Archive for the ‘leaked’ 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 [...]
Do you remember the cancelled Resident Evil port that was in development for the GameBoy color? A playable “almost finished” beta version of this game does exist out there and now it’s our chance to preserve it and share the rom with everyone. Kiff at the Assembler Games Forum has opened a foundraising campaign to [...]
The awesome people at Rare Ware Central have shared a Banjo Kazooie: Grunty’s Revenge Debug ROM and a Diddy Kong Pilot ROM (that was later released as Banjo Pilot). You can download these 2 unseen games at Rare Ware Central beta page! It’s always nice to see Rare beta games publicly preserved, as they are one [...]
Glover 2 N64 leaked and preserved
4 Oct 2011NES World and Team Carrot have shared online the beta version of the cancelled Glover 2 for the Nintendo 64, that was found sometime ago. Now it’s publically available and preserved! Huge props to them :) Check NES World for the download link Glover 2 – Unreleased Beta Version – CARROT Title: Glover 2 Date: [...]
The original Dragon’s Lair is a laserdisc game published by Cinematronics in 1983. A “port” for the Genesis / Mega Drive was in development, along with the SNES one, but it was never released. Dragon’s Lair Genesis / Mega Drive ROM leaked sometime around June / July 2011, it’s almost bug free and more or [...]
Chex Quest 3 [PC - Cancelled]
17 Jul 2011A “Chex Quest 3″ game was made by fans of the series who were disappointed that the third had been canceled. But, rather than make entirely new levels and graphics, they stole much of them from other mods (here you can download the stolen resource list), mostly from Hacx and STRAIN. This one was noticeably [...]
EDIT Ok it was fun lol. Everythings back to normal again, so you ignore this post from now on :p Yes, we really feel like everyone here is loving Hello Kitty, including every single one on the FORUM agrees that Hello Kitty is pretty awesome! So, from today on we are going to keep this [...]
Seed [PC - Cancelled]
9 Jan 2011Seed is a cancelled FPS that was in development in 1998 by Human Soft, a team from Hungary. The particularity of this game was the colorful lighting engine, as you can see from the screenshots below, some of which were found by derboo in PowerPlay magazine 7/1998. Seed was proposed to be a new action [...]
The Swamp Thing [GEN MD - Cancelled]
15 Dec 2010The Swamp Thing is a cancelled action / platform game that was developed for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive by Nuvision, the same team behind the unreleased Bean Ball Benny. There is a Nes title with the same name, created by Imagineering Inc, but it is a different game. As we can read from [...]
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a FPS developed by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published for PC in 2007. As we can read in Wikipedia, the game was first announced in November 2001 as “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Oblivion Lost” and had its release date, originally in 2003, pushed back several times. Meanwhile hundreds of screenshots of the game had [...]
Space Fantasy Zone [PC Engine - Cancelled]
12 Nov 2010Space Fantasy Zone is a cancelled shoot ‘em up planned for the PC-Engine, as a weird mix between the original Fantasy Zone and Space Harrier. The game was in development in 1991 by NEC Avenue, but for some reasons it was never released. A playable version was eventually leaked online so if you are interested [...]
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) [...]
The cancelled Titan A.E. game is almost restored
20 Oct 2010Based on the animated film with the same name, Titan AE for the playstation and PC was in development in 1999 by Blitz Games, but it was never released. Only a 1-level demo was somehow leaked online, but thanks to John Doom we can now play some more beta levels that were still hidden in [...]
Sunman [NES - Cancelled]
4 Oct 2010Sunman is an cancelled NES action game made by Sunsoft which was supposed to be released in 1992. The most interesting aspect about this game is that originally Sunman was going to be a Superman game, and playing it is not hard to spot the resemblances: both heroes have a similar costume and identical moves. [...]
Roadsters 98 [GBC - Proto / Cancelled]
20 Sep 2010Roadsters 98 is a prototype racing game by Genetic Fantasia, with a gameplay similar to Micro Machines, that seems to have been cancelled in early development. A playable demo exists, thanks to a scene leaked ROM from the old GameBoy Color days. While there is a game called Roadsters released in Europe and USA in [...]
