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Cancelled Tolkien RTs, Playstation 4-player Beat 'em Up, 100-square km Shooter

Keeping up with our fearless queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

Orcs Revenge of the Ancient [PC]: a cancelled real-time strategy / action game that was in development by Berkeley Systems around 1998 / 1999, planned to be published for PC by Sierra Entertainment. It was going to use J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings / Middle-earth settings and gaming magazines and websites at the time were quite hyped for t...

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Cancelled Metroid, MediEvil, Jason Bourne & Hero Mix Projects

Keeping up with our tearful queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 4 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

Metroid Prime 1.5 [GameCube]: an undeveloped new game in the Metroid Prime series, internally pitched at Retro Studios between the development of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. This lost project was found in 2011 thanks to online research by Mama Robotnik on the NeoGAF forum, who unveiled the Metroid 1.5 design document written by for...

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Cancelled Story-Driven FPS, Jade Empire 2, Submarine RPG

Keeping up with our accidental queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

Xevicom Unlimited [PC]: a cancelled story-driven FPS that was in development by Xevicom around 2009 for PC. The game was a tie-in for the Xevicom Forever graphic novel by fantasy author Ray Reid, planned to be a new chapter for their narrative. The team had quite the ambitious vision for Xevicom Unlimited, with a semi-open world to freely expl...

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Cancelled Racing-Adventure, Ninja Stealth, Online Shooter

Keeping up with our absorbing queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Ion Runner [GameCube, PS2, Xbox, PC]: a cancelled racing / on-rail shooter game that was in development around 2002 – 2003 by Attention to Detail, the team mostly known for such titles as Rollcage, Lego Racers 2 and Drome Racers. The game initially started as a classic 3D racing – on rail shooter, in which players would drive the...

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Cancelled SNES RPG, PS2 RTS, Oliver Twist Video Game

Keeping up with our thundering queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Fang of Alnam [SNES]:a cancelled 16-bit RPG that was in development by forgotten japanese team Right Stuff, planned to be released in 1996 for Super Famicom: https://www.unseen64.net/2019/11/15/fang-alnam-kiba-cancelled-snes/...

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Cancelled Puzzle-Adventure, Stuntpigs on GameCube, Vietnam FPS

Keeping up with our glamorous queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Stuntpigs [GameCube]: a cancelled arcade racing / adventure game that was in development by M4 Ltd (mostly known for Resident Evil Gaiden on GB) for Nintendo GameCube. Players would drive around the city to perform crazy stunts, collect bonuses and find the best way to show-off their stunt-driver skills: 2019-11-09 14:56:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled Eartbound on GameCube, Pirate Adventure, 16bit shmup

Keeping up with our honorable queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Spanish Blood [Playstation, Saturn]:a cancelled pirate-themed adventure game that was in development by Scavenger, planned to be released for Playstation and Sega Saturn. While there are no details about Spanish Blood’s gameplay, we can speculate it would have been a seafaring adventure, with players exploring the sea on their boat,...

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Cancelled Post-Nuclear Sandbox RPG, PS2 MMOG, 16-bit Adventure

Keeping up with our broad queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Nirvana [PC]:a cancelled sandbox open world RPG that was in development for PC by Team Nirvana around 2004. At the time it was a fascinating project inspired by beloved CRPGs such as Fallout, but it was probably too ambitious for such a small team, composed of young developers from Germany: 2019-10-27 15:46:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled Segasoft Online Adventure, Pest-Control Action

Keeping up with our whimsical queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Pest! [PS1] a cancelled action game that was in development by Rocket Science Games around 1996 – 1997 for the original Playstation. You can imagine Pest! as some kind of “Tom & Jerry” type of action game, where you had to escape from your rival or trap them: 2019-10-19 14:44:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled Cyberpunk Racer by Tetris Agent, Sci-Fi Action Adventure

Keeping up with our long-term queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

L42 [GameCube, PS2, Xbox]: a cancelled cyberpunk mission-based driving game that was in development by Blue Planet Software (the same company that today act as the exclusive agent for The Tetris Company) for “next gen consoles”: GameCube, Playstation 2 and Xbox. We can speculate it would somehow play as a sci-fi version of Driver,...

