Preserving Cancelled, Unreleased and Lost Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 12
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
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
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
Just seeing all the Halloween posts today, I wondered if there were that many Halloween/Horror related games in the GTW archive, so decided to have a bit of a delve and was quite surprised just how many cancelled titles there … Continue reading
1990 Color Dreams Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Lynx and Sega Mega Drive Just a short entry for a cancelled film title that was due for release on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Lynx and Sega Mega Drive. It was … Continue reading
A quick post showing an early Atari Lynx development which would eventually turn into something completely different. Thanks to Ross Sillifant for highlighting. Here we have Impossible Mission, which would eventually be released as Electrocop on the platform. The screenshot shown doesn’t really have any major differences (if any) at all, and it seems just the name was dropped for reasons currently unknown. Continue reading
Our next entry in the archives is Monster Demolition, which has had some video footage online of the game running for many years. The game was apparently turned into Rampage, though as you can see – this was looking quite different, with much larger main characters. The game was also renamed to Rampage Deluxe at some point too. Continue reading
Two significant Atari Lynx prototype recoveries have been made thanks to the AtariAge community, and have been added to our archives as well as a result with prototypes of both Monster Demolition and Vindicators now available to explore.
Both titles were part of a large haul of Atari Lynx materials recovered via the AtariAge community yesterday. Monster Demolition provides a look at an early take on Rampage what would later be completely scrapped to make way for a more arcade accurate conversion, while Vindicators is represented by a much more advanced and playable build than previously seen. Continue reading
1992 Atari Games Platform: Atari Lynx 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 … Continue reading
Next up is a short entry for a potential prototype to try and find, thanks to Ross Sillifant for highlighting. When you take a look at the original Tecmo arcade, and various home conversions – you will notice that pretty … Continue reading
1991 U.S. Gold Platforms: Atari Lynx and Atari Panther 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. It was … Continue reading
We speak to developer David Kurensky about the development and the troubles that occurred, which led up to the cancellation.Below are a series of images which were collated during research for the game, starting off with a number of test assets that were extracted off an Amiga development kit by Harry Dodgson. Continue reading
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