Fly By Wire was the codename of the helicopter simulation game by Shiny Entertainment that would be released under the name RC Stunt Copter. In the images below you can see an early prototype of the project.
Scan from PlayMag issue 17.
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Monster Knight [PS2 Concept – Cancelled]
Monster Knight is a cancelled third person action-rpg developed by Insomniac that was supposed to be released for PS2. The game was never officially announced, but its design document, created in 1999 and which contained the concept arts that we can see below, was shown to IGN in august 2012.
From the few info available about it, Monster knight was probably a mix between Zelda and Pokemon: in fact, the player main’s objective was to explore a large world and capture the various creatures that he encountered.
However, in this game monsters could be acquired also by negotiation or after pursuing and catching them, and they were used by the player not as fighters but as equipment or transport. Every creature had a particular class, growth pattern and personality.
For more information check IGN article .
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Force of One [Prototype – PS2 / PC]
Force of One is an early (1999) prototype of Technomancer for the Playstation 2 and PC, an action game that would eventually be cancelled after many years of development. You can read more about the project here: Technomancer on Unseen64 Scan from PlayMag issue 49.
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Presto [Cancelled – PSX / PC]
Presto is a cancelled adventure game created by Phil Simon, in development by Pulse Entertainment for Playstation 1 and PC. Presto was later cancelled because the company wanted to jump onto the next bandwagon: the internet.
Scan from PlayMag issue 8.
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Dream Team Basketball [PSX – Cancelled]
Dream Team Basketball is a cancelled sport game that was in development in 1996 by Anvil Incorporated and it would have been published by US Gold / Eidos Interactive for the Playstation. For some reasons the game was never released, but a playable beta version 70% complete was preserved by the Playstation Museum:
The Dream Team concept: a basketball game where you pit the 1996 USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team against other countries. All of America’s top basketball stars are in the game: Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Scottie Pippen, …etc. On paper this game sounds like a sure winner. Anvil Incorporated and U.S. Gold Sports through Eidos Interactive were to bring this concept to the PlayStation in time for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
Thanks to Pcloadletter for the contribution! Scan from EGM 82, May 1996
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