Motor Mayhem is an overlooked vehicular combat released exclusively for the PS2. It’s a darn fun game where you blow up opponents or watch yourself receive the same fate. Before the game’s release, we can notice some beta differences from an early 2001 build.
Shadow of Rome was a brutally satisfying hack & slash game on the PS2. It was also the game that laid the foundation for Dead Rising after the sequel was canned. Before the game’s release, it went through various changes. Check out the images below:
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Shin Megami Tensei and Metal Max are both some of the best JRPGs in the market, and if you’ve played any of them, you already know that both have appeared in several crossovers, mostly mobile games. However, after scouring the internet, it appears that the Metal Max director once proposed a Shin Megami Tensei X Metal Max crossover. Unfortunately, the idea got nowhere. Only a few documents of the pitch exist, which you can see below:
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Project Proposal
Shin Megami Tensei x METALMAX
An RPG of Tanks, Demons, and Humans
Tomoki Tanai
April 10, 2013
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Worldview & Story
In the not-too-distant future, the Great Cataclysm triggered by the supercomputer Noah brought about the collapse of global civilization—
But! Humanity did not become extinct.
While devouring the remnants of civilisation left behind in the devastated world, they had managed to survive.
Several years after the Great Cataclysm. A new terror emerged—dimensional rifts appeared worldwide, spewing forth demons. These demons attacked and devoured humanity. People could only cower in terror. But some stood against them. They were known as Monster Hunters. Thus began the war between demons and Monster Hunters. The war saw the Monster Hunters at a disadvantage.
Then, one day, a young man emerged from a dimensional rift.
He called himself…
Devil Summoner.
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Dream Game System ② ☆Demon & Vehicle Fusion System
The Demon Fusion System from the Shin Megami Tensei series is, of course, present in this title as well.
Building upon the existing system, it now enables fusion between demons and vehicles! A new race, ‘Car-Devils’, is added. Like the vehicles in the ‘Metal Max’ series, Car-Devils can be driven by humans and used in battle.
Fusing a Car-Devil with a demon companion can create either a vehicle-type demon or a demon-like vehicle.
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick is one of the few instalments to land on home consoles, and among the many forgotten games based on a popular IP. Little is known about early beta footage of the Evil Dead games on PS2, but thanks to a rare video, we can see a glimpse of the early changes prior to the game’s release.
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Rogue Ops is a stealth-based action/adventure game developed by Bits Studios and published by Kemco for the Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 in 2003. In the game, the player assumes the role of Nikki Connors. In the beta version, Nikki had a different character design, which included dark brown hair (she is blonde in the final release), and the HUD was also different, along with an alternate voice actor. Rogue Ops’s development is quite interesting, as the roots of this project trace back to Thieves World.
Below, we can see early footage of the game.
Thanks to Jay for the English corrections!
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Update: 28/8/2025
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