Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Our next entry into the archives is a very brief racing car game development that was being done by Roo Bowen for Enigma Variations back in 1993, and may have been based off their work for Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix for the Commodore 64. Continue reading
1993 SEGA Platform: Sega Mega Drive Graphic artist Craig Stitt has recently been putting up a lot of brilliant unseen materials from his SEGA days, and has today just added a video showing screens from another Sonic related title called … Continue reading
1985 Anirog Software Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry for now on what was probably to be Anirog’s last Vic 20 release, and which seems to have never surfaced. A simple quiz game that looks as if it was … Continue reading
1986/87 Durell Platforms: ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 Trojan was a Capcom arcade title which was due for conversion across to the likes of the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 in 1987. Tasked with the conversion for Elite Software was … Continue reading
1994 Core Design Platform: SEGA Game Gear Trunkski (sometimes misspelled as Trunski) was announced by Core Design as a new Game Gear title at the same time they were due to become their very own publisher. The title was a … Continue reading
1996 Reverse Logic Platform: Commodore Amiga Following on from our recent addition to the archives of Fatal Mission, we add yet another title that was being worked on by Ola Zandelin. This time, instead of a 2D platformer, Ola decided … Continue reading
1991 System 3 Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST Once known as Borderline during its early development, Turbo Charge was inspired by the driving section that featured within Vendetta, an earlier game by System 3. The game was released on the … Continue reading
1994 Renegade Platforms: PC and Acorn Archimedes A short entry for a title due for release by Renegade on the PC and Acorn Archimedes (thanks to Kevin Tilley for flagging this one up to cover). This was to be a … Continue reading
Sadly not all Games That Werent investigations turn out successfully, and many times we find out about an unreleased or cancelled game only to find out that whatever work was done on it is also lost to the ether. I … Continue reading
A short Amiga entry for a sequel to Lupo Alberto, which was considered whilst the first game was still in development. The game was to be called “Two hearts and a chicken pot”, and presentation screens and graphic elements were … Continue reading
1998-1999 Impressions Platform: PC Thanks to Niklas Lindholm, we learn of yet another lost football management game, this time with a game in the Ultimate Soccer Manager series, with the 2000 edition. Niklas has produced a brilliant video about the … Continue reading
1993 Ocean Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga and Atari ST A short post to share various screens from the pretty much complete but unreleased Universal Monsters that was due for release on the Amiga and Atari ST platforms. Sadly hitting development … Continue reading
Our next entry into the GTW archives is a currently unknown Car Game that was found lurking within the archives of Enigma Variations, and its with thanks to Mark Greenshields that we have been able to reveal it to you. Continue reading
Our next Game Boy Color entry into the archives is a very early multi-directional platform engine, featuring a test Super Mario sprite that you can move around and with parallax background elements. There is hardly any interactions and no enemies, though you can jump around and explore quite a large map. Continue reading
1993 Psygnosis Platform: Super Nintendo Sometimes Games That Weren’t get tagged in social media onto certain posts where others highlight unreleased games, and this was the case with our next entry – an unnamed Psygnosis Soccer game for the Super … Continue reading
A quick post from us, thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni. Fabrizio has recently located a couple of unreleased DOS games online on the classicdosgames.com website and has shared some links if you want to check them out: TigerFox (1984) Tron Light … Continue reading
Thanks to The Dizzy Fansite, we have learnt of three new unreleased ZX Spectrum games that were intended for release by Codemasters back in the day. Two were complete, called Alea (created in 1987) and Hovercar Simulator (1989/91), with another … Continue reading
1993 Renegade / Graftgold Platform: Amiga CD32 Just a very short entry for now on Andrew Braybrook’s sequel to the classic Uridium, which was released on various Amiga platforms in late 1993. However, also on the cards was an Amiga … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Vanguard was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due to … Continue reading
A short post to highlight two Amiga titles that never were (thanks to Karl Kuras) which were mentioned in the pages of Commodore User magazine. The Legend of Billy Boulder This title was actually due for release on PC and … Continue reading
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