Super Skweek
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
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Superhero
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
Survivor Run
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
System IIII game catalogue
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
Tac-Scan
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
Posted in: Atari 400/800/XL, ColecoVision, Commodore VIC-20, Intellivision, Reviews Tagged: No download available 6 Comments
Tantalus
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
Team SAS
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
Posted in: Microsoft Xbox, Reviews, Sony PlayStation 2 Tagged: Preview available, Xmas2024 3 Comments
Technopolis
1991 ARC / Maelstrom Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST Our next entry into the archives is an ambitious 3D title called Technopolis, which was in development by ARC back in 1991, and had a mix of strategy and action. … Continue reading
Thalimar: Land of Chaos
1999 Insomnia Platform: Commodore Amiga (and later PC) In Thalimar: Land of Chaos, you control a powerful mage – a servant of darkness who wants to take over and burn villages, kill innocent people, and carry out other unceremonious acts … Continue reading
That was the Mega-CD Game That Wasnt
Its time to finally lay the rumor to bed. There wasn’t a Mega CD version of the classic game, Cannon Fodder. The rumors have existed since the days of the Megadrive and have never really be confirmed or denied one … Continue reading
The 7th Sword of Mendor
1992-1995 Thalamus / Grandslam Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Amiga CD32 and PC Originally conceived as a spiritual follow-up to Abandoned Places, The 7th Sword of Mendor (also known as Seventh Sword) was an ambitious RPG project from Hungarian team Amnesty Design. … Continue reading
The Agency: Covert Ops
2009 Sony Online Entertainment (Seattle) Platforms: Sony PlayStation 3, PC The fact that Microsoft just steamrolled through the online multiplayer domain with the original Xbox, left Sony at a very precarious junction. In an effort to finally give their fearsome … Continue reading
The Big End
1994 The Hidden Platforms: Commodore Amiga 1200 and CD32 (later A500) I’ve always been a fan of racing games on 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, especially Slicks on the C64 and Micro Machines on the NES. So when Darren Gurney highlighted … Continue reading
The Cliffhanger – Edward Randy
1991 Elite Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC (also C64) We have covered this title already on our main C64 site, though this Data East arcade title was also due for release on other major 16-bit platforms too of the … Continue reading
The Connoiseur and other Atari prototypes
Our friends at Atarimania.com have informed us of a recent discovery of an unreleased text adventure for the Atari called The Connoiseur. A game that was intended for release by Synapse Software in 1984. The game was archived by the … Continue reading
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The Egyptian Jukebox
1996 Warner Bros Platforms: PC and Mac The Egyptian Jukebox was a CD-ROM multimedia title that was first learnt about thanks to contributor Michael Hart, who discovered about the game via the Archive on the Internet blog. This is a … Continue reading
The Eye of the Moon
2011 Mike Singleton and Chris Wild Platforms: Apple iOS and other current platforms. 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
The Fall Guy
1983/84 Fox Video Games Platforms: Atari 2600 and ColecoVision Our next entry is nothing to do with the Elite licence that came later on the Commodore 64, though that too had an unreleased version of some kind that you can … Continue reading
The Few
1990 New Deal Productions Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC The Few was a wargame that aimed to faithfully recreate the Battle of Britain in its entirety. It could be played solo or with a second player, either via Minitel, … Continue reading
The Gadget Twins
1992 Imagitec / Mirage Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Many of you may recall this neat platformer that saw release on the SEGA Mega Drive and PC back in the day – but what of its long lost … Continue reading