Adventures of Pinocchio (Ottifanten) [GB - Beta]
15 Sep 2010Adventures of Pinocchio is a beta version of Ottifanten, an action puzzle game developed by Bit Managers and released in 1998 for the GameBoy, based on some german comics. While there is a released Pinocchio game for the Game Boy mono, “Adventures of…” is a completely different title and Bit Managers never listed this one [...]
IMSA Racing [M2 - Cancelled]
7 Sep 2010IMSA World Championship is a cancelled racing game that was in development by Studio 3DO for the unreleased 3DO / Panasonic / Matsushita M2 console. When 3DO sold their M2 hardware to Panasonic, IMSA was slowly postponed and then canned. The game had a great graphic engine for its time and it was one of [...]
Titan Warriors [NES - Unreleased]
15 Jul 2010Titan Warriors is a cancelled shoot ‘em up that was developed by Capcom for the NES / Famicom, in 1988. The game was meant to be a sequel of Vulgus, an arcade shooter developed and published by Capcom in Japan in 1984. An almost complete build (with just some bugs) of Titan Warriors was somehow [...]
Primal Rage 2 [Arcade - Cancelled]
4 Jul 2010Primal Rage 2 is a cancelled fighting game that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Atari for the Arcades. As we can read on Wikipedia, the game was to feature new characters that took on the form of humans and were called the Avatars, instead of the beasts / dinosaurs of the first [...]
Citizen X [Sega CD - Cancelled]
2 Jul 2010Citizen X is a cancelled side-scrolling action game, made by Digital Pictures, which was supposed to be released for the Sega Mega Cd in 1993. Like many other titles for the ill-fated add-on, it featured many clumsy FMV cutscenes. The gameplay was even less exciting, because of the very limited moveset available for the main [...]
The Exterminators [Sega CD - Cancelled]
28 Jun 2010Bug Blasters: The Exterminators is a cancelled on-rails shooter, made by Stargate, that was supposed to come out in 1995. Aside from being one of the most shameful rip-off of Ghostbusters ever created, there is nothing too interesting about this game: it is just a long sequence of FMVs in which you have to aim [...]
Zombie High [Genesis / MegaDrive - Cancelled]
25 Jun 2010Zombie High is a cancelled side scrolling action game that was in development by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. An incomplete beta rom was somehow leaked online,it seems that there are a few enemies at the end of level 1 that cannot be defeated with your default slime weapon. They can [...]
Phase Zero [Jaguar - Cancelled]
5 Jun 2010Phase Zero (also know as “Hover Hunter” in early previews) is a cancelled first person shooter developed by Hyper Image for the Jaguar. A playable demo was somehow leaked online and many videos and reviews of the game can be found on Youtube. Phase Zero looked really nice and it was fun enough, but something [...]
Sonic Heroes is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Sonic Team USA and released in 2003 for the GameCube, Playstation 2 and Xbox. Kieranmay linked us to many beta videos from the game, as you can see below! Many cutscenes were still unfinished and the songs were changed for the [...]
Created by Team Storm at Interactive Studios (the creators of Glover N64), Dragon Sword is a cancelled hack and slash game (similar to Gauntlet Legends) that was in development in 1997 / 1998 for the Nintendo 64. Sadly, this game was never finished because of some issues with the publisher. Dragon Sword 64 was in [...]
Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 [DS - Beta]
24 Mar 2010Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis is a Puzzle Game developed by NST as a sequel to the GBA MvsDK, a follow up to the Game Boy Donkey Kong game. A playable beta demo of MvsDk2 was available at various gaming conventions, from where it was saved on the DS and then [...]
Zelda Majora’s Mask debug has been leaked!
20 Mar 2010After that awesome Ocarina of Time debug ROM (that still had some beta / prototype areas in it!), the lovely Zelda-hacker Cendamos was able to buy and share a Debug version of Zelda: Majora’s Mask! Will there be any unused or beta rooms still hidden in there? We’ll have to wait and see what those [...]
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler’s Green is a FPS based on the George Romero zombie horror movie Land of the Dead, that was developed by Brainbox Games (now Digital Extremes) and published in 2005 by Groove Games, for PC and the original XBOX. As we can read on Mobygames, the project was originally [...]
Soulstar X (32X) leaked and preserved!
