Archive for the ‘playstation’ Category
Tomb Raider 3 Beta [PSX / PC]
10 Jan 2012Overview: After Tomb Raider 2, CORE had already planned the sequel which was later released November 1998 for PC and PSX. Based on the upgraded Tomb Raider 2 Engine, Tomb Raider 3 features new vehicles such as the: Kayak, Quadbike. These new vehicles give a dynamic feel and new experience to the game. Tomb Raider [...]
Urban Chaos [PSX PC - Beta / Unused Levels]
7 Jan 2012Urban Chaos was developed for the PSX by Mucky Foot Productions. It failed to receive either the attention or the support of other games published by Eidos around 2000 (e.e. Tomb Raider series, Soul Reaver). In 2004, Gameshark codes were developed by Hybrid to access an unused level, called El Casso Isle. The mission briefing [...]
Tomb Raider 2 Beta [PSX / Saturn / PC]
5 Dec 2011Overview: The first Tomb Raider game became a success with high ratings and sold well. Core Design of Derbyshire had already planned a sequal, the game underwent big changes through development. It is rumored that the game was primarily developed for the PSX, Sega Saturn and PC. According to further rumors, due to the original [...]
Red Plasma was a shooting game with robots that was in development by Sony Computer Entertainment for the original Playstation. A single screenshot, probably from a target render or a tech demo, was found by Celine on Console Plus magazine #34. Lost Level’s user Deadguy2322 has identified how the mech design is very akin to [...]
Dragonflight: Chronicles of Pern is an action adventure based on the Dragonriders of Pern book series by Anne McCaffrey, that was in development in 1998 / 1999 by Grolier Interactive for PC and Playstation. Initially the game was going to have a style similar to Diablo, but after a couple of years of development, Dragonflight [...]
Tomorrow Never Dies [Beta - Playstation]
26 Oct 2011Tomorrow Never Dies was developed by Black Ops and then published in 1999 by Electronic Arts. On release, it was immediately compared to Goldeneye on the N64. One of the main criticisms was the lack of multiplayer, with only 10 single player missions making up the game. Yet, in the game’s content, there is an [...]
Entropy [PSX - Cancelled?]
30 Sep 2011Among Psygnosis‘ games showed at E3 1995 there was this mysterious game called Entropy. Aside from one image found in Cd Consoles issue 8 and GameFan issue 3-7, nothing concrete is know about it. Please contact us if you have more info! Image: Edit
Warspirits [N64 PSX - Cancelled]
20 Sep 2011Warspirits is a cancelled action game that was in development by Candle Light Studios for the Playstation and Nintendo 64. There are basically no official info about this project and sadly only few screenshots are archived in the gallery below, to preserve its existence. We can speculate that the game was cancelled because they were [...]
TwinBee Miracle [PSX - Cancelled]
1 Sep 2011TwinBee Miracle is a cancelled RPG that was in development for the original Playstation. TwinBee Miracle was supposed to be the first “next-gen” iteration of the well-known, at least in Japan, Konami shoot’em up series. Unfortunately, we don’t know much about the game apart that is was a turn-based jrpg and that it was scheduled [...]
Powerslave 2 [PSX PC - Cancelled]
15 Aug 2011Powerslave 2 is a cancelled game that was in development for the playstation and PC, set in ancient Egypt, thousands of years before the original title. At the start of Powerslave 2, Ra ( the sun god) disappears causing a permanent solar eclipse on the land. It turns out that he has been abducted by [...]
Popcorn (Short Fuses) [PSX - Cancelled]
21 Jul 2011Popcorn is a cancelled action adventure game that was in development by Eighth Wonder in 1997 / 1998 for the original Playstation. In the nineties Rare was one of the most prolific developer on Nintendo platforms. So it was quite a shock when in 1997 a small number of employees (game designer Oliver Davies; software [...]
Vanished Powers [PSX PC - Cancelled]
27 Jun 2011Vanished 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, [...]
Fallout [Playstation - Cancelled]
18 Jun 2011Fallout is a computer RPG produced by Tim Cain, developed and published by Interplay in 1997. The game has a post-apocalyptic setting in the mid-22nd century, featuring an alternate history which deviates some time after World War II, where technology, politics and culture followed a different course. [Info from Wikipedia] A Fallout top-down shooter for [...]
Hogs Of War [PSX PC - Beta / Unused]
31 May 2011Hogs Of War is a great turn-based tactics game developed and released in 2000 by Infogrames for Playstation and PC. Below you can see an old trailer of this game with some beta stuff in it (thanks to HigherPlainGames for the video): 0.41 the hud in top right of the corner is different than the [...]
Monstrous City [PSX - Cancelled]
13 May 2011Monstrous City is a cancelled action game that was in development by Northstar Studios for the Playstation. Players would have took the role of various monsters to destroy cities and kill humans, so we can assume that the game would have been similar to Rampage, but in 3D. Many kind of B-Movie monsters were designed [...]
Professional Sportscar Racing [PSX/PC - Beta?]
25 Apr 2011Update: thanks to Anonymous we found out that this game was released as “Sportscar GT” by Electronic Arts, that bought out Virgin Interactive. The screens below could still be different from the final game, so let us know if you see any differences! In 1997 / 1998 Virgin Interactive were working on a new racing [...]
Firefly [PSX - Cancelled]
19 Apr 2011Firefly is a cancelled game that was in development by Pioneer LDC for the Playstation. There are not many info about this project, but a short article published in an old GameFan magazine (4 – 2) in which we can read that Firefly was going to be a mix between a platform, a shoot ‘em [...]
F-1 [PSX - Tech Demo]
7 Apr 2011Before the Playstation was released, Sony’s Epic team (Epic Sony Record?) created a tech demo with F-1 cars racing in a city street, to show some of the graphic power of their new 32 Bit console. Today this graphic could look silly, but for it’s time it was really nice. In the end, Epic never [...]
Jet Moto (Jet Rider) [PSX - Beta]
19 Mar 2011Jet Moto (aka Jet Rider in Europe) is a futuristic racing game developed by SingleTrac and published in 1996 by Sony for the PlayStation and PC. As we can read on Wikipedia, the developers chose to create jet motos instead of wheeled motorcycles due to concerns over polygon limitations. Developers originally intended for players to [...]
Death Race [PSX Saturn - Cancelled]
17 Jan 2011Death Race is a cancelled 3D racing game developed by Ocean for Playstation and Saturn, scheduled for the end of ’96 but that doesn’t seem to ever been released. The game was set in a distant future where the most popular show is Death Race. The game was a mix between the racing part (10 [...]
Covert W.A.R.S. [PSX PC - Cancelled?]
13 Jan 2011Covert W.A.R.S. seems to be a 3D action game with a strong multiplayer component, that was planned for PC and Playstation. Very little is known about it outside of a video shown around E3 ’97 so we can speculate that the project was later cancelled, but let us know if you have any additional information! [...]
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater [PSX - Beta]
11 Jan 2011This is the beta for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. There were very big differences from the beta to the final game. Some levels are heavily edited from their final versions, and some levels didn’t make it at all. In the character select screen, the characters (save for Bucky Lasek) are very unchanged from their final [...]
