Games That Weren't

Games That Weren't covers cancelled video games and unreleased games across a variety of consoles + home computers. Running since 1999 online + longer offline.

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Nuker was an unreleased #C64 Thalamus game that was fully recovered by #GTW64 in 2015. A intriguing twist on snooker, where you must pot all the balls on a futuristic board to progress.

https://t.co/p5M7BIKKUj

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Drop Soldier was an ambitious RPG with 3D elements, putting you in the shoes of a 1st rank soldier across various night and day missions. Due for release on #Amiga, #PC and #ST platforms - it was canned after Image Works collapsed in late 1991.

https://t.co/qqpR89U6H1

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Judge Death was a #2000AD licence from Piranha that was due for release in 1987 on the #C64. The company sadly collapsed before it could happen, but an odd (unofficial?) release under the name of Horror City was made in 1989 which you can check out.

https://t.co/gKb732guNH

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Today we add 6 new #VIC20 entries to our archive in the hope that some of the mysteries can be solved and something of them found. With thanks to @f_bartoloni for flagging up.

https://t.co/wjtaHG6oNC

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Orcus was a very promising SEU for the #C64 back in 1990, with some superb music + sfx by JCH. Cancelled after the team working on the game never got paid. Thankfully some previews have managed to surface, though we hope to see more some day.

https://t.co/0k2Rg8gPj7

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Today we take a look at Breathless, an FPS game for the #Amiga and featuring a number of differences compared to the final released version. Highlighted thanks to Grzegorz Antosiewicz.

https://t.co/nQOh1z5EKW

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Myth: History in the Making was meant to have seen a revival on #PlayStation, #PC, #N64 and #Saturn platforms back in 1998 by System 3. Though after some promising preview screens, it was never heard of again. Could anything of it some day be found?

https://t.co/gj0Jsz8ueJ

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear was to be very different compared to the awful final #C64 release. Originally a Metro-Cross style game with wonderful intro, it was scrapped due to an "unfixable" bug at the time.

Check it out for yourself at:
https://t.co/t7NK5KKP01

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

New GTW entry: Springclean, an unreleased 1989 title for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.

Both versions were completed and mastered before being shelved, and developer Rich Stevenson reveals that the original source and master disks still survive today.

https://t.co/FHya4JSWtm

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Yup, that was a tune just taken from the unused loading music from Mean Streak (which I think Matt had released on Compunet). He wasn't asked to contribute, and I think the tune was just temporarily ripped and added as part of the proto.

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

@rwxdesigns Yup, that was a tune just taken from the unused loading music from Mean Streak (which I think Matt had released on Compunet). He wasn't asked to contribute, and I think the tune was just temporarily ripped and added as part of the proto.

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Deathstalker is a cancelled #C64 conversion of a #ZXSpectrum and #AmstradCPC Codemasters title. Abandoned due to a coding glitch + developer inexperience at the time. There is an early prototype available on the GTW site to check out:

https://t.co/3EyysjMJbg

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Mike the Dragon is a cancelled #C64 conversion of a very early Kingsoft #Amiga release - very similar to Chuckie Egg. Sadly never completed due to time constraints, thankfully Protovision kindly provided remains for the GTW archives many years ago.

https://t.co/YkOpfTIRfk

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Today we take a look at Rage by id Software, which was released on a variety of platforms including #PC, #Xbox360 and #PS3. Grzegorz Antosiewicz dissects & highlights a large number of differences and items cut from the final release.

https://t.co/PCDlp9ZvR4(opens in a new tab)

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Today is our big #GTW64 xmas update for 2021, with a special new release of Gyro Shoc for you to play. Plus a glimpse of Vale of Shadows, 38 new entries and 37 updates added to the archives. Happy holidays all & we hope you enjoy!

https://t.co/B9zWlp3xSj #c64 #unreleased

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Deathstalker is a cancelled #C64 conversion of a #ZXSpectrum and #AmstradCPC Codemasters title. Abandoned due to a coding glitch + developer inexperience at the time. There is an early prototype available on the GTW site to check out:

https://t.co/3EyysjMJbg

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

Here is a great #bbcmicro recovery that you may have missed of a very obscure and previously unknown Pole Position clone called Flat Out. Now fully preserved and released on Christmas Day. Check out the full story and download at https://t.co/i4AFkjTUD2

[Console Classics @Console_Classic]

💬 Quake Advance: How a Lost Game Boy Shooter Prototype Came Alive

The roughness is doing a lot of the emotional work here. Quake Advance is fascinating as a technical experiment, but the slow performance would probably make me quit quickly. I keep judging it like a game, even though it was really a glimpse into a developer’s workbench. Maybe that’s unfair. Would you rather have seen a compromised official Quake port or preserved this way?

#GameBoyAdvance #QuakeAdvance #retrogaming
https://t.co/NkDPLYwRQ5

[Games That Weren't @fgasking]

@tabmok99 @nerd_cage Thanks @tabmok99! I'll have a listen at lunch. Just shared :)

[tabmok99 @tabmok99]

Hey @fgasking check out this developer interview by @nerd_cage -- there's some discussion here about cancelled games, including Project Dreams!

Link: https://t.co/akyDvYvf8W

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