Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
Although digital preservation has been happening for quite some time now, there are still many games actually released that are still very much at large. Often perhaps because some of these titles didn’t sell in great numbers in the early … Continue reading
Following on from January’s contribution from Jürgen Clausen, we have another CD that has been preserved with some 1994 PC demos before it was chucked in the bin. Jürgen has kindly made backups and scans of a package called Greenwood … Continue reading
Recently one of our contributors Jürgen Clausen kindly got in touch with the offer of sending over some German PC Shareware CD’s that were released in the early-mid 1990s, before they went into the trash. These didn’t seem to be … Continue reading
Several years ago, whilst preserving The Soul Gem Or Martek for the Commodore 64, we also scanned in some brochures and a club magazine from Anirog software. These don’t seem to be online anywhere, so we have added a page … Continue reading
Although the main purpose of Games That Weren’t is to preserve unreleased games, we occasionally try and share preservation efforts of ones which were actually released, but were extremely rare and yet to be preserved. Today we share preservation of … Continue reading
Contributor Fabrizio Bartoloni flagged up an old WayBackMachine archive copy of this page which sadly no longer exists in its proper form when the website disappeared in 2009. Fabrizio suggested for us to host a copy of the page, as … Continue reading
1993 Bell-Fruit / Attention to Detail Platform: Arcade What happens when you smash together Gremlin, arcade manufacturer Bell-Fruit and development team Attention To Detail? Well, back in 1993, the result was to be an arcade release of Gremlin’s popular ninja … Continue reading
1997 Maxis Platform: PC The Mindwarp was not your usual Sim game from Maxis, and should have been their first proper foray into the realm of action-based titles back in 1997. It should have also been simply called “Mindwarp”, had … Continue reading
1995 Mirage Platform: Amiga CD32 A short entry thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz of a cool isometric action game with a mix of strategy, where you control between 1-3 tank drones and must complete various objectives including destroying a number of … Continue reading
2000 Konami Platform: SEGA Dreamcast A short post on what should have been the 17th Castlevania title and released on the SEGA Dreamcast back in 2000, where you were to control Sonia Belmont and Victor Belmont in a 3D third … Continue reading
1989 Imagine Software Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga I never played the SNK arcade, but remember seeing the terrible Commodore 64 conversion by Sentient Software and wondering just how it got past quality control at Ocean Software at the … Continue reading
1987-1991 Gremlin Graphics Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST Credits: Richard Costello (Lead developer), Bill Allen (Arena subgame developer), Andy Bryant (Gun subgame developer), Kevin Bulmer (Artist) and Ben Daglish (Music and FX) For years, screenshots from magazines have taunted … Continue reading
1988 Firebird and then Electronic Arts Platform: Atari ST (and likely Commodore Amiga) An impressive looking title which featured a massive dragon main character, which took up most of the screen. This was to be a second title signed up … Continue reading
1990 ARC Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Cyber Assault was a vector-based obstacle course game announced by ARC. In the game you must control a character called TRAX (an exo-skeletal humanoid), who can run, jump and walk through a … Continue reading
2010 Zombie Studios Platforms: Microsoft Xbox 360, PC and Sony PlayStation 3 As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus DLC … Continue reading
1990 Ocean Software Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, PC and Commodore 64 This was to be the last of a trilogy of Nightbreed games produced by Ocean Software in 1990 and produced by Imagitec, overseen by David Wightman. The game … Continue reading
1991 Rainbow Arts Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and PC Not to be confused with the recent Psytronik release of the same name, Rotator was a one/two player tank game, where you would have to link a number of generators … Continue reading
1990 Palace Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST A short entry for a title that was previewed in Generation 4 magazine, issue 19 from 1990 – thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz for the heads up. The game was called AAA … Continue reading
2013 Blitz Games Platforms: Microsoft Xbox 360, Mobile, Nintendo Wii U, PC and Sony PlayStation 3 As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print … Continue reading
Virocop is an often overlooked classic Amiga game by Graftgold that was released in 1995, a spiritual sequel of sorts to the likes of Quazatron and Magnetron that you may have missed. If you did, then check it out! Thanks … Continue reading
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