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Cancelled PS1 Kid Icarus Clone, Zero-Gravity Shooter

Keeping up with our nostalgic queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Angel Quest [PS1, PC]: a cancelled action adventure that was in development by french company Virtual Studio (Ar’Kritz the Intruder, S.T.O.R.M.) around 1996 / 1997, to be published by GT Interactive (Driver, Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, Critical Depth) for Playstation and PC. You could freely explore a huge (for its time) 3D world by ...

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Cancelled Voxel-Based Arena Fighting Game, Wild-West FPS, RTS

Keeping up with our tidy queue of lost games waiting to be  remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Drachen Zor [PC]:a cancelled multiplayer arena fighting game that was in development for PC around 1997 / 1998 by 8th Wonder Games, using voxel technology to show off impressive graphics for its time. Players could choose to be one of eight different characters in an epic-style tournament for control of the Dragon Gate: 2019-09-28 14:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled RPG & Horse Racing for Nintendo's old Portable Consoles

Keeping up with our enthusiastic queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Mimic Book [Nintendo DS]: a cancelled Adventure / RPG in development by Blossomsoft for Nintendo DS. As we can read in some old messages in their (now closed) forum, the game was meant to take advantage of the touch features of Nintendo DS: 2019-09-21 11:31:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled Cyberpunk Adventure, Hogs of War Sequel

Keeping up with our conscious queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Hogs of War 2 [Wii, PS2, PC]:the first Hogs of War is a turn-based strategy game developed by Infogrames Sheffield House (Gremlin Interactive), released for the PlayStation in 2000. While the game received average reviews at the time, it soon became a cult-hit and many years later (2008) Infogrames officially announced a sequel for W...

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Cancelled 16bit SHUMP, Third Person Shooter Sequel

Keeping up with our still-super-long queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Dennin Aleste 2 [Sega Mega Drive CD]:the cancelled Sega Mega CD sequel to the cult shump developed by Compile also known in the west as Robo Aleste, the title they gave to the first game when it was published in USA and Europe in 1993. It seems Robo Aleste was poorly received by reviews and some fans, receiving a mid-low ...

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Cancelled River City Ransom 2, Ghost-Powered Adventure

Keeping up with our end-of-summer queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari 2 (River City Ransom 2) [Wii, PC]:  Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari for the NES / Famicom is the third entry in the Kunio-kun series, published in the west as River City Ransom / Street Gangs. A sequel titled “Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari 2” was announced in 2011 by Miracle Kidz (a team of former...

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Cancelled JRPG inspired by Dragon Quest, DEA FPS

Keeping up with our almost-end-of-summer queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Dragon’s Heaven [SNES, Saturn]: a cancelled JRPG that was in development by Digitalware in the late ’90s, planned to be published for the Super Famicom and later on the Sega Saturn by Data East As you can see from artwork and screenshots, the game was heavily inspired by Dragon Quest, Breath of Fire and Akira Toriyama s...

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Cancelled DS Run 'n Gun, G.I. Joe Action Adventure

Keeping up with our mid-summer queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Matchman [DS, Wii, PS3]: a cancelled run ‘n gun that was in development by TF-H Co in 2008, planned to be published by Lexicon Entertainment for the Nintendo DS, Wii and Playstation 3. The game had original graphics for its time, with hand-drawn, black and white scribbles: 2019-08-16 14:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled Mario Themed-Engine Simulation, Playstation Diablo Clone

Keeping up with our hot-summer queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Mario Motors [Nintendo DS]: a cancelled racing / car engine simulation game that was in development by Yoot Saito (Seaman, Odama, SimTower) and Nintendo for their DS. It was meant to be a a game where you carve metal and created engines. A similar interactive concept was playable at E3 2004 when Nintendo had a “Carving tech demo...

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Cancelled Arcade N64 Game, Businessman RPG, FP-RPG

Keeping up with our oooold queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:  

Sports Immortal [N64]:a cancelled over the top sport / action game that was pitched by Iguana Entertainment / Acclaim as a possible new N64 project. In the end Iguana / Acclaim managers did not greenlight the game and the company worked on other titles such as Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls, Forsaken 64 and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil: View Post

Cancelled GBA F-Zero Clone, Psygnosis Action Adventure, Planetfall Sequel

Keeping up with our wonderful queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Fall of the Artificer (Psygnosis) [PS2] a cancelled steampunk action adventure that was in development by Psygnosis Camden (later merged with Team Soho to form SCE London Studio) and Sony for their Playstation 2. The project was in development by the same team that previously worked on Kingsley’s Adventure, a fantasy action adventur...

