Rockstar’s The Warriors is one of the oddest games that the GTA developer ever released, though it’s quite enjoyable in its own right. According to a recent report from retro gaming site Time Extension, Rockstar came extremely close to releasing a GBA port of the game around 2005, but it was ultimately canned.

The Time Extension piece attributes the information to an anonymous former Rockstar Games employee. That employee says that the game was essentially finished when it was canceled in 2005, and that it used tech from Rockstar Leeds’ GBA port of Max Payne, including the game engine. The piece also states that there’s at least one copy of the game out there, but it hasn’t yet seen a release due to potential legal concerns.

According to the sou…