21 Feb 2010Do you remember Soulstar X, the cancelled shoot ‘em up that was in development for the Sega 32X and the Jaguar CD? It was a sequel / remake of the original Soulstar a pseudo 3D space shooter released in 1994 for the Sega Mega CD. A playable prototype of Soulstar X was found sometime ago [...]
Alone [PC - Alpha / Proto]
17 Feb 2010Alone is a cancelled horror FPS that was in development by Red Paperclip Games for about a year. After they completed an alpha build, new funding caused Alone to go from the Game Maker Engine to the CryEngine2 Engine, but sadly after about three months work stopped abruptly. Today Alone no longer exists and there [...]
ResQ [MD/G - Cancelled]
11 Feb 2010ResQ is a cancelled 2D shooter / action game that was in development by Tempest Software for the Genesis / Mega Drive. The project was almost finished when the publisher, Psygnosis, decided to pulled it out: even if ResQ was never officially released, a rom of the game was leaked online and can be easily [...]
Street Fighter 1 [Arcade - Beta / Proto]
10 Feb 2010The original Street Fighter made its debut in the arcades in 1987. It was designed by Capcom’s Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto. The player took control of martial artist Ryu, who competed in a worldwide martial arts tournament, spanning five countries and ten opponents. [Info from Wikipedia] Street Fighter 1 went through some changes between [...]
In January 2010 Kirakid from the Nintendo Age Forum was able to find a previusly unknow NES Sound Editor at a Swap Meet in Orange County California. It was later discovered that this cart is a prototype music development tool created by Tommy Tallarico (the artist who wrote the music for more than 250 games, [...]
Sonic Rush [DS - Beta / Unused Stuff]
27 Jan 2010Sonic Rush is a platform game developed by Sonic Team and Dimps, published in 2005 for the Nintendo DS. Various screenshots from pre-release versions of the game show slightly different areas, different HUD, slightly different gameplay and the first screenshot of Blaze the Cat shows a Sonic life icon while, in the final version, Blaze has her own life [...]
Explodemon [PS3/Wii/PC - Prototype]
13 Jan 2010Explodemon! is an upcoming 2.5D side scrolling platform game in development by Curve Studios for PlayStation Network, Microsoft Windows and WiiWare. The project is described as “what Treasure would create if they mixed Yoshi’s Island with Half-Life 2″, and is inspired by elements from games as diverse as Street Fighter II, Halo, Super Metroid and [...]
Jurassic Park: Trespasser [PC - Beta]
8 Jan 2010Jurassic Park: Trespasser is a FPS developed by DreamWorks Interactive, which was released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows after much hype and anticipation. The game had a development period of more than three years. Money was the biggest hurdle in the development of Trespasser. The game severely went over-budget several times throughout its development. Second [...]
Werewolf: The Apocalypse (Saturn) now leaked!
14 Dec 2009About a month ago SEGA Saturno in cooperation with Hidden Palace, announced a fundrising campaign to be able to release a “new” prototype for the Saturn. A couple of days ago, finally they reached the amount needed and they released Werewolf: The Apocalypse, a playable demo of the cancelled action RPG that was in development [...]
Team Fortress 2 Alpha (Team GabeN’s) Leaked
11 Dec 2009Do you remember the post about the Team Fortress 2 Alpha “Invasion”? Well, a guy named 4emoman on BetaArchive seems to have leaked this build sometime ago, but his files went down later. Another user named Popbob has re-uploaded it on Rapidshare but on its release there are some unuseful files such as an MP3 [...]
Kingdom Hearts Re: CoM PS2 Prototype Fundraiser
10 Dec 2009Update: Fundraiser Completed! The game was released by Borman / Superior Version in January 2010, thanks to everyone! Evilhamwizard has started a new Fundraising project for an interesting proto: Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories. As he wrote in the U64 Forum: [...] a Kingdom Hearts Re:CoM (Chain of Memories) translation prototype for the PS2, [...]
Broken Circle [GBA - Cancelled]
4 Dec 2009Broken Circle is an unreleased rpg created by 7 Raven Studios. The game, which story was based on Nordic mythology, had a troubled development: publishers weren’t interested because it was too risky to cover the release costs for an unknown title that needed a big and expensive 256mbits cartridge. By the time that the programmers [...]
