Games That Weren't
@gamesthatwerent.com
Covering cancelled/unreleased video games and prototypes across a variety of consoles and home computers. Preserving unreleased video game history online since 1999, and longer offline.
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Check out our archive and more at: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com
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The next SNES prototype in my release pile is an unreleased game. It might take a while to do the article since it is the end of the teaching term in Japan in two weeks.
January 21, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The next SNES prototype in my release pile is an unreleased game. It might take a while to do the article since it is the end of the teaching term in Japan in two weeks.
Today we're adding an early Game Boy Advance proto called F1-X. However, the files need work as they were built for a AGB dev board. We may have found graphical mock ups too, suggesting (if the same game) a Game Boy Color version may exist too:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/f1-x...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/f1-x...
F1-X (Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color) - Games That Weren't
With out next entry, we may have two completely separate games here - but for now we present a game that was due for release by Titus on at least the Game Boy Advance, which is only known as F1X (whic...
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January 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Today we're adding an early Game Boy Advance proto called F1-X. However, the files need work as they were built for a AGB dev board. We may have found graphical mock ups too, suggesting (if the same game) a Game Boy Color version may exist too:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/f1-x...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/f1-x...
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Presentation of several prototypes, some early, for World Series Baseball 2K2 on Dreamcast, a game by Blue Shift and Visual Concepts. WSB 2K2 stands as a symbol of redemption for Dreamcast fans by correcting the mistakes of WSB 2K1👇
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/worl-seri...
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/worl-seri...
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Presentation of several prototypes, some early, for World Series Baseball 2K2 on Dreamcast, a game by Blue Shift and Visual Concepts. WSB 2K2 stands as a symbol of redemption for Dreamcast fans by correcting the mistakes of WSB 2K1👇
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/worl-seri...
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/worl-seri...
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In 1990, Damocles (Mercenary 2) on the Amiga featured a full galaxy with 9 planets & 19 moons for players to explore. In 1995, Psygnosis was going to release an enhanced PC port which never happened. The PC port looked almost complete. Another in the weird choices made by Psygnosis in the 90s
Damocles '95 for PC (Novagen) - intro (01/17)
YouTube video by Sy Moon
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January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In 1990, Damocles (Mercenary 2) on the Amiga featured a full galaxy with 9 planets & 19 moons for players to explore. In 1995, Psygnosis was going to release an enhanced PC port which never happened. The PC port looked almost complete. Another in the weird choices made by Psygnosis in the 90s
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And that wraps up my individual presentations of each game as part of my preservation project on Visual Concepts. You can explore them below:
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/visual-co...
Now, let’s move on to what’s next!
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/visual-co...
Now, let’s move on to what’s next!
The History of Visual Concepts: An Archive of Dreamcast Game Prototypes and Their Development
This page, dedicated to the history of Visual Concepts and its rivalry with EA, and enriched with developer testimonials, brings together Dreamcast prototypes and several articles. Around 20 betas—fro...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:08 AM
And that wraps up my individual presentations of each game as part of my preservation project on Visual Concepts. You can explore them below:
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/visual-co...
Now, let’s move on to what’s next!
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/visual-co...
Now, let’s move on to what’s next!
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Robocop 3 was a late 8-bit title seeing release for C64 and ZX Spectrum. A planned #Amstrad GX4000 and Plus series version of the game would never surface though. Rumours suggest it was close to completion, so why was it never released? More soon we hope!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/robo...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/robo...
Robocop 3 (Amstrad GX4000 + Plus series) - Games That Weren't
Like the first two films before it, Ocean Software got the licence to produce a game based on the underrated third Robocop film and it would famously come out two years before the film would (due to t...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Robocop 3 was a late 8-bit title seeing release for C64 and ZX Spectrum. A planned #Amstrad GX4000 and Plus series version of the game would never surface though. Rumours suggest it was close to completion, so why was it never released? More soon we hope!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/robo...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/robo...
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Thanks to Christopher Drum, we take a look at the long lost Pinball Construction Set on the #Amiga, and a very early Electronic Arts title. Only a static screenshot exists - so how far did it get, and can anything of it be saved?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pinb...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pinb...
Pinball Construction Set (Commodore Amiga) - Games That Weren't
Pinball Construction Set was a title that I lost many hours to constructing various pinball tables, and many others did too. Unbeknown to many of us, a Commodore Amiga version was also on the cards wa...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thanks to Christopher Drum, we take a look at the long lost Pinball Construction Set on the #Amiga, and a very early Electronic Arts title. Only a static screenshot exists - so how far did it get, and can anything of it be saved?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pinb...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pinb...
