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NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
A never-before-released game for the Nintendo Entertainment System has been unearthed by the Video Game History Foundation. The Foundation made the discovery after sifting through materials donated by the family of programmer/designer Chris Oberth, who passed away in 2012. The game would have been based on the film Days of Thunder, but the project was seemingly cancelled, and a tie-in game was instead released from developer Beam Software. Oberth's version of the game was found spread across 21 floppy disks, and has been reconstructed to fully functioning form! For video game preservationists, it's an incredible discovery, and curious gamers will be able to play it for themselves on PC, or on an NES cartridge!
Oberth's take on Days of Thunder is a stock-racing game. Players participate in a qualifying run in a faux-3D style with no other racers. After, they must partake in a 2D race featuring several other racers on the track. Footage from the game appears to be fairly simple, but it's still amazing to see the discovery of a never-before-released NES game.
The Foundation was not actually looking for Days of Thunder. Instead, they were searching for some of Oberth's other lost games, notably arcade games that he worked on during his time working for Stern. The VGHF is still actively looking for those titles, as well as any additional information that others might have about the games.