As some of you probably known already, those lovely gamers at Sega Saturno were able to preserve and release various cancelled titles for the Sega consoles (X-Men 32X, Virtual Hamster, Lobo…) in the last few months. Almost two months after their last release, SEGASaturno in cooperation with Hidden Palace, are back again presenting a prototype [...]
Beyond Zero Tolerance [MD/G - Cancelled]
30 Oct 2009Beyond Zero Tolerance (or Zero Tolerance 2) is a FPS developed by Technopop for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. It was meant to be a sequel to Zero Tolerance, but it was never finished. Both games have been deemed by the (now defunct) developer to be publicly distributable as freeware. [Info from Wikipedia] You [...]
Robocop Vs Terminator [NES - Cancelled]
13 Oct 2009Robocop VS Terminator is a action game based on the mini-series of comic book with the same name that was released for all the main consoles between 1993 and 1994. A version for the Nintendo 8-bit was developed by Interplay but later canceled, because the system was considered commercially dead and probably also due to [...]
Batman (SC) [SNES - Cancelled]
7 Oct 2009In november 2008 Sample_Seller opened an auction on Ebay for a Batman prototype that was in development by Software Creations for the Super Nintendo. BATMAN super nintendo SAMPLE/DEMO US NTSC version Very early 2 level demo, no sound… undiscovered batman game!! Devoloped by SOFTWARE CREATIONS. Original development sample game direct from Nintendo !! Rare unreleased/unannounced [...]
Tyrian 2000 [GBC - Cancelled]
23 Jun 2009The original Tyrian was a shoot ‘em up developed for the PC by Eclipse Productions (later named World Tree Games) and published in 1995 by Epic MegaGames. A version of Tyrian 2000 was in development for the Game Boy Color, but it was later cancelled to work on the Tyrian 2000 GBA version. The game [...]
Unreal [PC - Beta / Tech Demo]
16 Jun 2009Unreal is a FPS developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive in 1998. Originally, Unreal was going to be a Quake-style shooter: earlier screens showed a large status bar and centered weapons, similar to Doom and Quake. The main character was also going to be a woman, however in the [...]
Sonic CD [Mega CD - Beta / Unused Stuff]
15 Jun 2009Sonic the Hedgehog CD, or simply Sonic CD, is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan on September 23, 1993, in Europe in October 1993, and finally for the Sega CD in North America on November 19, 1993. After the release of Sonic the Hedgehog, Lead Programmer [...]
Robert Seddon linked us to this article on Kotaku, in which they talk about a removed level from Command & Conquer Generals, a RTS game that was released in 2003. Called “Black Sheep”, the mission tasks you with driving one of the Global Liberation Army (ie the terrorist faction) chemical weapons vehicles around a “town [...]
Wingz [PS2 - Cancelled]
8 Jun 2009In April 2009, Dr.daichi and Unclejun from the Assemblergames Forum have shared a lot of screenshots from an unreleased Playstation 2 shoot em up, that was in development in 2002 at Joycast / Hanbitsoft, two korean companies. Wingz was going to be an on-rail shooter, similar to Panzer Dragoon or StarFox, but it seems that [...]
Duke Nukem (Lame Duke) [PC - Beta]
7 Jun 2009Duke Nukem 3D is a FPS developed by 3D Realms and published by Apogee Software. It was released on January 29, 1996. LameDuke is an early beta version of Duke Nukem 3D, which was released by 3D Realms as a “bonus” one year after the release of the official version. It has been released as [...]
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 [...]
Turok [GBA - Prototype]
30 May 2009A prototype for a new Turok FPS, based on the N64 version, was in development for the GameBoy Advance, but unfortunately the project got shelved. A Turok game (Turok:Evolution) was eventually released, even if it was just a side-scrolling action. In this playable demo, leaked in Febraury 2009 by Hidden Palace, there is no proper [...]
Motocross Challenge [GBA - Cancelled]
19 May 2009From 2004 to 2007 DHGames were working on a GBA racing game similar to Excitebike, but sadly their publisher changed its mind later and the project was never released to the market, even if it was finished. The game was later reworked and it’s now coming out for the Nintendo DS (maybe? It seems that [...]
U-Force Power Games (NES) now leaked!
17 May 2009The NintendoAge community was able to rise enough money to obtain and share a rom of the cancelled NES game “U-Force Power Games“. Two beta versions of the game are now available to download, one leaked by DreamTR and the other by Skyybe: huge props to everyone for these new dumps! Keep in mind that [...]
