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Games That Could Have Been

Posted by Zonk on from the sparks-in-their-creators-eyes dept.

Gamespot, to accompany a piece on the art of pitching a game has up a companion article on a few good pitches from talented developers that never quite made it into games. My favorite of the three, from Will Wright: "I've always been fascinated with airships, and I wanted to do a game about the Hindenburg. And it was originally conceived as a cross between Myst and a flight simulator, if you can imagine that. You basically wake up on the Hindenburg. You're all alone. It's flying toward Lakehurst, New Jersey. You can walk anywhere on the ship. You can turn lights on and off. You can steer. You can adjust the engines. But every time you come into Lakehurst, it blows up. And you have to figure out why, and it becomes like this weird mystery flight simulator thing. I'd still love to do that."

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  1. Because... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And you have to figure out why 'Cause you're on the Hindenburg and it's filled with frickin' hydrogen?
  2. Duke Nukem Forever... by Notquitecajun · · Score: 3, Funny

    HAH! Got it in first.

  3. Re:Open Source the last one... by BoomerSooner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Code from 15 years ago? Jesus you must have some kick ass programmers.

  4. Re:Nazi were Socialist by Altus · · Score: 2, Funny


    your right, that joke is funnier.

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