I have just added in the archive some new screens from the Turok: Dinosaur Hunter prototype, 40% complete build of E3 1996.. or so they say in the magazine. I love those old clunky poligonal models.. are all those enemies in the final game? I dont remember every one of them..
More new unseen screenshots in the Turok: Dinosaur Hunter betarchive page
Armed (also known as Aftermath) is a cancelled side-scrolling beat ’em up / action game that was in development by Interplay / Point of View / Activision (?) for the original Playstation and Saturn. The game could have been released under a different name but looking at the few screens preserved in the gallery below, it does not look like any other Activision / Interplay game published on the PSX or Saturn.
Thanks to Celine and Rod_Wod for the contribution! (some scan from Cd Consoles magazine issue #19)
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In issue 69 of Nintendo Power (dated feb 1995), there were some “new” images for a couple of cancelled SNES games. To see them, check their gallery in the archive:
FX Fighter [SNES Version – Cancelled]
Comanche [SNES Version – Cancelled]
Fireteam Rogue [SNES – Cancelled]
Another interesting info from the same issue is.. 007 GoldenEye annunced for the SNES! By Rare.. yes, we all loved to play multiplayer in Facility with Mode 7 graphic. Ouch!
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While translating this game from Japanese to American and European audiences, Sega of America altered it significantly. The most notable changes were that the miniboss character Ash was removed because he was a stereotyped homosexual, females were given more modest clothing, and the costume colors were changed. Axel is dressed like Adam, Blaze’s clothes were changed from red to white, and Skate wears red and blue instead of red and yellow. Sega stated that these were changed to create “gender-neutral colors.” The voice-effects were also changed, with most noticeably Axel’s catchphrase of “Grand Upper” for his semi-special move being replaced with “Bare Knuckle”.
The plot was rewritten, leaving many gaps in the narrative. In the original Bare Knuckle 3 the story dealt with a new explosive substance called Rakushin, discovered by a Dr. Gilbert (who later turns out to be Dr. Zan), and the disappearance of a military general. In the American and European versions of Streets of Rage 3, all references to Rakushin were removed, and the general was replaced by the chief of police, and a scheme to switch city officials with robot clones was invented. Another difference was if you didn’t save the general, you had to head to the White House. This too was changed in the U.S./Euro version where instead if you didn’t save the chief, then you had to head to the City Hall, although the building depicting the City Hall was still clearly the White House.
Also, Bare Knuckle 3, even on the highest difficulty setting, was significantly easier than Streets of Rage 3 on default difficulty. A comprehensive list of all the changes between the versions, as well as a complete translation of the Japanese script, can be found at SOR online. [Info from Wikipedia]
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To avoid being banned in Germany, the German version of Soldier Of Fortune 2 had all in-game violence and gore removed and placed the story in a parallel universe which was populated by cyborgs. These changes were not accepted at all by the players’ community, and the game was unsuccessful. [Info from Wikipedia]
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