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Here you can find all Unused materials tagged posts on Games That Weren't, for content that was never used in the final (released) game.

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Activision 10in1 Atari 2600 SNES prototypes

Posted: 30-07-2025 by Frank Gasking

Our next entry into the archives is something very interesting, which is sort of a set of prototypes of a game pack that was released, but then could be a cancelled attempt of some kind. Back in 2000, DC Studios helped produce a compilation for ToyMax in 2000, which was released and later re-released by JAKKS Pacific. Continue reading →

Agony early assets (Amiga)

Posted: 12-01-2021, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

A very short post to flag up some unused assets and early screens for the Psygnosis classic – Agony thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz. First of all there are a number of screens in the gallery below dug out by Grzegorz … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Aladdin (NTSC) NES prototype

Posted: 31-07-2025, last updated: 06-08-2025 by Frank Gasking

We’re today adding a NES prototype of Disney’s Aladdin, which was released by Virgin Games in 1994, only in PAL regions. What makes this special is that this is a NTSC build recovered and dated 23-08-94 and seems to be very close to final (though there are a number of glitches present). It has been stated that the NTSC version was never released until now. Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Prototype, Unused materials | Tagged: Preview available | 2 Comments

Alien 3 (Amiga) unused assets

Posted: 10-12-2020, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz, here are a number of early screens from Alien 3 on the Amiga, featuring an unused picture with the Alien head (which Grzegorz believes was going to be a level loading screen) and a screenshot showing … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Alien Breed 3D unused assets and early screens

Posted: 18-12-2020, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

A quick post thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz, with a series of screenshots and magazine scans showing unused assets and features not found in the final version of Alien Breed 3D. The game was previewed in many magazines during 1995, with … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Alien Breed Tower Assault early screens and unused assets

Posted: 19-12-2020, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Following on from Grzegorz Antosiewicz’s recent asset differences post for Alien Breed 3D, comes a set for Alien Breed Tower Assault. Grzegorz summarizes the following differences to the final game, which you can check out in the gallery below.

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Alien Resurrection

Posted: 07-08-2020, last updated: 03-06-2025 by Frank Gasking

1999 Fox Interactive Platform: Sony PlayStation and SEGA Saturn (unreleased) A short entry to share some screens showing a much earlier version of Alien Resurrection, featuring a 3rd person perspective for the game that was eventually dropped for a 1st … Continue reading →

Posted in: Prototype, Reviews, Sony PlayStation, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Andrew Morris assets

Posted: 03-03-2013, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Andrew Morris has been allowing us to preserve some of his disks to show incomplete/unused materials to the world, and recently we have discovered the assets to the likes of Kikstart 2 and Cosmic Causeway and various others. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore 64 (C64), GTW64 news, Unused materials | Tagged: Assets available | 1 Comment

Apprentice early screens

Posted: 26-08-2024 by Frank Gasking

A short post to highlight an early Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) screen that was shown in ACE magazine issue 27 on page 110. Here you can see a screenshot with a different dashboard, without text and as Anonymous Contributor suggests, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Prototype, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Arabian Nights early screens and assets

Posted: 22-12-2020, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz, we present a series of earlier screens from Arabian Nights on the Amiga, showing various differences from the final game. I will hand over to Grzegorz to explain what he’s found: Today I would like to … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Archer Maclean A8 prototypes and unused assets

Posted: 23-12-2024, last updated: 30-12-2024 by Frank Gasking

Our next Christmas 2024 update sees Games That Weren’t take a look at a series of early concepts and prototypes from the late Archer Maclean’s disks. This includes the first ever look at concepts for an abandoned Atari/Commodore sequel to … Continue reading →

Posted in: Atari 400/800/XL, Commodore 64 (C64), GTW64 news, Preservation, Prototype, Unused materials | Tagged: Archer Maclean, Assets available, Preview available, Xmas2024 | Leave a comment

Archer Maclean materials

Posted: 23-12-2023, last updated: 15-12-2024 by Frank Gasking

1984-198? Archer Maclean Platforms: Commodore 64 Whilst going through Archer’s work disks, we found a few bits and pieces lurking on the disks, which might be unseen artwork or work that Archer has done. We’ll add to this page over … Continue reading →

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Archer Maclean’s Snooker prototypes

Posted: 21-12-2024, last updated: 24-01-2025 by Frank Gasking

Our next Christmas 2024 update for the archive (and covering the late Archer Maclean’s work) takes a look at the early beginnings of Jimmy White’s Whirlwind Snooker, before Jimmy had any ties at all to the game. This includes an … Continue reading →

Posted in: Atari ST, PC, Preservation, Prototype, Unused materials | Tagged: Archer Maclean, Assets available, Xmas2024 | 2 Comments

Ash and Dave assets

Posted: 21-12-2015, last updated: 16-08-2023 by Frank Gasking

Ashley Routledge recently in 2015 loaned his C64 disks for GTW64 to do a large preservation job. Mostly to try and see if we could recover Daffy Duck, but also to preserve any potentially lost demos, artwork and just Ash’s … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore 64 (C64), GTW64 news, Unused materials | Tagged: Assets available | Leave a comment

Assassin early screens

Posted: 18-12-2020, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

A quick post thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz, with some images showing some minor differences and what seem to be some unused assets not seen in the final game. The One magazine showed a preview with some early screens, one showing … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

ATR early screens

Posted: 01-04-2022, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Team 17’s great racing game for amiga was of course finished and released, though there were some early scenes from the game that didn’t quite make it into the final game. The following comes courtesy of GTW’s Grzegorz Antosiewicz. One … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Batman Returns missing features (Atari Lynx)

Posted: 20-02-2025, last updated: 25-02-2025 by Frank Gasking

Been a while since we last did an unused materials/prototype post. This time we have a very quick one thanks to Ross Sillifant. In the advert for Batman Returns on the Lynx, you’ll notice that there are a number of … Continue reading →

Posted in: Atari Lynx, Prototype, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | 2 Comments

Beavers (Amiga) – Early screens and unused assets

Posted: 05-01-2021, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

As you know, we occasionally like to also do posts that highlight assets that were not used in a final and published game. Thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz, we now have a short post to share some earlier screens from the … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Beverly Hills Cop unused assets (c64)

Posted: 22-07-2014, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Many thanks to Dave Peacock, who recently recovered the following graphical assets for Beverly Hills Cop on the C64 from his work disks. It seems that at somepoint, Michael Owens took over graphical duties on the C64 – leaving Dave … Continue reading →

Posted in: GTW64 news, Unused materials | Tagged: Assets available | Leave a comment

Blastar unused assets

Posted: 26-03-2021, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

1993 Core Design Platform: Amiga Grzegorz Antosiewicz has kindly provided a number of titles and scans showcasing assets that never quite made the final build, so here is another post looking at one of those titles. Blastar was a neat … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Unused materials | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

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