Vanished Powers is a cancelled action adventure / RPG that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Neon Software (creators of Tunnel B1) and it would have been published by Ocean for the original Playstation and PC. It was going to use an isometric 2D graphic style, with prerendered backgrounds and lots of FMVs, along with more than 70 (weird) characters, modeled with Silicon Graphics. In the end the Vanished Powers was never released, but we dont know the reasons behind this decision.
Thanks to Celine for the contribution! Scans from Cd Consoles #15 and Player One #62
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5 Responses to Vanished Powers [PSX PC - Cancelled]
Celine
June 27th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Miss images from Edge 30 :-P
Will add later.
monokoma
June 27th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Ops! As always i miss something, thanks a lot Celine ;)
Youloute
June 30th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I was waiting for this game, I read it was also planned on Saturn but I don’t remember which magazine wrote that. It had a nice water effect.
I guess a few games produced by Ocean were canned when Infogrames bought Ocean in 1996.
rod_wod
July 1st, 2011 at 2:29 pm
this game looks cool
Andreas
August 4th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Vanished Powers was originally only planned for Windows PCs (was a Decision from Ocean). But Neon said, it woiuld also possible for PSX and Saturn.
Dont know the reasons, why it was canceled – but Ocean get in financial trouble at this time