Category: Reviews (All)
Total results: 297
Burnt Out Cop
2003 Infinite Lives Platforms: Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 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
Captain Seahawk
1978 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 … Continue reading
Carmageddon
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 … Continue reading
Carmageddon TV
2005 Visual Science Platforms: Microsoft Xbox, PC and Sony PlayStation 2 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 … Continue reading
Castlevania Resurrection
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
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

1999 Tiger Electronics Platform: Game.com You will have likely seen news in October 2022 of the new discovery of a port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the failed Tiger Game.com platform courtesy of Time Extension and Hidden Palace. … Continue reading
Caveman Species

1998 Black Flag and Vulcan Software Platform: Amiga By 1998, things were looking extremely bleak for the Amiga platform, but there were people still trying to keep the dream alive. None more so than Black Flag and Vulcan Software with … Continue reading
Champions

1992 Konami / Hero Software Platform: PC (DOS), Amiga and Apple Mac Champions was a RPG table-top title created by Hero Games originally back in 1981. Setting you within a superhero/comic book themed world, it won a legion of fans, … Continue reading
Chess through the ages

1995 Black Legend Platform: PC, Amiga 1200 and CD32 Chess Through The Ages is an unreleased chess game for Commodore Amiga 1200 and CD32 (possibly even PC – see further on). First kicked off in development around 1993 and eventually … Continue reading
Chintos Revenge

1992 Millennium Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Our next entry is for an arcade action adventure game set in the East, where you must guide Chinto through a castle full of traps and evil guards to avenge his parents’ … Continue reading
Chokegisen

1994 Team 17 Platforms: Amiga 1200 and CD32 Our next entry is a slightly obscure fighting game that was due for release on the Amiga 1200 and CD32. The game was set to be published by Team 17. Oddly, the … Continue reading
Chuck’s World

1993 Fission Software Platform: Commodore Amiga Chuck’s World by Fission Software was an unreleased Amiga platform game that was based on various animations about a character named Chuck, created by Steve Packer and released in Public Domain. The main character … Continue reading
Citizens: Backwater Affairs

1994-1996 Microprose Software Platform: PC Also known as: Little People Inspired by Activision’s Little Computer People, Citizens: Backwater Affairs originally started out as a game called Little People, before it was renamed due to the name being taken already by … Continue reading
Claws of the Devil

1998 Titan Computers Platform: Amiga 1200 Claws of the Devil is a late Amiga title that was in development back in 1998, and was a first person action game for platforms with expanded memory, additional graphics cards and PPC turbo … Continue reading
Cold Steel
1992 Ocean Software Platform: Super Nintendo Brian Flanagan has been in the games industry for over 30 years, working on well over 40 shipped titles. He once worked at Ocean Software for around 10 years, working (uncredited) on Operation Wolf … Continue reading
Combat Remix

1998 Low-Level Productions Platform: Commodore Amiga Combat Remix was a late Amiga fighting game that was due for release back in 1998 from a group called Low Level, highlighted to GTW thanks to regular Grzegorz Antosiewicz. This is a short … Continue reading
Conquest
1982 Vid Kidz Platform: Arcade 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
Conquest – lost Larry DeMar game
A big thanks to Paul Drury for flagging this up for GTW after a recent Retro Gamer magazine article with Larry DeMar. After Vid Kidz had delivered Stargate to Williams, Larry had begun working on a new project called “Conquest” … Continue reading
Constructor

1991-1992 System 3 Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Many of you will be aware of Constructor, the classic construction yard game developed by System 3 and released by Acclaim in 1997. Released on PC, and then later PlayStation … Continue reading