The Last Job (aka The Heist) - Exclusive look at cancelled PlayStation 2 prototype from 2004 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-04 | Something special for you all today with a prototype build of The Last Job (aka The Heist). Cancelled back in 2004 when Acclaim closed its doors. This is a first look at the #playstation2 build that has been lost for 20 years.More details at: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/09/the-last-job00:00 - Intro and first part of The Old Bank00:52 - The Old Bank - Part 301:40 - The Old Bank - Part 404:22 - The Old Bank - Part 506:21 - The Old Bank - Part 607:36 - Various maps from other scenarios.A huge thank you to Stuart Maine for allowing us to preserve this piece of lost work.
Battle Mission - a long lost Operation Wolf clone for the SEGA Mega Drive Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-16 | Battle Mission was an impressive-looking, two-player Operation Wolf clone for #SEGA #MegaDrive, originally slated for release in 1990. Although shown at the Summer CES, it never made it into players' homes. Could something of the game be found one day?gamesthatwerent.com/2024/10/battle-mission
Cruise Attack - a long lost BBC Micro Mikro Gen game from 1984! Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-15 | A long lost conversion of Mikro Gen's Cruise Attack has just been fully recovered and released for the #BBCMicro. A Missile Command clone that was for reasons unknown never released 40 years ago. Now you can play it for yourself!gamesthatwerent.com/2011/07/cruise-attack
Chronic the Badger (Commodore 64) - a slightly slower paced Sonic that never was Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-14 | Although we've since had Sonic on the #Commodore64 - back in the day, we had to make do with the next best thing. One attempt was Chronic the Badger, a little on the slower pace side of things. Sadly, it never saw completion and just a few previews exist.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/chronic-badger
MegaRace - Yet another lost Amiga CD32 title, and an impressive looking racer Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-11 | MegaRace was a futuristic racing game with pre-rendered FMV roads, released on PC and 3DO, but was also due an impressive looking #AmigaCD32 release too. Due to the decline of the market, it would never see the light of day. Could it be recovered one day?gamesthatwerent.com/2024/10/megarace
Garden Wars - A long lost Commodore 64 game from 1984, recovered today! Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-10 | Another lost #Commodore64 game recovered today, and a collaboration effort! Garden Wars was an early and simple game missing for 40 years, all kicked off by a search by Andrea Pachetti. More details and download in the links below:quattrobit.substack.com/p/garden-wars-jce-1984gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/garden-wars
Championship Run - A lost and unreleased Commodore 64 racing game from Zeppelin Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-07 | Championship Run was to be a racing game for the #Commodore64 due for release from Zeppelin Games. Development team was the same as those behind Lemmings on the platform. It was canned early on, though a later version exists and is still at large:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/championship-run
It Came From The Desert - lost conversions for Atari ST, C64 and SEGA Mega Drive Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-10-02 | It Came From The Desert was a classic Cinemaware title that was also due for release on the #AtariST, #Commodore64 and #SEGA Mega Drive platforms. None of them saw release, though thankfully the SEGA edition did sneak out in later years. Read more at: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/10/it-came-from-the-desert
City Bomber - a fast and furious (but canned!) Commodore 64 title Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-30 | City Bomber is one of my favourite unreleased #Commodore64 games, and one which Jon Wells has said he could be about to finish for Psytronik! It's pretty brutal though trying to save everyone! Read more and download at: gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/city-bomber#unreleased #cancelled #RETROGAMING
Beauty and the Beast - a C64 development against all odds (unreleased) Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-23 | Although looking like a hack, Beauty and the Beast (#Commodore64) recreates the Last Ninja engine with graphics + music from various games. It's a very impressive unofficial canned development considering the circumstances, with an endearing story too:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/beauty-and-beast
Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth - Lost PC game recovered after over 35 years! Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-20 | Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth is an RPG title created for Apple Mac back in 1988 for Infocom. Due a release on #PC and #AppleII platforms, it was never to be. However, the PC version has now been saved by archivist Ken Van Mersbergen.Learn more at: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/09/quarterstaff-the-tomb-of-setmoth
Mars Cops - A troubled development for the Amiga, ST and C64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-18 | Mars Cops was an ambitious Galaxy Force style game due for release on #Amiga, #AtariST and #Commodore64 platforms around 1988 time. A troubled development with many delays, and where publisher Arcana eventually closed its doors in 1990. Can it be found?gamesthatwerent.com/2024/09/mars-cops
Hydrogenese - unreleased platformer segments (Commodore 64) Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-16 | In addition to the shooter part of Hydrogenese being recovered, parts of the platformer elements were also saved. These have been added to the download thanks to CBA/SCS-TRC. Read more + downloads at gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/hydrogenese#Commodore64 #preservation Also check out our video on the main shooter part of the game at youtube.com/watch?v=MB1jZLohoac
Hydrogenese - Preview of a game missing for 35 years on the Commodore 64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-16 | Missing for 35 years, a preview of the long lost Hydrogenese on the #Commodore64 has finally been recovered by CBA/SCS+TRC. A brilliant early look at what could have been an amazing space shooter!Read more about the title at: gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/hydrogeneseAlso check out our video on the platformer part of the game at youtube.com/watch?v=G9Exu4z5XO0
Early prototype Paradroid screens on the Commodore 64 (Courtesy of Andrew Braybrook) Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-12 | Thanks to @UridiumAuthor, rare prototype Paradroid screens on the #Commodore64 (including early unused "fishbone" designs) were preserved for the excellent Graftgold book by @Retro_Fusion. Many didn't make it inside, but thanks to Ste Day, here is a glimpse of them all in full.All the screens can also be viewed in full glory on our prototype page on the game at: gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/paradroid-v1To order the Graftgold book, please visit: fusionretrobooks.com/products/graftgold(NOTE: Copies are running out fast!)
