Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 15
A very quick update tonight on GTW64 with some info from Gary Mays on Swords and Sorcery and also the release of a very early isometric prototype from Lynsoft called Cops and Robbers (Working title we believe): Check out at … Continue reading
Thanks to Andrew Braybrook, rare prototype Paradroid screens on the Commodore 64 (including early unused “fishbone” designs) were preserved for the excellent Graftgold book by Retro Fusion Books. Many didn’t make it inside, but thanks to Ste Day, here is … Continue reading
A few quick early screens that have been spotted by Martin Inter recently, in particular for the C64 conversions of Robocop, Predator and R-Type in Zzap Italia. Predator and R-Type are quite small oddities, but for Robocop, in the Zzap … Continue reading
With many thanks to Martin Inter, a number of early screens from actual released C64 games such as G-Loc, Dragon Ninja, Batman The Caped Crusader and Hammerfist have been added to this page. These show different sprites (in the case … Continue reading
An Easter update at GTW64: Full game released – ‘Escape’ Four new entries – Hard Drivin V1, Indiana Jones Last Crusade V1, Radioactive, Unnamed SEUCK game Four updated entries – Bits for Bizmo, Hangman’s Hazard, Mega Twins, Zynon http://www.gtw64.co.uk
Contributor Allan Pinkerton is on fire at the moment with his preservation work, and he has preserved a large bundle of educational titles from Kidware and also Bible research files for the Commodore 64. There is also a Quiz Minder … Continue reading
1982 Commodore Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry for a title that we are not 100% certain at this stage was ever started, but has featured for years on the Ward Shrake Vapourware list. The list contains a number … Continue reading
1990 Exponentia Platform: Commodore Amiga Elemental Force tells the story of a once-thriving city protected by a gem that ensured peace and stability. However, when a malevolent figure steals the gem and hides it across four elemental worlds (water, fire, … Continue reading
1987 CRL Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 A short entry for a title that we believe may have had a Commodore 64 conversion planned at some point. It seems to have been also planned for Amiga, … Continue reading
1998 Insanity Platform: Amiga 1200 A very impressive first person development for the Amiga 1200 from 1998, which was heavily inspired by titles such as Quake. The game was being developed by Czech developers Insanity, and wasn’t to be your … Continue reading
2000 Frey United Software Platform: Amiga 1200 Another recovery and release in 2024, this time with a football manager game which was due out for the Commodore Amiga 1200 in 2001/2001. The game was being created by the Barczyński brothers, … Continue reading
1991 Expose Software / Synchron Assembly Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Eutanasia is a vertical shoot-’em-up that was being created by Synchron Assembly, the Swedish demomakers who wrote Audio Sculpture. It was due to be released under the Expose … Continue reading
Been a while, but here is a new update with a brand new game release, and a digest of updates that have happened since the 27th February. Evil Garden fully recovered and released today Thanks to Lenny Bronstein for highlighting … Continue reading
Yet more slightly different looking screenshots – this time for the C64 version of Exile, which pretty much had a different main character and panel screen in Commodore Format issue 7. It seems that Paul Docherty (thanks Rob!) was brought … Continue reading
1995 Millennium Platform: Commodore Amiga CD32 Also known as: Diggers 2 It is perhaps unsurprising that a game as ground breaking as Lemmings would inspire a series of other inventive puzzlers, which seem to share some DNA in places. Diggers … Continue reading
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