Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 501
1994 Psygnosis Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC We’ve covered a few Miracle Games titles over the years, including later incarnations of Dick Special and also Bouncy Bat game. In 1994, another title from the studio was due for release via … Continue reading
1991 Demonware Platforms: Commodore Amiga, C64 (see link below) and PC Originally we knew of this game thanks to its appearance in an Early Warning scanner in Commodore Format magazine. This was for the C64 edition, which we have covered … Continue reading
1997 Maxis Platform: PC The Mindwarp was not your usual Sim game from Maxis, and should have been their first proper foray into the realm of action-based titles back in 1997. It should have also been simply called “Mindwarp”, had … Continue reading
1999-2000 Pukka Games Platform: PC The Ravaging was a third person PC action adventure game that was being developed by Pukka Games between 1999-2000, where you controlled an angel from hell. According to “10ahu” from an old ASSEMBLERgames.org thread (who … Continue reading
1988 Firebird Software Platform: PC DOS Thrust was a brilliant budget title from the mind of the late Jeremy Smith back in 1986, developed first for the BBC Micro (released via Superior Software), then converted to a large number of … Continue reading
1991 DMV Platform: Commodore Amiga One that we missed this year, but Jan / TCD found this unreleased German graphic text adventure whilst working on Hall of Light and which was uploaded for all to see. We’re not 100% sure … Continue reading
1993 Codemasters Platform: Amiga Many of you growing up with Codemaster’s 8-bit budget games may remember a quirky title called Tilt, where you control a 3D maze and rotate it in various directions to guide a ball to an exit … Continue reading
1977 Atari Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. The book contains a … Continue reading
1987 Keypunch Software Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore 64, Atari 400/800, Apple II and PC A very short entry for a title that was advertised within the manual of Aliants at the very end. Time Capsule was listed as “Coming Soon” … Continue reading
1986 Incentive Software Platform: Dragon 32 In our very first Dragon 32 entry into the archives, we take a look at what seems to be a game based on the famous Doctor Who series, at least in places when you … Continue reading
1982 Simon Wadsworth Platform: ZX81 Simon Wadsworth had previously published a text adventure called The Scepter through Bug-Byte Software, which he’d written as a fifth-year student as an O-level project. However, he was about to unleash a new text adventure … Continue reading
Tinhead is best known as a Sega Mega Drive platformer released in 1993, though it received little attention at the time. A Super Nintendo port was completed but never officially released back in the day (but got a physical release by Piko Interactive in 2019). A Jaguar version was also in development but never surfaced. The lost Amiga version however is particularly intriguing due to the discovery of early development materials that suggest a very different origin for the game. Continue reading
1992 Virgin Games Platform: SEGA Master System One of the things most tragic with planned games is when magazines of the time featured them heavily, showing off good looking screenshots of the game in question. This would be the case … Continue reading
1992 Anco / Imagineer Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System As the archive continues to grow each week, we’re now excited to bring you the long-lost NES version of Tip-Off (due out way back in 1992), fully recovered in its final state … Continue reading
1992 Anco / Imagineer Platform: Super Nintendo Following on from recovery of the long-lost NES version of Tip-Off, we now have a version for the Super Nintendo that was also in production around the same time. Originally developed by Enigma … Continue reading
1995 Psygnosis Platform: PC Just over ten years after its original release on the ZX Spectrum, Psygnosis planned to release an update to the classic adventure game for PC users back in 1995. The gameplay would consist of hand-to-hand combat, … Continue reading
A surprise entry into the archives now with the start of a Titus the Fox game that no-one seemingly knew existed until now. Lurking within the Enigma Variations archives was a very quick Titus the Fox build which has the quirky main character running on the spot and which you can move around a test map. Continue reading
1991 Tomahawk (Coktel) Platform: Amiga 500 (Actually released), Amstrad GX4000 (Unreleased) UPDATE: Case solved – this was released as Cougar Force. See below! Our next entry is not to be confused with the Digital Integration game of the same name, … Continue reading
2006 Core Design Platform: PlayStation Portable Just a short post for now to share details of Core Design’s cancelled version of Tomb Raider Anniversary (thanks to Ken Knight for the heads up). To summarize, for the 10th anniversary – Core … Continue reading
2003 Realism Studios Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 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 the … Continue reading
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