Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 908
Occasionally we take a break from covering games that were never released, but also look at titles that were released, but had some distinctive differences at one stage or another. Today we’re covering Cardiaxx, which was released by Electronic Zoo … Continue reading
2005 SCi / Stainless Games Platform: Gizmondo This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. Within the book is an in-depth and detailed 18 page story about the … Continue reading
2005 Visual Science 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 to share with … Continue reading
2000 Konami Platform: SEGA Dreamcast A short post on what should have been the 17th Castlevania title and released on the SEGA Dreamcast back in 2000, where you were to control Sonia Belmont and Victor Belmont in a 3D third … Continue reading
1999 Tiger Electronics Platform: Game.com You will have likely seen news in October 2022 of the new discovery of a port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the failed Tiger Game.com platform courtesy of Time Extension and Hidden Palace. … Continue reading
Chatting with team member Gary Spence the other day, Gary wondered if he had perhaps an over-active imagination when looking at Elite’s Cataball game one evening. A game that was released on one of their Hit-Paks, but then spruced up … Continue reading
1998 Black Flag and Vulcan Software Platform: Commodore Amiga and PC By 1998, things were looking extremely bleak for the Amiga platform, but there were people still trying to keep the dream alive. None more so than Black Flag and … Continue reading
1992 Konami / Hero Software Platform: PC (DOS), Amiga and Apple Mac Champions was a RPG table-top title created by Hero Games originally back in 1981. Setting you within a superhero/comic book themed world, it won a legion of fans, … Continue reading
Thanks to contributor Obi-Wandi, here is an early look at Championship Wrestling on the C64. This early screenshot was found by Obi-Wandi whilst looking through issues of Happy Computer magazine. Here are some details from Obi-Wandi… “As you can see, … Continue reading
1985 Channel 8 Software Platform: Dragon 32 This is a short entry to extend our Dragon 32 entries into the Games That Weren’t archive, though for three titles which were announced, but there is no evidence at this stage that … Continue reading
Before Magician’s Apprentice was a thing for the PC and even the Konix, the game originally was going to be something quite different, and on the Super Nintendo too with a title of Chaos Drop. Developed by Joe Booth and with graphics by Alan Macfarlane back in 1992. Continue reading
Reading through some old Zzap’s when I spotted this intro screen from the preview of Chase HQ 2 on the C64. This screen apparently was meant for the intro sequence (accurately ported from the arcade), but looks like it was … Continue reading
1995 Black Legend Platform: PC, Amiga 1200 and CD32 Chess Through The Ages is an unreleased chess game for Commodore Amiga 1200 and CD32 (possibly even PC – see further on). First kicked off in development around 1993 and eventually … Continue reading
1984 JCE Platform: Commodore VIC-20 After the recent amazing recovery of Garden Wars on the Commodore 64, our attention now turns to the lost VIC-20 edition of Chess Wars by the same company JCE, which was found in the same … Continue reading
A slightly obscure title now for the archive in the form of a Chevrolet advertisement disk, which has a series of prices and specifications for different Chevrolet vehicles. 8-Bit Show and Tell have previously covered the disk and its various … Continue reading
Thanks to Dr. Doom / Rad / Ons, a very slightly different version of Children’s Trivia by Cybal Software has been preserved for the Commodore 64. A version of the game already exists in Gamebase64, but this has a few … Continue reading
Our next entry is for an arcade action adventure game set in the East, where you must guide Chinto through a castle full of traps and evil guards to avenge his parents’ death. Continue reading
1994 Team 17 Platforms: Amiga 1200 and CD32 Our next entry is a slightly obscure fighting game that was due for release on the Amiga 1200 and CD32. The game was set to be published by Team 17. Oddly, the … Continue reading
1994 Origin Platforms: PC and 3DO Also known as: Chopper Assault In a winter CES feature in a 1994 issue of Power Play, a new game by Origin was reported as being in development. Chopper Attack was being developed by … Continue reading
Many of you will remember the original Chuck Rock and its brilliant rock band title screen from the early 90’s. Although the game itself was nothing massively special, it revokes a lot of fun and happy memories for many of … Continue reading
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