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Vapor Trails - On Famously Unreleased Videogames

Posted by simoniker on from the virtua-laughing-fit dept.

Thanks to GamePro for its article discussing formerly in-development videogames which never actually got released. Some of the more unconventional include Data East's Tattoo Assassins ("2D video-captured fighters, whose tattoos come to life and whack on other players. Characters included a Nancy Kerrigan clone and a giant running hot dog"), Sega's Virtua Hamster ("...[involving] polygonal rodents with rocket packs and skateboards swooshing through a huge hamster habitrail, collecting popcorn kernels to spit at enemies"), and Runandgun!'s partially resurrected Duelin' Firemen! ("...[an FMV] game about singing, dancing firemen [starring Rudy Ray Moore].")

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  1. Oh 3D Realms by The-Bus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think anything 3D Realms announces doesn't come out. Duke is an obvious choice but let's not forget Prey either...

    But once it comes out, rest assured I will be playing it on my Glaze3D chip. Maybe they'll even port it to the Phantom!

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    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

  2. Tattoo Assassins... by Lazyhound · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...is actually available as a MAME ROM now.

    1. Re:Tattoo Assassins... by Lazyhound · · Score: 4, Informative

      Also, holy ****, the GamePro article is a word-for-word reprint of a feature they published in the magazine about four years ago, with one or two games added. How lame is that?

  3. Virtual Hamster?? by osullish · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would love to know what they were smoking when they thought of that!

    Stoned Developer 1 : "uugh dude, (takes a deep puff..) do you know what there isn't enough of in games to day?"
    Stoned Developer 2 :"uugh I dunno dude"
    Stoned Developer 1 :"Hamsters man, just think about it dude.."
    Stoned Developer 2 :"crazeeee man"

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    It's hard enough to remember my opinions, never mind the reasons for them..
    1. Re:Virtual Hamster?? by Yorrike · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stoned Developer 2 :"Dude! (takes another puff), you know what else is missing?"
      Stoned Developer 1 :"Whassat?"
      Stoned Developer 2 :"Fuckin', games, like, where you fire angry lightbulbs at hopped up rainbows while flying backwards through Atlanis on a hunk of cheese!"
      Stoned Developer 1 :"Dude!"

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      Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?

  4. hamsters? been done. by *weasel · · Score: 4, Funny

    go for the eyes boo, GO FOR THE EYES!

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    // "Can't clowns and pirates just -try- to get along?"
  5. I would think Malice for tXBox deserves a mention. by freidog · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Malice was one of the titles used to show of the power of the XBox before it was released . If you paid attention to the XBox hype, chances are you saw some Malic screenshots.
    It was widely expected to be a release title in fact. But here 3+ years latter, no release date ia availibe, the Official webpage no longer exists, and we've heard nothing from Argonaut Games in the last year or so.