Keeping up with our caring queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games to the Unseen64 archive:
Decay [PC]: cancelled immersive-sim FPS that was in development by Insomnia Software starting from 1998 – 1999, planned to be published on PC by Interplay. Set in a modern / cyberpunk world, Decay was conceived as an ambitious sandbox RPG adventure, somehow similar to what players experienced two years later with Deus Ex. Their goal was to “Cr...
2020-07-13 17:52:42 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our strict queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games to the Unseen64 archive:
Reverence [PC]: cancelled FPS that was in development around 1996 by TSI (Three Space Imagery), planned to be published on PC by Cyberdreams. The game looked like a mix between Duke Nukem, Hexen and Exhumed (PowerSlave), with a strange blend of tibetan – gothic – egyptian – norse mythology settings. Luckily a playable alpha of the game was preserved in 2015:...
2020-07-05 15:00:36 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our sleepy queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Yoshitsune Densetsu [NES]a cancelled action RPG that was in development around 1993, planned to be published by ASCII on the Super Famicom / SNES. The game told the fictionalized story of Minamoto no Yoshitsune a “military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan, that after evading death made his way past Hokkaido and sailed to the mainland of A...
2020-06-28 09:47:18 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our vast queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Orb [PS2]: a cancelled puzzle game that was in development by Blitz Games Studios for Playstation 2. Gameplay would have been similar to Kororinpa, Marble Madness, and the Super Monkey Ball series: you had to move a ball around strange mazes, while pressing switches to open doors and resolving other environmental hazards to reach the goal: 2020-06-21 14:39:16 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our goofy queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
The Unit: Operation Acid Gambit [PC]: a cancelled FPS based on the american TV series that was in development for PC by Novalogic around 2006 – 2007. Just like with previous Novalogic series “Delta Force”, Operation Acid Gambit would have probably offered the same gameplay of strategy-focused FPS, but this time following the U.S. Army special operations unit ...
2020-06-13 10:33:21 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our ethereal queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Miina in Wonderland [Mega Drive]:cancelled mini-games collection planned by Micronet for the Sega Mega Drive. There are not many details about this lost project, but from the few screenshots shared on Twitter by japanese fans, it seems players would have been able to move around a city map with many different buildings, and in each one there wou...
2020-06-07 15:32:31 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our busy queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Mars Adventure [Playstation]: a cancelled action game that was in development around 1994 – 1995 by Sony Imagesoft, planned to be one of their first in-house projects for the original PlayStation. In 1994 Playstation hardware was still a prototype: all of the documentation was in Japanese and 3D console games were something new and hard to develop. Mars Adventure ...
2020-05-31 07:09:33 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our dear queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Western Lords [GBA, DS, PC]: a cancelled Old-West RPG in development around 2004 by Blossomsoft for GBA, Nintendo DS and PC. In its initial version it looked like a classic 16-bit 2D RPG, but it seems it was later rebooted in 3D for Nintendo DS before being finally canned. An early prototype of the GBA version was found and preserved: 2020-05-24 09:42:24 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our painful queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Future Killer [PC]:a cancelled sci-fi FPS that was in development around 2004 – 2006 by Futrix Studios, a team funded by former Ritual Entertainment level designer Thearrel McKinney. It would have probably been similar to other sci-fi horror titles such as Doom 3 and Resistance: Fall of Man, plus light “metroidvania” mechanics and featuring...
2020-05-17 15:26:47 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our humdrum queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Aero-Cross [PS3, Xbox 360]: a cancelled sequel to Namco’s classic Metro-Cross, a racing-platform game that was released in arcades in 1985. This new chapter planned PlayStation 3 Network and Xbox 360 Live Arcade was announced in 2011 and it would have been released for the “Namco Generations” series. A playable demo was found on an old PS3 demo-disc and sha...
2020-05-10 14:28:36 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our fertile queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Project Witches [PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC]: a cancelled coop-focused action game that was in development by Revistronic for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. Gameplay would have probably been similar to Diablo or Gauntlet, with 4 players team up together to kill dozens of enemies and huge bosses. Eternal Light was officially announced in 2007, b...
2020-05-03 20:43:03 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our woebegone queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Project Copernicus [PC]: a cancelled MMO that was in development by 38 Studios (AKA Green Monster Games) between 2006 and 2012, an overly ambitious project that got their creators to fail in bankruptcy in a long and painful venture. This would have been their first project: the company was conceived precisely to develop a new, profitable Massiv...
2020-04-27 08:13:38 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our sweltering queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Leisure Suit Larry: Island Tale [Xbox, PS2, PC]: a cancelled adventure game in the Leisure Suit Larry series, which was in development by High Voltage Software around 2005 – 2006. The project was planned to be a sequel to Magna Cum Laude, to be released for Xbox, Playstation 2 and PC: 2020-04-19 10:56:23 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our large queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Jiku no Tsubasa [NES, Famicom]: a cancelled fighting / RPG hybrid that was planned for Famicom / NES by G.Amusement Co., a rather obscure Japanese company which published a few different games during the ‘90s (such as Final Stretch) https...