Stargate (Commodore 64) - Found after being missing for over 40 years! Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-11 | Missing for over 40 years, AtariSoft's Stargate on the #Commodore64 has finally been saved! A huge thank you to Ken Van Mersbergen for preserving the title for GTW to add to the archive. Check out Tom Griner's long lost conversion for yourself at:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/stargate
Monster Muncher (VIC 20) - Matthew Smiths long lost game has been recovered after 41 years! Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-10 | Matthew Smith's long lost #VIC20 game Monster Muncher has finally been saved! (missing 41 years) After losing out on a recent auction, it was miraculously spotted in the Retro Computer Museum and has now been preserved by Games That Weren't. Read more: gamesthatwerent.com/vic-20-games-that-werent/monster-muncherAndy (Hewco) Hewitt has just done an amazing fix up and enhancement of the recently recovered Monster Muncher by Matthew Smith for the #VIC20. Grab it from hewco.itch.io/monster-muncher
Abandoned Lotus Turbo Challenge Style racer for the Commodore 64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-09 | Perhaps a glimpse of how Lotus 2 could have looked on the #Commodore64? Car Racer is a very early, and sadly abandoned racer. It would be great to see the project resurrected. Read more and download the previews at:👉gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/car-racer#cancelled #unreleased #RETROGAMING
Various Commodore 64 preservations - September 2024 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-06 | A bonus to end the week with some preserved #Commodore64 titles that have been missing, but were released. We have the lost sequel to Million Brick 2, and also an educational title by Kerian Software that has been missing from archives. Check them out at:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/09/various-c64-preservations-2
The Blob - A possibly abandoned Commodore 64 game from 2013 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-09-02 | The Blob is a very promising #Commodore64 title that was intended for the 2013 RGCD 16KB Cartridge Competition. Sadly it never surfaced and seems to have been abandoned. A preview has thankfully snuck out, but we hope some day it will be finished.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/the-blob
GTW64 August 2024 update - Commodore 64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-08-28 | Our eighth #GTW64 #Commodore64 update of the year has been published today with a staggering 19 new entries, and 19 updates to existing titles as well. This includes a promising recent platformer and a whole series of Novotrade concepts:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/08/gtw64-august-2024-updateMusic by Wally Beben (Commodore 64 - Superman V2)
Power of the Black Bandit - a cancelled Commodore 64 game recovered in 2007 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-08-26 | Power of the Black Bandit was a #Commodore64 game recovered by #GTW in 2007, and is mostly complete - albeit very buggy! It's a sort of Cauldron/Tusari style game which almost got tidied up for a proper release. Check it out at gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/black-bandit
CJs Island Capers (aka CJs 4th) unreleased Codemasters game for the Commodore 64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-08-19 | We missed out on CJ in Space 🐘🚀, but surprisingly, a 4th adventure CJ's Island Capers for the #Commodore64 was developed and finished! Too late for Codemasters to release, but it did later sneak out as 'Jimbo' in Germany and in original form.More info: gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/cjs-4th-adventure-cjs-island-adventure
Waterworld - a 3DO/PlayStation title that sank Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-08-12 | Did you know Waterworld was once set to make waves on #3DO and #PlayStation? 🌊 But a flawed on-rails design left it high and dry. We dive deep into the full story in the #GTW book, and you can explore some renders and screenshots on our page:gamesthatwerent.com/2020/10/waterworld
