AAA
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
Atari Posts and Unreleased & Cancelled games (All)
Total results: 128
Adidas Golden Shoe
1989 Ocean Software France Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST Adidas Golden Shoe is not to be confused with Adidas Championship Football, but then perhaps it should be? (see below). The team and the graphics are completely different for both games … Continue reading
Aliens vs Predator
1997 Rebellion Platforms: Sony PlayStation, Atari Jaguar CD edition and SEGA Saturn Thanks to Ross Sillifant for the heads up, a short clip of what seems to be the unreleased PlayStation version of Aliens vs Predator can be found in … Continue reading
Posted in: Atari Jaguar CD, SEGA Saturn, Sony PlayStation Tagged: Alien vs Predator, No download available 4 Comments
Ambermoon
1993 Thalion Platform: Atari ST and PC (DOS) Amberstar was a great RPG title released on the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC back in 1992 by Thalion, and was to be part of a trilogy that was never to … Continue reading
Animal Games / Jungle Olympics
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
Another World
199? Unknown Platform: Atari 400/800/XE Our next entry in the archives is for the Atari 8-bit home computer platform, and is the early start of a fairly impressive conversion of Delphine’s Another World – though not by Delphine! It is … Continue reading
Apprentice early screens
A short post to highlight an early Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) screen that was shown in ACE magazine issue 27 on page 110. Here you can see a screenshot with a different dashboard, without text and as Anonymous Contributor suggests, perhaps … Continue reading
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Archer Maclean A8 prototypes and unused assets
Our next Christmas 2024 update sees Games That Weren’t take a look at a series of early concepts and prototypes from the late Archer Maclean’s disks. This includes the first ever look at concepts for an abandoned Atari/Commodore sequel to … Continue reading
Archer Maclean’s Atari concepts
1982-1983 Archer Maclean Platform: Atari 400/800 In August 2023, Chris Wilkins (Fusion Retro Books) entrusted Games That Weren’t with the task of preserving all of Archer’s development disks. Whilst going through Archer’s 5.25″ work disks, a series of significant discoveries … Continue reading
Archer Maclean’s Snooker prototypes
Our next Christmas 2024 update for the archive (and covering the late Archer Maclean’s work) takes a look at the early beginnings of Jimmy White’s Whirlwind Snooker, before Jimmy had any ties at all to the game. This includes an … Continue reading
Posted in: Atari ST, PC, Preservation, Prototype, Unused materials Tagged: Archer Maclean, Assets available, Xmas2024 2 Comments
Astrology – Atari prototype recovered
Atari Mania are on it again, with a Atari 400/800 prototype recovered by John Hardie. This time an Astrology program which was developed in 1982. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-astrology_42800.html This is what Atari Mania posted about it on AtariAge’s forums: “It seems Astrology was only … Continue reading
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Atari Addict released, including GTW feature!
Atari Addict landed this weekend, and David Crookes has done an amazing job putting this #Atari special together with many different features across many platforms. We also had the honor of writing the unreleased games segment too! To order, visit: … Continue reading
Atari Results Program
1984 Archer Maclean Platform: Atari 400/800 As our preservation work continues with the late Archer Maclean’s disks, we take a look at something a little different and unexpected that was found within his Atari 8-bit formatted disks. After developing his … Continue reading
Atari ST protos recovered from Mark R. Jones disks
Over the last week, various prototypes have been saved from a bunch of disks which were found by Mark R Jones, which include the following (clickable links to Atari Mania pages): Starquake 2 (Unreleased) Version 1.3.1992 Version 19.3.1992 Caspar The … Continue reading
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Atari ST unreleased games
Thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni for the heads up on these 3 Atari ST games which never saw the light of day, including the recently recovered Highway Encounter game (Which is believed to be pretty much complete, though lacking on music). … Continue reading
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Avalanche prototype for the Atari 400/800
A quick news post to highlight an Atari 400/800 prototype that has gone under the radar, as reported by Bertrand / Atari Frog. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-avalanche_42784.html Seems to be essentially the same game, but with some slight differences including: No year displayed … Continue reading
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B.U.D
1993 Atried Concept / Kalisto Entertainment Platform: Amiga (likely PC and Atari ST too) Also known as “Quick”, B.U.D was a neat looking platformer that was due for release at least on the Commodore Amiga back in 1993, and was … Continue reading
Batman Returns
1993 Gametek Platform: Atari ST (also Commodore 64 – See link below) We have had a detailed page on the cancelled C64 development for quite some time – but hadn’t realised that an Atari ST edition once existed until flagged … Continue reading
Batman Returns missing features (Atari Lynx)
Been a while since we last did an unused materials/prototype post. This time we have a very quick one thanks to Ross Sillifant. In the advert for Batman Returns on the Lynx, you’ll notice that there are a number of … Continue reading
Battle Bowls
1996 Frontier Software Platforms: Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Commodore Amiga and PC Our next entry in the archives is a puzzler that was due for release on Commodore Amiga and Atari ST platforms, then later Atari Falcon and PC. The … Continue reading
Posted in: Atari Falcon, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, PC, Reviews Tagged: Preview available 2 Comments