Tyrian 2000 [GBA - Cancelled]
16 May 2009The original Tyrian was a shoot ‘em up developed for the PC by Eclipse Productions (later named World Tree Games) and published in 1995 by Epic MegaGames. A version of Tyrian 2000 was in development for the Game Boy Advance, but after the then publisher Symmetry Entertainment had closed business, the European publisher Stealth Productions, [...]
Hannibal [PC - Cancelled]
3 May 2009Hannibal was a FPS / Adventure game that was in development by Arxel Tribe and that was going to be published by Mindscape in 2002 / 2003 for PC. It was based on the horror film with the same name, and it would had let players to assume the role of special agent Clarice Starling [...]
More NES prototypes are now leaked!
2 May 2009Skrybe from Lost Levels has released many NES prototypes that were not yet available online. Thanks to him and the whole Lost Levels crew, those lost games can now be played and preserved. You can find download links for the roms in the related topic on the Lost Levels Forum. Unreleased games Hero Quest – [...]
X-Men [32X - Cancelled]
23 Apr 2009X-Men: Mind Games is a cancelled action game that was in development by Scavenger and it would have been published by SEGA in 1995 / 1996 for the 32X. The game was shown at the E3 1995 and a playable demo was found and leaked by the SegaSaturno community in August 2009! This version is [...]
Panzer Dragoon Zwei [Saturn - Prototype]
16 Apr 2009Panzer Dragoon II Zwei is a shoot ‘em up released for the Sega Saturn in 1996, it was the second Panzer Dragoon game released but it is a prequel of the series. It was developed by Team Andromeda, one of Sega’s internal development studios. [Infos from Wikipedia] In the bonus section of the game, the [...]
“It Came from the Desert” is a 1989 computer game developed by Cinemaware. It was originally released for the Amiga and the gameplay centers on the player choosing what they want to do by selecting an option on the multiple choice screens that pop up. This unreleased Sega Genesis / Megadrive version was going to [...]
Wonder Boy in Monster World [MS - Prototype]
7 Apr 2009Wonder Boy in Monster World (Wonder Boy V Monster World III in Japan) is a title in the series of Wonder Boy games which were developed in the 1980s and 1990s by Sega and Westone. It is the fifth game in the Wonder Boy series, and the third game in the Monster World sub-series. [Infos [...]
Fate [PC - Cancelled]
5 Apr 2009Fate is a game which was in development in 1996 by DogBone Software and was going to be published by Intracorp. The game was being made with the Build Engine, a first-person shooter engine created by Ken Silverman for 3D Realms (used for Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood and Redneck Rampage). Sadly Intracorp went [...]
Hellgate (Dreamcast) preserved and leaked!
3 Apr 2009Hellgate was a cancelled racing / third person shooter that was in development for the Dreamcast. As some of you already know, in March 2009 a playable built of this game was somehow recovered from a DC DEV-BOX unit and it was shared online for everyone. Now it can be played and preserved! Huge props [...]
Tower of Goo Unlimited [Wii - Concept]
7 Mar 2009Tower of Goo Unlimited is the original prototype, made some years ago, of World of Goo, a famous indie game for Pc and Wiiware. Even if you can create only a tower in this concept, the basic gameplay and the graphic style are essentially the same as the released version. There is a level called [...]
As we can read on Wikipedia STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, previously known as Stalker: Oblivion Lost, is a PC FPS by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007. The game was first announced in November 2001 and had its release date, originally in 2003, pushed back several times. Due to the delays some considered [...]
Do you remember Tiny Toon Adventures: Defenders of the Universe? It was an interesting 4 Players brawl / fighting game that was in development by Treasure, and even if the Tiny Toon brand could turn you away, dont be fooled: this game was going to be a “spiritual” successor to Rakugaki Showtime, one of the [...]
Redline Arena [Dreamcast - Cancelled]
24 Jan 2009Redline 2 (also know as Redline Arena) was the sequel of Redline, a post-apocalyptic combination of FPS / Car Combat game that was released in 1999 for the PC. Redline Arena was going to be developed for the SEGA Dreamcast: a small team from Beyond Games worked on a playable PC prototype for about 6 [...]
