Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 63
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
1994 Ocean Software Platform: SEGA Game Gear A new week brings another exciting recovery at Games That Weren’t! Today, we’re unveiling a previously unknown SEGA Game Gear conversion of Alien Olympics – a game we had no idea existed until … Continue reading
1994 Acclaim Platforms: SEGA 32X and Mega CD Way back in 1994 the Doom-style Alien Trilogy was slated to come out across just about all platforms. It came out on the Playstation, PC and Sega Saturn back in 1995 but … Continue reading
1997 Rebellion Platforms: Sony PlayStation, Atari Jaguar CD edition and SEGA Saturn Thanks to Ross Sillifant for the heads up, a short clip of what seems to be the unreleased PlayStation version of Aliens vs Predator can be found in … Continue reading
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
1990 Renovation Products Platform: SEGA Mega Drive Battle Mission was an exciting looking Operation Wolf style game that was due for release on the SEGA Mega Drive back in 1990 by Renovation Products. The game was based in the middle … Continue reading
1994 Psygnosis Platform: SEGA Mega Drive / Mega CD Many of you may fondly remember the wonderful puzzler Benefactor from Psygnosis back in 1994 for the Commodore Amiga, with its tiny main character that would have parallels with titles such … Continue reading
The unreleased Megadrive port of Psygnosis’ Bill’s Tomato Game has surfaced once more, this time on Ebay. The game had surfaced previously in 2009, and then things went quiet as the quest went on for the elusive dump of the … Continue reading
2000 Konami Platform: SEGA Dreamcast A short post on what should have been the 17th Castlevania title and released on the SEGA Dreamcast back in 2000, where you were to control Sonia Belmont and Victor Belmont in a 3D third … Continue reading
1996 Bullfrog Productions Platforms: Amiga CD 32, PC, Sony PlayStation and SEGA Saturn 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 … Continue reading
1993 Electronic Arts Platforms: Commodore Amiga, SEG A Mega Drive and MS DOS Also known as: Kult of Speed Cult of Speed was to be a new Games Workshop licence from Electronic Arts for Amiga and PC, after the success … Continue reading
1990 Psygnosis Platform: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive A short entry for an interesting platformer which was originally called Dr Mallet and the Tribbles – thanks to Karl Kuras for the heads up about the … Continue reading
Year: 1987-1992 Platforms: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, PC (DOS) and SEGA Mega Drive 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 … Continue reading
1992 Grandslam Platform: SEGA Master System By the early 1990s, games based on movies were extremely popular – but there were a *lot* of duff titles in the mix. Die Hard 2 could well be considered to be among that … Continue reading
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
Retro Fusion have just reported on a previously unreleased version of Dragons Lair on the Genesis/Megadrive surfacing. Check out the video below. The game is set to be released very soon we are told. Original source: Retro fusion
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
2000 Crytek Studios Platforms: PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast, Microsoft XBox, Nintendo GameCube Our next entry into the Games That Weren’t archives was a significant project from the start of an engine that would lead to the eventual Far … Continue reading
Very occasionally in the pursuit of a GTW you stumble upon other, previously unknown GTWs by happenstance. This happened to me recently as part of my ongoing investigation into the possibility of an Alien Trilogy port on the Sega 32X. … Continue reading
GTW recently had an email from Andy Swann, who was one of the key programmers at Twilight back in the early 90’s, and one of the lead developers of the cool Alfred Chicken on the Amiga. Andy has been attempting … Continue reading
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