Philosoma is scrolling shoot ’em up developed by G Artist and published by Sony for the PlayStation in 1995 / 1996. The story of the game is about an alien planet named Planet 220 (know as ORA-194-220 in the Japanese version) that is attacked by an unknown force and requires assistance. Celine found an old article about Philosoma in Console Plus magazine #34, in which they shown a target render from the early development of the game.
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Presto is a cancelled adventure game created by Phil Simon, in development by Pulse Entertainment for Playstation 1 and PC. Presto was later cancelled because the company wanted to jump onto the next bandwagon: the internet.
Scan from PlayMag issue 8.
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Dream Team Basketball is a cancelled sport game that was in development in 1996 by Anvil Incorporated and it would have been published by US Gold / Eidos Interactive for the Playstation. For some reasons the game was never released, but a playable beta version 70% complete was preserved by the Playstation Museum:
The Dream Team concept: a basketball game where you pit the 1996 USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team against other countries. All of America’s top basketball stars are in the game: Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Scottie Pippen, …etc. On paper this game sounds like a sure winner. Anvil Incorporated and U.S. Gold Sports through Eidos Interactive were to bring this concept to the PlayStation in time for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
Thanks to Pcloadletter for the contribution! Scan from EGM 82, May 1996
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Maximum Gauge was an 2D/3D adventure game with a sci-fi theme in development by Big Grub for Playstation 1 and PC and to be published by MGM Interactive. Gregg Tavares , Big Grub developer at the time, described the game as “take Diablo but make it play like Zelda from the Super Nintendo”. Apparently there were direction problems and the game never seen the light of the day.
Scan from PlayMag issue 15.
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