2020-04-12 10:06:03 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our nebulous queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Drakkhen 2 [SNES, PC]: the original Drakkhen is an early-3D western RPG originally developed by Infogrames in 1989, with a spiritual sequel titled Dargon View released in 1994 and developed by a different team. In 1991 Infogrames was already working on an official sequel by the same team, planned for PC, Amiga, SNES and FM Towns: 2020-04-04 10:40:27 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our brainy queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Sleeping Giants [Xbox 360, PS3, PC]: In March 2005 Warren Spector officially announced his new company: Junction Point Studios. They conceived various original games to pitch to different publishers. One of these pitches was titled “Sleeping Giants”, an ambitious open world RPG in the vein of The Elder Scrolls: SKYRIM, set in a fantasy univers...
2020-03-29 20:42:06 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our assorted queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
B.O.B. 2 [SNES, Mega Drive]: the original B.O.B. was a run ‘n gun platformer developed by Gray Matter Inc. and Foley Hi-Tech Systems, published in 1993 by Electronic Arts for SNES and Mega Drive (Genesis). A sequel titled “B.O.B. II” was also in development not long after the first one, but in the end the project was canned and never offic...
2020-03-22 18:31:59 +0000 UTC
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A little COVID-19 health-update: as most of you already know we live in Italy, and our country is currently one of the most affected by the COVID-19 virus. The government is asking people to stay at home: most shops are closed, we can go out just to buy food or medicines. If we have to go out, Police ask us a certificate to control our destination. At the moment in our house we are ok, no sign of infected yet. We'll keep staying inside as much as we can and hope for the best....
2020-03-13 09:51:29 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our educated queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Project Advena [PC]:a cancelled sci-fi, survival adventure game that was in development by Illfonic and Psyop Games around 2015 – 2016. Alone, and marooned on an alien world, a humble space freighter pilot must face dwindling resources, a hostile environment, and his own internal demons to make his way toward his only hope for rescue, a flicke...
2020-03-07 17:13:17 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our relieved queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
DeVargas [PS2]: a cancelled action adventure that was in development by Capcom Production Studio 8 for Playstation 2. The team is mostly known for their work on the Maximo series, Final Fight Revenge and Final Fight: Streetwise, but they also worked on some fascinating lost projects: 2020-03-01 09:55:54 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our rhetorical queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Winterheart’s Guild [PC]: a cancelled post-apocalyptic action-RPG that was in development by Zelian Games Studio around 2007. The project was mostly known for being a collaborative project between Zelian Games and the power metal band Sonata Arctica, as much as the game’s title was taken from the band’s 2003 album of the same name:
2020-02-21 18:26:51 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our groovy queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Evil Spell [Xbox 360, PS3]:a cancelled beat ‘em up / hack & slash that was in development by Dark Ride Studios for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The team was established in 2010 by ex Grin developers after their former company closed down. They wanted to create simple, low-budget projects to pitch to publishers to receive funds and support, th...
2020-02-15 15:40:09 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our gleaming queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Ground Effect [PC]: a cancelled hovercraft racing game that was in development by Angel Studios (the modern Rockstar San Diego) around 1996 – 1997, planned to be published by Inscape for PC. The game silently vanished after Inscape was acquired by Graphix Zone in early 1997: 2020-02-09 08:55:24 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our unaccountable queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Cyberjack [PS1]: a cancelled “six degrees of freedom” first-person shooter similar to Descent, that was in development for Playstation by SCE Studios Team Soho (the same team behind Porsche Challenge, The Getaway and the unreleased Mean Arenas) around 1995 / 1996: 2020-02-01 13:58:17 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our sneaky queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
The Lord of the Rings [Genesis / Mega Drive]: Around 1992-1994 Electronic Arts was working on a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis video game based on The Lord of the Rings series, but in the end the project was cancelled for unknown reasons. The title was listed in a few EA promotional leaflets, but as far as we know screenshots were never shown in magazi...
2020-01-25 18:13:41 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our shiny queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive, plus we released a Sega Saturn prototype for you to preserve and play on emulators:
Tremors: The Video Game [Gamecube, Xbox, Ps2, PC]:Around 2001 – 2002 Rock Solid Studios were working on a tie-in video game based on the Tremors series, planned to be published by Conspiracy Entertainment for GameCube, Playstation 2 and Xbox. The project was offic...
2020-01-19 14:05:33 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our auspicious queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Shadowrun: Assassin [PC]: a cancelled stealth action RPG set in the popular fantasy sci-fi universe, that was in development for PC by FASA Studio around 1997 – 1998. While today it’s mostly forgotten by fans, Assassin would have been the first 3D PC Shadowrun video game, and the fourth Shadowrun tie-in after the previously released SNES, ...
2020-01-12 19:16:54 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our wistful queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Cloak: The Naked Mind [PC]: a cancelled adventure game that was in development by Sierra Entertainment around 1996 – 1997, to be published on Windows 95 PC. It was conceived as an ambitious (for its time) spy-fiction, sci-fi adventure, mixing thriller investigations with space-mind-travels 2020-01-04 22:09:15 +0000 UTC
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2020 is coming soon and as every year we’d like to review what we did last year and make some plans for the new one.
As most of you know we work on Unseen64 in our own free time, after a long day of our day-jobs. We take away this extra time from our sleep, friends and family just to search info on lost games, write articles, read Unseen64 related emails, reply to messages on social networks, resolve technical issues ...
2019-12-31 15:42:43 +0000 UTC
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Keeping up with our rambunctious queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 4 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Space Opera: Great Gods [Famicom]: a cancelled JRPG that was in development by Software Industrial (?) for the Famicom (NES). Only a few screenshots are available, showing off a classic RPG similar to Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy, but played in sci-fi settings (similar to Phantasy Star): 2019-12-27 16:54:49 +0000 UTC
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