Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 86
D-Day was advertised in various magazines of the era, and was released on the Spectrum and Sinclair QL, though a Commodore 64 edition was also advertised as coming soo. The game involved battling through 4 separate scenarios, either taking control … Continue reading
1992 Hi-Tec Software Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and ZX Spectrum 48/128K 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 … Continue reading
A short post thanks to contributor Daniel Meléndez, who spotted Daley Thompson playing a slightly different looking Daley Thompson’s Decathlon game on the Commodore 64: Not massive differences it has to be said, apart from the panel boards and the … Continue reading
A GREAT Amiga game which was also planned for the GREAT 64.. Paul Woakes work previously has been to a VERY high standard and his sequel to Mercenary was the most awaited game in 1988. The shots in loads of … Continue reading
We all know about the famous Dan Dare game by Virgin on the C64 with its excellent Comic Book style gameplay. Even now the game is quite brilliant and hasn’t aged badly at all. In speaking with Andy Wilson recently, … Continue reading
An Italian title which may have been released, but is currently missing and yet to be preserved. Can you help us and ready64.org to recover it? Dance on a Volcano was a strategy/adventure game by the looks of it, and was previewed … Continue reading
Not to be confused with Dandy released by Electric Dreams, but more a game based on the very popular Comic Book. Advertised as coming soon in early 1989 on the Commodore 64 – this title was mentioned in small print … Continue reading
Yes, of course… Dandy was actually released by Electric Dreams, but did you know that in fact the original developer was not to be Nick Pelling, but the Ram Jam Corporation? This updated version of the classic Dandy game on … Continue reading
Again thanks to Cybergoth, we are able to mention yet another Activision game which has not seen the light of day, and one which has a lot of mystery surrounding it… mainly because we’ve never bloody heard of it until … Continue reading
A relatively unknown and unannounced game which was being written by James Smart for Catalyst Coders. It was James’ first development at the company, and one which he felt was pretty crap and not worth mentioning. Considering we mention pretty … Continue reading
1992 Flashsoft Platform: ZX Spectrum Our next entry into the archives should have maybe been posted in April, as Danny Duster’s Dirty Deeds is a game that wasn’t, but also never existed in the first place. Crash magazine in issue … Continue reading
Danse Macabre is a french game that was rumoured to have been released back in 1986 by Funlight Software. There is a wiki article talking about the game, and rumours that someone from a French Atari forum saw the game … Continue reading
1989 Rainbow Games Platform: Arcade Already we have seen a few entries into Games That Weren’t which are arcade releases that were being done by console/home computer software companies, such as Zool, Fire and Forget 2 and The Living Daylights. … Continue reading
1994 GKS Design Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC Dark Mission was to be the first offering from GKS Design, a new group dedicated to Amiga gaming and created back in 1994 by students Stephen Haunts and Chris Rundell. They were … Continue reading
The source of this next entry is interesting as it was mentioned in “Illegal” pirate fanzine as something seen at PC 1988 show (or so it seems) by SSD of Cosmos. Dark Sceptre was a game by Mike Singleton which … Continue reading
Many of you will remember the rather bizarre game by the title of "Deus Ex Machina", created by Mel Croucher and coded on the C64 by Colin Jones. This was a game of life, and wasn’t like anything really seen … Continue reading
Another publisher where most of the games seem to be completely missing. Unreleased or just not archived yet? We’re not sure. Thanks to Peter Weighill for highlighting Davka Software seemed to specialize in Jewish related software, and had the following … Continue reading
Daxis was a combination of both Darryl Still and Gary Partis’ name, and was an idea by Darryl, which Gary and Peter Scott agreed would be possible to create. The game itself would be a combination of vertical shoot-em-up and … Continue reading
A very short entry which was flagged up by Ross Sillifant, as it was listed within ACE magazine as coming soon for the Spectrum, Amstrad and C64 – even though the adverts suggest that only 16-bit versions were in production. … Continue reading
1995 Damage Platform: Commodore Amiga 1200 As well as titles you may well remember, we try to also cover titles which may have passed you by. Often due to how late they were to the scene or how little was … Continue reading
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