New Cancelled Games & Their Lost Media Added to the Archive

3 e 4 Ottobre 2009: Video Games History e U64 Italian Meeting

This article is only in Italian, sorry!

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Come ormai da alcuni anni, il 3 e 4 ottobre 2009 a Monza si terrà il Video Games History, esposizione videoludica organizzata dai ragazzi di Games Collection. Fra retrogames, tornei multiplayer per le ultime console, pubblicità d’epoca (ocio però!), incontri fra nerd e discussioni filosofiche, un’area-museo dedicata a tutti gli amanti di unseen games: alcuni prototipi e beta provenienti dalle raccolte private dei maggiori collezionisti italiani.

L’anno scorso abbiamo partecipato all’evento e Nicola ha sopportato per un oretta questi maniaci di unseen games, mostrandoci alcuni dei prototipi che aveva portato per l’occasione. Abbiamo potuto giocare ad Iron Hammer (titolo mai uscito per il “visore virtuale” del Mega Drive), una versione medica di Dyno Blaze (ahah WTF?), ammirare console mai rilasciate come il Panasonic M2, segarci guardando le cartucce demo per N64 e piangere sulla beta di Beirut Breakout (versione preliminare di Desert Strike) che non partiva.

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Parte dello staff di U64 sarà presente  anche quest’anno all’evento, per un piccolo meeting dei collaboratori e degli utenti italiani di Unseen 64. Per conoscerci, giocare qualche beta e fare i nerd senza limite.

Per accordi sul meeting di U64, potete lasciare un messaggio di commento a questo post oppure mandarci una email a [email protected]

Per maggiori informazioni sull’evento date un’occhiata alla pagina dedicata su Games Collection. Il VGH 2K9 si svolgerà presso l’URBAN CENTER di MONZA Via Filippo Turati 8 (a due passi dalla stazione dei treni) nei giorni di sabato 3 ottobre (dalle ore 10.00 alle 20.00) e domenica 4 ottobre (dalle ore 10.00 alle 18.00). Ecco il luogo su Google Maps.

INGRESSO GRATUITO!

Keeper of the Gates [G/MD – Cancelled]

Keeper of the Gates is a cancelled action game that was in development for the Genesis / Mega Drive by Razorsoft. This was meant to be a sequel to Stormlord, in which we would have played through 8 levels with hard puzzles and traps to resolve. Also, “six players would have been able to alternately compete in tournament play, to test their adventuring skills”. The project was never finished for unknown reasons.

Celine has found some screens of the Game in EGM 40 & 41, while Ross Sillifant found even more in Sega Force magazine, you can check them all in the gallery below!

Thanks to The Punisher we found out that Keeper Of The Gates was going to be a new game in the Stomlord series or a port of Stormlord 2: Deliverance. The screens from the Genesis / Mega Drive version look exactly like S2:D released for Amiga, as we can see at Hall of Light.

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[Update] New screens, info and videos in the U64 Archive

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In the last couple of months we have added some screens, videos or info in these Unseen Archives: Akolyte [Dreamcast], ClayFighter Extreme (63 1/3), Demonik [X360], Dinosaur Planet [Nintendo 64], Dreams to Reality [PSX/PC], Earthworm Jim 3D [N64, PC], Extreme G [N64], Final Fantasy 7 [PSX], Freak Boy [N64], Titan / Halo MMO [X360/PC], Kore Gang [XBOX], Dorque & Imp [SNES], Eight Days [PS3], EXO [PS2], Loose Cannon [XBOX], Totems [X360/PC], Lobo [SNES/Genesis], The Fixer [PS3], Full Throttle: Hell on Wheels [PS2], Extreme Force [XBOX/PS2], Crash Bandicoot [PSX], Resident Evil [PSX], Earthbound [SNES], Soul Reaver [PSX], Bound High [VB], Shadow of the Colossus [PS2], Erik The Wiking [NES], Onimusha [PSX], Bioshock, Turok [N64], F5’s Superman [X360/PS3], Lost Mantis / USS Antarctica [PS2], Bonk RPG, Lamborghini [XBOX], Megaman X, Steven Seagal [SNES], Flashback Legends [GBA], Dinosaur Planet [N64], Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness [PS2], Metroid Prime [GC], Sam & Max Freelance Police, Kameo [XBOX], Sonic Adventure [DC], Sonic the Hedgehog 2006, X-Men [32X], Earthworm Jim [SNES/Genesis], Enclave 2 [XBOX], Agent 9 [PS2], Final Fantasy Fortress [X360/PS3], Halo 2, Highlander: The Gathering [PC], Final Fantasy 7, Killer Instinct, The King of Fighters XII, Mario Kart 64, Banjo Kazooie, Metroid Zero Mission [GBA], Career Criminal [X360/PS3], Saboteur [PSX], MSR [Dreamcast] & Wild 9 [PSX]!

Galidor [PS2, GameCube, PC – Beta]

Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, also known simply as Galidor, is a show that ran on Fox Kids in 2002 with a total of 26 half-hour episodes. The show is centered around the journey of Nicholas Bluetooth, a 15 year old whose life is turned upside-down after receiving a strange floating alien map over his bed on the eve of his 15th birthday. [Info from Wikipedia]

In 2003 Asylum Entertainment developed and released (published by Electronic Arts for PC (and GBA) only) a platform / action game game based on the Galidor show. The early version of the main character was different from the one that was later used in the final game and even the hud was changed.

Whilst the PC and GBA versions were released, the PS2 version, as well as a GameCube release were cancelled, which was unfortunately due to financial problems.

Thanks to Celine and Vitas Varnas for the contribution!

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Objective Force: Commander [XBOX – Cancelled]

Objective Force: Commander is a cancelled action / car combat game that was in development by Dynamic Animations Systems in 2002, for the original XBOX.  The game was shown in playable form at E3 2002, but later it vanished from the release list, maybe because they never found a publisher interested in the project. Objective Force: Commander was set in the near future, following the missions of a group of Texas rebels against an evil mega conglomerate energy company. The player would have been able to command an entire squad of tanks in real time, by issuing orders to friendly team AI to complete the game’s missions and win over the other teams. Single player mode, multiplayer VS and coop modes of play (including Xbox Live) were planned.

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