Joe Blow [PSX PC - Cancelled]
8 Jan 2011Joe Blow is a cancelled platform / action game featuring a ten year old monkey that blow away his enemy (literally!) with the goal to save the Queen of Dreams who has been kidnapped by the evil Nightmare King. Player had to explore 6 worlds with overall 60 levels to free Dreamland from the new [...]
Warriors [PSX - Cancelled]
7 Jan 2011Warriors is a cancelled beat ‘em up (?) that was in development by Atreid Concept (a French company founded by Nicolas Gaume) for the original Playstation. As we can read from Wikipedia, in late 1994 Atreid Concept became part of Mindscape (as Mindscape Bordeaux) and later Nicolas Gaume bought Mindscape Bordeaux back in 1996, and [...]
Lufia III Ruins Chaser [PSX - Cancelled]
19 Dec 2010In early ’98 japanese publisher Nihon Flex announced that it was funding the development of the third game in the Lufia series (known as Biography of Estpolis in Japan ). Lufia 3: Ruins Chaser took place 300 years after Lufia 1. Neverland Company intention was to conclude the popular SNES story line and at the [...]
Aqua Prophecy [PSX - Cancelled]
12 Dec 2010Aqua Prophecy is a cancelled action adventure game that was in development by ASCII for the Playstation. The project was shown at E3 1997, but sadly it was never finished for some reasons. More info about this game can be found on IGN in an old interview / chat with Rob Fleischer from Ascii: Adam@PSXPower: [...]
Grand Champion’s Rally [PSX - Cancelled]
4 Dec 2010Grand Champion’s Rally is a cancelled racing game that was in development by Aques. In mid nineties Squaresoft, known for its mastodontic RPGs, created Aques (Advanced QUality of Entertainment and Sports ), a label under which release game based on thoughts and sports. At the japanese PS Expo in late 1996 they announced the first [...]
Magic Carpet [PC PSX SAT - Beta]
3 Dec 2010Magic Carpet is a shooter / action game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released in may 1994 for PC, Playstation and Saturn. As we can read on Wikipedia, in the game player plays a wizard (on a magic carpet) flying over water, mountains, and other terrain while destroying monsters and rival wizards. Pcloadletter found an [...]
Assault Korps [PSX PC - Cancelled?]
24 Nov 2010Assault Korps is a RTS that was in development in 1997 / 1998 by Corrosive for the Playstation and PC, but it seems that the game was cancelled as we cannot find any info about its existence, apart from an early preview that was published in Edge magazine issue #53. Assault Korps was going to [...]
Starship Troopers [PC PSX - Cancelled]
15 Nov 2010In 1997 / 1998 Spectrum Holobyte was working on an action game based on the Starship Troopers license, that would have been published by Microprose for PC and Playstation, but it was later cancelled. This project was really different from the 2000 released Starship Troopers game, that was instead developed by Blue Tongue. The producer [...]
Pac-Man Ghost Zone [PSX - Cancelled]
14 Nov 2010Pac-Man Ghost Zone is a cancelled platform game that was in development in 1996 by Namco Hometek for the original playstation. This would have been the first 3D Pac Man game to be released for home consoles. Ghost Zone was previewed in various old magazines and it seems that it was even shown in some [...]
Thrasher: Skate & Destroy [PSX - Beta]
13 Nov 2010Thrasher: Skate and Destroy is a skateboarding game developed by Z-Axis and released in 1999 for the PlayStation. Pcloadletter noticed various beta differences in some old screens and videos. Different HUD, some tricks do not register (nollie tricks especially), different start screen with 3 characters only and no multiplayer and many more. A beta demo [...]
Dark Guns [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Nov 2010Dark Guns is a cancelled shooter / action game that was in development from 1997 to 1999 by a SCEA team (989 Studios?) headed by David Jaffe, planned to be released for the Playstation. The original concept was for a run and gun 3rd person shooter, but it soon evolved into a flying-shooter, in which [...]
Velocity [PSX SATURN - Cancelled]
4 Nov 2010Velocity is a cancelled SciFi action game that was in development by Cave Logic Studios and PF Magic for the original Playstation and Saturn. It seems that the game was never officially announced so there are not many info about its gameplay or story, but thanks to an interview with Kevin Seghetti (former Cave Logic [...]
The Incredible Shrinking Character is an action adventure game that was in development by Go-Go Interactive Studios and that would have been published by Cyberdreams for the Playstation, Saturn and PC in 1996. The plot involved a crazy doctor that shrinked the main character with an experimental potion. Players would had to explore the (now) [...]
Brains in Planes [PSX PC - Cancelled]
22 Oct 2010Brains in Planes is a cancelled racing game that was in development by Millennium Interactive, planned to be released for PC and the original Playstation. Only a single image taken from the Alias environment was found by pcloadletter and Celine in Edge magazine 35, from August 1996. Brain in Planes was probably going to play [...]
Breath of Fire 3 [PSX - Concept]
20 Oct 2010Breath of Fire 3 (III) is a RPG developed by Capcom Production Studio 3 and published in September 1997 (Japan) for the PlayStation. The project went through a lengthy development phase with numerous delays, mostly due to several writing and design changes mid-progress. Character artist Tatsuya Yoshikawa went through numerous preliminary designs for each character, [...]
Mudkicker [SAT PSX PC - Cancelled]
19 Oct 2010Mudkicker is a cancelled off-road racing game that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Scavenger for the Saturn, Playstation and PC. The project was meant to be published by GT Interactive, along with Amok, Scorcher and Into the Shadows, but only the first 2 titles were finished. In January 1997, before Scavenger could [...]
Bloodlust I.K.3 [Arcade PSX - Cancelled]
18 Oct 2010Bloodlust (aka International Karate 3) is a cancelled 2D fighting game that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Atari for the Arcades and Playstation. The original International Karate was a 1985 title released for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit family of computers, with a sequel called International [...]
Rollcage (Team 17) [PSX SAT 3DO - Cancelled]
7 Oct 2010Rollcage is a cancelled racing game that was in development by Team 17 for the original Playstation, Saturn and 3DO. Even if the title is the same, this game is not the same Rollcage (a futuristic racer) developed by Attention To Detail and published by Psygnosis in 1999. Team 17′s Rollcage was a more traditional [...]
Sato City [PSX PC - Cancelled?]
1 Oct 2010Sato City is a cancelled action game that was in development for the original PSX and PC, it would have been published by Merit Studios. The game was set in a post-apocalyptic world, generated with pre-rendered backgrounds (ala Resident Evil). Sadly we dont have any more info about this project, but Merit Studios never published [...]
Killzone (Kin) [PSX PS2 - Beta / Target Render]
26 Sep 2010Killzone is a FPS developed by Guerrilla Games (known as Lost Boys before) and released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2. It seems that the project was originally planned to be a Playstation 1 shooter titled “Kin”, but after Sony saw their tech demo in 1999, they asked to Guerrilla to switch it to the [...]
Ape Escape [PSX - Beta]
16 Sep 2010Ape Escape is an action game developed by Sony Japan Studio for the original PlayStation in 1999. Thanks to Devonjames10, we are able to take a look at a Pizza Hut Demo, that has some beta differences as noted in the video. If someone could find some other beta screens or videos, please let us [...]
