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|image=Thomas the tank engine nes.png
|imagecaption=The game's box art.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=26 Mar 2007
|foundby=kap
}}
''Thomas the Tank Engine'' is a popular British franchise starring the fictional steam locomotive Thomas, the series is based on ''The Railway Series'' of books with a TV series of the same name (later titled ''Thomas & Friends'') that aired new episodes from October 9th, 1984 to January 20th, 2021 and a reboot that premiered later in 2021.

==Game Tie-in==
From 1990-1993 a tie-in game titled ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' was developed by Peakstar Software and published by THQ that released on multiple platforms, most notably on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. The game had the player control Thomas around the Island of Sodor to help with various tasks like delivering medical supplies to the hospital, solving various puzzles and racing other engines' friends.

===NES Port===
'''An NES port was also developed and complete but was cancelled for unknown reasons'''.<ref>[https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/12/thomas-the-tank-engine-nes-unreleased/ Unseen64 article on the game's NES port.] Retrieved 13 Dec '21</ref> The port is similar to the other releases with a lack of speech and a new 8-bit soundtrack. The game wasn't rediscovered until a prototype was found in 2007 and uploaded onto the Lost Levels website by one of their members kap.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121011074742/http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=1336 Archived page of the forum thread about the ROM release.] Retrieved 24 Sep '23</ref>

==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
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===Footage===
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==See Also==
===Thomas & Friends===
*[[Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (partially found test animation of reboot of British children TV series; 2019)]]
*[[Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (lost original cut of direct-to-DVD film; existence unconfirmed; 2011)]]
*[[Thomas & Friends "Jack Jumps In" (found Alec Baldwin narration of British children's TV series episode; 2002)]]
*[[Thomas & Friends "Series 7" (partially found original music of British children's TV series American dub; mid-2000s)]]
*[[Thomas & Friends "Series 12" (partially found Pierce Brosnan narrations of British children's animated series; 2008)]]

===Thomas the Tank Engine===
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine (lost pilot episode of unproduced 2D animated adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1976)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "Down the Mine" (partially found pitch pilot version of British children's TV series episode; 1983)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "The Missing Coach" (partially found footage from cancelled British children's TV series episode; 1986)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "Season 3" (found original Michael Angelis narrations of British children's TV series episodes; 1991)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine "Season 4" (found pre-recorded version of British children's TV series episodes; 1994)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (partially lost deleted scenes of British children's TV series; 1984-2021)]]

===Other===
*[[The Adventures of Thomas (partially found production material of cancelled "Thomas the Tank Engine" live-action film; early-mid 2010s)]]
*[[Barry the Rescue Engine (lost production material of cancelled "The Railway Series" book; 1980s)]]
*[[Jack and the Sodor Construction Company (partially lost episodes and production material of cancelled spin-off series; 2002)]]
*[[Storytime with Thomas (partially found Fox Family series; 1999-2000)]]
*[[The Thomas & Friends Institute of Innovation (partially found informational short film; 2013-2014)]]
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's fantasy adventure film; 2000)]]
*[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage of 3.5" character models for British children's TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Thomas and the U.K. Trip & Thomas Number 1 (found Japanese "Thomas the Tank Engine" crossover TV special and music video; 1991)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine (found original illustrated edition of book; 1946)]]
*[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (lost build of cancelled PlayStation educational game; 1999)]]
*[[The Three Railway Engines (lost live BBC broadcast adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1953)]]
*[[The Three Railway Engines (found original edition of book; 1945)]]

==External Links==
*[https://wowroms.com/en/roms/nintendo-entertainment-system/thomas-the-tank-engine-and-friends-usa-proto/23915.html Download link of the game's rom.]

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