Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
Total results: 159
1989 Imageworks Platform: Amiga A very short entry for a title already covered on Amiga GTW, where you can find screenshots and a rolling demo to download – as well as a Q/A with creator Paolo Costabel. When the game … Continue reading
1990 Psygnosis Platform: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive A short entry for an interesting platformer which was originally called Dr Mallet and the Tribbles – thanks to Karl Kuras for the heads up about the … Continue reading
1990 ARC Platforms: Atari ST and Commodore Amiga Cyber Assault was a vector-based obstacle course game announced by ARC. In the game you must control a character called TRAX (an exo-skeletal humanoid), who can run, jump and walk through a … Continue reading
1991 Electronic Arts Platforms: PC and Commodore Amiga You could say that our next entry was quite ahead of its time when due for release back in 1991. Cyber Fight was to build on the recent success of Street Fighter … Continue reading
1993 Empire / Oxford Digital Enterprises Platform: Commodore Amiga and PC (DOS) Thanks to @nearvanaman for the heads up. An entry has been available for some time over at the Hall of Light. Due for release in late 1993, this … Continue reading
1992 Hi-Tec Software Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and ZX Spectrum 48/128K 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 … Continue reading
1995 Damage Platform: Commodore Amiga 1200 As well as titles you may well remember, we try to also cover titles which may have passed you by. Often due to how late they were to the scene or how little was … Continue reading
1994 Alternative Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC I wasn’t a huge comic book fan growing up, but I still liked to get the occasional copy of the Beano in the UK, where my favourite part was always Dennis the … Continue reading
Year: 1987-1992 Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, PC (DOS) and SEGA Mega Drive 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
1993 Millennium Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Super Nintendo, SEGA Mega CD, SEGA Mega Drive Due for release back in September 1993, Dino Worlds was a puzzle/strategy game, with a touch of adventure according to programmer Kevin Mullard. In the game, you … Continue reading
1988 Firebird and then Electronic Arts Platform: Atari ST (and likely Commodore Amiga) An impressive looking title which featured a massive dragon main character, which took up most of the screen. This was to be a second title signed up … Continue reading
1991 Image Works Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC Drop Soldier was a RPG that put you in the shoes of a 1st rank soldier, where you are set a number of night and day missions. You could do missions … Continue reading
1991 Image Works Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Yet another title caught up in the collapse of Mirrorsoft in late 1991. A title created by Realtime Software, known for both Carrier and Battle Command. Duster was set in … Continue reading
1992 Imagitec Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Dwagons is a game which is not too dissimilar in style to the classic Pengo, with the concept of being able to push blocks. The blocks come in various different forms, … 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
1993 Ola Zandelin and Robert Hennings Platform: Commodore Amiga As the archive continues to grow, so does the sadness to see that there have been so many games started and never finished over the decades of the games industry. Here … Continue reading
Thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz and Hall of Light, here are a number of early screens from Fire and Ice on the Commodore Amiga showing a few assets that didn’t make the final cut. Grzegorz found early screenshots in various magazines … Continue reading
1994 Teeny Weeny Games Platform: Commodore Amiga Released on the Game Boy in 1992, Fire Fighter was to see an update 2 years later on the Amiga 1200 from Teeny Weeny Games. The plot would have you controlling a Firefighter … Continue reading
1992 Bullfrog Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and PC Code – Paul Hughes Graphics – Mark R. Cobley-Jones Music – N/A Ah ‘Flood’… The memories had with this awesome Amiga game back in the day. With its groundbreaking speech effects … Continue reading
1991 Nick Pelling Platform: Commodore Amiga Frak! is an absolute classic on the BBC Micro, starring caveman Trogg as you navigated across various trecharous levels with your trusty yo-yo. It is no surprise then to learn that there had been … Continue reading
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