Wipeout [PSX PC SAT - Beta]
13 Sep 2010Wipeout is the first in a series of futuristic racing games developed and published by Psygnosis in 1995 for Sony PlayStation and PC, in 1996 for the Sega Saturn. Wipeout was designed in part by The Designers Republic, while the game’s vehicle designs were based on Matrix Marauders, a 3D grid-based strategy game whose concept [...]
Crash Bash [PSX - Beta]
7 Sep 2010Crash Bash is a party game developed by Eurocom and published by Sony for the PlayStation in 2000. Mucus linked us to a couple of videos from a beta version of the game, in which we can see a different Keg Kaboom level, from the Winter Jampack 2000 PSone demo disc. Also, the first trailer [...]
Terminus [SAT PSX PC - Cancelled]
31 Jul 2010Terminus is a cancelled action adventure / shooter game that was in development by Scavenger Inc for the Sega Saturn, Playstation and PC in 1996. As they wrote in their press release, the project was meant “to give Tomb Raider a run for it’s money” but sadly it was already too late, as the company [...]
Virus [PSX - Cancelled]
28 Jul 2010Virus is a cancelled survival horror game that was in development by Sony Interactive Studios America for the original Playstation. Players had to repel an alien virus that invaded a military ship, messing up with human tecnologies, transforming inanimate objects into dangerous enemies (as a big spider-copter hybrid). Virus by SISA should not be confused [...]
Guilty Gear [PSX - Beta]
26 Jul 2010Guilty Gear is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works and released in 1998 for the Playstation. The game has become famous for it’s great 2D sprites design, but in its early development it had a different graphic style, with pre-rendered characters. Some screens from the beta version of Gulty Gear can be seen [...]
Spyral Saga [PSX - Cancelled]
21 Jul 2010Spyral Saga was a large, ambitious adventure game, created by Software Creations, planned for the PlayStation, and a sequel to the Super Nintendo game Equinox. However, only the isometric perspective and style of gameplay were kept the same; the story did not continue from this game. Work initially started on the 1st of January, 1995, [...]
Split Realities [PSX SAT - Cancelled]
27 Jun 2010Split Realities is a cancelled 2D side scrolling action game that was in development by Funcom for the Playstation and Saturn. The game looked a lot like Flashback and it’s possible that the gameplay would have been similar to Delphine Software’s title. Split Realities was canned for some development issues, but its core concept, setting [...]
Converse Hardcore Hoops [Cancelled]
19 Jun 2010Converse Hardcore Hoops (also know as Converse City Ball Tour) is a cancelled basketball game that was in development by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for the Genesis / Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Playstation and Saturn. It was based on street basketball and there were 10 cities in which to play in 3vs3 half court matches. Converse [...]
Mega Man 8 [PSX SAT - Beta / Unused Stuff]
10 Jun 2010Mega Man 8, known as Rockman 8: Metal Heroes in Japan, is the eighth installment in original Capcom’s Mega Man series, and was originally released in Japan on the Sony PlayStation on December 1996. The following year, Mega Man 8 saw a release on the Sega Saturn and was localized for both consoles in North [...]
Test Drive Cycles [PSX - Cancelled]
8 Jun 2010Test Drive Cycles is a cancelled motorcycle racing game that was in development in 1998 / 1999 by Accolade’s San Jose studios, the same studio responsible for Test Drive Off-Road 2 and 3. Infogrames wanted to expand their Test Drive series (Test Drive, Test Drive Off-Road, Test Drive Rally and Test Drive Le Mans) to [...]
Chrono Cross [PSX - Beta]
4 Jun 2010Chrono Cross is a RPG developed and published in 1999 by Squaresoft for the original PlayStation. As we can read on Wikipedia, Square began planning Chrono Cross immediately after the release of Xenogears in 1998. Chrono Trigger’s scenario director Masato Kato had brainstormed ideas for a sequel as early as 1996, following the release of [...]
Update: thanks to GalacticeMage, we found out that Opposite Lock was an early beta version of Wreckin Crew! The graphic style remained the same, but the screenshot in the gallery below is probably from a target render (also the HUD is different). Check the video from the final game for a comparison. Opposite Lock is [...]
Offensive [PSX SAT - Cancelled?]
30 May 2010Offensive is a strategy war game that was in development by Ocean for the original Playstation and Saturn. It seems that the project was never finished, as it does not appear in any release list of titles published by Ocean, but maybe it could have been released with a different title on a different console [...]
Vette: San Francisco Thrills [PSX - Cancelled]
24 May 2010Vette: San Francisco Thrills is a cancelled racing game that was in development by Spectrum HoloByte / MicroProse for the Playstation in 1996. The game was a sequel / remake to the original Vette, a racing title released in 1989 for the PC, developed by Sphere and published by Spectrum Holobyte. As with the original [...]
Gex [3DO PSX SAT - Beta / Unused Stuff]
23 May 2010Gex is a 2D platformer game, developed and published by Crystal Dynamics in march 1995 for the Panasonic 3DO and later for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Thanks to Gexthegecko we found out that in the final game it’s possible to reach an unused shooting level: it involves taking a certain route in Planet X [...]
Tarantula [PSX Saturn PC - Cancelled]
22 May 2010Tarantula is a cancelled action game that was in development by Scavenger (Team Mescal) in 1996 / 1997 for the Playstation, Saturn and PC. The concept of the game was somehow similar to the released Spider (PSX) and Deadly Creatures (Wii), in which the player would had take the role of a spider to explore [...]
Flying Nightmares 2 is a cancelled flight simulator / shooter that was in development for PC by Eidos Interactive, with a presumed port for the original Playstation and Saturn. As we can read in an interview by Combat Sim with Bryan Walker, Lead Producer of the FN2 project, the game was “a sequel to AV8B [...]
Big Guns (Exodus) [PSX - Cancelled]
27 Apr 2010Big Guns (Exodus) is a cancelled shooter / action game that was in development by Neversoft Entertainment in 1996 / 1997. They were able to create a good-looking playable tech demo for this project that was shown to Shiny Entertainment on June 1996 to demonstrate their 3D engine in hopes that Shiny would hire them [...]
The Fallen [PSX PC - Cancelled]
23 Apr 2010The Fallen is a cancelled action adventure game that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Sensory Deception and it would have been published by Psygnosis for the original Playstation and PC. Sadly just few screenshots were found by Celine in CD Consoles magazine issue #19 and Edge magazine issue #33. Below you can [...]
Sorcery [PSX - Cancelled]
19 Apr 2010Sorcery is a cancelled fighting game that was in development for the original Playstation in 1997 / 1998 by Sony Interactive Studios America, later renamed to 989 Studios (Sony’s San Diego team). Players would have been able to choose between many fantasy characters that used fighting moves and spells to battle their opponents. The first [...]
Dragon Quest 7 (VII) [PSX - Beta]
15 Apr 2010Dragon Quest VII (Dragon Warrior 7 in USA) was originally announced for the 64DD in 1996, but one year later the development switched to the Playstation and the game was finally released in 2000. Unfortunately, we don’t know much about the beta versions of DQ7, but thanks to a video from the V Jump festival [...]
