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Tower of the World: The Ambitious PC/Amiga Polish RPG That Never Was

One of Poland's most ambitious unreleased RPGs… Tower of the World promised a huge living fantasy world for PC and Amiga users before cancellation. We've now added the story and a collection of previously unseen development images to the archive.

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/tower-of-the-world/

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Eye of Horus (Commodore 64): Curious Pre-release Disk Preserved

Something a little different today! We've preserved a pre-release version of Logotron's Eye of Horus for C64, featuring a unique disk label with a version number and what seems to be a built-in cheat mode. Spot any differences from the retail release?

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/eye-of-horus-pre-release/

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XLR8: The Lost Wipeout Rival for PC, PlayStation and Arcade

XLR8 was an extremely fast Wipeout style game on bikes that was due for release on PC, PlayStation and Arcade platforms. The game would ultimately never see completion, but thankfully builds of the game have managed to sneak out for you to play!

More details:

https://gamesthatwerent.com/2024/11/xlr8/

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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:

Storm Force (Amstrad CPC) - Games That Weren't

Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games

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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?

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 3 (PlayStation 2) - Games That Weren't

Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games

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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/

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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/

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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/