BAW
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Dude. You have the duty to convert that disc to iso image and give it specifically to me.
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100% complete unreleased games
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Dude. You have the duty to convert that disc to iso image and give it specifically to me.
ChemicalCutthroat
Member
Too soon. I remember trying to read and find everything about that game when they first announced it.
Yeah but it doesn't mean anything in terms of assets. From what I gathered here and there it probably wasn't playable from start to finish.
The most finalized backgrounds from the second half of the game are in the japanese BH2 demo and a lot of them are missing/unfinished. The same probably goes for voices, cut-scenes, scripts, bosses, etc.
Barry Burton
Member
Never forget:
Not complete.
Not complete.
Mijamoto stated in different interviews that Zelda 3 as well as Ocarina of Time Ura were both done.
Zelda 3 was held back due to Dragon Quest releasing the same year, and later for some reason remodeled into AlttP, while Ura Zelda was just cancelled due the commercial failure of the N64-DD.
Ura Zelda became Master Quest, which was both complete and released
Not complete at all, in fact, very far from complete. Diddy Kong Pilot was pretty close to completion though.
falconxcrunner09
Member
Wasn't the Jet Set Radio Future and Shenmue 1 & 2 ports for XBLA pretty far along until they were canned?
I have more complete builds, it was basically done, although these builds obviously have debug stuff. There was also a build that people created from leaked source code and the Live beta test (which was online only), but that seems to not be the final result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBodYs9B1wo
Important to note that this particular build doesnt seem to be quite complete, has missing faces and some other stuff going on.
Likely had some major issues still, particularly surrounding Voice Chat.
Bonk was almost certainly done anyway, I have a build with two worlds but I know a more complete one exists. I recommend my own video for the full story on that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmPA-wRtfY
Dinosaur Hunting exists in English, I own a copy. It is even a pressed version that works on retail Xboxes without mods.
This one exists too as a pressed version, working on retail consoles.
This is the pre-alpha build that I covered, from about 8 months before the game was cancelled, so figure 12-14 months before a release.
There are versions floating around of this in private hands, but mostly from microsoft's private Partnernet.
On the topic of Half-life, no pressed discs have been found, but there was the one complete manual and case.
Also exists in a few different pressed versions. But you know that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhQoxc5HFeY
If you have that disc or any others, let me know and we can work something out. I actually do have a copy of Lamborghini.
Early versions of this leaked too
Virtua Fighter 3 ! .....running on SEGA SATURN !!! made directly by Yu Suzuki, game has been showed to the press and all, been cancelled due to the arrival of the Dreamcast, Yu Suzuki was apparently pissed off , instead we received an ass port by Genki on the dreamcast
false
VF3 Saturn was never 100% complete and was never shown to press
GlitchyDegree
Banned
Duke Nukem Critical Mass was a Nintendo DS game released in 2011, but a PSP was in development as well. The PSP version was never released but a complete build of the game was sent to Sony for approval.
Unseen64 has a article about it https://www.unseen64.net/2016/11/08/duke-nukem-critical-mass-psp-cancelled/
Unseen64 has a article about it https://www.unseen64.net/2016/11/08/duke-nukem-critical-mass-psp-cancelled/
sixteen-bit
Member
Primal Rage 2 for the arcade
We put it on the cover of Xbox Nation. Microsoft showed us a demonstration of the game at E3 one year, and we all sort of walked away underwhelmed. I don't remember specifics, but there didn't seem to be much there.
After the preview, we debated changing covers. But E3 issues were always hellish and, regardless, True Fantasy was a solid cover candidate. A few months later, I think, we learned the game had been canceled.
If I had to bet, I would say the game was not close to completion.
Not even close. The build I showed had one complete-ish level, that was it. Plus prototype stuff.
Youngfossil
Neo Member
Mega Man Legends 3 on 3Ds?
It didn't get a proper retail release, but this came out
http://www.system3.com/promotional-download/puttysquadamiga/
I haven't played it myself, but I remember reading about it in Retro Gamer and people seemed pretty excited about it.
Dr Zhivago
Member
No, only the PS1 version was released. GT Interactive were going bust at the time and couldn't afford to manufacture the carts.
NBA ELITE 11.
Biggest failure out of all the 100% finished games. NBA Live 10 was a strong entry into the EA basketball series of games that has been around since I believe 1990. NBA Elite was supposed to that smashed NBA 2k and make EA Basketball the top basketball series. Instead Jesus Bynum happened and the game was cancelled. The cancellation happened so late that EA had to literally pull it off the shelves. EA Basketball has been in a nosedive ever since.
Biggest failure out of all the 100% finished games. NBA Live 10 was a strong entry into the EA basketball series of games that has been around since I believe 1990. NBA Elite was supposed to that smashed NBA 2k and make EA Basketball the top basketball series. Instead Jesus Bynum happened and the game was cancelled. The cancellation happened so late that EA had to literally pull it off the shelves. EA Basketball has been in a nosedive ever since.
The demo was complete and ready to be on eShop when it launched, but then Capcom had to Capcpom
Full game was nowhere near done though, it eventually became EX-Troopers
Never forget:
What on earth is with this cover?
That doesn't mean it saw general release. We oftentimes got builds that had labels printed on them that were playable on retail Xboxes.
