Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 1922
This program was announced as ‘coming soon’ in an advert for their series of educational games (most of which never seem to have been released). It is not given a name; hence its description will have to serve as a … Continue reading
The Adventurer is an intriguing Ultima type of game which seems to have been lost in the depths of time. We first learned of the game thanks to Varga Viktor who pointed us in the direction of an Hungarian magazine … Continue reading
2009 Sony Online Entertainment (Seattle) Platforms: Sony PlayStation 3, PC The fact that Microsoft just steamrolled through the online multiplayer domain with the original Xbox, left Sony at a very precarious junction. In an effort to finally give their fearsome … Continue reading
Following the success of their Captain America and Spiderman crossover game Dr Doom’s Revenge, Empire picked up the licence to produce a stand alone game featuring Spiderman. Continue reading
Mentioned in issue June 1986 of Commodore User, this was a game mentioned as coming soon along with 3 Days in Carpathia. We know little about the actual game and its background apart from the fact that it would have … Continue reading
We’re not entirely sure if a C64 conversion was ever in the works, but after the recent revelation that a C64 conversion of another Broderbund classic actually existed, then we are willing to believe that Ancient Art of War had … Continue reading
This is a very short stub entry for now for a game called The Astronaut Eater, which was a concept for a Commodore 64 game that was highlighted on Viktor T. Toth’s website. Please see the gallery for more details … Continue reading
The Battle Of Chickamauga was going to be a stragetic war game, of which there are many on the C64. Its scheduled release was for 1987, by Games Designers’ Workshop (GDW), an American company who already had a fine pedigree … Continue reading
A short entry for a SSG title for the C64 that was advertised in its 1988-1989 catalog as coming soon. With thanks to Joseph Tsai for highlighting. Note, this is not to be confused with the game by Argus Press. … Continue reading
1994 The Hidden Platforms: Commodore Amiga 1200 and CD32 (later A500) I’ve always been a fan of racing games on 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, especially Slicks on the C64 and Micro Machines on the NES. So when Darren Gurney highlighted … 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
A quick entry due to a lack of information at present. The Blues Brothers eventually did get a C64 release thanks to Titus Software back in 1991, but way back in 1987, CRL were also due to create a game … Continue reading
Bobby Yazz is a computerised game show, featuring various games to win prizes and the normal quiz routine you got with many computer based game shows. The fun novel approach was appealing to many, and the game received good reviews … Continue reading
Back in 1988, Robin Harbron and his friend Darren Foulds were working on a wresting game, heavily inspired by The Exciting Hour/Mat Mania by Technos. They had a bit of fun and added some famous characters in the background and … Continue reading
An interesting puzzler which was released for the Amiga and Amstrad platforms, but not on the C64 – as stated would be the case in C&VG magazine. This was released in Europe under the name of “Tiny Skweeks” The game … Continue reading
Mentioned in Commodore Format’s early warning scanner, no doubt this was to be a Boxing game most likely. However, Beyond Belief had already released Devastating Blow (http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=2147&d=18&h=0), so was this to be a more management styled boxing game instead? We … Continue reading
One of my favourite Amiga games of all time, The Chaos Engine was released by The Bitmap Brothers in 1993 for the Amiga and various other platforms over the years. The game was closely followed across its development, so it … Continue reading
Yet another game advertised by Goldstar in Your Computer magazine 1984. This was another text adventure which sadly never was! It is currently missing sadly. It could be a case that the game just hasn’t turned up yet, or it … Continue reading
1991 Elite Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC (also C64) We have covered this title already on our main C64 site, though this Data East arcade title was also due for release on other major 16-bit platforms too of the … Continue reading
A very short placeholder entry for yet another missing 1987 Computer Novels title – The Count of Monte Cristo. Mentioned in Svenska Hemdator Nytt No.4/1987, it is suggested that the game would be released soon by the company on the … Continue reading
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