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Cancelled Kunio-Kun RPG, Psygnosis RTS, Russian CRPG

Keeping up with our absurd queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Kunio-Kun RPG [NES, Famicom]: Kunio-kun is a cult-classic series of action adventure games (mostly known in the west as Renegade and River City Ransom) originally conceived by Technos Japan in arcades and for the Nintendo Famicom console. In 1988 Super Dodge Ball (a sport-based Kunio-Kun spin off) was released on the Famicom. A strategy ...

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Cancelled Geist for Nintendo DS, Evil Twin 2 and Horror FPS

Keeping up with our bizarre queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Geist [Nintendo DS]: The original Geist was a first person adventure developed by N-Space and published by Nintendo in 2005 for their GameCube. In the game you play as the spirit of the dead protagonist, who can interact with the physical world through possession of things, animals and human beings. A Nintendo DS port / sequel was in de...

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Cancelled Japanese Adventure from the '90s, Zelda / Gauntlet clone, Star Wars

Keeping up with our variegated queue of lost games waiting to be  remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive: 

Apros: Tenku no Sho [Sega Mega CD]: the original “Apros: Daichi no Shou Kaze no Tankyuu Sha hen” was an adventure game based on a series of Japanese Sci-Fi Fantasy novels, developed by WolfTeam (now Namco Tales Studio, mostly known for their Tales Of series) and published in 1992 for PC-98. A few months later they were alre...

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Cancelled Defying-Gravity GameCube Adventure, Open World Racer, Arcade Space-Shooter

Keeping up with our misterious queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

Flux [GameCube, PC]: a cancelled action adventure that was in development by forgotten team Eight Cylinder Studios, planned to be published for Nintendo GameCube and PC (by Microsoft?). Eight Cylinder survived in the gaming market for just about 2 – 3 years, between 1998 and 2001. According to one employee, Flux would have been the first...

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Lost RPG from the '80s, Horror Game by Core Design, Polish FPS

Keeping up with our super old queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

Nightfall [PS2]: aound 2002 Core Design had already completed a few games for PlayStation 2, such as Project Eden and Thunderhawk, both released in 2001, and they were going to complete Herdy Gerdy, an action / strategy puzzle game. During this time they were also working on a cancelled survival / action horror game titled Nightfall, of whi...

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a Girlfriend Simulator by Rockstar SanDiego, F-Zero clone for DS, TinTin Prototype

Keeping up with our weird queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

XGirl [Xbox]a cancelled “girlfriend simulation” game that was in development by Angel Studios (the modern Rockstar San Diego) around 2000, planned to be published by Microsoft as a launch game for their original Xbox. You can imagine it somehow like Seaman or Hey You, Pikachu! but with a “girlfriend” as the main character to interact wi...

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More Cancelled & Forgotten 16 Bit & 32 Bit Games

Keeping up with our retro queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:

Zorro [SNES]: in the mid ’90s US Gold was developing a SNES action game in which you would play as Zorro, the popular hero created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. Some screenshots were published in gaming magazines at the time, but in the end Zorro for the Super Nintendo was never released: 2019-05-30 22:20:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Cancelled N64 Adventure & Mega Drive Beat 'em Up

Keeping up with our obscure queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 3 new cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:   

Redemption [Nintendo 64]:a cancelled action adventure in development by Cranberry Source, that may have been published by Philips Media Interactive. While it remains an obscure and forgotten project, from what we have gathered it could have been quite the original and revolutionary game for its time, merging many different genres...

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Lost Crash Bandicoot game, Zero-G FPS, Puzzle-Flippler

Keeping up with our oooooold queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, this week we added 3 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:   

Crash Bandicoot 2008 [Xbox 360, PS3]Toys for Bob is an american video game studio owned by Activision, mostly known for their work on such games as Pandemonium!, Skylanders series and the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. In 2008 Toys for Bob with support from Underground Development tried to pitch a new Crash Bandicoot gam...

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