Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype games.
1994 Argonaut Platform: Super Nintendo Following the success of Starwing, Argonaut sought to find a new title to utilize the Super FX chip once more and prove that the SNES still had plenty of life in it yet against the … Continue reading
1998 Deck Six Platform: Amiga 1200 A space trading game that was due for release on the Amiga 1200 back in 1998, and was previewed in magazines such as Amiga Computer Studio in June of that year. ACS described the … Continue reading
1991 Broderbund Platform: PC DOS A short entry to kick off for now, and whilst more information is uncovered. It seems that back in 1991, a Star Wars spin on the classic Carmen Sandiego games was on the cards. Broderbund … Continue reading
1996 Frontier Software Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Another puzzler that was due for release on both the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST platforms, and this time a late release for back in 1996 when the platforms were practically … Continue reading
1990 Ubi Soft Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST An unreleased puzzle game that was due out from Ubi Soft in 1990 for both the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST platforms, created by Michel Ancel and Nicolas Choukroun who produced … Continue reading
1988 EAS Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST A short entry for an Amiga/ST game that never was from 1988, and which was previewed in a Generation 4 and ASM Magazine. In the latter magazine, the game’s name was listed … Continue reading
1991 Digital Magic Software Platform: Amiga (and C64 – released as Bod Squad) C64 owners will very much recognise our next entry, which was eventually released by Zeppelin Games back in 1992 as Bod Squad. Originally though, the game was … Continue reading
1993 Emotional Pics Platform: Amiga From the creators of Cover Girl Strip Poker was yet another game along the same kind of theme of featuring naked women, this time with an Othello-based game to gradually reveal all.
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/Ocean 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 content to share … 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
2005 SCi / Stainless Games Platform: Gizmondo This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. Within the book is an in-depth and detailed 18 page story about the unreleased … Continue reading
1990 Titus Platform: Arcade Many of you may recall playing Fire and Forget 2 by Titus back in the day, although it was sadly a fairly “forgettable” game on the C64 at least from the author’s point of view. Something … Continue reading
1994 Bloodhouse / Housemarque Platform: Amiga CD32 and Amiga 1200 Thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz for the heads up regarding a title by the creators of Super Stardust. Aggression was to be a horizontally scrolling shooter with ray traced graphics and up … Continue reading
1998 – 2000 Thalamus Interactive Platforms: PC & Colour Gameboy As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that were shared with us during our research as bonus DLC content, … Continue reading
1989 Eldritch the Cat Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and PC 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 content to share with you. … Continue reading
1984 Terminal Software Platform: Commodore Vic 20 This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. As a result, please note that it hasn’t been professionally proof read compared to the … Continue reading
1989 Llamasoft Platform: Konix Multi-System 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 content to share with you. Within the book is a detailed … Continue reading
1995 Creative Edge Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar 2 and Atari Lynx A long running Atari Jaguar mystery for some years now, and a game starting out on a completely different platform. Originally Green Thang was shortlisted to … Continue reading
1998 Krisalis / Psygnosis / Eidos Platform: PC Contributor Niklas Lindholm has been trying to solve a mystery about a football management game that would just disappear completely without a trace. Krisalis had already previously had released a title called … Continue reading
Date unknown – Audiogenic Platforms: Unknown A short entry for now for a title flagged up by contributor Niklas Lindholm, which was a licenced game based on the legendary footballer Sir Stanley Matthews. The game was mentioned by Audiogenic’s Peter … Continue reading
A short post to highlight two Amiga titles that never were (thanks to Karl Kuras) which were mentioned in the pages of Commodore User magazine. The Legend of Billy Boulder This title was actually due for release on PC and … Continue reading
1994 Renegade Platforms: PC and Acorn Archimedes A short entry for a title due for release by Renegade on the PC and Acorn Archimedes (thanks to Kevin Tilley for flagging this one up to cover). This was to be a … Continue reading
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