Deep Star - Complete and Unreleased Commodore 64 shooter from 1990 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-29 | Check out Deep Star, a cool side-scrolling shooter created for the #Commodore64 by Players Software in 1990. It wasn't released as the genre seemed tired to the publisher, but thanks to #GTW, you are able to play the full game!🔗 gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/deep-star
Carmageddon - a great looking, but sadly cancelled Gizmondo conversion Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-22 | 🚗💥 Besides Carmageddon TV, the original game was also being developed for the #Gizmondo by the original devs. Due to the platform's failure, it never saw the light of day. Read the full story with the devs at gamesthatwerent.com/2020/12/carmageddon 🚧🕹️ #GameHistory
Rogue Trooper J2ME mobile mockups for a game that never made it Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-17 | 🚀 Rogue Trooper mockups by @iHarbonaut for the Mobile #J2ME platform! Based on the famous 2000 AD comic strip, these sadly never progressed further. Check them out: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/07/rogue-trooper 🚀 #GameHistory
Carmageddon TV - screens and assets from cancelled 4th game in series Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-15 | 🚗💥 Carmageddon TV, the scrapped 4th title in the epic series, faced a "car crash" dev at Visual Science. Dive into its game design docs & assets for #PC #PS2 #Xbox at gamesthatwerent.com/2020/12/carmageddon-tv/! Huge thanks to Damien Djaouti for some of the assets! 🚧🕹️ #GameHistory
The Ravaging - a promising and lost PC action adventure from 1999 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-03 | The Ravaging is a #PC game by Pukka Games from 1999-2000, where you control an angel from hell in a 3rd person action-adventure. A recovered demo from an ex-dev was revived by contributor Liqmatrix in Windows 10. Check out the demo and video here:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/07/the-ravaging00:00 - Test Level 106:29 - Test Level 210:17 - GorikaWith a huge thanks to Liqmatrix, who highlighted the game and created this great video of the game running for Games That Weren't to add.
Memory Man game recovered for the Commodore 64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-02 | Yet another #Commodore64 game has been recovered for the #GTW archives, this time in the shape of Memory Man, a nicely presented Simon clone which was due for release in 1989 and has been missing ever since, until now:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/memory-man
Deathwatch - a long lost platformer for the Atari Jaguar Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-07-01 | A lost platformer for the #AtariJaguar! 🎮✨ Deathwatch promised to be an electrifying 2D run-and-gun, blending the best of Rayman and Midnight Resistance. Sadly, it was shelved due to Atari's disengagement and unpaid dues. More details and exclusive assets here: gamesthatwerent.com/2020/10/deathwatch
Games That Werent 64 archive updated for June 2024 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-28 | Our sixth #GTW64 #Commodore64 update of the year has been published today, with 1 new entry, and 18 updates to existing titles as well. This includes new information about the infamous EastEnders game that never was. More again next month!gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/gtw64-june-2024-update
The Godfather - a Lost SEGA Master System game from 1992 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-26 | Did you know The Godfather almost hit the #SEGA #MasterSystem in 1992? Sadly, it vanished after a rough first cut that wasn't up to scratch. Building on searches in the community last year, #GTW takes a look and makes some initial breakthroughs:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/the-godfatherEdited video clip of game running courtesy of Kjell (youtube.com/@kjell6291) at youtube.com/watch?v=G7g9f9c2gTcScreens from various magazine scans and disks photos courtesy of Mr. Talida.