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Today we're adding a prototype of Pocket Panic for #GameBoyColor, featuring very different sprites and Graphic State titling. Originally released as part of the Bung Coding Competition 1999 - this may have been start of a tidied up budget release perhaps?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pock...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pock...
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today we're adding a prototype of Pocket Panic for #GameBoyColor, featuring very different sprites and Graphic State titling. Originally released as part of the Bung Coding Competition 1999 - this may have been start of a tidied up budget release perhaps?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pock...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/pock...
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More unreleased prototypes/variants were recently recovered last month for the #GameGear thanks to @ocornut.bsky.social via SMSPower :
www.smspower.org/forums/20603...
Thanks to @bartoloni.bsky.social for the heads up!
www.smspower.org/forums/20603...
Thanks to @bartoloni.bsky.social for the heads up!
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
More unreleased prototypes/variants were recently recovered last month for the #GameGear thanks to @ocornut.bsky.social via SMSPower :
www.smspower.org/forums/20603...
Thanks to @bartoloni.bsky.social for the heads up!
www.smspower.org/forums/20603...
Thanks to @bartoloni.bsky.social for the heads up!
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We have another prototype for you today, with the recovery of a late Kick Off #SNES prototype. Doesn't seem to be any major or noticeable differences, and could just contain bugs that haven't been fixed. Let us know if you spot anything!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/kick...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/kick...
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We have another prototype for you today, with the recovery of a late Kick Off #SNES prototype. Doesn't seem to be any major or noticeable differences, and could just contain bugs that haven't been fixed. Let us know if you spot anything!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/kick...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/kick...
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simsville, magazine screenshots, unreleased, pc (2001) archive.org/details/Comp...
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
simsville, magazine screenshots, unreleased, pc (2001) archive.org/details/Comp...
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J'y ai joué sur PC, cet Amazing Spider-Man de 1990 est un puzzle platformer assez cool et malheureusement oublié comme masse de jeux dos btw.
Released on platforms including C64, The Amazing Spiderman was a neat flip-screen platformer by Empire. Sadly #AmstradCPC + #ZXSpectrum versions never saw the light of day, even though the CPC version (albeit a preview!) was reviewed. Can they be found?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/the-...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/the-...
The Amazing Spiderman (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum) - Games That Weren't
Following the success of their Captain America and Spiderman crossover game Dr Doom's Revenge, Empire picked up the licence to produce a stand alone game featuring Spiderman.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:46 PM
J'y ai joué sur PC, cet Amazing Spider-Man de 1990 est un puzzle platformer assez cool et malheureusement oublié comme masse de jeux dos btw.
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A huge #Commodore64 surprise to kick off the week with GTW adding the sadly cancelled playable prototype of an Indiana Jones 3 adventure. An unofficial conversion of the great Lucasfilm Games title with bags of promise, but wasn't to be. Check it out here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/indian...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/indian...
September 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A huge #Commodore64 surprise to kick off the week with GTW adding the sadly cancelled playable prototype of an Indiana Jones 3 adventure. An unofficial conversion of the great Lucasfilm Games title with bags of promise, but wasn't to be. Check it out here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/indian...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/indian...
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This week at Games That Weren't, we released two early #GameBoyColor unreleased games, a #SNES prototype of Kevin Keegan's Player Manager, a collection of unpreserved #Amiga PD disks and an entry on the lost #ZXSpectrum and #AmstradCPC Amazing Spiderman game. See you all next week! Links in replies.
September 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This week at Games That Weren't, we released two early #GameBoyColor unreleased games, a #SNES prototype of Kevin Keegan's Player Manager, a collection of unpreserved #Amiga PD disks and an entry on the lost #ZXSpectrum and #AmstradCPC Amazing Spiderman game. See you all next week! Links in replies.
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Released on platforms including C64, The Amazing Spiderman was a neat flip-screen platformer by Empire. Sadly #AmstradCPC + #ZXSpectrum versions never saw the light of day, even though the CPC version (albeit a preview!) was reviewed. Can they be found?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/the-...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/the-...
The Amazing Spiderman (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum) - Games That Weren't
Following the success of their Captain America and Spiderman crossover game Dr Doom's Revenge, Empire picked up the licence to produce a stand alone game featuring Spiderman.
www.gamesthatwerent.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Released on platforms including C64, The Amazing Spiderman was a neat flip-screen platformer by Empire. Sadly #AmstradCPC + #ZXSpectrum versions never saw the light of day, even though the CPC version (albeit a preview!) was reviewed. Can they be found?
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/the-...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/the-...
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Thanks to the sterling efforts of Aaron White, we're able to share something a little different today - rare and previously unpreserved #Amiga Public Domain disks, featuring music demos and PD catalogue files.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/amig...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/amig...
