New Cancelled Games & Their Lost Media Added to the Archive

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

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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Megalopolice: Tokyo City Battle [Sega 32x – Tech Demo/ Cancelled ?)

Megalopolice: Tokyo City Battle is a AS-1 ridefilm created by SEGA in 1993. Going by the screenshots below and the few information available, it seems that somehow SEGA planned a 32x game based on the eponymous virtual ride, but the project was probably quickly canceled some time after the announcement like many other games for the ill-fated  add-on.

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Shadow Squadron / Stellar Assault [Tech Demo – Sega 32X]

Shadow Squadron, originally called Bullet Fighter, is a Space flight simulator developed by SEGA and released for 32x in 1995. In the screens and in the video below we can see a pre-rendered tech demo of the game.

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Demon Dinosaurs / Dino Racer [Genesis / Mega Drive – Cancelled?]

Demon Dinosaurs, also known as Dino Racer, was a bizarre racing game similar to Outrun in development by Codemasters around 1994 for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Bizarre I said because it was set in prehistorik age and the racers were cave men and dinosaurs. It is unknown why the game was never released.

Thanks to Youloute for the Mega Force article. Scan from Mega Console issue 6 and Mega Force issue 29.

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Fly By Wire (RC Stunt Copter) [Prototype – PC / PSX]

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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