When the infamous 'crash' of the gaming industry finally came to
a halt in 1984, several unreleased games that got caught in the wheels, and left
in the labs. Thankfully, some survived to finally see the light of day,
and to be enjoyed by everyone.
| Game Title |
Screen Shot |
Comments |
| 3-D Rubik's Cube |
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Read Details |
| A-Team, The |
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2 different prototype
versions exist, dated 3-30-84 and 5-8-84, and both are based on the
unreleased Saboteur game. The version here is the later one. |
| Alligator People |
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Based on the ultra-popular
"B" movie! |
| Androman on the
Moon |
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DP Exclusive. Discovered in 2007
by Scott Stilphen.
This is the only game from Androbot that has been found. Programmer
Michael Case has allowed us to offer it for download on the condition that the game is not to be sold by
anyone, in any form.
Read interview with programmer
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| Aquaventure |
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Read
Game Review |
| Bionic
Breakthrough |
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Requires the MindLink controller
(ha!). Nice music, though. |
| Bugs Bunny |
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Designed by Bob Polaro! 2
different versions have been found. The more complete one shows Elmer
Fudd's house. |
| Care Bears |
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DP Exclusive. Discovered by Scott Stilphen in 2005. |
| Cat Trax |
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Arcade conversion, only appeared
on the Emerson Arcadia 2001. |
| Combat Two |
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Combat Two and Realsports
Basketball were unearthed by Steve Morgenstern, editor of the legendary
"Atari Age" club magazine, and sold to Marc Oberhauser in 1999,
who eventually released them at CGE2K1. |
| Computer Chess |
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A custom one-of-a-kind version
made for Nolan Bushnell, that displays board coordinates, which the released
version (Video Chess) does not. |
| Confrontation |
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ALL Answer Software games are
hard to find, but this one was never commercially produced. |
| Crack'ed |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2001 and released on cart in 2002, this game that was completed for Atari 7800 is also available right here. |
| Cubicolor |
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An unreleased Imagic game by Rob
Fulop, who later released it on cartridge. Go HERE for the full story. |
| Donald Duck's
Speedboat Race |
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One of the unreleased Disney
titles Atari was working on. |
| Dukes of Hazzard |
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Same as the unreleased Stunt
Cycle game, only with altered graphics. |
| Dukes of Hazzard |
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Atari tried a few years later to
create a game based on this show, this time with an original effort.
Alas, this one went unreleased as well. |
| Dumbo's Flying Circus |
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Watch for elephant droppings from
above! |
| Dune |
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Based on the movie. Very
incomplete. |
| Elevator Action |
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Released at CGE 2001.
Incomplete, but playable. No sound. |
| Elk Attack |
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This is a coin-op conversion of
Taito's 1982 arcade game, The Electric Yo-Yo, and is based on the 2600 Pengo
kernel. |
| The Entity |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2002 and released on cart in 2003, this game was previously unavailable. For more details on the game, click HERE. |
| Ewok Adventure |
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The PAL version was discovered
in 2001 by Marco Kerstens. He released at the Eurocon show that year.
The NTSC version is a "DP exclusive" and was discovered by Scott Stilphen in 2005, which is the version offered
here. |
| Frog Pond |
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| Funky Fish |
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Arcade conversion, only appeared
on the Arcadia 2001 import scene. |
| Garfield |
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"Discovered" at Classic
Gaming Expo '99. Garfield creator Jim Davis has allowed this to be
distributed freely on the condition that the game is not to be sold by
anyone, in any form. |
| Grover's Music Maker |
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An unreleased CCW title. |
| Harem |
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DP Exclusive. Discovered in 2007 by
Scott Stilphen.
This is the only game from Multivision that has been found. Programmer
Michael Case has allowed us to offer it for download on the condition that the game is not to be sold by
anyone, in any form.
Read interview with programmer |
| Holey Moley |
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Designed by Bob Polaro! Requires
the Kid's Controller. |
| Ixion |
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Based on the Sega arcade
prototype of the same name. A prototype surfaced at the 2004 NWCGE show. |
| Kabobber |
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Discovered in 2000. Unofficially
the last (complete) unreleased Activision game. |
| Kamikazee Saucers |
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Designer Wolf provided the
gaming community with a copy of this game in 2000. |
| Looping |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2002 and released on cart in 2003, this sleeper arcade game that was completed for ColecoVision is also available right here. |
| Lord of the Rings |
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The PAL version was discovered
in 2001. The NTSC version is a "DP exclusive" and was discovered by Scott Stilphen in 2005, which is the version
available here. |
| McDonald's |
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Discovered in 2002.