Allegiance [PSX/SAT/3DO - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2010Allegiance is a cancelled FPS / action game that was in development by Team17 in 1995 / 1996, rumored to be planned for the Playstation, Saturn and 3DO. According to Spong, it seems that the game was to feature a female lead character, Kay Brogan. Despite several level meshes being completed the game was canned [...]
South Park [N64 PSX PC - Beta]
5 Apr 2010South Park (originally titled South Park: Deeply Impacted during development) is a FPS based on the first few seasons of the popular TV series of the same name. The game is powered by the Turok 2 game engine and was released in 1998 by Acclaim for the PC, Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. Acclaim had announced [...]
Deathtrap Dungeon [PSX PC - Beta]
22 Mar 2010Deathtrap Dungeon is an action game developed by Eidos in 1998 and released for the PlayStation and PC. Although originally previewed for the gaming press alongside Eidos’ own original Tomb Raider game, Deathtrap Dungeon sat through several years of delays before finally seeing release. [Info from Wikipedia] Derboo found some early images of the game [...]
Malice [PSX - Cancelled]
20 Mar 2010Malice is a platform game developed by Argonaut Games, that was originally meant to be released for the Playstation 1, using their Croc 2 engine. For some technical issues and (mainly) for marketing decisions, Malice PSX was cancelled and Argonaut though to port the game for the “next generation” consoles. It was 1999 and the [...]
Mega Man Legends 2 [PSX - Beta]
15 Feb 2010Mega Man Legends 2 (called Rock Man Dash 2 in Japan) was released in japan in April of 2000, and has helped establish the series. Here are the beta findings that have been made, consisting of pre Japanese release pictures, and even some footage of a town that was removed from the final version of [...]
Jalapeno Harry [PSX - Cancelled]
13 Feb 2010Jalapeno Harry is a platform game that was in development in 1997 / 1998 for the original Playstation. There is not much information available on the project, except some concept artwork that shows what the game would have looked like. The project was never released. It was canceled for unknown reasons. Thanks to Hey Hey [...]
Dimm and Witt [PSX - Cancelled]
28 Jan 2010Dimm and Witt is a cancelled game that was in development in 1995 by PF Magic (creators of Ballz and the Petz series) for the original Playstation. The project was never released and we dont even know much about its gameplay: seeing their past works and the only screenshot preserved, it could have been a [...]
Gundam Battle Assault 2 [PSX - Beta / Unused]
26 Jan 2010Gundam Battle Assault 2 for the PSX, is, disregarding it’s name, the third gundam fighting game for the system to be made, (Gundam the Battle Master, Gundam Battle Assault, Gundam Battle Assault 2) and was released on July 17th, of 2002, late in the life of the PSX system. Being the third in the series, [...]
Valerian [PSX - Prototype]
25 Jan 2010Valerian is a cancelled Playstation game that was in development in 1998 by Virtual Studio, a french team owned (?) by Infogrames. There are not many info on the project but thanks to Daydi we found out that the game was based on a french comic, “Valérian and Laureline”. The character model that can be [...]
Rat Attack [N64/PSX - Beta]
16 Jan 2010Rat Attack! is a puzzle / action game developed by Pure Entertainment that was released in 1999 on PlayStation and in 2000 on Nintendo 64. The object of the game is to clear each level of a certain total of rats, without getting hit enough times to lose a life, or ensuring the room wasn’t [...]
Escaper [PSX - Cancelled]
12 Jan 2010Escaper is a cancelled action / adventure game that was in development in 1997 by Sony (SME) for the original playstation. Players would have been able to create their own super hero, to resolve puzzles and fight enemies. The game was shown at the Tokyo Game Show 1997 and few screenshots were published in old [...]
Nuclear Strike [PSX/PC - Beta]
11 Jan 2010Nuclear Strike is a multi-directional shooter developed by Electronic Arts and released in 1997 for the PlayStation and PC. DCodes7 has noticed that there are some data files named “E3*” in the game’s disk, that are probably releated to a beta demo that could have been used in a past E3 to show Nuclear Strike to [...]
Future Strike (Future Cop LAPD) [PSX - Beta]
7 Jan 2010Thanks to DCodes7, we found out some interesting info about the development of Future Cop LAPD, a Playstation shooter that started as a new chapter in the “Strike” series. From 1991 – 1997 The strike series has been about Open world mid-air helicopter combat, developed by EA (Electronic Arts). Nuclear Strike -released in 1997- was [...]
Marvel 2099 [PSX - Cancelled]
14 Dec 2009Marvel 2099: One Nation Under Doom is a cancelled 2D sidescroller action game that was in development by Saffire for the original Playstation. The project would have been published by Mindscape in 1996, but the company decided to stop publishing some of their console titles and One Nation Under Doom was one of them. After [...]
Warhawk 2 [PSX - Cancelled]
13 Dec 2009Warhawk 2 is the cancelled sequel of the original Warhawk for the PSX. Warhawk 1 was a futuristic arcade-style flight-combat game for the PlayStation 1, developed by SingleTrac and released by Sony in 1995. This should not be confused with the multiplayer-only remake of the same name, developed by Incognito Entertainment and released on the [...]
Twisted Metal 4 [PSX - Beta]
7 Dec 2009Twisted Metal 4 is a car combat game developed by 989 Studios which permits the usage of ballistic projectiles. Players choose a vehicle and an arena – or a series of arenas in the story mode – to engage in battle with opposing drivers. A variety of weapons are obtainable by pick-ups scattered throughout the [...]
Propaganda [PSX - Cancelled]
5 Dec 2009Propaganda is a cancelled mission-based racing game that was in development at Burst for the original Playstation in 1996 / 1997 and it would have been published by Virgin Interactive. The gameplay was going to be somehow similar to the Driver series, in which the player could have been able to explore the city with [...]
Prowler [PSX - Cancelled]
2 Dec 2009Prowler (also know as Storm Troop and Prawler) is a cancelled sci-fi action game with mechs, that was in development at Origin Systems (the team behind the Wing Commander series) in 1994. Initially the project was meant to be released for the 3DO, as their Super Wing Commander remake, but with the failure of the [...]
Mega Man X4 [PSX/Saturn - Beta / Unused Sprites]
29 Nov 2009Mega Man X4 (aka Rockman X4 in Japan) is the fourth game in the Mega Man X series, released for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation in July 1997. Kei was able to find an old preview/trailer of the game from an equally old April 1997 Multiple Option CFC (Capcom Friendly Club) Style videotape from Japan. [...]
WWF War Zone [N64/PSX - Beta]
22 Nov 2009WWF War Zone was the first 3D WWF title to be released, developed by Acclaim Studios Salt Lake and published by Acclaim Entertainment in 1998 for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64. As Andrew has noticed, there were some beta screenshots in an issue of Game Informer (?) with Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi on [...]
Barnstormers [PSX - Cancelled]
14 Nov 2009Barnstormers is an arcade racing game in the vein of Mario Kart (but with flying aircraft), that was in development by 989 Studios in 1998, for the original Playstation. The project was later cancelled for unknown reasons, but you can still check some target renders in the gallery below. Thanks to Hey Hey for the [...]