Recently a prototype of Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones has been found. It is a very early version of the Sacred Stones and contains many differences. This pre-alpha ROM uses many things from the previous game as placeholder; even the title and menus from the Blazing Sword are still there. The game opens up with a [...]
The Toon Panic 64 proto has finally leaked!
7 Dec 2008Some days ago those wonderful people from Team Carrot and No-Intro have leaked the Toon Panic proto that was sold around from collectors to collectors from many years. It seems that one of the owners of the original proto cart decided to share this interesting piece of N64 history with everyone, so finally we can [...]
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 [...]
A collection of Jaguar’s protos has been leaked!
14 Nov 2008X-cult has found many protos for the Atari Jaguar in the Jaguar Sector website. You can download them here. Here’s the list: 2600 Emulator (Stella)(Unreleased) Arena Football 95 (JSII Release) Barkley Shut Up And Jam (Prototype) Blue Lightning Tour 4 Beta Blue Lightning Tour 5 Beta Blue Lightning Tour 6 Beta BrainGames (unreleased)Breakout2000 (Prototype) Brett [...]
Fighting Force is beat ‘em up developed by Core Design that was released for the PlayStation, PC and Nintendo 64 in 1997. A Saturn version was in development too, but it was later cancelled. Now, thanks to Hidden Palace and its community, an aplha of the Saturn version is leaked to the public! It seems [...]
Tiny Toon Adventures [Jaguar - Cancelled]
28 Oct 2008A platform game with Tiny Toon characters, in development for the Jaguar but later cancelled. It seems that a beta-demo of this game was leaked some time ago. In 2006, Atariboy has posted on the Toon Zone Forum some images and sprites from this game, that were found on the official site of the developers. [...]
Ninja Gaiden [MD/G - Beta/Unreleased]
4 Oct 2008This is Ninja Gaiden for the Genesis. It is (in theory) a conversion of the 1988 coin-op, but basically the only thing that it is similar to the original is the HUD, because everything else was completely reworked. It was never released (even if some websites claims the opposite) in any region, and since it [...]
Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword [GBA - Beta/Debug]
19 Sep 2008Thanks to Serenes Forest we can read about a list of differences that were found in the prototype version of Fire Emblem 7, a beta that was leaked online sometime ago. Major differences are in the colors of the CGs, options, sprites, animations, extra shops and items. The 2 betas can be download at the [...]
Spore prototypes available for download!
5 Sep 2008Yep, that’s right, you can download the various beta builds of Spore at www.spore.com/comm/prototypes . We can only hope that more software houses follow the example of EA and release as many betas as possible! As they say in their site: “Spore has been a huge undertaking. Along the way we ended up exploring countless [...]
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 [...]
Soulstar X [Jaguar CD/32X - Unreleased]
31 Jul 2008Soulstar was a Mega-CD game created by Core Design, and after its release, two seperate conversions were planned. One was a port to the Jaguar CD, under the same name, whereas the other was an updated version for the 32X, under the name Soulstar X. In the end, neither of them were released. Edit
Corn Buster [SNES - Cancelled]
17 Jul 2008Corn Buster is an unreleased Super Nintendo game developed by Engine Software. The game is the story of a dragon named Globey, who sets out to defeat the person who’s stolen all the cornflakes in the world. The gameplay is an interesting mix of an Arkanoid-Style ball-and-paddle game and a vertical scrolling shooter. The game [...]
World Reborn [GBA Version] leaked!
2 Jul 2008Probably it’s an old news for some of you, but if you still did not know, the Neopong team has shared with the public a ROM of their cancelled GBA / DS game, a shmup named World Reborn. As we can read at the WD Forum “My partners and I have finally completely given up [...]
Tommy Thunder [N64 - Prototype / Cancelled]
28 Jun 2008Tommy Thunder was a third person shooter in development for the Nintendo 64 (and later for the PSX too) from Player 1 studios, but it was never released and we never got many informations about it. In November 2007, herpetic.adventures on the LostLevels forum posted an interesting story about a misterious file: “[...] about 10 [...]
Killer Instinct [SNES/Arcade - Beta]
26 May 2008Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by RareWare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994 it was later ported to the Super Nintendo. In the gallery below you can notice some early character designs for B.Orchid and Glacius. As they wrote at the Killer Instinct Arena, the earliest version [...]