September 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thanks to the sterling efforts of Aaron White, we're able to share something a little different today - rare and previously unpreserved #Amiga Public Domain disks, featuring music demos and PD catalogue files.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/amig...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/amig...
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Next up, we're releasing a very early #Nintendo #GameBoyColor platformer started in 1999 called "Dream Hunter". Just a scrolling test of a level, and we're not sure if an official development or done as part of a competition. Hope to learn more soon!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/drea...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/drea...
September 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Next up, we're releasing a very early #Nintendo #GameBoyColor platformer started in 1999 called "Dream Hunter". Just a scrolling test of a level, and we're not sure if an official development or done as part of a competition. Hope to learn more soon!
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/drea...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/09/drea...
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Found some of the assets for an area in Sudeki that was cut, and was able to render them. This area got far further than I expected!
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Found some of the assets for an area in Sudeki that was cut, and was able to render them. This area got far further than I expected!
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Proposal for an unreleased simulation game for Famicom and PC Engine called Monkey Trainer / モンキー・トレーナー, dated April 1988.
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xcancel.com/studiohazuki...
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Proposal for an unreleased simulation game for Famicom and PC Engine called Monkey Trainer / モンキー・トレーナー, dated April 1988.
xcancel.com/studiohazuki...
xcancel.com/studiohazuki...
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Making-of with developer testimonials and archive of Dreamcast prototypes of Visual Concepts American football games (NFL 2K, NFL 2K1, NFL 2K2, and NCCA College Football 2K2). Some builds are early versions, including one in “Blockout👇
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/nfl-2k-dr...
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/nfl-2k-dr...
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Making-of with developer testimonials and archive of Dreamcast prototypes of Visual Concepts American football games (NFL 2K, NFL 2K1, NFL 2K2, and NCCA College Football 2K2). Some builds are early versions, including one in “Blockout👇
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/nfl-2k-dr...
www.sega-dreamcast-info-games-preservation.com/en/nfl-2k-dr...
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Sudeki was pitched for just about every platform under the sun, between GBA, mobile phones, and even the Gizmondo. One of my favorite what-ifs, though, is the PSP, which would have been perfect for it. Documents were created, mock-up screenshots, and even asset tests. But no go.
January 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Sudeki was pitched for just about every platform under the sun, between GBA, mobile phones, and even the Gizmondo. One of my favorite what-ifs, though, is the PSP, which would have been perfect for it. Documents were created, mock-up screenshots, and even asset tests. But no go.
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Hostia, no tenía ni idea de esto:
After Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia (1994), Pendulo began work on an enhanced PC remake for Infogrames in the mid-90s. The project was cancelled due to publisher issues, but its engine later fed into Hollywood Monsters.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/igor...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/igor...
Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia (Enhanced) (PC) - Games That Weren't
While Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia is best known for its 1994 Spanish release and a later English version published in the US by Optik Software - Pendulo Studios had once begun work on a far more ambiti...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Hostia, no tenía ni idea de esto:
After Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia (1994), Pendulo began work on an enhanced PC remake for Infogrames in the mid-90s. The project was cancelled due to publisher issues, but its engine later fed into Hollywood Monsters.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/igor...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/igor...
Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia (Enhanced) (PC) - Games That Weren't
While Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia is best known for its 1994 Spanish release and a later English version published in the US by Optik Software - Pendulo Studios had once begun work on a far more ambiti...
www.gamesthatwerent.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
After Igor: Objetivo Uikokahonia (1994), Pendulo began work on an enhanced PC remake for Infogrames in the mid-90s. The project was cancelled due to publisher issues, but its engine later fed into Hollywood Monsters.
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/igor...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/igor...
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One new video of the airport level from Take The Bullet on Dreamcast. An unplayable, render-only level that hints at the game’s potential if it hadn’t been canceled. More of the game’s secrets coming soon in one or more upcoming articles dedicated to this FPS and its prototypes!
January 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
One new video of the airport level from Take The Bullet on Dreamcast. An unplayable, render-only level that hints at the game’s potential if it hadn’t been canceled. More of the game’s secrets coming soon in one or more upcoming articles dedicated to this FPS and its prototypes!
Updates added thanks to @indieretronews.bsky.social : the earlier press linking the game to Westwood appears to have been in error. Legacy of the Necromancer was likely developed either internally at Virgin or by another external team.
Not to be confused with the released Trilogy - this Legacy of the Necromancer game was a different, dungeon-crawler RPG from Virgin & Westwood for Amiga/MS-DOS back in 1992. Sadly it was never to see the light of day:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/lega...
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/01/lega...
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Updates added thanks to @indieretronews.bsky.social : the earlier press linking the game to Westwood appears to have been in error. Legacy of the Necromancer was likely developed either internally at Virgin or by another external team.