An abandoned 2011 attempt of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Commodore 64 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-24 | Before Mr Sid's amazing conversion of Sonic the Hedgehog to the #Commodore64, there was another attempt 10 years before that didn't quite get it right and was abandoned early on. Sort of how I'd imagine U.S. Gold's home conversion may have turned out:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/sonic-the-hedgehog
Dark Mission - a lost Aliens-themed adventure game for Amiga and PC Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-21 | If you like your Aliens-themed adventure games, then Dark Mission could have been for you. Destined for release on #Amiga + #PC platforms in 1994, this promising title would disappear without a trace. How far did it get, and can either version be saved?gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/dark-mission
An ambitious and lost Alien VS Predator game from Activision for PC (1993) Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-19 | Did you know that Activision were due to release an ambitious Alien VS Predator game for #PC (possibly #Amiga too) in 1993, where you had essentially three different games in one. It was tragically canned after licence issues.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/alien-vs-predator-nightmare-on-ryushi
A cancelled Atari 8-bit development of Another World Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-17 | Another World almost saw an (unofficial) conversion to the #Atari 8-bit home computer, with most of the first part well replicated, and the start of part two. Did it ever get any further, and can more be found some day? Check out what remains for yourself: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/another-world
Outrun 2006 mockups for Mobile J2ME - a game that never was Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-14 | Today we add a set of neat Outrun 2006 mockups done by @iHarbonaut for the Mobile #J2ME platform. It is believed that these never got any further, though according to @MobyGames a J2ME game did exist. Our page on the game: gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/outrun-2006
Sergei - The Showdown. A neat Amiga platformer that never was Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-12 | Sergei - The Showdown was a neat Rick Dangerous style platformer due for the #Amiga between 1989-1995, but was sadly cancelled due to the declining market. It is hoped that something of the game can be recovered in a playable state:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/sergei-the-showdown-at-the-isle-of-belphegor
Eleroo - a cancelled Commodore 64 platformer from the early 1990s Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-10 | Eleroo was a bizarre platformer for the #Commodore64 where you controlled an elephant on a pogo stick. Thalamus wanted the title, though the developer would lose interest and it was never completed. A playable demo thankfully exists:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/eleroo
Long lost Archer Maclean Atari Results Program recovered! Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-05 | As well as games, Archer Maclean also turned his hand to developing a sport results utility on the #Atari 400/800 in 1984 called the Atari Results Program. This was actually used by a UK TV channel, and here it is fully preserved for the first time:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/atari-results-program
Popie - a lost ZX Spectrum clone of Popeye Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-06-03 | Popie is a clone of the #Nintendo arcade game of Popeye, created for the #ZXSpectrum in 1984 and discovered on an old tape at Ocean Software by @MarkRJones1970. It was preserved by Mark in 2015, so you can play and check out the game for yourself:gamesthatwerent.com/2024/06/popie
Games That Werent 64 archive - May 2024 update Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-29 | Our fifth #GTW64 #Commodore64 update of the year has been published today, expanding beyond our 2500 entries with 5 new entries, as well as 23 updates to existing ones too. More again next month!gamesthatwerent.com/2024/05/gtw64-may-2024-update
Enduro Racer - a strange second Commodore 64 version that was cancelled Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-27 | Enduro Racer endured (sorry!) a terrible conversion to the #Commodore64, though a much improved version was on the cards from @nickpelling. Sadly it was cancelled, but remains surfaced in rather strange circumstances:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/enduro-racer-v2(Thanks @ResetC64 for preserving!)
The Treasure of Silver Lake - a lost Amiga point and click game Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-22 | The Treasure of Silver Lake was an #Amiga point and click adventure based on Karl May's Winnetou book series, and due for release in 1994. Only the #PC edition saw a release, with just a preview for the Amiga. Could the full game be found some day?gamesthatwerent.com/2024/05/der-schatz-im-silbersee
Trojan - a cancelled Capcom arcade conversion for ZX Spectrum Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-20 | Capcom's Trojan was due for release on #ZXSpectrum and #Commodore64 in 1986/87 from Durell/Elite, but was never to be. Remains of Clive Townsend's ZX edition was preserved complete with Rob Hubbard music, but only bits of the C64 version have surfaced:gamesthatwerent.com/2010/09/trojan
Frame City Killer - A cancelled Xbox 360 title from 2006 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-15 | Frame City Killer was due to be a launch title for the #Xbox360, though numerous delays and quality issues would eventually result in the game being cancelled by Namco in 2006. Could something be found of this once promising title?gamesthatwerent.com/2024/05/frame-city-killer
Fungus 2 - Cancelled Commodore 64 game from 1988. Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-13 | Fungus 2 was a neat unreleased Players Software budget title for the #Commodore64 by Karl Hörnell. The game was saved by #GTW in 2006, then given a proper release at long last in 2021 by @BitmapSoft:gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/fungus-2
Oil demonstration by Archer Maclean (1983-84 Atari 800) Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-08 | As well as games, Archer Maclean also did freelance development work during his early #Atari days, which included developing this Oil demonstration program recovered and released today by #GTW, which was used by old British Oil company, Carless.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/05/oil-demonstration-programUPDATE: It has been revealed that the Atari UK edition did indeed sneak out back in the day (though not the Carless version), and exists in PD libraries. But has only now been accredited to Archer Maclean (however, the clue has been there all along with the AM83 credit in one of the screens!)
Exodus - Cancelled 3D exploration game on the Commodore 64 from 1989 Games That Werent - Cancelled & Unreleased Games 2024-05-06 | Exodus was an ambitious war game, described as a mix of Elite, Civilization and Traveller. Due for release on #Amiga, #AtariST and #Commodore64, developer Paul Clansey allowed GTW to preserve the game in 2016, revealing details on why it was cancelled.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/exodus-2
