Preserving Cancelled, Unreleased and Lost Video Game History Since 1999
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Hosenose & Booger was a rather bizarre graphic adventure game that was in development during 1994 by ASG Technologies, with planned releases on both the SEGA Mega Drive and Atari Jaguar. The game was advertised in a number of magazines at the time, including EGM and GameFan, often alongside ASG Technologies’ unreleased Video Jukebox peripheral. Despite mentions of further details to come, very little additional information ever surfaced in subsequent issues. Continue reading
A sequel to the popular tennis game Match Point by Psion was apparently planned for the Amstrad CPC, following the success of the original 1985 release. But did it ever exist or was it merely vapourware? Continue reading
Following the release of I-Ninja back in 2003, Argonaut Games had quietly begun work on a sequel which, although never officially announced, was internally greenlit and in development for a short period of time. Our new post on the game today brings you previously unseen gameplay footage – confirming that development was indeed relatively advance.
The original game had built up a cult following thanks to its quirky humour, unique style and fast paced action platforming, but unfortunately it did not achieve strong commercial success. Combined with financial troubles at Argonaut, the studio would ultimately enter liquidation in October 2004, bringing development of I-Ninja 2 to an abrupt end. Continue reading
Ok, first of all – we’re not 100% certain if the PC DOS version was ever released of Alternative Software’s adaptation of the BBC classic, ‘Allo ‘Allo. There is an account of someone buying the game directly from Alternative Software for the platform, though no digital copy exists at all – until today!
We have been lucky to get in possession of a set of PC master disks for the game, which have now been preserved and made available to you, so you can play the long lost PC DOS edition of this obscure platformer. It is sort of like a cross between Suburban Commando and Titus the Fox, but didn’t score particularly great, with its highest score of 74% on the Amiga (which has been long preserved). Continue reading
Valgaard was an ambitious Viking themed title in development by Dominique Sablons and his team under the name Zeugma, with a publishing deal signed with Ubi Soft in March 1990. The game put players in the role of a Viking warrior or prince, cast out from his homeland after a duel gone wrong. Forced into exile, you would set sail with a small crew, limited resources and a longship, tasked with surviving and ultimately restoring your honour. Continue reading
Lamborghini FX was once an ambitious arcade style racing game developed by Milestone S.r.l. and was set to be published by Titus Interactive, marking a return to the publisher’s earlier successes with Lamborghini-licensed titles Automobili Lamborghini and Lamborghini American Challenge. The game was scheduled for release in July 2004, but was ultimately cancelled following Titus Interactive’s bankruptcy in June of that year. Continue reading
Something a bit different today, with the recovery of two Special FX tools that were produced by Gary J Foreman, who has worked on many different Grand Theft Auto games over the years, but also created the Commodore 64 conversion of Rainbow Islands. Continue reading
This particular entry is closely tied to the Commodore 64 edition of the game, which first helped highlight the project and its unusual origins. For some time, there had been confusion over this title, especially given that Superior Software had already released a Chess game back in 1984. However, this later project was something entirely different, and not simply an update or reworking of the earlier release. Continue reading
In 2007, Stormfront Studios and designer Joe Wampole (who previously worked on BloodRayne) pitched an eerie and dark take on many established fairy tales – such as Cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and many more to Vivendi Games. Continue reading
Atomic Robokid was a horizontal scrolling game developed and released in Japanese arcades by UPL and in the USA by Nikom. Activision got the rights to port it to the UK home systems and it was released on the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64 and Atari ST and adverts reflect this fact. Continue reading
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