Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 3694
Smurfs is a game which was the creation of a then 15yr old Carl Muller, and was pitched to various companies, such as US Gold, Melbourne House and Firebird. Sadly US Gold and Firebird rejected Carl, but Melbourne House eventually … Continue reading
Another great looking game from one of the C64’s last commercial saviour’s, Jon Wells. You simply had to replicate the picture on the left hand side by sliding the pieces together. The same game essentially as ‘Puzzle Shuffle’. This puzzler … Continue reading
A currently unknown game which is still being investigated by GTW. In a music collection sent out to software houses as a demo by Mark Wilson, Mark mentions music for a game called SHYLOCK being developed by Deesl Designs. Now, … Continue reading
It was slightly beyond belief when this game turned up on Commodore Format’s powerpack. Sadly it signalled the end of another C64 company as the C64 slowly died. Beyond Belief had planned Shellshock to be released on their label, after … Continue reading
Following successful conversions of Defender Of The Crown and Rocket Ranger, Cinemaware were also due to release a conversion of S.D.I game for the C64. The game was advertised in some of the popular computer magazines of the time, and … Continue reading
The screenshots looked amazing, the game was gonna be a stunner. The game was to be based on the LaserDisc Dragons Lair arcade, with what would be a basic interactive movie game…. very advanced and ahead of its time, especially … Continue reading
Runestone is an early graphic adventure game which got a release by Firebird on its “Hot Range” back in 1985 on the ZX Spectrum. A Commodore 64 version was also due, but would never see the light of day – … Continue reading
Take a bit of Platoon level 1 style action, and take the sprites from Software Project’s "Hysteria", and you get "Runestone". This is another early game from the brains of Colditz and Fuzzball, Miles Barry. The game features sprites were … Continue reading
Possibly one not to get too excited about, but this entry has come about due to a letter which was sent in from Claire Edgeley from Domark about the original game. The original game missed out rucks and mauls, but … Continue reading
Well, it seems it may well have been in production for the old breadbin, even after the mess of the first game. Issue #59 of Zzap 64 announced that Activision had gained the licence for R-Type 2, and work was … Continue reading
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