Lobo [SNES/Genesis - Cancelled]
26 May 2008LOBO is a cancelled fighting game that was meant to be released for the Super Nintendo and the Sega Mega Drive / genesis, settled up in the DC Comics’ LOBO universe. Ocean was planning to release this in 1996, but it was cancelled for both platforms at the last minute. A prototype of the game [...]
Spore [PC - Beta]
21 May 2008Spore is a video game under development by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. The game has drawn wide attention for its promise to simulate the development of a species on a galactic scope, using its innovation of user-guided evolution via the use of procedural generation for many of the components of the game, providing [...]
Panzer Dragoon prototypes: now leaked!
16 May 2008DRX has updated Hidden Palace with the Panzer Dragoon protos we talked about a couple of days ago: Panzer Dragoon Saga – Sep 16, 1997 prototype – Disc 1 (of only 1?) Panzer Dragoon Saga – Nov 30, 1997 prototype – Discs 1, 2 and 3 Panzer Dragoon Saga – Dec 22, 1997 prototype – [...]
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 [...]
Black ICE / White Noise (originally known as Chaos Agenda) is a cancelled action game that was in development for the Jaguar. In 1995 Atari corporation was desperately rushing to keep their Jaguar system alive and in competition with the next generation of gaming systems such as the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation. Atari promised [...]
Sonic’s Edusoft: Leaked!
28 Apr 2008It looks like that at Sonic Retro they have found a playable proto of Sonic’s Edusoft, a cancelled sonic game for the Sega Master System: “Sonic’s Edusoft is an unreleased educational game for the Sega Master System developed in 1991 by Tiertex. The unofficially licensed game had been unknown until a Wikipedia page was created [...]
In 2002 Team ICO began to work on Shadow of the Colossus, initially with the WIP name of “NICO“. The NICO concept can be seen as an early design of the final game, were some of it’s core gameplay ideas were already exposed. You can read more about the NICO Concept in here. After Shadow [...]
Three new atari 7800 protos
18 Apr 2008Recently, three new Atari 7800 protos, Sirius, Plutos, Rapart, were finally recovered. This is an interesting news because they represent some of the most complex titles ever developed for the ill-fated console. You can read all about them on http://www.atariprotos.com/ Edit
40 Winks per Nintendo 64 leaked
17 Apr 2008Stavo spulciando il forum di ASSEMblergames.com quando mi balza all’occhio il titolo di un topic: N64 40 Winks dumped and released Un flashback, in un non meglio precisato episodio del nostro Podcast 64 Ness e Yota (o era Bakka, ehi non ho una memoria perfetta!) discutono se 40 Winks era uscito o no per N64, [...]
Tiny Toon Adventures: DotL is the name of Tiny Toon Adventures video game that seems to have been cancelled. Originally developed by Treasure Video Games, it was originally slated for the PlayStation 2 and possibly the Nintendo GameCube. It was originally slated for release in May of 2001, but thanks to many delays, the game [...]
Chrono Trigger [SNES - Beta / Unused Stuff]
14 Apr 2008A few months prior to Chrono Trigger’s market release, a beta version was given to magazine reviewers and game stores. An unfinished build of the game, it contains numerous differences from the final version, such as unused music tracks and a location called “Singing Mountain”. Curious fans later explored the ROM image through various methods, [...]
Fireteam Rogue [SNES GEN MD - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008Fireteam Rogue is a cancelled action adventure game that was developed by Accolade for the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. It seems that the project had to be canned for economic isssues. A couple of Alpha of this project were leaked online and you can read a long article with more info about this on [...]
Dorque & Imp [SNES - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008Dorque & Imp is a cancelled platform that was in development by Norse (a swedish gaming studio) for the Super Nintendo. Akumu from the Lost Levels Forum translated a swedish preview in which we can read some more info on the project: 2 of the worlds are completed. When Power Player catches up with the [...]
Nightmare Busters [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008Nightmare Busters is a cancelled beat ‘em up / action game that was in development in 1994 by Arcade Zone (a french studio) for the Super Nintendo. After Sony decided to not publish Nightmare Busters SNES as the original Playstation arrived in Europe, Arcade Zone had to close down and cancel all their projects. At [...]
