Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 14
2000 Trecision Platform: PC Gaming historian Damiano Gerli of The Genesis Temple in August 2021 produced a wonderful 3 part article on the history of Italian video game developer Trecision, which we highly recommend checking out if you haven’t already … Continue reading
Recently in 2011 saw the re-launch of the Bad Taste label by Keith Wood in preparation for a upcoming article in Retro Gamer magazine on Dis Baby. Coming from events of producing the article and interest from the Bad Taste … Continue reading
1993 MicroProse Platform: PC PC Review magazine in August 1993 described Secret of the 7th Labyrinth as requiring you to “Zoom around killing things and make sure you do it fast”. There were also comparisons to Wolfenstein, which the whole … Continue reading
1994 Denton Designs Platforms: PC, Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn Retro Gamer issue 113 had once featured an excellent feature on the trilogy of Shadowfire by Martyn Carroll. Trilogy? Well, you’ll need to check out the article to find out … Continue reading
1985 Bantam Software Platforms: Apple II, PCjr and potentially Commodore 64 (TBC) Planned as a sequel to Sherlock Holmes: Another Bow, which was released by Bantam Software in 1984 on a variety of 8-bit platforms. Sadly it was never to … Continue reading
2000 Maxis Platforms: Apple Macintosh and PC 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 you. Within the book … Continue reading
1995-1998 Crush / SunSoft Platform: PC An intriguing football title which was one of the most ambitious football gaming projects of its time. Kicked off originally by UK based developer Crush in 1995, originally under the name of “Live Soccer” … Continue reading
Back in the days before SEGA’s trusty blue mascot appeared on the scene, the company would licence its various games to the likes of Activision, and U.S. Gold – resulting in conversions of Afterburner, Outrun and many more for home computers of the time. Continue reading
1993-1994 Imagitec Platforms: Atari Falcon and Jaguar, Sega Mega CD, Amiga CD 32 and PC As we moved into the 1990s, games were becoming far bigger and bolder – especially with emerging new data storage options for consoles and computers. … Continue reading
1993 Maelstrom / Mirage Platform: PC The next entry to go into the archive is a title which has been in my blurred memories for many years. I always recall sitting down and watching an episode of Gamesmaster on Channel … Continue reading
2003 Simergy and Lost Toys Platforms: Microsoft Xbox, PC and Sony PlayStation 2 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 … Continue reading
2015 Sacred Square Games Platforms: PC and potentially others 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 you. Within … Continue reading
1992 Palace Software Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, PC, C64, Amstrad CPC Note: This is heavily based on the original C64 archive entry. Originally starting off and named as Barbarian 3, this was originally to be a straightforward sequel to … Continue reading
1991 Loriciel Platform: PC (DOS) A short entry for now for a PC conversion of the Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and Atari Lynx puzzler sequel. Highlighted to GTW by contributor EAD. Plans for the PC seem to be on … Continue reading
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