Galleon is a video game developed by Toby Gard and Confounding Factor. Famously announced in Edge magazine in 1997 for the original Playstation, as the original designer of Lara Croft, Toby Gard left Core design shortly after the first Tomb Raider game was released. Galleon was to be his first…
Unity (Jeff Minter) [GameCube – Cancelled]
Unity was a shoot ’em’ up being developed by Jeff Minter and published by Lionhead Studios for the Nintendo GameCube . It was in development from the beginning of 2003 until its cancellation at the end of 2004. It was to feature Jeff Minter’s trademark psychedelic graphical style, meshed with…
Saffire Young Olympians [GC – Tech Demo / Proto]
Originally announced as an adventure game, “Young Olympians” (also known as Saffire, from the name of the developers) was one of the first games shown for the “Project Dolphin” console, today known as the Nintendo GameCube. After the original announcement the game disappeared, it was postponed several times and then…
Luigi’s Mansion [GC – Beta / Tech Demo / Unused Stuff]
In its beta E3 2001 version, Luigi’s Mansion featured different ghosts than the final version. The 3 main ghosts (Orange, Pink, and Blue) were very different looking than their present day forms. The Orange ghost used to be a pink colored ghost featuring smaller eyes and mouth. The tall and…
Dead Phoenix [GameCube – Cancelled]
Dead Phoenix was a video game for the Nintendo GameCube that was never released. It was announced as one of the Capcom Five, a set of five Capcom-developed games originally planned as GameCube exclusives. The failed to make an appearance at E3 2003 and was subsequently removed from Capcom’s website…