Another very incomplete prototype. |
| Meltdown |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2004 and released online two days after the event, this Videa-developed game was previously unavailable. For more details on the game, click HERE. |
| Mind Maze |
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A MindLink game by Howard Scott
Warshaw. |
| Miss Piggy's Wedding |
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Of the 3 known versions that
have been discovered, this is the most complete. |
| Monstercise |
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Requires the Kid's Controller. |
| Off Your Rocker |
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Requires the Kid's Controller. |
| Peek-a-Boo |
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Requires the Kid's Controller. |
| Pick-Up |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2001 and released on cart in 2002, this game was previously unavailable. |
| Planet of the Apes |
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For years everyone believed this
was the Alligator People ROM... until Alligator People actually turned up! |
| Pleiades |
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Arcade conversion, only appeared
on the Arcadia 2001 import scene. |
| Polo |
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Designed by Carol Shaw! |
| Pompeii |
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Discovered by Digital Press
(thanks to Katz, Kunkel and Worley) 11/2001.
Unplayable, definitely an early beta, with placeholders standing in. |
| Realsports
Basketball |
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Combat Two and Realsports
Basketball were unearthed by Steve Morgenstern, editor of the legendary
"Atari Age" club magazine, and sold to Marc Oberhauser in 1999,
who eventually released them at CGE2K1. |
| "red/blue" |
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Early demo of Tod Frye's,
showing the possibility of having a football game with multiple (22!)
non-flickering animated players. This was later used for RealSports
Football. |
| Rocky & Bullwinkle
* Starpath Supercharger or CuttleCart required. |
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A prototype of this game is
owned by Intellivision Productions and was displayed at Classic Gaming Expo
2000. A modified rom was released on the latest Worship the Woodgrain CD
set, but it won't work on emulators. |
| Rush Hour |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2002 and released on cart in 2003, this game was previously unavailable. FUN FACT: the CGE guys own the rights to the CommaVid games and company name! For more details on the game, click HERE. |
| Saboteur |
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Of the 5 different versions
found to date, this one is the latest (most complete). |
| Save Mary |
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A 16k Atari proto? Amazing! And
it's even fun to play! |
| Save the Whales |
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Discovered by CGE Services in 2001 and released on cart in 2002, this game was originally only available to GameLine modem owners back in the day. |
| Secret Agent |
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Released on cartridge at Classic
Gaming Expo 2001. |
| Shooting Arcade |
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This extremely rare light gun
game appears to be complete. |
| Sinistar |
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Of the 2 different versions that
have been found, this one is more complete. |
| Sky Patrol |
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"Discovered" at Classic
Gaming Expo '99. Read Details |
| Snow White
11-9-82 |
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2 noticeably different versions
have been found to date. Go HERE for more info. |
| Snow White
2-9-83 |
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2 noticeably different versions
have been found to date. Go HERE for more info. |
| Squoosh |
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Discovered by Digital Press
(thanks to Katz, Kunkel and Worley) 11/2001. Erm... how do you play this
thing? |
| Stunt Cycle |
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Just like the dedicated Atari
console. |
| Surf's Up |
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The unreleased Amiga game.
Where's my Joyboard?! |
| Survival Run |
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Found in early 2003. |
| Sweat: The
Decathlon Game version 1 |
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Originally released on the
Cyberpunks' compilation, "Stella Gets A New Brain". For more info, go HERE. |
| Sweat: The
Decathlon Game version 2 |
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DP Exclusive. Discovered by Scott Stilphen in
2004 and shown at CGE2K4, this version is quite different from Cyberpunks' versions. For more info, go HERE. |
| Targ |
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DP Exclusive. Discovered by Scott Stilphen in
2004 and shown at CGE2K4, this CBS title was a port of the arcade game |
| Telepathy |
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A MindLink game, found and dumped
in 2000. Very neat little game! |
| Tempest |
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Prototype released for CGE 2000. |
| Thwocker |
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An unreleased Activision game by
Charlie Heath that sadly was never finished. |
| Wings (10-10) Wings (06-03) |
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DP Exclusive. Discovered by Scott Stilphen in 2004
and shown at CGE2K4. Read HERE for interview with designer Stuart Ross. |
| Wizard |
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Designed by Chris Crawford, this
was supposedly the last of the 2K games. |
| Xevious |
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One of several unreleased games
by Tod Frye.
Go HERE for more info. |
