Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 1864
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
Forumites on Lemon 64 were happily surprised on the 4th August 2014, when the developer of a long lost adventure game of Scooby Doo was recovered and uploaded for the first time in over 20 years, after being recovered from … Continue reading
A very short entry for a licence that would never actually get used in the end. Elite Software were pretty on the ball along with Ocean Software back in the day, getting hold of high profile licences such as Airwolf … Continue reading
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
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
A short entry for a title that may well never have existed at all. This was a budget re-release of a game called Comando Tracer, originally released by Dinamic Software. Here is a page from CPC-Power on the game (who … Continue reading
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
Very early days for this entry, but this is based from a conversation that GTW had with Alan Botwright (Who worked on Brides of Dracula), who mentioned what C64 titles he worked on including Judge Dredd and a game called … Continue reading
Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. The Legacy of Light was meant to be the sequel to Wrath Of Magra, which ironically never saw release either … Continue reading
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
Part of a series of Power House titles which never quite saw the light of day, or at least are not picked up in Gamebase 64. Did this game ever get a release? Certainly this title although mentioned in Zzap … Continue reading
A very small entry for a title which we are not entirely sure as of yet if a C64 version was ever on the cards. The Light Corridor was a first person puzzle game released by Infogrames on the Spectrum, … Continue reading
A very short entry of a Thor/Odin game which was to be based on the Terminator licence, after a potential licence deal fell through. Zzap did a small feature and news snippet with the game, which mentioned a story which … Continue reading
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
Our next entry into the archive come thanks to Gareth Pitchford, who flagged up this currently missing text adventure game by Dean Hodgson and Steve Walsh. The game was reportedly published Satchel, who were a software arm of Angle Park … Continue reading
A fantastically recieved RPG was recieved by Zzap 64 when they reviewed the first game back in 1991, giving it 90%. The reviewer enjoyed the game very much and was looking forward to the sequel. But what sequel?… Well, The … Continue reading
A short entry for a title that may or may not have ever been released. This was an educational title that was to be released by Commodore on cartridge, and supporting the Magic Voice module. According though to the advert, … Continue reading
The Magic Roundabout was a tie-in with the TV show of the same name, CRL published the Spectrum version and were working on a C64 version (As mentioned in an issue of Your Commodore). The spectrum version can be found … Continue reading
A short entry for a title advertised in Personal Computer Games issue 13 way back in December 1984, but seemingly never made it out at all. Or did it? In Gamebase64, there is currently a Magician’s Ball entry, a graphic … Continue reading
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
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