Parasite [PSX/PC - Cancelled]
2 Nov 2009Parasite is a cancelled side-scrolling action adventure that was in development by Sony Interactive (while other sources report that it was created by french Virtual Studio or Psygnosis / Sony Studio Liverpool) and it was going to be published in 1996, for the original Playstation and PC. Even if it looked nice and it could [...]
Jet Moto 4 (2124) [PSX - Cancelled]
22 Sep 2009Jet Moto 2124 is the cancelled 4th episode in the Jet Moto (Jet Rider in Europe) series of futuristic racing games, that was in development for the original PlayStation as the previous 3 games. The gameplay differs from that of a traditional racing game with cars, as players instead control hoverbikes which hover close above [...]
Pandemonium [PSX / Saturn - Beta]
9 Sep 2009Pandemonium is a 2.5D side scrolling platform game, developed by Toys For Bob and published by Crystal Dynamics, originally for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. Celine has found some beta screenshots (20% complete?) of the game in GamePro #83 in wich we can notice the early graphic and some possible other differences (sadly i dont [...]
Midland [PSX/Saturn - Cancelled?]
4 Sep 2009Saga Darvulia has found an old magazine with an article about a misterious action RPG called “Midland”, that was in development by “Future Soft” (??) sometime in 1996. From the look of the only screen available, the game should have probably been for the Playstation or Saturn. There are basically no other info on this [...]
MagBall [PSX - Cancelled]
3 Sep 2009MagBall is a cancelled Playstation game that was in development by Trimark Interactive in 1995. The gameplay was going to be somewhat similar to a soccer game, but with spaceships that have to knock a ball into a goal. The project was never released for unknow reasons and few year later, Trimark was closed down. [...]
Manhattan Project (Blood Lines) [PSX - Beta]
2 Sep 2009Manhattan Project is the early working title of Blood Lines, an action / puzzle game developed by Radical Entertainment in 1998, for the original Playstation. In the game the player needs to touch the light sources that are placed in the levels, to change them in his own color. At the end of the time, [...]
Silent Chaos [PSX - Cancelled]
3 Aug 2009Silent Chaos is a cancelled action adventure that was in development by Kalisto Entertainment from 1997 to 1999. The game was going to be published on the Playstation by Squaresoft, but originally the project started as a sequel of Dark Earth, an action adventure created by the same team and released only on PC. After [...]
RazorWing [PSX - Cancelled]
26 Jul 2009As we can read in the official N-Space Company Bio, RazorWing is a cancelled action game / flying shooter that was in development for the original PlayStation in 1995 and it was going to be published by SCEA. This was n-Space’s initial project and a “1st playable” was shown in Sony’s booth at E3 95 [...]
WWF SmackDown! [PSX - Beta]
19 Jul 2009WWF SmackDown! is a professional wrestling game released on the original Playstation by THQ and developed by YUKE’s Future Media Creators in 2000. Lionheart was able to play a beta version of the game, with some interesting differences: Start screen is different, different background plus it has “Jan 06 2000″ in the top left-corner Debug [...]
Driver 2 [PSX - Beta]
19 Jul 2009Driver 2 was developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Infogrames for the original Playstation in November 2000. Some beta screens were released in May 2000 and as Vicente has made us to notice, there are some little differences in there: the car shown in the early images is similar to the president’s one seen [...]
Driver [PSX - Beta]
16 Jul 2009Driver is a 1999 action / driving game developed by Reflections Interactive (now known as Ubisoft Reflections). In the screens and video below, you can notice an early version of the game, with various differences: in the beta the Miami city main car was yellow with a black stripe (a kind of vehicle that is [...]
Resident Evil 2 Trial [PSX - Beta]
9 Jul 2009Resident evil 2 Trial was a demo of Resident Evil 2 included in Resident Evil Director’s Cut. After dropping Resident Evil 1.5, Capcom made a first version of Resident Evil 2, now called Beta 1, that was remarkably different from the released version and with more leftovers from RE 1.5. Unfortunately we don’t know much [...]
The Diabolical Adventures of Tobu is a cancelled flight-based action game that was in development by 989 Studios for the original Playstation. As we can read in a preview from Game Pro 111 and EGM issue 109 (thanks to Celine for the scans!), the game was set in a medieval asian world, where the young [...]
Resident Evil 3 [PSX - Beta]
3 Jul 2009Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, released in Japan as Biohazard 3: Last Escape, is a survival horror developed and published by Capcom for the original Playstation. RE 3 had a much quieter development than Resident Evil 2, but we can still find a few unseens in the game, like some beta items and a room that [...]
Army Brats [PSX - Cancelled]
2 Jul 2009Army Brats (aka “Army Men : Arcade Blast” or “Battle Brats”) was a prototype for a new action game that was in development by 3DO in 2000 / 2001 for the original Playstation. This project was supposed to be a sequel to the ArmyMen series of games, with “kid soldiers” instead of the usual ones. [...]
The Getaway [PSX - Prototype]
30 Jun 2009The Getaway is an action game developed by Team SOHO, and published by Sony for the PlayStation 2, released in 2002. The game originally began life on the 32-bit PlayStation, off the back of Porsche Challenge. After having made an acclaimed circuit driving game, Team SOHO – like many other developers at the time – [...]
Wetlands [PSX - Cancelled]
26 Jun 2009A cancelled first person shooter with spaceships, developed by New World Computing. It could have been somehow related to the Wetlands PC game that was released by the same company in 1995, even if the ingame screens look different. Images: Edit
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is a third-person adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos. It was released for the PlayStation and PC in 1999 and for the Sega Dreamcast in 2000. Soul Reaver entered development alongside Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain in 1997 and focused on puzzle solving instead of [...]
Blood Bowl [PSX/PC - Cancelled]
14 Jun 2009Blood Bowl is a cancelled sport / action game that was in development by Psygnosis for the original Playstation and PC in 1998. The gameplay could have been something like Speedball or Mutant League Football. The project was stopped when the company went into financial troubles, before being bought out by Sony. It’s interesting to [...]
ODT 2 [PSX - Concept]
6 Jun 2009O.D.T. (Escape … Or Die Trying) is a 3D action game with some RPG elements, created by Psygnosis for the PlayStation and PC in 1998. A sequel was started but soon cancelled for unknown reasons and only some concept arts remain from the project. Images: Edit
Unreal P [PSX - Cancelled]
3 Jun 2009The original Unreal is a FPS developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes, released for PC by GT Interactive in May 1998. A playstation port was in development by Pterodactyl Software with new exclusive levels and weapons, but it seems that Infogrames decided to cancel the project for some reasons. In may 2009 Leo from [...]
Mutatis [PSX - Cancelled]
28 May 2009Mutatis was a game in development at Psygnosis (before they were bough by Sony and became SCE Studio Liverpool) for the original Playstation. Sadly we dont have any informations about its gameplay or story background. The project was later cancelled for unknown reasons and only some artworks remain. It seems that Athanor had some connection [...]
Xenogears [PSX - Beta / Unused]
2 May 2009Xenogears is a RPG developed and published by Square for the PlayStation on February 1998 in Japan and on October 1998 in North America. Originally, Squaresoft had intended to call the game “Project Noah”. The name was later changed to Xenogears for unknown reasons. It is the fifth part of a six-part story detailed in [...]
