r/UnreleasedGames

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?

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/r-a-i-l/

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

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 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!)

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/