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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

Dreamworld Pogie (NES) found!

Posted: 04-07-2011, last updated: 28-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

Retrocollect have just recently reported that the long lost Codemasters game, Dreamworld Pogie, has been released at long last. Basically Yolkfolk.com recently celebrated Dizzy’s 25th birthday by putting up a number of download treats, which also oddly included the source … Continue reading →

Posted in: News, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | Tagged: Codemasters, Dizzy | Leave a comment

Elite NES Prototype (v2.5)

Posted: 07-05-2025, last updated: 08-05-2025 by Frank Gasking

Whilst doing some preservation work, we chanced across a couple of binary files which are a slightly earlier build of Elite on the NES by Imagineer. Out in the wild are builds 2.8 and 5.2 which are dated 04 March … Continue reading →

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Halloween/horror themed games from the archive

Posted: 31-10-2020, last updated: 29-03-2021 by Frank Gasking

Just seeing all the Halloween posts today, I wondered if there were that many Halloween/Horror related games in the GTW archive, so decided to have a bit of a delve and was quite surprised just how many cancelled titles there … Continue reading →

Posted in: Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), ZX Spectrum | Leave a comment

Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing NES prototype

Posted: 04-06-2025 by Frank Gasking

Yet another NES prototype for you today, with the release of an earlier build of Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing by Gremlin. The game was released in mid-late 1993, though this prototype is dated the 29th September 1992. Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Prototype | Tagged: Preview available | 4 Comments

Populous

Posted: 24-03-2025 by Frank Gasking

1992 Imagineer / Bullfrog Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Hot on the heels of the recovery of Sensible Soccer for the NES comes yet another long-lost title for the platform – the legendary god game, Populous. It isn’t clear yet if … Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Reviews | Tagged: Full game available | 5 Comments

Robocop Vs Terminator (NES)

Posted: 26-09-2010, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

1993 Virgin Games Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Well, if you’ve been following the GTW Youtube channel we have, you probably have seen the clips to this already. You’ve probably even already got the roms (you naughty people!) and played it … Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Reviews | Tagged: No download available, Terminator | Leave a comment

Sensible Soccer

Posted: 19-03-2025 by Frank Gasking

1993 Renegade Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System We all like (good) surprises, and hopefully our next entry into the Games That Weren’t archives will be just that. Back when Enigma Variations were porting Sensible Soccer to the original Game Boy, unbeknown … Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Reviews | Tagged: Full game available | 4 Comments

The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt (NES) Prototypes

Posted: 21-05-2025 by Frank Gasking

Following on from the recent recovery of a slightly earlier NES prototype of Elite, we now present a series of earlier builds of The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt. This was a game developed by Enigma Variations for Ocean Software back in 1993. Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Prototype, Unused materials | 1 Comment

The Lion King NES prototypes

Posted: 01-08-2025 by Frank Gasking

A very short entry for a set of extremely early NES Lion King prototypes that we found lurking within the Enigma Variations archives. They aren’t playable, but you can see the early structure for the game including test graphics throughout. Continue reading →

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Tip Off

Posted: 21-04-2025 by Frank Gasking

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 →

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