Preserving Cancelled & Unreleased Video Game History Since 1999
Total results: 1834
A very quick entry, but in an interview with Zach Townsend back in around 1997/98 time, Zach recalled producing a puzzle game in the space of a day which was very addictive. However, nothing was done with the game and … Continue reading
Parallel Logic were to be one of the saviours of the C64 in the UK market, as many companies began to leave the C64 behind in favour of the consoles. Amoung their selection of releases was to be a very … Continue reading
A very short placeholder entry for yet another missing 1987 American Action title – an unnamed space shooter. Mentioned in Svenska Hemdator Nytt No.4/1987, it is suggested that the game would be released soon by the company on the Commodore … Continue reading
A very short entry for a title that was being written at Syntax Software by Randal Linden with someone else (as yet unnamed). We are not sure if it was a typical Star Trek game of that era (of which … Continue reading
Slightly scraping the barrel you might say with our next entry, but honestly there is a game behind this and one which we need to get hold of the game’s author to shed some much needed light. Jason Kelk first … Continue reading
A short entry to cover a title which was being worked on by Jason Kelk (graphics) back around 1989 time. The game was to be a sort of Trailblazer like game (with a mixture of Space Harrier and Fire Eagle … Continue reading
A very quick entry for now on a isometric + Elite style game which was due for release on the BBC micro back in 1988. It was being developed by Stephen Smith originally and was very ambitious, with a cool … Continue reading
Thanks to Dan Warren, here are some pre-release screens from Ocean’s “V – The Game”. Very small differences overall, just showing an earlier score panel. The game graphics seem to be at this point pretty solid. Scans courtesy of Stephen … Continue reading
Around 1988-1989, John Buckley and Martin Holland were working on what can be described as a first-person adventure game with a detailed character selection front end, and a pseudo-3D map section. The main game itself was apparently very much in … Continue reading
Yet another GTW which sadly hasn’t got a great deal we can say about it. Commodore Format magazine in issue 17 mentioned this game in their previews, stating that Sales Curve were producing a St Valentines Day game to coincide … Continue reading
Thanks to contributor Chris Hester, who flagged up an old piece that he wrote possibly for his magazine Adventure Coder. Valley Of The Source was to be the follow-up to Twin Kingdom Valley and was due for release around March … Continue reading
A short entry for what was an Italian graphic text adventure which is currently at large. The same developer has a number of other creations already in Gamebase, but this this title and one other has yet to be found. … Continue reading
Back in the 1980’s, Atarisoft were doing official conversions for the Commodore 64. Vanguard was one of them! We learn of this conversion thanks to Mat Allen who has documented the conversion briefly in Digital Press. We hope to learn … Continue reading
1983 Atarisoft Platform: Commodore Vic 20 A short entry which we will try and flesh out soon. Vanguard was listed as being due for release for the Commodore Vic 20 over at https://www.digitpress.com/faq/atarisoft.htm – though was cancelled either due to … Continue reading
A short post to highlight two Amiga titles that never were (thanks to Karl Kuras) which were mentioned in the pages of Commodore User magazine. The Legend of Billy Boulder This title was actually due for release on PC and … Continue reading
This may or may not be an actual GTW, but we’ll include it for now until we get further confirmation of whether this was really a game or just a joke by the developer. Thanks to contributor Dave King, within … Continue reading
Advertised in many magazines, this was a title being sold by Anik Microsystems… however only two Anik games exist and seem to have been released on the C64. The advert describes the game as follows: "You’ll hand it to this … Continue reading
The Vengenance of Zeno is a bit of an oddity for GTW, but a perfect addition to the archive. The game is reported as missing on Gamebase 64, and the only recollection seems to be from an Anirog advert which … Continue reading
When the C64 was dying out commercially, Jon Wells was trying to flood the C64 with new releases. One of his ideas was to take the entire back catalogue of Clive Wilson adventure titles and update them with new graphics, … Continue reading
A big thanks to Carlos who recently flagged up this game which some light was shed at the Spanish retro-party RetroMatrid in 2010. Viaje al Centro de la Tierra (Journey to the Center of the Earth) was a sort of … Continue reading
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