmayer, we’re able to highlight another lost/unknown title in the shape of Katz vs Maus. The game … Continue reading
1996 Warner Bros Platforms: PC and Mac The Egyptian Jukebox was a CD-ROM multimedia title that was first learnt about thanks to contributor Michael Hart, who discovered about the game via the Archive on the Internet blog. This is a … Continue reading
Our third update of the year has more Commodore 64 goodness in the form of 4 new entries and 14 pre-existing entries updated (check ‘history’ tab for details of changes). This includes the wonderful recent Codemasters recovery of Magnum Force, … Continue reading
1992 Imagineer / Bullfrog Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Hot on the heels of the recovery of Sensible Soccer for the NES comes yet another long-lost title for the platform – the legendary god game, Populous. It isn’t clear yet if … Continue reading
1990-2025 Jaleco / Retro Bit Platform: SEGA Mega Drive A short entry for a cancelled conversion of the Jaleco classic arcade. This is old news, but the cancelled P-47 II: The Freedom Star for the SEGA Mega Drive was recently … Continue reading
A rare PC demo of the extremely ambitious 3D Amiga and PC title Cyberspace has been located thanks to Kusfo. Out there all along after release by a Spanish gaming magazine. Check it out for yourself, and could the non-playable … Continue reading
It’s been a little while since we last took a look a rather different looking version of a game that was released. Today we take a look at Mirrorsoft’s Tetris, which was reviewed in an issue of Happy Computer magazine. … Continue reading
199X Nestle Platform: PC Also known as: Smarties: Colourland Adventure Not to be confused with Smarties: Meltdown on the PS2, this was a game released in a promotional way where you likely had to save up smarties lids to send … Continue reading
1993 Renegade Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System We 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, unbeknown … Continue reading
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