Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
1982 SEGA Electronics Platforms: Commodore Vic-20, Intellivision, Atari 5200, Colecovision and Atari 400/800 Tac-Scan was an early vector-based title by SEGA Electronics in 1982. The game uniquely had you controlling up to seven ships at once, each of which could … Continue reading
1994 The Hidden Platforms: Commodore Amiga 1200 and CD32 (later A500) I’ve always been a fan of racing games on 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, especially Slicks on the C64 and Micro Machines on the NES. So when Darren Gurney highlighted … Continue reading
2011 Mike Singleton and Chris Wild Platforms: Apple iOS and other current platforms. 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 … Continue reading
2010 TRSI64 Platform: Commodore Vic 20 I’ve seen some amazing developments over the years for the Vic 20 – a proper decent conversion of Manic Miner, isometric games in the style of the classic Ultimate titles and now a conversion … Continue reading
1992 Impressions Platform: Atari ST, PC and Commodore Amiga “A game of murder, intrigue and adventure, in which nobody can be trusted in the abbey, a monk is dead and the sacred relic has been stolen. It’s up to you … Continue reading
A quick post after receiving an email today from a Robin Gravel who has highlighted the classic title “The Heist” – a title I remember well on the Commodore 64. In the advert which you can see here, the game … Continue reading
Also known as Chaos at one point, Kanaan was a 1st/3rd person shooter due to be published on PC by Ubisoft, and developed by Argonaut. It was cancelled when very close to completion. The game is already well covered by … Continue reading
1996 Dynabyte Platform: Sony PlayStation The Killing Tool was to be a cyberpunk platformer created by Dynabyte Software back in 1996 for the Sony PlayStation and possibly other platforms too. Thanks to The Genesis Temple and gaming historian Damiano Gerli, … Continue reading
1987-1989 System 3 Platforms: Atari 800/130XE, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Tandy Colour Computer 3 and ZX Spectrum 48K As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that … Continue reading
1984 Atari Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. Check out our … Continue reading
1987 Arcadia Systems / Domark Platform: Arcade and Commodore Amiga Following on from our recent post about the arcade version of Fire and Forget 2, comes yet another title that was being developed simultaneously whilst the home conversions were under … 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 … Continue reading
1991 Demonware Platforms: Commodore Amiga, C64 (see link below) and PC Originally we knew of this game thanks to its appearance in an Early Warning scanner in Commodore Format magazine. This was for the C64 edition, which we have covered … 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
1977 Atari Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. The book contains a … Continue reading
1991 Tomahawk (Coktel) Platform: Amiga 500 (Actually released), Amstrad GX4000 (Unreleased) UPDATE: Case solved – this was released as Cougar Force. See below! Our next entry is not to be confused with the Digital Integration game of the same name, … Continue reading
2006 Core Design Platform: PlayStation Portable Just a short post for now to share details of Core Design’s cancelled version of Tomb Raider Anniversary (thanks to Ken Knight for the heads up). To summarize, for the 10th anniversary – Core … Continue reading
2003 Realism Studios Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 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 with you. Within the … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Track and Field was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either … Continue reading
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
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