Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 1911
Wizard War is a fantasy strategy game, designed and created by Lloyd Johnson with additional input from Jim Baen. The game was apprently released with an exclusive story written by Fred Saberhagen based on the game. You controlled an army … Continue reading
Have you ever wondered why one game from the Wizardry-series is lacking from the C-64? Well I did, and it led me to a little research in that area. After checking release dates it seems that the Wizardry-series was released … Continue reading
Now, as we all know – Wizball got a release and was one of the best games ever to grace the C64. It’s a fantastic title which you should check out if you haven’t already. However, German magazine "Happy Computer" … Continue reading
Wolf has been a game in the GTW archives for some time, only known for its Rob Hubbard tunes which have thought to be lost. We did a bit of research but could find no other games of this naming … Continue reading
Wolfgrounds we believe is a text adventure game by the same people who were selling Exod (Another title we have just added to GTW). The game was sold on disk, but it seems that this is one that either didn’t … Continue reading
Although released, GTW has been given a lead which suggests that Wolfman was actually that little bit more gruesome, with an animated version that seems to have never seen the light of day. The actual released version had static images … Continue reading
As well as Superman – The Game, it seems that First Star Software had big plans to do more comic based titles afterwards. In an issue of Family Computing Magazine, it was reported that after the release of the Superman … Continue reading
Well, as correctly noted to me recently by a GTW reader, why the hell haven’t we covered World Cup Carnival V1?? And why not indeed – with the original game mess of World Cup Carnival apparently half complete before the … Continue reading
World Cup Football was advertised in Home Computer Weekly issue 85 (Well, briefly mentioned in an advert for other games) but was never released across its planned platforms of C64, Spectrum and Amstrad. We assume it was to be some … 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. World Darts was a game mostly known for its … Continue reading
In the early 1990s, World Heroes (a popular Neo Geo fighting game developed by ADK and SNK) was being ported to the PC Engine Super CD-ROM by Working Designs. Known for their quality localisations and close collaborations with Japanese developers, Working Designs were said to have had a good working relationship with SNK, which included this unreleased port. Continue reading
A short entry for a title that was due out by the demo crew turned game development team – Ambush. This was to be an unofficial conversion of Worms by Team 17 (yet another one!) which we don’t believe has … Continue reading
Mentioned in issue 1 of Zzap!64 in its adventure column, this Mastervision (Mastertronic) title (originally released by Carnell Software) was certainly due out for the C64 and was even advertised for American audiences (see scans). However, it never happened for … Continue reading
We were sceptical at first, but an article surfaced at Hard Core Gaming 101 (Link = web archive) which suggested that a C64 conversion of Wreckers was in production, with eventually only 16-bit editions released. However, there was no news … Continue reading
1991 Audiogenic Platforms: ZX Spectrum 128k Only recently has GTW made a surprise recovery of an abandoned Commodore 64 development of Denton Design’s classic Wreckers, though more famous is the ZX Spectrum 128k edition which was promised in 1991, but … Continue reading
One thing we like to do at Games That Weren’t is to highlight changes made with released games. WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain for the PlayStation 2 was one particular title that underwent significant roster changes before its final … Continue reading
Only three games were released as part of Scott Adam’s Questprobe Series, but did you know that a 4th was on its way in the shape of X-Men? The game would be started by Scott Adams, but was never to … Continue reading
X-Men was to be a licenced game based on the comic and released by The Edge, but it is believed to got caught up in the same troubles which The Punisher had hit. Oddly, Ross Sillifant found a quick news … Continue reading
Before LucasArts’ X-Wing soared into polygonal glory on PC, it began life as a sprite-based space sim built on the engine used in SWOTL and Battlehawks 1942. Thanks to a tip from Andreas Wanda, a rare glimpse of this early … Continue reading
Initially released on the Spectrum by Activision, before being re-released by Mastertronic, Xcel is described by Sinclair User as Star Trek, Space Invaders and Centipede rolled into one. Sadly the game is denied so not available for download on World … Continue reading
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