Record of the Elf Saga [PSX - Cancelled]
30 Apr 2009Elf Saga was a side scroller action game that was in development at Kaiko for the original Playstation. It seems that the project started as an Amiga title, but it was later ported to the PSX. Elf Saga was cancelled by its publisher (Software 2000) after almost 2 years of work. Thanks to Celine for [...]
Project Overkill [PSX - Alpha / Beta]
23 Apr 2009Project Overkill is a shoot ‘em up game developed and published by Konami in 1996 for the original Playstation. The gameplay takes on a 3d-esque isometric view, in which the player chooses one of four mercenaries to lead through the levels. [Infos from Wikipedia] My friend optiK sent me a link to this video (from [...]
Monster Force [PSX - Cancelled]
13 Mar 2009Monster Force (also know as Universal M.F.) was a third person action game / hack & slash with kid versions of famous monsters that was in development for the original Playstation at Universal/ Vivendi Interactive in 2001. This project was later dropped, but a version of Monster Force for the GBA was released in 2002. [...]
YoYo [PSX - Cancelled]
21 Feb 2009YoYo was a platform game that was in development at Magic Art studio for the original Playstation. It was going to be similar to Crash Bandicoot, but with a monkey as the main protagonist. The project was cancelled for unknow reasons. Images: Video: Edit
SaGa Frontier [PSX - Beta / Concepts]
25 Jan 2009SaGa Frontier is a PlayStation RPG by Square, released in Japan on July 11, 1997 and in North America on March 25, 1998. Originally, the title of this game was “Romancing SaGa 4″ during early development. In that stage of development, two more heroes’ quests were also being planned, in addition to the existing seven [...]
Syphon Filter [PSX - Beta]
25 Jan 2009In the Youtube channel of fujlc we can see an interesting video from an early beta of Symphon Filter, with a different HUD and maybe more differences.. i never played this game, so i’m not sure. Video (Beta trailer): Video (Final): Edit
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins [PSX - Beta]
15 Jan 2009Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is a stealth game released for the original Playstation, in which the player takes the role of a ninja, progressing through 10 stages set in ancient Japan and accomplishing the tasks therein. [Infos from Wikipedia] Thanks to Mozgus we are able to see an interesting video from an early prototype of the [...]
Mortal Kombat 4 [ARC DC N64 PSX - Beta]
17 Dec 2008Mortal Kombat 4 is considered the 4th intallment of the Mortal Kombat series, 6th if you count MK3U and MKT. Released in 1997, it was the first MK game to use 3D graphics. It was first released in the arcade version and it would be the last arcade MK made. It was released on the [...]
GTA / Race’n'Chase [PSX - Concept / Proto]
9 Dec 2008Race N Chase was the original project name for the now famous Grand Theft Auto serie, when it was still just a concept in the DMA Design’s minds. Thanks to Mikedaily Flickr account we can see a nice mockup from the early development of the first game. And here one of the first versions of [...]
Glover 2 [N64 PSX - Cancelled]
30 Nov 2008Glover was a fun 3d platform game, developed by Interactive Studios Ltd and released for the Nintendo 64 and Playstation. A sequel was announced for Nintendo 64, Playstation and Dreamcast, but it got cancelled. In 2010 Nesworld recovered a playable beta of the Nintendo 64 version of Glover 2 and in october 2011, the rom [...]
Spider [PSX - Beta]
24 Nov 2008Spider: The Video Game (or just simply Spider in Europe) is a game developed by Boss Game Studios and available on the PlayStation platform. The game was published by Eidos Interactive, publishers perhaps most famous for the Tomb Raider series. Upon its release the game seemed to fly under the radar, and received limited critical [...]
Mortal Kombat Trilogy [Beta]
20 Nov 2008Wikipedia has some information about the beta version of MKT: Top left: An UMK3-style menu. Top right: An early version of the character selection screen. The screen used the UMK3 character selection screen as base, and Rain’s and Noob Saibot’s portraits are replaced by a pallete swapped version of Sub-Zero’s MKII portrait (Rain), and Reptile’s [...]
Final Fantasy 8 [PSX - Unused Scenes]
3 Nov 2008In the Youtube channel of FF8demo there are a couple of videos that show unused scenes from FF8. In the descriptions we can read that: “Some stuff was never used in the final version of the game. This was taken from the “Final Fantasy VIII Preview Disc” that came with FF7.” Some of the differences [...]
Gran Turismo 2 [PSX - Beta / Unused Stuff]
21 Oct 2008It seems that nanoflooder has found a way to access some beta / hidden / glitchy cars in Gran Turismo 2 that probably were never intended to be in the final game. Video: Edit
Titan A.E. [PSX PC - Cancelled]
10 Oct 2008Titan AE is a cancelled action game that was based off the 2000 American animated Sci-Fi adventure film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The title refers to the spacecraft that is central to the plot, with A.E. meaning “After Earth.” [info from Wikipedia] The game was in development by Blitz Games for the [...]
A cancelled adventure game for the original playstation (also know as Alcatraz). Thanks to Eric Scharf and Sean O’Connor (that worked on the development of Hellcatraz) for their help to preserve screens and videos from this cancelled project. Images: Videos: Edit
Grandia [Saturn/PSX - Beta]
14 Sep 2008In the archive of Vast Lands of Grandia we can see some screenshots from a beta build of Grandia, which shows some changes from the final version. The story was at this point probably not finished, because there were some scenes not present in the released version, like Justin that falls from a rock in [...]
Rayman 2: The Great Escape [Beta]
13 Sep 2008The_IT_08 has wrote a topic in our forum with some beta-screens and a video from Rayman 2 that shows a series of differences. As he says: “Alright in the first picture there is a level called The Minhir Hills, it is a beta version of it, and this takes place in the second section of [...]
Vagrant Story [PSX - Beta/Unused]
10 Sep 2008In the Youtube Channel of Fallconn2 we can see a series of videos with unused items, attacks and rooms of Vagrant Story, one of the most acclamed PSX RPG. Videos: Edit
Mega Man Legends [PSX - Beta]
9 Aug 2008Mellahan has sent us a mail to make us to notice that Protodude’s Rockman Corner blog has just gotten a hold of a beta build of Mega Man Legends (Rockman DASH) for PSX. The first link contains info over the beta build, while the second link contains the files to download the beta. From the [...]
Wild 9 [PSX - Beta]
1 Aug 2008Wild 9 (known as Wildroid 9 in Japan) is a video game developed by Shiny Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation, with a Sega Saturn version also planned but never released. Its gameplay is that of a 2D platformer, with occasional breaks in 3D dimension. [Info From Wikipedia] Misterite has an interesting Wild 9 video on [...]
Rayman [PSX/Saturn/Jaguar - Beta]
29 Jul 2008Rayman is a video game designed and published by Ubisoft. It was originally released in September 1995 for the Atari Jaguar and MS-DOS, and in November 1995 for the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn. A port of this game was to be released for the Sega 32X, but when the system died off due to [...]
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped [PSX - Beta]
23 Jul 2008Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped is a platform game developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. The game serves as a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. It was the last platformer in the series developed by Naughty Dog, who then developed Crash Team Racing. [Info from Wikipedia] In these screens from the [...]