I think Metro3D never released the American version of Dinosaur Hunting to the public.
arts&crafts
Member
No idea what this is, but I am not suprised given that cover.
Oh that appears to be a fake cover.
Barry Burton
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LukasTaves
Member
Unfortunately Dreamcast had a lot of those
I didnt mean to imply that it was released. I was just confirming the fact that it was 100% done.
that's kind of funny since on GameCube there were games that outright took entire memory cards (although i think all of them that did also included said memory card)
MrCunningham
Member
I'm not really surprised by that. I don't think the higher ups at Sega really understood the original concept behind ToeJam & Earl. It is the same reason why TJ&E 2 became more of a traditional sidescroller. Rouge likes just weren't a thing on consoles back then, which is quite the opposite now. The original ToeJam & Earl 3 on the Dreamcast looks like a faithful recreation of the original game in 3D, The soundtrack is also impressive too in that demo. Online could have been fantastic.
HyperZone<3
Member
for reals? Dang, that might have been nice. Woulda been interesting to see Crytek's engine on the system at the very least.
JinjoUnchained
Member
What about Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill for SNES? Yes, it was a game starring President Clinton's cat. I remember seeing previews and reviews for it, but AFAIK it never came out.
Like I posted above, go back and watch my video. I take you through early concepts and prototypes, including the possibility of a Bonk DS, which is on my list for a larger video down the line
Yup. It was ready to go. Somebody spent good money localizing it.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92288
We discussed Dinosaur Hunting in this old thread, too.
Four out of 10 for Dinosaur Hunting!
An old stream showing off the English version a bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svi8uPm4cUY&list=PLzFcQjiHTIuV-zBBokH5PXjVlL4t3mMg4
Like I posted above, go back and watch my video. I take you through early concepts and prototypes, including the possibility of a Bonk DS, which is on my list for a larger video down the line
Thanks. I've already added your video to my "Watch Later" queue. I'll try to check it out soon.
Yeah, there's apparently a finished cart out there but the collector who owns it refuses to dump the ROM or sell it. I think he wants more money than it's worth or he's just opposed to doing it or something.
It's like if Martin Shkreli had an unreleased Yanni album instead of a Wu Tang album.
Bonk was completed, but shelved.
The Live Beta was MP only. A single player version exists, but never shipped.
Review copies of this have leaked, similar to Half-Life, Geist Force and Propeller Arena.
Of all the rare games that have leaked, the fact that the retail version of this hasn't gotten out surprises me as it is coded to run on any retail system. No hacking needed. No modding needed.
Just copy from one memory card to another.
Repro case. Not official.
Leaked back in the 90s. Was commonly counterfeited by sellers looking to make a quick buck long before the "repro" craze started.
One of the first revealed dreamcast games ever and was planned as a launch title was canned as well.
Geist Force.
Repro case. Not official.
That Lambo game is semi-unique in that it is one of the few pressed discs for the Xbox Live Beta consoles (different security key than retail or debug).
Now, if you want to talk EXCEEDINGLY RARE pressed retail discs, then you should be looking for a retail copy of the OG Xbox Kameo demo.
Same demo as the 360 demo, but pressed onto an Xbox silver and runs on retail systems.
Shown at E3 one year. Cancelled. Never finished.
Oh, also forgot to add (from the sports side):
Madden '96 for the PlayStation. That was done when it was scrapped.
GlitchyDegree
Banned
Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric used a modified version of Cryengine 3, but sadly we never got any good games using Cryengine.
There are retail-silver versions floating around though, not just the Beta Live version.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Not 100%, but Final Fantasy IV for the Famicom was like 80% complete before Square scrapped the whole thing to focus on the next gen. This led to Cecil Harvey's FFV on the Super Famicom being renamed "FFIV", and the rest is history.
SuperLeviathan
Member
Was the NES port of SimCity finished? It would be cool to see that, but it would require Nintendo to come to terms with EA.
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/05/24/sim-city-nes-unreleased/
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/05/24/sim-city-nes-unreleased/
cj_iwakura
Member
Kingdom Under Fire 3?
I don't know if it was 100% done but apparently a Jet Force Gemini GBC version was nearly finished at least. Someone out there has a prototype but only uploaded the intro to Youtube.
Actually they had a successful Kickstarter last year to release the original ROM as well as create a finished version to make repro carts with, aiming for a July 2017 release. The latest backer-only update is titled "The delay that nobody wanted" though so I guess it'll be a little longer.
Actually they had a successful Kickstarter last year to release the original ROM as well as create a finished version to make repro carts with, aiming for a July 2017 release. The latest backer-only update is titled "The delay that nobody wanted" though so I guess it'll be a little longer.
Team Andromeda
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I was gutted that Harrier Assault for the SEGA CD never came out, which looked ace and meant to have pushed the ASIC chip to the max.
Also was gutted that WaterWorld Was dropped at the last min for the Sega Saturn. That game was meant to looked and moved stunning 60 fps and making full use of the Saturn's VDP 2
Also was gutted that WaterWorld Was dropped at the last min for the Sega Saturn. That game was meant to looked and moved stunning 60 fps and making full use of the Saturn's VDP 2
Oh! That's nice. Played the original back then on the SNES, think it was the only console version that got released. Pretty fun game in co-op, one of few co-op games that give players the ability to fight each others and a decent incentive to do so.