Playstation

Playstation, Sony

Farstar / Starship Fantasy [PSX – Cancelled]

yota
26-01-2015
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Farstar is a cancelled Playstation space combat simulator which Teknocrest, an american software house, was working on in 1994 on Taito’s behalf. Just like Brimstone and Lufia for Genesis / Megadrive, however, the project got never completed. Fortunately, the programmer that was developing it preserved a video of the game:

Here’s some footage of a Playstation game called “Farstar” that I was working on back in 1994, I think Taito was planning to release it as “Starship Fantasy” or something like that, it was even listed in Famitsu as coming soon for a time.

It was supposed to be a mix of Wing Commander/Star Trek/Starflight. At least, that’s what I was trying to make. It was pretty ambitious for its time…maybe too ambitious.

Anyway as you can see it’s pretty shitty and was cancelled. I guess I just wasn’t a very good programmer back then…

For more informations check the topic on opa-ages.

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Nintendo, Nintendo 64 & 64DD, Playstation, Sony

Gex 3 [Beta – PSX N64]

U64 Staff & Contributors
01-08-2014
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Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko is a 3D platform game that was developed by Crystal Dynamics and Gratuitous Games for the original Playstation and Nintendo 64. Steve noticed a lot of beta differences from the various Gex 3 demos that were released before the final game.

First up, a video featuring the level “Clueless In Seattle” that is in volume 4 in a series of Eidos demo discs (it seems that this demo also appears in a greatest hits version of Tomb Raider II).

There are noticeable differences here compared to the level that is in the game’s retail release:

In the retail version, bears are enemies that can be found in the hedgemaze of this level. In this demo, the bears are absent there and only appear as these statues that can hurt you if you jump into them. These statues are also present in the retail version, but will not harm you if you jump into them. Also, there is an instance in the retail version where a small scene occurs in which the statue bears – for a lack of a better term – come to life as enemies. In this demo, this scene never occurs and the statue bears never come to life: 

Others, PC / MAC, Playstation, Sony

Flux [Playstation / PC – Cancelled]

Celine
25-09-2013
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Flux was basically a very sophisticated 3D puzzle game involving a salesman in a suit as its main character, that was in development for the Playstation and PC. The player had to find his way through a maze of cubic rooms that could be flipped in 90 degree angles by pushing switches on the walls. The game was in development by Pulse Entertainment and was picked up by Microsoft but canned after awhile for unknown reasons..

Scan from PlayMag issue 8.

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Playstation, Sony

Philosoma (Ora-194) [PSX – Target Render]

monokoma
09-09-2013
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Philosoma is scrolling shoot ’em up developed by G Artist and published by Sony for the PlayStation in 1995 / 1996. The story of the game is about an alien planet named Planet 220 (know as ORA-194-220 in the Japanese version) that is attacked by an unknown force and requires assistance. Celine found an old article about Philosoma in Console Plus magazine #34, in which they shown a target render from the early development of the game.

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