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Oriental Blue: the lost N64 chapter in the Far East of Eden RPG series

Oriental Blue was an RPG in the Tengai Makyō series planned for Nintendo's 64DD by Hudson, but as the add-on was postponed many times and then discontinued soon after its release in Japan, the game was quietly cannedhttp://www.unseen64.net/2015/09/28/oriental-blue-n64-dd-cancelled/

Unseen64 Podcast for Patrons: Episode 9

In this episode of the Unseen64 podcast, we discuss more Project HAMMER, Dirty Harry and many other unreleased games. Our guest Andrew Borman from Past To Present Online joins us to talk about video game preservation, and some of the latest acquisitions he has made in the underground world of lost prototypes collecting.

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POLL TIME: Which should be Unseen64's next article?

For 1$+ Patrons: Here's a new poll to ask you, our patrons, which of these articles you'd like to see on Unseen64 as soon as possible! The last time "Velvet Dark" for N64 was the winner and you'll an articles about it on the site in the following weeks / months. Who will win this time?

Here are the candidates:

- Pilotwings 2 SNES: before Pilotwings 64, Nintendo was planning a new Pilotwings for the Super NES

- Aquaria N64 / PSX: a cancelle...

The lost Tonic Trouble sequel that we'll never play

Tonic Adventure is the cancelled sequel to Tonic Trouble, Rayman's forgotten brother: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/09/21/tonic-adventure-tonic-trouble-2-cancelled-concept/

Today we added a rather obscure Playstation Tech Demo in the Unseen64 Archive: Legend / Labyrinth http://www.unseen64.net/2015/09/14/labyrinth-legend-playstation-tech-demo/

Before Amiibos, there were FUUBs, the unreleased game peripheral for Wii by THQ

FUUB was an interesting gaming peripheral planned for Wii by THQ, to expand their casual games market along with the uDraw GameTablet. With FUUB gamers were able to use these motion sensing dices in multiplayer with friends, to resolve puzzles in adventure games and play minigames in party games. Unfortunately after several years of financial struggles and an increasing amount of debt, THQ declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2012 and began liquidating its assets the following month, with ...

Donations recap for August 2015

Here's the recap for the donations raised in August 2015, we'll add these to the Preservation Fund to keep up the work on the Unseen64 book and other needs to make the archive even better! We are working hard to be sure to keep the site update every week, while also writing for the book and try to publish it in the first half of 2016, when it will be the 15° anniversary of Unseen64. As always, thanks a lot for your support in all these years! We would not be able to keep it up without your help...

The cancelled Kid Icarus Wii that we'll never play

A new video-article from Tamaki: Sorry to keep you waiting! Here's my longest ever video for Unseen64, an exclusive look at a lost Kid Icarus game for Wii. Features never before seen footage and a ton of brand new info with input from former developers. Please do me the courtesy of NOT sharing this outside of Patreon until I decide to make it public at some point in the future. I release these videos early as a special backer reward, so please don't ruin it for everyo...

The cancelled Brothers in Arms game that became Battleborn

Announced in 2011 at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 was to be the next instalment in the Brothers in Arms franchise after Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway. The game was originally set to be released sometime in the first half of 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, but that never happened.

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The lost AquaNox sequel that we'll never play.. maybe

After more than 10 years from its cancellation, find out what happened to the lost PS2 sequel to the AquaNox series, while we wait for the new AquaNox: Deep Descent to be completed http://www.unseen64.net/2015/09/04/aquanox-the-angels-tears-ps2-cancelled/

Coming soon to Patreon

For 1$ Patrons: a message from Tamaki about his next articles that will be shared to patrons first:

"Greetings, Patrons. Tamaki here. I just wanted to give you all a quick update on some of the things I am producing.

I am not the keeper of this particular Patreon, although I do provide content to it when I am able to. To those who have given us a bit of their hard-earned money, I wanted to say that I am incredibly thankful and touched. The amount we have raised will...

A cancelled GBC brawler that you'll never play

Knights is a cancelled brawler for GBC by "Guerrilla Games" before they were making Killzone: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/08/31/knights-gameboy-color-cancelled/

POLL TIME: Which should be Unseen64's next article?

For 1$+ Patrons: Here's a new poll to ask you, our patrons, which of these articles you'd like to see on Unseen64 as soon as possible! The last time "Game Zero" for GameCube AND "Twin Peaks" for NES were the winners and you'll see two articles about them on the site in the following weeks / months, who will win this time?

Here are the candidates:

- Daybreakers: an action adventure with time-travels for Xbox 360 and PS3

- Velvet Dark: th...

The Rainbow 6 game that you'll never play

Rainbow 6: Patriots is the cancelled sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Vegas 2. It was being developed by Ubisoft Montreal with additional development support by Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Red Storm. It was going to be released for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 originally, then was planned to be released for the PS4 and Xbox One.  2015-08-24 19:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Some new info from the cancelled Playstation version of Too Human

As you probably know, we are working on the Unseen64 book, that will contain updated versions of some of the articles that we have in the website with new info on those cancelled games, some articles on new lost games and interviews with various developers. Here's a short preview with new info about the unreleased Playstation version of Too Human, one of the most interesting lost games from Silicon Knights, started in the early '90 and released many years later, on the Xbox 360. Enjoy!

