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Storm Force (Amstrad CPC): The Lost RNLI Rescue Simulation
Storm Force. An RNLI lifeboat rescue simulation once planned for the Amstrad CPC. The game saw you switch between coastguard duties and commanding a lifeboat during rescue missions. Sadly it never got beyond the early stages. New unseen screens + details:
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Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 3 - Whatever Happened To The Unreleased PS2 Game?
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 3 was in development for the PlayStation 2 but never saw release. Only a small glimpse of the game has surfaced so far. Could more of the game still survive and can it one day be preserved?
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Super Mario's Wacky Worlds: The Lost Mario Platformer for the Philips CD-i
Did you know a traditional Super Mario platformer was once in development for the Philips CD-i?
Super Mario's Wacky Worlds would have taken Mario on a bizarre adventure across Ancient Greece, Egypt, pirate ships, the Arctic and beyond before it was ultimately cancelled.
More details:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/super-marios-wacky-worlds/
Unnamed early Amstrad CPC Shoot-Em-Up prototype preserved
More for the Amstrad CPC today on Games That Weren't with release of a very early Shoot-Em-Up by Clockwize from the late 1980s. This recovery was made thanks to Dean Hickingbottom and a nice early glimpse at what could have been a nice budget title.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/unnamed-shoot-em-up/
Trigger Happy (Commodore 64): More Advanced Unreleased Preview Discovered
A more advanced preview of the unreleased Commodore 64 shoot-em-up Trigger Happy has surfaced! Featuring improved graphics and much more developed attack waves than the previously known build, it's a fascinating glimpse at what might have been.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/trigger-happy/
Huge thanks to Hedning/Genesis Project for the heads up.
Ninjanimal: The Lost Beat-em-up Planned for Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64
Developed by Titus, but ultimately never released, Ninjanimal was intended as a beat-em-up inspired by Altered Beast.
Surviving Atari ST and Amiga prototypes along with developer insight reveal the story behind this strange lost project:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/ninjanimal/
Starglider 2 (Commodore 64): The Ambitious Unreleased Rainbird Conversion
With Starglider 2 set to feature in the upcoming "Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software" Kickstarter, here's a look back at the unreleased C64 conversion, its preservation story and the playable preview that survives today.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/starglider-2/
For more details on the "Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software" Kickstarter, please check out:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zzap642021annual/memories-of-rainbird-and-beyond-software
Gauntlet DS: The Completed Nintendo DS Game That Never Saw Release
Did you know a brand new Gauntlet game was completed for the Nintendo DS… but never released?
Despite being reviewed by magazines such as Retro Gamer, the game was cancelled before it reached the shelves. Thankfully it survives today.
More details:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/11/gauntlet-ds/
Epsilon (Commodore 64): The Unreleased Rainbird Shoot-em-up That Almost Was
Epsilon is an impressive early unreleased vertical shoot-em-up for the Commodore 64 by Paul Hughes and Dawn Drake, originally in development for Rainbird in 1988. Preview builds, source code and its fascinating story have thankfully survived:
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/epsilon/
For more history and details on Rainbird, checkout the "Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software" Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zzap642021annual/memories-of-rainbird-and-beyond-software
Masters of the Universe - The Super Adventure & The Arcade Game: The Lost CPC, IBM and C16 Ports
Missing He-Man games? U.S. Gold advertised Amstrad CPC, IBM PC and Commodore 16 versions of Masters of the Universe: The Super Adventure and The Arcade Game, but they never appeared. Can anything of them be found?
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Source Code Recovered for Raiden (Amiga/Falcon) and Space Junk (Atari Falcon)
Source code has been recovered for Imagitec's unreleased Raiden (Amiga/Atari Falcon), with sources suggesting around 8 Amiga levels and additional Falcon content beyond the known 3-level shareware build. We've also added early Space Junk (Atari Falcon) sources. Huge thanks to tomseddon for preserving the archive and dlfrsilver for the heads up!
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R.A.I.L - The Lost PC Rainbird Adventure Creation System
To coincide with Richard Hewison's new "Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software" Kickstarter, we've added R.A.I.L to the archive - Rainbird's ambitious unfinished adventure creation system by John Jones-Steele. Could someone continue its development?
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For more history and details on Rainbird, checkout the "Memories of Rainbird and Beyond Software" Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zzap642021annual/memories-of-rainbird-and-beyond-software
Franko 2: No Mercy (Game Boy Advance): Early Prototype Finally Preserved
A new prototype preserved today. With huge thanks to Benedykt Dziubałtowski for securing permission from the original authors, we're delighted to release a very early Game Boy Advance prototype of the unreleased fighter, Franko 2: No Mercy.
Thanks also to Rygar for the heads up.
More info and download: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/02/franko-2-no-mercy/
Raiden (Commodore Amiga & Atari Falcon) - The Versions You Never Got To Play
Raiden was one of the biggest arcade shooters of the 1990s. But did you know planned Amiga and Atari Falcon conversions never made it to release? Today we take a look at both surviving versions and what happened to them.
More details + downloads: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/raiden/
Thanks to h0ffman and Karl Kuras for the heads up (and apologies for the delay!)
Scraper Caper (Atari) - Rare Lost Footage and Screens Resurface
Very rare footage and screenshots of Big Five Software's unreleased Scraper Caper for the Atari 8-bit range has resurfaced. See Bounty Bob's abandoned firefighting adventure and what might have been.
https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/04/scraper-caper/
Lost C64 games and prototypes - June 2026 GTW64 update
Big month for the Commodore 64 archive! Arcade Wizzard finally recovered after 22 years of searching, joined by the complete unreleased game Void, an Australian prototype of Aussie Games, two newly preserved releases, 3 new entries and 14 archive updates:
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The Three Stooges (Atari ST) - A Cinemaware Port That Never Surfaced
Cinemaware's The Three Stooges was released on a number of platforms in 1987, and an Atari ST version was advertised too. However, no screenshots or builds have surfaced so far, suggesting the port may have been cancelled early on.
The Three Stooges was a minigame collection that was developed by Incredible Technologies and published by Cinemaware starring the titular S