Crash Bandicoot 2 [PSX - Beta]
21 Jul 2008Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is a platform game and the sequel to Crash Bandicoot. It was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation video game console and released in 1997. [Info from Wikipedia] In the beta screens and videos there are some interesting stuff that were removed [...]
Crash Bandicoot [PSX - Beta]
16 Jul 2008Crash Bandicoot is a platform game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. Crash was released in North America in 1996, but the development started in August 1994 with the title character, Crash, being designed by Charles Zembillas and Joe Pearson. The development of this game took place entirely [...]
MDK [PC/PSX - Concept]
14 Jul 2008MDK is a third-person shooter game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1997 by Playmates Interactive Entertainment for the PC, Macintosh, and subsequently PlayStation. MDK’s gameplay is usually a third person shooter, except when sniper mode is entered. As expected, Kurt has a wide range of weapons to choose from, which differ in standard [...]
HMS Carnage (later renamed to Dreadnought / Dreadnoughts and internally know as Dread0) is a cancelled Victorian steam-punk shooter (with strategy elements) set on the red planet of Mars, that was in development for almost 3 years by the Tribe team at Ocean Software. It was an ambitious project, but only a small playable demo [...]
Youngblood: new video & screens
20 Jun 2008The staff of Games That Weren’t has uploaded on their YouTube page a couple of good quality videos from Youngblood, a cancelled action-adventure that was in development for Playstation 1 and PC. You can see these videos here and here. In the meantime, we have added some screens from this game in the archive page: [...]
Spyro The Dragon [PSX - Beta]
3 Jun 2008In the screen below we can see a beta version of Spyro The Dragon: the statue has another appearance in the final game and is not made of gold. The red gem inside the “return home portal” is not in there anymore. In the final game when the player touches a dragon statue, the dragon [...]
Anachronox [PC Beta / PS1 Cancelled]
18 May 2008Anachronox… a cold dark planet in the center of the Sender Sphere, crime… mafia… and a hilarious turn of style. Anachronox was an Rpg featured in the year 2001 by Edios Interactive and Ion storm, you took the place of Sylvester Bucelli (Sly Boots), A run down dectective living in a storage space above a [...]
Images from an old E3 Beta demo that was sold on ebay some time ago. The description said: “This auction is for the Castlevania E3 edition. Only one known to exist in collector’s hands this could be the highlight of many game collections. This disc was an early development version of the title which was [...]
Ganymede [PSX - Cancelled]
8 May 2008Original announcement: “Players race across the rugged 3D moonscape in Ganymede, matching battle skills and strategy against the warlike Eridani aliens. Piloting a heavily armed, frictionless vaporsled, the player smashes through enemy battle craft and attacks mission targets with stealth and speed. Superbly realistic driving physics accompanied by aggressive thrusting power, minimal traction and rugged [...]
Tomb Raider Beta [PSX / Saturn / PC]
8 May 2008Overview: Tomb raider was not only one of the best selling, early 3D games, but it was the most recognizable icon of the Playstation brand. Tomb Raider development started early 1995, Core Design, of Derbyshire (formed in 1994) decided that they wanted to make a video game based on ‘Tomb Raiding’, the game was released [...]
Cyber Thug [PSX - Cancelled]
5 May 2008Cyberthug (aka Cyber Thug) is a cancelled action game that was in development by MGM Interactive for the playstation. If you have more info about this project, please let us know! Images: Edit
Roller Ball [PSX - Cancelled?]
5 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Speed Tribes [PSX PC - Cancelled]
3 May 2008Speed Tribes is a cancelled shooter / racing game that was in development in 1997 / 1998 by Nemicron and it would have been published by THQ for the original Playstation and PC. The project was based off a comic of the same name (or was the comic created just to promote the game?), in [...]
Apocalypse [PSX - Beta]
3 May 2008Apocalypse is an action game / third person shooter released for the PlayStation in 1998. The game was initially developed by Activision Santa Monica, but the team had some problems in fulfilling their original concept, that was seen as “too ambitious” for the PSX hardware. Apocalypse was doomed, but as Activision paid Bruce Willis a [...]
Lobos Sekei was an early title for Zero Divide, a mech fighting game released for the Playstation and Saturn in 1995, developed by Zoom and published by Time Warner Interactive. Initially we though that Lobos Sekei was a cancelled game, but thanks to Celine that found the same screenshot with the “new name” we are [...]
Virtual Gallup [PSX - Cancelled]
3 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Melt [PSX - Ed Hunter Beta]
3 May 2008Melt is the beta version of Ed Hunter is a rail shooter video game that was released in 1999 for the Playstation, based on and accompanied by Iron Maiden’s music. The game objective consists of rescuing the mascot of Iron Maiden, Eddie, from a prison while passing through game settings evocative of the albums. [Info [...]
Shining Sword [PSX - Cancelled]
3 May 2008Shining Sword is a cancelled action adventure that was in development by American Laser Games for the original Playstation. The game was meant to be an ambitious projects, but after a while the team fell into various development issues and Shining Sword had to be canned. Thanks to Pachuka and Discworld for the contributions! Images: [...]
Vandals [PSX/Saturn - Cancelled?]
3 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Incredible Idiots in Space is a cancelled comedy adventure game that was in development by Magnet Interactive Studios in 1995 / 1996 for the Playstation and Saturn. The game was going to be published by ASC, but it seems that they decided to cancel the project because the “market was not ready for a comedy [...]
Armed (Aftermath) [PSX/Saturn - Cancelled]
2 May 2008Armed (also known as Aftermath) is a cancelled side-scrolling beat ‘em up / action game that was in development by Interplay / Point of View / Activision (?) for the original Playstation and Saturn. The game could have been released under a different name but looking at the few screens preserved in the gallery below, [...]
Too Human [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008This title, by Silicon Knights, was presented for the first time in playable form at E3 1999, on the original Playstation. It immediately received critical acclaim by the audience, not only for the graphics hardware that led Sony to very high levels, but also for a gaming system that already went beyond it’s full potential, [...]
Final Fantasy VII (7) [Beta / Tech Demo]
11 Apr 2008Planning sessions for Final Fantasy VII began in 1994 after the release of Final Fantasy VI. At the time, the game was planned to be another 2D project for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi intended the story to take place in modern New York City in the year 1999. Several of [...]
Final Fantasy 9 (IX) [PSX - Beta / Concept]
11 Apr 2008Final Fantasy 9 (IX) is a RPG developed and published by Square for the PlayStation in 2000. During the development, the design for the characters was different from the one in the final version, as you can notice from the images in the gallery below. As we can read on Wikipedia, the game was developed [...]
Resident Evil 1 [PSX - Beta / Concept]
11 Apr 2008In the mid ’90s Shinji Mikami began to work on a new horror game set,just like NES’ Sweet Home, in a large building surrounded by a forest. Maybe influenced by the recent success of Doom, the project was initially conceived as a FPS. We know next to nothing about this first prototype, but it would [...]
Resident Evil 1.5 [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Resident Evil 2 began development in 1996 shortly after the original game and was originally scheduled for a March 1997 release. However, as the game was approaching its release date, the developers were unsastified with the resulting product. Rather than releasing a game they were unhappy with, the developers took the risk of developing the [...]
