When preserving prototypes and cancelled video games, we never know for sure if the original owners of the copyright may have some legal issues with uploading these files on the internet, even if they never finished those games nor sold them in any way (physical or digital). For these tricky…
Dark Hermetic Order (Intelligent Games) [PC – Cancelled]
Dark Hermetic Order is a cancelled first person action adventure game that was in development around 1996 by Intelligent Games as a sequel to Azrael’s Tear, planned to be published on PC by Williams Interactive. The team was mostly known for such titles as Imperium and Dune 2000, but unfortunately…
Surface Tension (Krome Studios) [PS2 – Cancelled]
Surface Tension is a cancelled Playstation 2 strategy / adventure game that was in early development by Krome Studios around 2008. Gameplay would have been similar to a mix between Pikmin and Populous, with players exploring an alien “non-Newtonian fluid” world commanding creatures to resolve puzzles and fight enemies. Krome…
Cheeky Monkey (Rage Games) [PC – Cancelled]
Cheeky Monkey is a cancelled action adventure that was in development by Rage Games around 2000 / 2001, planned to be released on PC by Epic Games. From the remaining concept art and 3D model it looks like the game was set in some kind of “Asian dark fantasy” world,…
Punky Doodle (Sunsoft) [Cancelled – Arcade]
Punky Doodle is a cancelled action / tower defense game that was in development by Hudson around 1993, planned to be available on coin-op arcades to “lead the industry back to the era of PacMan”. Players would have to protect pumpkins against monsters in “31 levels with more than 150…