Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 3505
1996 Starbyte Platform: Amiga Thanks to Dasse Evertsson for the heads up, but at the end of the fantastic Amiga game Traps ‘n Treasures, there is a little hint of a sequel with “Redbeard’s Revenge”. Due for release it seems … Continue reading
Flicking through the last issue of Zzap!64 back in late 1992, I rediscovered an early screenshot and the first to be shown of the Commodore 64 version of Lemmings. It would be a year until the final game saw release. … Continue reading
Contributor Mathew Chakko flagged up that “The Sporting News Baseball” game by Epyx Software in 1988 was advertised with a panel area that had a number of differences compared to the final game. Here it is: Now compare to the … Continue reading
Another month and another update at GTW64, with a number of new entries and updates that we’ve been adding since the last. Hope everyone is well, and keep safe in these strange times. 8 new entries added Bugs in buggyland, … Continue reading
1997 Rebellion Platforms: Sony PlayStation, Atari Jaguar CD edition and SEGA Saturn Thanks to Ross Sillifant for the heads up, a short clip of what seems to be the unreleased PlayStation version of Aliens vs Predator can be found in … Continue reading
Our publisher Bitmap Books have just released a bit more detail in their latest newsletter about the upcoming Games That Weren’t book, including a sneak peak at how its shaping up, so here is a bit of a preview for … Continue reading
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A short entry for now on what was likely to have been a C64/C128 release back in the day by Infocom. This was to be a sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and was in development and design … Continue reading
A short entry for a title that was started back in 2006 and which was highlighted to us recently by Ken Knight. The game is a decent looking platformer, with a few bits of graphics borrowed from Mayhem In Monsterland … Continue reading
This was a competition entry in the Swedish Adventure Game Championship, held by a gaming magazine. Completely finished and coming third place, the game was never actually released anywhere it seems, as apparently it was written just for the competition … Continue reading
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