Diablo [GameBoy - Cancelled]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ...
A port of Diablo was in development for the GameBoy, but soon cancelled for unknown reasons. This unreleased gem was first shown on PtoPOnline (now SuperiorVersion.com) back in 2007. Prior to that, no media had ever been released, nor had it ever been mentioned by Blizzard. This tech demo is a very unique look at what Diablo could have been, on the original GameBoy. (Source: www.emuparadise.org/Betas/Diablo/)
You can really see this game having massive potential since the PC version wasn’t much better graphically, meaning it would be close to the original. Implementing special features such as link cable multiplayer (since online would not be available) could have made this one of the higher rated games in GameBoy history.
Description by Anteo
Images:
Videos:
[Source: www.ptop.aborman.com]
Do you want to add more info, screens or videos to this post? Click on the “Edit” link below! It’s just like Wikipedia (maybe).
Did you like this Unseen Game? Here are some related posts:
- Tags: action rpg, diablo, hack & slash, loot, starcraft
Comment Form
About Unseen 64:
U64 is an archive with articles, screens and videos for cancelled, beta & unseen videogames. Every change & cut creates a different gaming experience: we would like to save some documents about this evolution for curiosity, historic and artistic preservation.
Are you a developer?
Our mighty sponsor:
Support U64:
- Алексей: хорошая игра!проходил не раз!тоже думал что будут ее пе [...]
- Алексей: хорошая игра!проходил не раз!тоже думал что будут ее пе [...]
- Kevin: I don't mean to be rude or anything, but please check your facts. There's many mistakes in this arti [...]
- Brad: the video is no longer available because the youtube account that uploaded it was terminated. fix th [...]
- muffins231: maybe. i dont think it would be possible or easy but this could be cool as a 3DS game or something. [...]
- My Garden [Nintendo 3DS - Cancelled]
- Killer Instinct 2 [SNES - Unreleased]
- Cheetahmen 2 [NES - Cancelled]
- Katakis 3D [GBC - Cancelled]
- Think Retro audio interview with Liam
- Robocop & Gen 13 PSX protos are leaked and preserved
- [U64 Italian Podcast] Episodio 2.0: Super Mario Beta Saga (Parte I)
- Cesium [XBOX - Cancelled]
- What is ACTA you may ask? What can you do about it?
- Zzyorxx II [Jaguar - Cancelled]
5 Responses to Diablo [GameBoy - Cancelled]
Anteo
August 6th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
This unreleased gem was first shown on PtoPOnline (now SuperiorVersion.com) back in 2007. Prior to that, no media had ever been released, nor had it ever been mentioned by Blizzard. This tech demo is a very unique look at what Diablo could have been, on the original GameBoy.
Source: http://www.emuparadise.org/Betas/Diablo/
You can really see this game having massive potential since the PC version wasn’t much better graphically, meaning it would be close to the original. Implementing special features such as link cable multiplayer (since online would not be available) could have made this one of the higher rated games in GameBoy history.
monokoma
August 7th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Thanks for the description Anteo! I have added it in the page :)
Anteo
August 29th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
No problem, this site has blown my mind so the least I can do is help :P
Zethrad
April 21st, 2011 at 5:08 pm
This was developed at Blizzard North back in the day. It had a small team working up the proposal and the tech demo (which is what this video shows).
After working up a cost/benefit/risk analysis – it turns out the profit margin on cartridges is VERY small and it is very easy to misjudge the market. After some debate, the project was dropped.
monokoma
April 29th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Thanks for the info Zethrad! It’s really interesting to know more about this :)