Magical Saurus / Zaurus (マジカルザウルス) is a cancelled level-based action / puzzle game that was planned by Natsume (?) around 1989 – 1990. Players would take the role of a boy that had to survive to maze-like levels, avoiding enemies, moving boxes and pulling levers. Not much more is known…
Blade Land [PC Engine – Cancelled]
Blade Land is a cancelled RPG that was in development by Nihon Soft Hanbai / Manjuydo for the PC Engine around 1990. For its time it looked quite original: with quirky characters and enemies moving around a modern-day city setting it reminds us of Shigesato Itoi’s Mother / Earthbound series.…
Adventure of the Mummy Head [PC Engine – Cancelled]
Adventure of the Mummy Head is a cancelled game that was in development by Taito for PC Engine around 1991. The title was advertised in a few gaming magazines at the time, but as far as we know they never showed any screenshot, just artwork of the main protagonist. In…
Uesugi Genjin (Bonk Strategy) [PC Engine – Cancelled Concept]
Uesugi Genjin (possibly related to Uesugi Kenshin, a japanese feudal lord lived in the Sengoku period of Japan) is an undeveloped war strategy RPG set in the Bonk (PC Genjin) series, that was proposed by Red Company / Hudson among many other joke / potential titles in Gekkan PC-Engine magazine.…
Meiyaku no Teigi [PC Engine – Cancelled]
Meiyaku no Teigi (盟約の定義, tr. “Definition of a Pledge”) is a cancelled RPG that was in development around 1991 – 1992 by Human Entertainment, planned to be published for the PC Engine. While in an old magazine ad it was labeled as “science fantasy”, from the look of its characters…