2015-08-23 20:43:58 +0000 UTC View Post

An early version of Toshinden that we'll never play

A quick look at the alpha / beta version of Toshinden: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/08/17/battle-arena-toshinden-playstation-beta/

Unseen Interviews: Taito's lost WOWOW console

Do you remember Taito's WOWOW console? Maybe not, because it was never released. Find out more in this interview with one of the developers that created the lost WOWOW: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/08/10/interview-taito-wowow-console/

Donations recap for July 2015

Here's the recap for the donations raised for July 2015, we'll add these to the Preservation Fund to keep up the work on the Unseen64 book and other needs to make the archive even better! We are working hard to be sure to keep the site update every week, while also writing for the book and try to publish it in the first half of 2016, when it will be the 15° anniversary of Unseen64. As always, thanks a lot for your support in all these years! We would not be able to keep it up without your help ...

The cancelled Rayman game that you'll never play

First for Patrons - Tamaki’s investigation into Rayman 4, the lost reboot of the Rayman series made by Phoenix Interactive. Contains the first ever prototype images, tons of new information, and brand new, previously unreleased concept art.

A cancelled Zelda clone that you'll never play

Witchwood is a cancelled Zelda clone by Team17, that was in development from 1994 to 1996. Now we can remember it together, in the Unseen64 archive and there's also a playable beta version to download: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/08/03/witchwood-team-17-cancelled/

As always, thanks for you support! With your help we can continue to update Unseen64 and make it better :)

Which developers should we interview in the Unseen64 book?

For 1$+ patrons: while we keep working hard on the articles about cancelled videogames for the Unseen64 book, we are making a list of developers that we would like to interview, to ask them about their unseen games. Do you have a favorite team that you'd like to know more about their games that were never released? Let us know in the comments below, and we'll try to interview them for the Unseen64 book :)

The beta version of Terranigma is now preserved in the Unseen64 archive

Terranigma AKA Tenchi Sōzō in Japan, is an action RPG developed by Quintet and published by Enix / Nintendo for the Super Nintendoin 1995 / 1996.  A few beta differ...

Did you play Medal of Honor on your Playstation? Well, here's the beta version that we'll never play: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/07/20/medal-of-honor-playstation-1-beta/

What would you like to see as Patreon bonuses? Let us know

First of all, thanks to everyone of you for your support to unseen64, as you know with your help we can keep the site online and make it better :-) Is there anything that you'd like to see as Patreon bonuses? Let us know in the comments below! :-) 

Bonk: Brink of Extinction, the lost sequel in the Bonk series that we'll never play

Gamers of the '90 will surely remember Bonk, one of the most fun and crazy platformer, and in 2009 Pi Studios was working on a new game in the series, that would also had coop multiplayer. Find out about this lost Bonk sequel what was planned for the last gen of consoles: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/07/13/bonk-brink-extinction-cancelled/

POLL TIME: What should be Unseen64's next article?

For 1$+ Patrons: Here's a new poll to ask you, our patrons, which of these articles you'd like to see on Unseen64 as soon as possible! The last time "Oriental Blue" for 64DD was the winner and you'll see a post about it on the site in the following weeks, who will win this time?

Here are the candidates:

1) Twin Peaks for NES, the cancelled adventure game tie-in from the TV series

2) GameZero, the cancelled project by ex-Rare developers for Gam...

We reach the 250$ / month Goal, we can fully work on the Unseen64 book!

We'd like to thanks everyone for the awesome support, we are happy to see that people understand the importance of having an archive to remember games that we'll never play and with your help we can continue to keep the site online and to do more to preserve lost videogames! We have recently reached the goal of 250$ a month, so now we can finally fully work on the Unseen64 book :)

We are still trying to keep the cost as low as possible, but keeping the quality as high as possib...

Metroid DS: Prime Hunters & Metroid Dread

A new video research by Tamaki, with info about the development of Metroid Prime Hunters and the cancelled Metroid Dread. As always, thanks for your support! Remember that only with your help we can keep Unseen64 online and make it better with more content, videos and researches :)

The Skies of Arcadia sequel that you'll never play

If you love JRPG and you own a Dreamcast or GameCube, you probably played Skies of Arcadia. What happened to the series? Was a sequel really in development and how much was it done before the cancellation? We tried to find out: http://www.unseen64.net/2015/07/06/skies-of-arcadia-2-cancelled-gamecube-ps2/

Project HAMMER/Machinex CGI Opening Cinematic

You’ve seen our video on Project H.A.M.M.E.R. - now check out that full CGI opening cutscene for yourself. We’ll be keeping it exclusive to Patreon for the indefinite future, due to concerns Nintendo may pull it with a copyright infringement notification. So, our dear patrons, you are among the first people in the world to see it - and will be the only people for some time to come.

We will be doing a follow-up video with more Project H.A.M.M.E.R. revelations at ...