Unreleased & Cancelled Video Games across many platforms.
Total results: 47
A very short post to flag up some unused assets that were intended for the Psygnosis classic – Walker, thanks to Karl Kuras for highlighting. Tucked away in a Work In Progress feature within The One magazine (issue 47), screens … 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. At present we know very little about the game … Continue reading
A quick entry until we get more information, but Wanted: Dead or Alive was a strategy/adventure game which was being advertised by Visualize Software in their 1994 catalogue for the price of £3.99. The game was set as TBA on … Continue reading
A short entry for a title that was due out by the demo crew turned game development team – Ambush . More details on them can be found at https://csdb.dk/group/?id=768 The game was an unofficial conversion of the PC game, … Continue reading
1988-1993 NEC Platform: PC Engine Aka: Wardner no Mori and Wardona Forest Toaplan’s Wardner is a side scrolling platformer, similar in some ways to Ghosts n Goblins, and was ported to a number of platforms over the years. One version … Continue reading
Referring to the Sinclair User review… “You play an evil Wizard who’s castle of darkness has been attacked by those nasty forces of good. So, being the nasty type you are, you natuarlly go off into the deepest levels of … Continue reading
Warlord was to be a re-release of an old Interceptor graphic text adventure from 1985 on the new Players label. ACE magazine listed it in their budget section and stated a C64 version was being released. However, it was believed … Continue reading
Yet another title from Starbyte and Bonespark… and yet another GTW entry. This time we are greeted with a promising looking arcade adventure game, which sadly doesn’t seem to have got very far before it was cancelled. Originally, the game … Continue reading
1995 Software Creations / Interplay Platforms: 3DO and Sony PlayStation 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 share with … Continue reading
Released on the Amiga back in 1989, Wayne Gretzky Hockey was a great little game of hockey. In an 1989 issue of games magazine "Games Player’s" and in its Amiga review, it mentioned that a C64/128 version was being planned … Continue reading
It was 1993 and around the time that Jon Wells was doing Easy Lives for Commodore Force. Jon also had a nice little platform game being produced with some fantastic bitmapped graphics by Michael Smith. The game was ‘The Adventures … Continue reading
Due for release in March 1985, Wendellwood Estates was believed to have been a graphical adventure from Zinta Micro-Systems in 1985. Sadly, although advertised in the US – it seems the game was never released. Quite possibly it was due … Continue reading
Very early days for this one, but in an up and coming interview with Larry DeMar, Paul Drury kindly passed on confirmation that Larry DeMar after leaving Williams started a C64 conversion of Wheel of Fortune. We know little more … Continue reading
A quick entry for a title flagged up by contributor Atari Frog, which was an educational game about the stock market. It was released on the Atari 400/800 around 1981 and was advertised as being available for the Commodore 64. … Continue reading
1991 Broderbund Platform: PC DOS A short entry to kick off for now, and whilst more information is uncovered. It seems that back in 1991, a Star Wars spin on the classic Carmen Sandiego games was on the cards. Broderbund … Continue reading
A wonderful game on the Spectrum 128k, and the silent sequel to The Great Escape (As the game was originally billed as a sequel and called Tibet). This was set in the same mould as TGE, and followed on from … Continue reading
Had it found its way onto the 8-bit market, Whirligig would have been that rare thing for the time, a game planned to be released on all the major gaming markets, the 8-bit, 16-bit and the PC (However, although it … Continue reading
It is with great thanks to our friends at Unseen64 and specifically Luca Taborelli and contributor MP83 that this title has been highlighted to us as yet another lost title for we believe the Commodore 64, but also ZX Spectrum … Continue reading
Another obscure GTW title this time, mentioned on page 55 of Zzap 64 issue 32 in the PCW show report article. This was listed under Ariolasoft and is briefly described as a single release – a graphic adventure based on … Continue reading
A short entry to what could be a complete series of extensions for Whole Brain Spelling by Sublogic that were actually released. Just recently in November 2021, Allan Pinkerton helped to preserve the Whole Brain Spelling – General Word List … Continue reading
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