Ico [Playstation 1 - Prototype]
11 Apr 2008Ico was in development for about 4 years. In the first stages of development Ueda created an animation in Lightwave in order to get a feel for the final game and better convey his vision to the team. In this animation Yorda was the one to have horns rather than Ico and looked rather different [...]
Silent Hill [PSX - Beta]
11 Apr 2008Silent Hill is a survival horror developed and published by Konami in 1999 for original the Playstation. The game was changed a bit from the beta to the final version, for example the “Grey Child” monster went through four design changes before it was finally approved by censors. Originally a faceless, humanoid monster which resembled [...]
Onimusha [Playstation 1 - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Jumping Flash! [PSX - Concept / Tech Demo]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Final Fantasy Tactics [PSX - Beta]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Tomba! (Tombi!) [Beta Removed Iron Village]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Rayman 2 [2D version - Unreleased]
11 Apr 2008Very early into the development of Rayman 2, it was a 2-D game for the PlayStation. This was later scrapped for the 3D game that Rayman 2 became. Pictures of the 2D version and concept art (a green villain with a chainsaw) and mentions of powers such as the platform fist were published in gaming [...]
Parasite Eve [PSX - Tech Demo / Concept]
11 Apr 2008Parasite Eve is a survival horror / RPG developed and published by Square. In these early screens we can see some early concepts for the game, that looks a bit different from the final version. As Sky as made us to notice “the Wall St. Station was not used. Instead, they used the Brooklyn Bridge [...]
Saboteur [PSX/PC - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Saboteur is a cancelled action game that was in development in 1998 / 1999 by Tigon Software for the Playstation and PC. You can read the original press release below: Saboteur is a fast paced combat adventure game, which fuses genres and gameplay styles. It is a game that embraces new concepts and new production [...]
Thrill Kill [PSX - Unreleased]
11 Apr 2008Thrill Kill is a cancelled 1998 fighting game for the Sony PlayStation, which even today is still widely available despite being officially unpublished. Thrill Kill was considered a technical feat for the PlayStation for allowing four players to fight simultaneously in the same room, although this technical feat was overshadowed by the brutality and controversy [...]
Alien Resurrection [PSX - Beta]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Æon Flux [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008A game based much closer to the original animated series was announced on April 9, 1996 for the PlayStation and Windows 95. The game, which was loosely based on “The Demiurge” episode, was being developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Viacom New Media. The game first made an appearance at E3 that same year, [...]
Athanor [PSX PC - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Athanor (sometimes referred to as “Athenor”) is a cancelled adventure game that was in development by Psygnosis for the original Playstation and PC. The game was set in a virtual world created by a futuristic society, populated with classic Greek mythological creatures. We dont know much more about the story or the gameplay, but we [...]
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Bloodshot [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
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Dead Unity [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Dead Unity is a cancelled Survival Horror that was in development by Aramat Productions and would have been published by THQ for the original Playstation. The game would have probably played like Resident Evil, but in a Sci-Fi scenario, with robots and other mechanical enemies. Sadly Dead Unity was never finished for unknown reasons. If [...]
Deuce [PSX - Unreleased]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Elric [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Extreme Dreams [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Dragon Ball GT [PSX - Tech Demo]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Ghost Rider [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Ghost Rider is a cancelled side scroller action game based on the comic series of the same name, that was in development in 1995 by Neversoft Entertainment and it would have been published by Crystal Dynamics for the original Playstation. 15 levels were planned, but the game did not even reach the alpha stage. As [...]
Maniac Moons [PSX - Unreleased]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Rattlesnake Red [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
ShredFest [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Starcon (star control 4) [Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008“Star Control 4, or later StarCon, was Accolade’s final attempt at profiting from the franchise. Few details are known, as Accolade reshaped and eventually cancelled it during the development stages; As of October 5th, 1998, development on StarCon has stopped. When word of Accolade’s decision on StarCon reached the press, several on-line sources reported that [...]
The Contract [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008The Contract is a cancelled action game that was in development for the original Playstation. As told by Haydn Dalton, The Contract’s project manager, “The Contract was a 3rd person action adventure, where you choose between two different characters; Simon & Natasha. This was being worked on at Psygnosis Manchester, which shut down partway through [...]
Kumite The Fighter’s Edge [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Torc: Legend Of The Ogre Crown [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Dreams To Reality [PSX/PC - Beta]
11 Apr 2008Dreams: to Reality is an action game developed by Cryo Interactive and released in 1997 for the PC and Playstation. In the screens below you can see an early beta version of the game, but as we never played the final one, we are not sure about all the differences. If you played the game, [...]
Surreal [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Vermin [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Sirens [PSX - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Thanks to Andrew we have some more infos about Sirens: “This game was developed by Caps Software, the same people who made X-Men 2: Clone Wars on Sega Genesis. It involved Reive Larson, a guy who’s pulled from L.A. into a parallel world. He finds out that the world’s ecology has been thrown out of [...]
Zauver (Einhander) [PSX - Proto]
11 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Bounty Arms [PSX - Unreleased]
10 Apr 2008Bounty Arms is a cancelled action game / third person shooter that was in development by Data West for the original Playstation in 1995. A playable demo was added on the fifth volume of “Demo Demo PlayStation” in Japan and thanks to Carnivol from the Lost Levels forum this beta-demo was shared and now you [...]
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Black & White [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
The Last Ninja 4 [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Violent Seed [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
X-Men Mutant Wars [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Robocop [PSX - Tech Demo / Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Youngblood [PSX - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
T-Rex [PSX - Tech Demo]
10 Apr 2008When it was presented for the first time on the PlayStation, this tech demo showed that there was a very impassioned presence: The head of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, being controlled by a Sony employee, via joypad. With the directional keys being able to rotate and manipulate it at will, as well as open its mouth [...]
Criticom 2 [PSX & SS - Unreleased?]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Colliderz [PSX & SS - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Gen 13 [Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Shadowman [N64/PSX/DC - Beta]
4 Apr 2008Shadow Man is an action adventure game developed by Acclaim Studios Teesside and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was designed by Guy Miller and Simon Phipps. It is loosely based on the Shadowman comic book series published by Valiant Comics and was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and PC. [...]
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces is an action game for the original PlayStation. It was released in North America on July 30, 2000, and in Europe on September 29, 2000. The player to take on the role of Jax (a.k.a. Major Jackson Briggs) as he tracks down the Black Dragon. There were plans for a Nintendo [...]
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- Celine: Was this article already published in 2008? :-) [...]
- DemonsThanatos: This looks way better then we got/ [...]
- DemonsThanatos: Thats to bad . . . At least it came out for the SNES . [...]
- DemonsThanatos: There are 4 prototypes of the game, 3 have been found but no one knows where exactly the fourth one [...]
- GIUSEPPE: Why they cancel ....!!!!!! I play with this game since 2002 in ps2 now I order one for Pc .. I rea [...]
- 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]
- Panic Museum [Beta - Arcade]
- [New Unseen Changes] Pikmin VS Japanese Pikmin
- Odema and the magic book [GBA - Cancelled]
