Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 25
1989 Kingsoft Platform: Commodore Amiga A short entry for what looks like a superb little Galaga clone with a load of extra bells and whistles taking advantage of Amiga hardware. Just a small preview seems to have featured within a … Continue reading
2005 Detalion Games Platform PC Its with thanks to Liqmatrix that we learn about Galander, which was an action game that was being developed for the PC back in 2005 by Detalion Games. On their archived website, the plot was … Continue reading
1997-2004 Confounding Factor Platforms: PC, Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube A short entry on a title that was being created by Confounding Factor, a company founded in 1997 by former Core Design’s Toby Gard and Paul … Continue reading
Back in 1992, The Code Monkeys already had official Game Boy dev kits and experience from writing Missile Command and Centipede for Accolade. Towards the end of the year between projects, developer Mark Kirkby began experimenting during downtime. A massive fan of Stunt Car Racer on the Atari ST and Amiga, he wondered whether something similar could be achieved on the Game Boy. Continue reading
2008 Backbone Entertainment Platform: Nintendo DS As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus DLC content to share with you. Within the book is … Continue reading
1990 Active Minds Platform: Amstrad GX4000 As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus DLC content to share with you. Within the book is … Continue reading
1995 Hudson Soft Platform: Nintendo Virtual Boy Bonk was a very popular character from Hudson Soft that featured in a number of popular platforming titles, especially on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16. The first title for the game was known as PC … Continue reading
1992 Thalamus Platform: Commodore Amiga Also known as: Quedex 2 – The Geometry Challenge Geometry was a working title for a new puzzler game that was due for release from Thalamus back in late 1992 on the Commodore Amiga. What … Continue reading
1992 Marcus Hamilton Platforms: Commodore Amiga, PC and Atari ST A bizarre name for an intriguing puzzle game that was due for release on the Amiga, ST and PC platforms back in 1992. Not much is currently known about the … Continue reading
1987 Codemasters Platforms: Atari 800 and MSX A very short entry for an Atari 800 and MSX conversion of Ghost Hunters that is currently missing. The question is, were either ever started? The game was released on the Commodore 64 … Continue reading
Our next entry is for a Monkey Island inspired graphic adventure game called Gilbert Goodmate which was eventually released on PC, but was due to have a release on the Amiga too. The game started out originally as a hobby project in 1996. It got picked up originally by Alive Mediasoft, before being picked up by Crystal Interactive with plans for release in 1998. Continue reading
1993 ICOM Simulations Platform: PC and Mac ICOM Simulations, the makers of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, were to follow up with a title called Global Golf: The Earth Invitational. Announced around Summer 1993, the game would give you the chance … Continue reading
2006 Rockpool Games / So Games Platform: Mobile J2ME A short entry for a Java Platform mobile de-make of Glover, the 1998 puzzle platformer game originally by Interactive Studios. The J2ME version was to be a 2D-based version of the … Continue reading
1992-2008 Bitmap Brothers Platforms: PC Engine and Nintendo DS The PC Engine/TurboGrax-16 is a wonderful platform with a wide range of titles, including my favourite – Parasol Stars. As the platform started to get a little bit of traction, we … Continue reading
1989 Activision / Abstract Concepts Platforms: ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 (see linked page) Our next entry is for a title from the creators of Mindfighter by Activision, developed by Abstract Concepts and mentioned within the manual. We assume therefore that … Continue reading
During the late 1980’s, text adventures were losing their popularity – so to survive, Level 9 would create HUGE, which stood for wHoley Universal Game Engine. A few games managed to make use of the engine, though there would be a casualty with a few – including Grange Murders.
Grange Murders was once known as Nine Lives and Nine Green Murders (likely a reference to the company name), and was to the be first game to properly utilize and demonstrate the engine and
conceived as an ambitious animated detective adventure by Level 9. Continue reading
1994 Unknown Platform: Unknown A short entry today for a relatively unknown game that was in the planning, based on the band Green Jelly. All we know is that a video game was being planned, thanks to a two page … Continue reading
1991-1995 Ocean Software Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, SEGA Mega Drive and Super Nintendo As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print … Continue reading
1995 Creative Edge Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar 2 and Atari Lynx A long running Atari Jaguar mystery for some years now, and a game starting out on a completely different platform. Originally Green Thang was shortlisted to … Continue reading
1993 Mindcraft Platform: PC DOS A short entry for a title called Gryphon Masters, due for release by Mindcraft and highlighted by Andreas Wirooks and spotted in various upcoming text files in Mindcraft’s other games. A description for the game … Continue reading
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