Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 331
1983 General Consumer Electronics Platform: Vectrex 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 content to share with you. Within the book is a … Continue reading
This old game from the 80’s was the result of a creation by Kevin Franklin who also did Zybex for Zeppelin in 1988. This is a multi-sideways scrolling shoot em up, which features a ship which flips a lot like … Continue reading
A very big thanks to Mauricio Muñoz Lucero for highlighting this one for us. Dartz is a game which has been highlighted thanks to the author of Warhawk digging out his unreleased software whilst he develops the new Warhawk game … Continue reading
Our next entry has been highlighted thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni, and is an RPG title that was created back in 1994. It is listed on Gamebase as unreleased, but seems to be a playable and complete game by Michael Härtig … Continue reading
A similar game to Ocean Conquerer by Hewson, where you control what I think is a submarine, though i’m not sure. We have found recently that the game was infact published, and also on the MSX too, so it is … Continue reading
Our next title is another title developed by Duncan Kershaw back around 1990 with his Reflective Designs company. As with Harrier Strike, the game seems to be based on the same engine as Steel Eagle. Duncan says that the game … Continue reading
Our next entry into the GTW64 vault is a very bizarre title that was leaked back in 1988 by Phoenix (PHX). This is a title which is based on James Herbert’s relatively less known sequel to The Rats, of which … Continue reading
1984 Atarisoft Platform: BBC Micro The BBC Micro sadly hasn’t been graced with a huge number of official arcade conversions, but we have seen many different clones and even a Bubble Bobble conversion that never saw the light of day. … Continue reading
One of a series of games from A.R.Software which was missing for some time. Peter Weighill has kindly informed us that the game has turned up on Gamebase here: http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=15229 Dots and Boxes is described by the advert as an … Continue reading
A massive thank you to Tom Roger Skauen, who passed on a copy of this very obscure and rare sample release of Dragon’s Lair – which he fully preserved in TAP format. Tom cannot remember how he obtained the game, … Continue reading
First of all… this game may have been released in Italy, but it also had a planned release in the UK and other parts of Europe. This is a football game, which in the version I have got hold of, … Continue reading
A game which has been found out about thanks to information from Darren Melbourne. Duel is a split screen shooter which featured tons of parallax scrolling and special effects throughout. It was to be a combat game where you are … Continue reading
We are slightly cheating with this entry, but this is for a collection of games written by Duncan Kershaw way before his Players Software days. They are all written in BASIC, and are some of the earliest examples of Duncan’s … Continue reading
Back in the 1980s there were innumerable indie publishers of the kind so rightly lauded in today’s mobile and online gaming market. Just as today all you need to become a developer is a single app on a marketplace, in … Continue reading
A game that was advertised in the US press as a mail order only title. It was described in the advert with you having to guide Elvin through 40 music filled levels, collecting treasures along the way. You would have … Continue reading
Every so often, the C64 scene will spring up a few surprises and quite often its when an ex-C64 programmer decides to unleash the contents of one of their work disks. Dux is a shining example of this, and is … Continue reading
Another title which was the casulty of the Zzap Megatape article , “How to become a Megastar”. This was not a SEUCK game, but a two player Bi-plane game in similiar style to Combat from a side on view. There … Continue reading
Thanks to Ross Sillifant for the heads up, this is a new and previously unseen Game Boy game that was due for release back in 1994 and was recently recovered and released by AIR Entertainment. It is a pretty neat … Continue reading
The big question from the start was whether this game was really intended to be released by Codemasters back in 1991. We don’t think so, but it seems the development team may have been keen for them to do so … Continue reading
A ace game, unofficially known as Katakis 2, with the programmer none other than Turrican god Manfred Trenz. Packed to the brim with amazing power-ps, great backdrops, epic soundtracks and incredible parallax scrolling, it’s a real shame this one never … Continue reading
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