Preserving Cancelled, Unreleased and Lost Video Game History Since 1999
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GTW Highlight No.02: Last December, we released Team SAS prototype for the original #Xbox. 1st person arcade shooter with 4 different characters and several levels to check out. Due for release in 2003, it didn’t make it after issues with the PS2 edition. Continue reading
GTW Highlight No.01: Last December, we recovered very early remains of Cult on the #PC. A third person zombie game due for release in 1997 by Argonaut Games that aimed to showcase the new Voodoo 1 3DFX card and BRender engine at the time. Continue reading
Our next entries here in the archive is a bit of a hacked job called Shadow Force, which seems to borrow assets from a number of games such as Into Oblivion, Armalyte and Shadow Skimmer and created by someone called … Continue reading
Our next entry into the C64 archives is a previously lost Commodore 64 conversion of a Hungarian text-adventure game called Fogd a Penzt (Grab The Money). Continue reading
Things have mostly paused with updates and preservation work for Games That Weren’t due to the recent loss of my mum. Today though, I’m finally able to share some positive news: a Polish edition of the Games That Weren’t book is now available for pre-order: https://gknb.pl/ Continue reading
Tinhead is best known as a Sega Mega Drive platformer released in 1993, though it received little attention at the time. A Super Nintendo port was completed but never officially released back in the day (but got a physical release by Piko Interactive in 2019). A Jaguar version was also in development but never surfaced. The lost Amiga version however is particularly intriguing due to the discovery of early development materials that suggest a very different origin for the game. Continue reading
One of the rarest Cartoon Network PC games has just received its most complete preservation to date. Cartoon Network’s Toon Jam! – a 1995 Windows title featuring Red Book audio tracks and FMV segments, and which has long been a tough find for collectors and preservationists alike. Continue reading
A smaller update this month, with a new entry on a cancelled Rocky Memphis game and then updates on 5 pre-existing entries in the archive. We should have a lot more C64 content for you very soon – including some big findings! Continue reading
Before you say anything, I know this game came out and that Amstrad Action gave away the game on their September 1992 cover tape as I have that tape and played it to death. But there is evidence of an earlier (or later) unreleased version. Continue reading
From the archives of Atari graphic artist Jerome Domurat, archivist John Hardie found a disk labelled “Earthquake”, and so begins our look at yet another lost Atari game. Continue reading
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