Prime [SNES - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008Prime is a cancelled beat ‘em up that was developed by Malibu Interactive for the Super Nintendo. The game was based on the comic of the same name and maybe for the low popularity of the character, Prime was never finished. A beta version of Prime was leaked online and it contains 5 playable levels. [...]
Universal Soldier [SNES - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008Turrican was released in 1989 for the Commodore 64 and 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was Programmed by Rainbow Arts and Factor 5. Then Accolade made a port to the Sega Genesis, GameBoy, and Turbo Graphix 16. The Accolade Ports were a huge disaster. However, Accolade wanted to do the same thing [...]
Time Diver: Eon Man [NES - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008Time Diver: Eon Man is a cancelled beat ‘em up developed by A.I for Taito for the NES. The game was finished, receiving a four-page strategy guide and review in issue 45 (February ’93) of Nintendo Power. Despite this, the game eventually disappeared from the Pak Watch section and was silently canceled. According to game [...]
Hit the Ice [NES - Unreleased]
12 Apr 2008Hit the Ice is a cancelled Taito NES port of the popular 1990 arcade hockey game of the same name. Unlike the completed SNES home console port of Hit the Ice, the cancelled NES version centers around a “Quest Mode” with RPG elements. Much like the Dragon Warrior series, the player walks around an overworld [...]
Xybots [NES - Unreleased]
11 Apr 2008Xybots is an old third person shooter developed by Atari released for the arcades and many home computers in in the 80′s. A porting for the NES by Tengen was supposed to be released in 1990, but it was canceled even if the game was almost completed. The prototype was somehow leaked online and it [...]
Sonic’s Edusoft [SMS - Cancelled]
11 Apr 2008Sonic’s Edusoft is a game for Master System developed by Tiertex and published by U.S. Gold for the Sega Master System. No one knew anything about this game until an anonymous person created a Wikipedia page with information on the license, this individual turned out to be one of the programmers. Later, with the nickname [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Rebellion [Saturn - 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 [...]
Propeller Arena [Dreamcast - Cancelled]
10 Apr 2008Aviation Battle Championship, had to be one of those titles that would show the potential of the Dreamcast, a console for online gaming. The plot was simple: in 2045, would set up a championship fights between aircraft of the Second World War. The game included a Championship mode, where by choosing one of the playable [...]
Yoshi’s Story [GBA - Tech Demo]
7 Apr 2008When the new Game Boy Advance was announced, Nintendo shown a Yoshi’s Story tech demo, to promote the power of the console. The demo looked almost as nice as the N64′s Version, but sadly it was never developed into an full game. After some years, a rom of the Yoshi’s Story GBA tech demo was [...]
World Reborn [GBA - Cancelled]
6 Apr 2008World Reborn is a cancelled 2d shooter developed by Neopong. In a 2008 post at the now defunct workingdesignsmb board, one of the developers explained why the project was shelved: [...]Basically because the first publisher contact liked our basic demo (and boy did it look primitive by comparison) and thought it had some promise, they [...]
Half Life 2 [Beta / Concept / Prototype]
5 Apr 2008The book Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar revealed many of the game’s original settings and action that were cut down or removed entirely from the final game. Half-Life 2 was originally intended to be a far darker game where the Combine were more obviously draining the oceans for minerals and replacing the atmosphere with noxious, [...]
Dragon Sword (Storm) [N64 - Cancelled]
4 Apr 2008Dragon Sword, officially announced in early 1998, is another cancelled game for the Nintendo 64. More precisely, it was a coop action-adventure / hack & slash developed by Interactive Studios / Blitzgames (the creators of Glover) and set in a fantasy world called Avantaria, where a group of four heroes had to stop the evil [...]
Toon Panic 64 [N64 - Cancelled]
4 Apr 2008Toon Panic was an interesting fighting game for the Nintendo 64, in development at Bottom Up. It was meant to be a multiplayer brawl fighting game, similar to Power Stone or Rakugaki ShowTime, but it was later cancelled because of bankruptcy of the developers. A proto was sold some years ago on a japanese auction, [...]
Rez Beta Leaked
9 Mar 2008Recently a Rez beta was leaked and posted on underground-gamer’s forum . You can download it from http://www.megaupload.com/it/?d=J5HR8VNM Source: Lostlevels Forum Edit
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