Games That Weren't
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Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games
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Countdown
Countdown was an adventure game consisting of digitized characters and with synthesized speech, eventually released in 1991 for MS-DOS. According to the PC version's review in The One magazine (February...
Tip Off Game Boy and GBC Color prototypes
More Game Boy prototypes added to the Games That Weren't archives, with a set of Tip Off ones for the Nintendo Game Boy. However, there are also an interesting set...
X’Treme Roller PlayStation (PS1) Prototypes
Following on from the discovery of an early PC demo of X'Treme Roller, we now have a set of five prototypes for the Sony PlayStation (PS1) showing very early test...
Discussing Retro Games and Preservation. An interview with Games That Weren’t
Recently had the pleasure of chatting with the lovely Wayne Goodchild at eneba.com about retro games, preservation, and current developments (beyond just Games That Weren't). Continue reading →
X’Treme Roller
Next into the Games That Weren't archives is a very rare and early PC demo of X'Treme Roller by Neko, before the name had been decided and when the engine...
Kick Off 3: European Challenge SEGA Mega Drive Prototypes
Today we're adding three very early Kick Off 3: European Challenge prototype builds for the SEGA Mega Drive, which are not playable and just showcase part of the main game...
Fulltime Soccer Gameboy Color prototypes
Fulltime Soccer is an interesting budget football title that was eventually released by Datel Electronics for the Color Gameboy. It got a very limited release and can be hard to...
Race Engine prototype
Next up to be added to the Games That Weren't archives is a car engine prototype by Tuna Technologies, which was created in 1999 and added to into 2000. This...
Bryan Robson’s Super League preserved
Way back in Commodore User issue 25 (October 1985) is how far we're travelling for our latest preservation work - a board game tie-in that blurred the lines between digital...
F19 Stealth Air (Working title)
Our next entry was due for release on the Game Boy Color around 1999-2000, and has a working title of F19 Stealth Air, but that is about all we know...
Pure 2
Pure was a fun, stylish trick-racing game originally released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. But unlike most off-road racers lost in the mud of their competitors, Pure stood...
Mia Hamm Soccer 64 prototypes
Next up into the ever-growing prototype archive at Games That Weren't are a set of prototype builds for Mia Hamm Soccer for the Nintendo 64, dated 1st August and 1st...
Dave Mirra’s Freestyle BMX V1
Our next entry is a very early start of an isometric engine for the Game Boy Color, and for a BMX game that was being created by Charles Doty. The...
Some Metal Head (working title)
A short entry now for an unknown and early game engine that was created during the very early days of DC Studios. It has a working title of "Some Metal...
Road Rash GameBoy Color Prototypes
More GameBoy Color Prototypes for you, with two for Road Rash which was released in 2000 by Electronic Arts. These two builds are from the 7th and 10th August, around...
40+ Years Lost: Stairway to the Stars (Commodore VIC-20) Finally Recovered!
After more than 40 years lost to time, Stairway to the Stars (the third game in Mike Taylor's Magic Mirror Commodore VIC-20 adventure series) has finally been saved! And it's...
The Lion King NES prototypes
A very short entry for a set of extremely early NES Lion King prototypes that we found lurking within the Enigma Variations archives. They aren't playable, but you can see...
Aladdin (NTSC) NES prototype
We're today adding a NES prototype of Disney's Aladdin, which was released by Virgin Games in 1994, only in PAL regions. What makes this special is that this is a...
GTW64 July 2025 update
Our seventh update of the year is a special one, as July featured one of our holy grail titles finally being found with the release of Nigel Mansell World Championship....
Activision 10in1 Atari 2600 SNES prototypes
Our next entry into the archives is something very interesting, which is sort of a set of prototypes of a game pack that was released, but then could be a...