Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 913
1993 U.S. Gold Platform: Amstrad CPC Our next entry into the archives is one which has tormented Amstrad CPC users for many many years. But were they then perhaps saved from the lack of a Street Fighter 2 conversion? Back … 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
Thanks to contributor Starlord, this post links to collection of student projects that were created at The Game Assembly in Malmö, Sweden, showcasing some incredible new talent in games development. These were once briefly made available online, but were eventually removed (possibly when the student year had finished). Continue reading
2003 Simergy and Lost Toys 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 … Continue reading
1993 Codemasters Platform: Commodore Amiga A bit of a surprise now for Amiga fans as part of our 3-day Christmas 2023 update on Games That Weren’t – starting off with a Codemasters title which hasn’t been known about until today, … Continue reading
2015 Sacred Square Games Platforms: PC and potentially others 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 you. Within … Continue reading
1992 Sandy White Platform: Commodore Amiga Back in late 1991, Commodore User magazine reported that Sandy White was back on the scene and working on a plan to bring back Ant Attack as a new spruced up title for the … Continue reading
1992 Palace Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC, C64, Amstrad CPC Note: This is heavily based on the original C64 archive entry. Originally starting off and named as Barbarian 3, this was originally to be a straightforward sequel to … Continue reading
Kick Off was converted to pretty much every platform of its day, including the NES quite late on in 1991. However, whilst backing up some old 5.25″ floppies from the Enigma Variations archive, we found a big surprise in the shape of a Super Kick Off prototype build for Nintendo’s console, which doesn’t seem to be known about until now (certainly couldn’t find any press mentions). Continue reading
Although the main purpose of Games That Weren’t is to preserve unreleased games, we occasionally try and share preservation efforts of ones which were actually released, but were extremely rare and yet to be preserved. Today we share preservation of … Continue reading
1991 Loriciel Platform: PC (DOS) A short entry for now for a PC conversion of the Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and Atari Lynx puzzler sequel. Highlighted to GTW by contributor EAD. Plans for the PC seem to be on … Continue reading
1992 Psygnosis Platform: Amiga Thanks to Ross Sillifant, here are a few more screenshots for the unreleased Psygnosis Amiga game Superhero – which wasn’t cancelled as such, but oddly caught up in a police raid. More on that in a … Continue reading
1983 Creative Software Platform: Commodore VIC-20 Survivor Run is an original game that Creative Software were due to release back in 1983 – an original creation by Steven Yaeger that he had sold to the company. The aim of the … Continue reading
1986-1990 Ghislain de Blois Platform: Commodore VIC-20 A short entry to highlight a series of previously unreleased VIC 20 games from Ghislain de Blois that you may have missed and was posted originally in 2015: Eight previously unreleased games for … Continue reading
1982 SEGA Electronics Platforms: Commodore Vic-20, Intellivision, Atari 5200, Colecovision and Atari 400/800 Tac-Scan was an early vector-based title by SEGA Electronics in 1982. The game uniquely had you controlling up to seven ships at once, each of which could … Continue reading
Whilst going through the disks of Cory Kin, we found an early preview of Tangent, which was released under the Softek label eventually (which was part of The Edge) – but this prototype specifies The Edge as the label for … Continue reading
1991 Electronic Arts / Maverick Developments Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC Tantalus was to be a complex 3D space simulation for a variety of platforms back in 1991, where you could play solo or in a multiplayer mode. The … Continue reading
Not a massively early version as such, but contributor Bruce Coates has highlighted that the Commodore User review of Target Renegade seems to have the baseball bat as a weapon in the other levels in the game. In the version … Continue reading
Another early version of a title which saw release on the C64, this time an earlier edition of Strike Fleet. This originally was to be called Task Force 1990, but seemingly went under a bit of a cosmetic change and … Continue reading
2003 Rage Bristol / Dangerous Games Ltd. Platforms: Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2 Also known as: Andy McNab – Team SAS As you’ll be aware, the games industry is a turbulent one, where projects (and even companies) can often … Continue reading
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