The Gadget Twins
1992 Imagitec / Mirage Platform: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Many of you may recall this neat platformer that saw release on the SEGA Mega Drive and PC back in the day – but what of its long lost … Continue reading
General Posts and Unreleased & Cancelled games (All)
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The Games That Weren’t book – coming soon!
After 5 years of work (give or take), we’re pleased to announce The Games That Weren’t book coming soon in May 2020 from Bitmap Books, covering unreleased games since the dawn of the industry. More details coming soon, but very … Continue reading
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The Godfather
1991-1992 U.S. Gold Platforms: SEGA Master System + Game Gear, SEGA Mega Drive, Commodore Amiga (Adventure), Atari ST (Adventure), PC (Adventure) Recently, there has been a call to expand our SEGA Master System entries within the archive. Intrigued by a … Continue reading
Posted in: Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Mega Drive / Genesis, PC, Reviews, SEGA Game Gear, SEGA Master System Tagged: No download available 8 Comments
The Great Giana Sisters
2010 TRSI64 Platform: Commodore Vic 20 I’ve seen some amazing developments over the years for the Vic 20 – a proper decent conversion of Manic Miner, isometric games in the style of the classic Ultimate titles and now a conversion … Continue reading
The Hand of St James
1992 Impressions Platform: Atari ST, PC and Commodore Amiga “A game of murder, intrigue and adventure, in which nobody can be trusted in the abbey, a monk is dead and the sacred relic has been stolen. It’s up to you … Continue reading
The Heist – Released on Atari / IBM PC * jr?
A quick post after receiving an email today from a Robin Gravel who has highlighted the classic title “The Heist” – a title I remember well on the Commodore 64. In the advert which you can see here, the game … Continue reading
The history of Berserker Works Ltd
The was originally posted on the central GTW site a couple of years back, luckily for Frank I archive things obsessively and thus still had all the files and details on my computer. Enjoy! The story of Berserker Works is … Continue reading
The hunt for Kanaan
Also known as Chaos at one point, Kanaan was a 1st/3rd person shooter due to be published on PC by Ubisoft, and developed by Argonaut. It was cancelled when very close to completion. The game is already well covered by … Continue reading
The Killing Tool
1996 Dynabyte Platform: Sony PlayStation The Killing Tool was to be a cyberpunk platformer created by Dynabyte Software back in 1996 for the Sony PlayStation and possibly other platforms too. Thanks to The Genesis Temple and gaming historian Damiano Gerli, … Continue reading
The King’s Ransom
1993 ReadySoft Incorporated Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC Following on from Wrath of the Demon was a new title from ReadySoft called The King’s Ransom, with the same level of detailed animations, but a bit more in the way of … Continue reading
The Last Job
2005 Acclaim Studios Cheltenham Platforms: Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox Our next entry into the archive is one where very little is known, but today that is about to change at Games That Weren’t with The Last Job. Not only … Continue reading
The Last Ninja
1987-1989 System 3 Platforms: Atari 800/130XE, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Tandy Colour Computer 3 and ZX Spectrum 48K As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are adding assets and content that … Continue reading
Posted in: Amstrad CPC, Atari 400/800/XL, Atari ST, Bonus, Commodore Amiga, Reviews, Tandy Color Computer 3, ZX Spectrum Tagged: No download available 4 Comments
The Last Starfighter
1984 Atari Platform: Arcade As part of the launch and release of The Games That Weren’t book, we are gradually adding assets and content that didn’t make it to print as bonus content to share with you. Check out our … Continue reading
The Legend of Billy Boulder
1990 U.S. Gold Platform: C64, Atari 400/800, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and PC Our next entry into the archives was thought to have been both a C64 and Atari 800/400 development for Databyte back in the 1980s. Billy Boulder was … Continue reading
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The Living Daylights
1987 Arcadia Systems / Domark Platform: Arcade and Commodore Amiga Following on from our recent post about the arcade version of Fire and Forget 2, comes yet another title that was being developed simultaneously whilst the home conversions were under … Continue reading
The Lost ThunderCats games video
GTW recently helped online games journalist Larry Bundy Jr with research and information on the Thundercats game series by Elite, including the two unreleased titles. And the final result has been published last week. Here it is, enjoy!
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The Magic Mirror series (Games 3-5)
1984 Terminal Software Platform: Commodore Vic 20 This is a smaller piece intended for inclusion in The Games That Weren’t book that didn’t make the final cut. As a result, please note that it hasn’t been professionally proof read compared … Continue reading
The Magician’s Castle
1994 Psygnosis Platforms: Commodore Amiga and PC We’ve covered a few Miracle Games titles over the years, including later incarnations of Dick Special and also Bouncy Bat game. In 1994, another title from the studio was due for release via … Continue reading
The Mind Possessing Aliens from Hyperspace
1991 Demonware Platforms: Commodore Amiga, C64 (see link below) and PC Originally we knew of this game thanks to its appearance in an Early Warning scanner in Commodore Format magazine. This was for the C64 edition, which we have covered … Continue reading
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The Mindwarp
1997 Maxis Platform: PC The Mindwarp was not your usual Sim game from Maxis, and should have been their first proper foray into the realm of action-based titles back in 1997. It should have also been simply called “Mindwarp”, had … Continue reading
