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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 →

Adrenaline Factor

Posted: 08-01-2021, last updated: 30-08-2023 by Frank Gasking

1995 Mirage Technologies Platform: Amiga CD32, PC, Super Nintendo, SEGA Saturn and Sony Playstation Also known as Mayhem, and released eventually as Bedlam A short entry thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz of a cool isometric action game with a mix of … Continue reading →

Posted in: Amiga CD32, PC, Reviews, SEGA Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Apocalypse 2

Posted: 27-02-2013, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

1997 The Electric Pixel Company Platform: Super Nintendo Code – Simon Nicol Graphics – Herman Serrano Sound – Mike Clarke Ten years after Mega Apocalypse, Simon Nicol’s awesome ‘Mad Planets’ conversion was to be given the 16-bit treatment. ‘Apocalypse 2’ … Continue reading →

Posted in: Nintendo, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: Full game available | Leave a comment

Basketball Kid

Posted: 08-03-2024, last updated: 09-03-2024 by Frank Gasking

1993 Krisalis Software Platforms: Various A very short entry for now and for a potential sequel to Soccer Kid, a platformer game where you control a kid with a football who can perform a series of special moves to defeat … Continue reading →

Posted in: Amiga CD32, Commodore Amiga, Mega Drive / Genesis, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | 2 Comments

Body Count

Posted: 09-02-2022, last updated: 19-10-2023 by Frank Gasking

1992 Strangeways Platform: Commodore Amiga and Super Nintendo Our next entry is a very early title that was flagged up to us by team member Karl Kuras, who spotted this interesting early Smash TV-looking title that was due for release … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Chaos Drop

Posted: 26-05-2025 by Frank Gasking

Before Magician’s Apprentice was a thing for the PC and even the Konix, the game originally was going to be something quite different, and on the Super Nintendo too with a title of Chaos Drop. Developed by Joe Booth and with graphics by Alan Macfarlane back in 1992. Continue reading →

Posted in: Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: Assets available, Preview available | Leave a comment

Cold Steel

Posted: 26-06-2020, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

1992 Ocean Software Platform: Super Nintendo Brian Flanagan has been in the games industry for over 30 years, working on well over 40 shipped titles. He once worked at Ocean Software for around 10 years, working (uncredited) on Operation Wolf … Continue reading →

Posted in: Interviews, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Dino Worlds

Posted: 05-07-2023, last updated: 05-09-2023 by Frank Gasking

1993 Millennium Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Super Nintendo, SEGA Mega CD, SEGA Mega Drive Due for release back in September 1993, Dino Worlds was a puzzle/strategy game, with a touch of adventure according to programmer Kevin Mullard. In the game, you … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Mega Drive / Genesis, Reviews, SEGA Mega CD, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Elite 40th anniversary – source code added

Posted: 02-10-2024 by Frank Gasking

To mark the 40th anniversary of Elite by Ian Bell and David Braben, Ian has added further sources to his archives for the likes of Apple, Atari, C64, NES – but crucially a few unreleased titles too. This includes source … Continue reading →

Posted in: BBC Micro / Electron, Mega Drive / Genesis, News, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Leave a comment

Green Lantern documentary video released

Posted: 21-11-2020, last updated: 17-01-2023 by Frank Gasking

In a long planned collaboration with @Doctor_Cupcakes (aka Liam Robertson), you can now check out his impressive documentary video on the long lost Super Nintendo version of Green Lantern via DidYouKnowGaming, based on research from the Games That Weren’t book … Continue reading →

Posted in: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | 2 Comments

Impossible Mission 2025

Posted: 28-09-2022, last updated: 30-06-2023 by Frank Gasking

1994 Microprose Platforms: Super Nintendo, SEGA Mega Drive Also known as “Impossible Mission: The 90s Remix”, Impossible Mission 2025 was to be an enhanced version of the classic 1984 Commodore 64 platformer from Epyx. Not only featuring a whole new … Continue reading →

Posted in: Mega Drive / Genesis, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | 4 Comments

Kick Off 3 SNES Prototypes

Posted: 29-07-2025, last updated: 30-07-2025 by Frank Gasking

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 →

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

Mechanoids 2 – The Final Conflict

Posted: 14-04-2025, last updated: 29-07-2025 by Frank Gasking

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 →

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Moto-X

Posted: 26-09-2010, last updated: 23-07-2023 by Frank Gasking

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 →

Posted in: Nintendo, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available, Software Creations | 6 Comments

Nightmare Busters coming soon to SNES

Posted: 21-03-2012, last updated: 20-09-2020 by Frank Gasking

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 →

Posted in: News, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Leave a comment

Nightmare Busters Rebirth

Posted: 01-05-2025 by Frank Gasking

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 →

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Porky Pig’s Haunted Holiday SNES prototypes

Posted: 16-07-2025, last updated: 19-08-2025 by Frank Gasking

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 →

Posted in: Preservation, Prototype, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: Assets available, Preview available | 12 Comments

Rocket Rescue

Posted: 22-03-2024, last updated: 01-04-2025 by Frank Gasking

1993-1994 Hot-Shot Entertainments Platforms: Commodore Amiga, PC, SEGA Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Our next entry into the archives is a bizarre title which seems to have got around in various magazines, and across a number of platforms – each … Continue reading →

Posted in: Commodore Amiga, Mega Drive / Genesis, PC, Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: No download available | Leave a comment

Starfox 2 – The full story

Posted: 26-09-2010, last updated: 20-09-2020 by Frank Gasking

Evan Gowan over at the excellent Snes Central website has produced a fantastic and heavily researched/documented article on Starfox 2, giving the most complete story about the game that has so far been seen. Id highly recommend checking it out! … Continue reading →

Posted in: News, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Leave a comment

Tip Off

Posted: 05-05-2025 by Frank Gasking

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 →

Posted in: Reviews, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | Tagged: Preview available | 3 Comments

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