Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 89
Whilst digging through the Enigma Variations archives, we found an archive relating to an abandoned Game Boy original development of Kick Off 3. However, the approach to the development was interesting and resourceful. Continue reading
Next into the GTW archives are two earlier builds of Kick Off 3 for the SNES, following on from the recent Gameboy original recoveries. Both builds are from March and May 1994, though the dates don’t seem to correlate and as a result are likely inaccurate. Continue reading
1996-2018 System 3 Platforms: PC, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PSX, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 + others Also known as: “The Last Ninja – Return to Lin Fen Island” When you think of System 3, The Last Ninja series probably comes … Continue reading
Following the success of Lego Lord of the Rings, based on/inspired by Peter Jackson’s Oscar winning film trilogy based on the works by JRR Tolkien, Warner Interactive Entertainment and Traveller’s Tales (developer of previous Lego games) began work in 2013 on Lego The Hobbit. Again based on/inspired by Peter Jackson’s films, based on Tolkien’s novel. Continue reading
1998 – 2000 Thalamus Interactive Platforms: PC & Nintendo Game Boy Color As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that were shared with us during our research as … Continue reading
Our next entry into the GTW archives is a very early Game Boy Color title called MBC that was being created by a developer/artist called Nick London in 1999, before his days of working on Star Wars and Need for Speed games. Continue reading
1993 Enigma Variations Platform: Super Nintendo Our next entry into the Games That Weren’t archives is a very early and neat side-scrolling mech fighter called Mechanoids 2 – The Final Conflict. We’re not aware of there being a prequal though! … Continue reading
1999 Thalamus Interactive Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Color As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that were shared with us during our research as bonus DLC content, and which … Continue reading
Next up into the ever-growing prototype archive at Games That Weren’t are a set of prototype builds for Mia Hamm Soccer for the Nintendo 64, dated 1st August and 1st September 2000. The game was a hastily reskinned version of Michael Owen’s WLS 2000 game, done in 12 weeks by DC Studios. Continue reading
More prototypes added to the Games That Weren’t archive, where today we’re adding a series of Micro Machines 1 and 2 Twin Turbo prototypes for the Nintendo Color Game Boy. These all vary a lot, though we were unable to attribute accurate dates for all of them. Continue reading
1994 Trimark Interactive / Software Creations Platform: Super Nintendo As you’ll soon begin to discover, there are many times where games are fully completed, but strangely never allowed out of the doors. Moto-X was one such casualty that was completed … Continue reading
1998 System 3 Platform: Sony PlayStation, PC, Nintendo 64 and SEGA Saturn A fantastic game which I have very fond memories playing on my Commodore 64, Myth: History in the Making was due to be revived by System 3 for … Continue reading
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
News of an old SNES game called Nightmare Busters has emerged recently and which is being finished off, after originally being cancelled back in the day. The game is being finished off by Super Fighter Team, and should be available … Continue reading
Here is an exclusive early access look at the rebirth of an iconic 1990s Super Nintendo game that never saw release back in the day, with Nightmare Busters Rebirth. Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio have spent the past … Continue reading
2002 James Boulton Platform: Game Boy Advance Perplexus Diodomin was a Game Boy Advance title that was in development back in 2002 by James Boulton (code), with graphics done by James (tile graphics), James Barnard (tile graphics and music) and … Continue reading
2003 Microids / 7th Sense Platform: Game Boy Advance Joe Douglas sheds light on two cancelled Defenders of the Earth character Game Boy Advance titles, The Phantom and Mandrake, that were due for release in 2003. This piece was originally … Continue reading
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
Something rather special now for you with Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes, consisting of builds from between 1st November 1993 to the 24th May 1994. What is particularly exciting is that one of the prototypes contains a series of subgames dropped from the final release and only briefly seen in magazine screenshots. That’s not all – there are tons of differences to be discovered, and this page only scratches the surface about them. Continue reading
2001 Titus Interactive Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Advance Prehistorik Kart is a new entry into the GTW archives that should have a compilation bonus title to go along with the Nintendo Game Boy Advance release of Prehistorik Man – a … Continue reading
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