Vapor Trails - On Famously Unreleased Videogames 64
Thanks to GamePro for its article discussing formerly in-development videogames which never actually got released. Some of the more unconventional include Data East's Tattoo Assassins ("2D video-captured fighters, whose tattoos come to life and whack on other players. Characters included a Nancy Kerrigan clone and a giant running hot dog"), Sega's Virtua Hamster ("...[involving] polygonal rodents with rocket packs and skateboards swooshing through a huge hamster habitrail, collecting popcorn kernels to spit at enemies"), and Runandgun!'s partially resurrected Duelin' Firemen! ("...[an FMV] game about singing, dancing firemen [starring Rudy Ray Moore].")
Oh 3D Realms (Score:5, Funny)
But once it comes out, rest assured I will be playing it on my Glaze3D [bitboys.com] chip. Maybe they'll even port it to the Phantom!
Virtual Hamster?? (Score:5, Funny)
Stoned Developer 1 : "uugh dude, (takes a deep puff..) do you know what there isn't enough of in games to day?"
Stoned Developer 2
Stoned Developer 1
Stoned Developer 2
Re:Virtual Hamster?? (Score:5, Funny)
Stoned Developer 1
Stoned Developer 2
Stoned Developer 1
hamsters? been done. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Tattoo Assassins... (Score:4, Funny)
hm...
maybe we shoulda seen that coming
Re:hamsters? been done. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Dueling Firemen (Score:3, Funny)
I also believe that this is the first videogame that Tony Hawk has appeared in, either by image or by proxy. Also the presence of the Reverend Ivan Stang and Timothy Leary means that the game was made in connection with The Church of the Subgenius [subgenius.com].
Personally I hope they make this into a full-length movie. With primary filming already in the can, it could probably go down as one of the best terrible movies in history. Pull a Rocky Horror and only show it late on Friday Nights and you could have a winner.
How About Nintendo? (Score:2, Funny)