Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
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Triad recently released an early build of Moonfall, which was a vector game by the late Jukka TapanimÁ¤ki. The game was developed in 1989, but heavy delays meant that Hewson/21st Century Entertainment didn’t get to release the game until 1991. … Continue reading
The Black Onyx is a 1984 title that you may not really heard of. It was a role playing game which was released in Japan by Bullet-Proof Software and was written by Henk Rogers. It was actually one of the … Continue reading
In 1990, Codemasters announced the CD Games Pack – a compilation for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Sinclair Spectrum with 30 games which would be read from a stereo CD player via a lead that plugged into the headphone … Continue reading
A short entry for a title which was mentioned back in 2006 by Peter Sandén, but something I had completely forgot to add to the archive! This was a Swedish graphic games adventure which was made just after the second … Continue reading
Thanks to contributor Obi-Wandi, here is an early look at Championship Wrestling on the C64. This early screenshot was found by Obi-Wandi whilst looking through issues of Happy Computer magazine. Here are some details from Obi-Wandi… “As you can see, … Continue reading
A short entry for a title which seems to have a C64 connection, but we’re not sure if it is a red herring just yet. Thanks to John Christian Lønningdal, we have learnt that the 1942 clone – Screaming Wings, … Continue reading
Please refer to https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/quark/
Our next entry is a title which was meant for release way back in 1983 in the US. Planet Quarx was mentioned in a magazine called Microcomputing with the following details: “Planet Quarx is a three-stage video game for the … Continue reading
Our next entry is a text adventure from 1986, which may well have been released – but has yet to be found and fully preserved. The game was released by Kalisti Enterprises for the C64, and the task was to … Continue reading
Yet another Codemasters game to add to the pile – this time a conversion of an Oliver Twins game called Operation Gunship. This game was a top down multi-directional scroller – actually very similiar to Firehawk, which was later being … Continue reading
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