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Valaxuna
29 May 2006, 18:27
Here´s a list of announced, but never published games. Perhaps anybody does know what happend to them (and, of course, just for fun because I have nothing else to do right now) and perhaps somebody is interested in this :-)

Hard Lines – Kingsoft announced that 1988/89 including Screenshot. Price: 29,95 DM in the magazin Powerplay

Galactic Dance – Kingsoft, too. The magazine Powerplay printed a screenshot with the Headline „Aliens im Dreivierteltakt“

Barney Mouse – Kingsoft presented the animations of the game in the magazine ASM in Spring 1989. Was there ever a commercial realize ?

Industrial Rebound from Magic Bytes – The Amiga Joker printed a short text about the game in 1991/1992 with Screenshot. They also named the following two Magic-Bytes-games

American Journeys and European Journeys – There was a preview in the magazine ASM with 2 screenshots and also an announcement including the package design in one issue of the Amiga Joker. Unfortunetly Magic Bytes went bankrupt a short time later.

Kayden Garth from EAS – ST- and C-64-Versions are existing, the Amiga-Version was announced, but never finalized ?

Advantage from EAS: In 1990 the magazine ASM printed a short notice including one Screenshot, but nothing more.

Again EAS with a strange case: They announced in Spring 1989 some new games, „The Black Magic“ and „Roll-Out“ (both realized) and another game. Unfortunetly they only print the package designs and EAS had a preference to use fonts which are hardly to read, so I don´t know if the unknown game was called Hangar, Wrangler, Hangler, Wanger or whatsorever.

EAS also announced the jump´n´Run „Magic“ and the Jungle Olympics in the Magazine ASM (2 Screenshots) – the last game had a different name in a french magazine, there it was called Animal Games.

Emerald Mine 4 from Kingsoft – Kingsoft wrote me one day that they´re working on it – but it never appears ?

Turbo Star Grand Prix from Turtle Byte - announced 1988 including Screenshots and package design, a racing simulator with construction kit - did this ever see the shops ?

Adderly
29 May 2006, 18:51
Barney Mouse – Kingsoft presented the animations of the game in the magazine ASM in Spring 1989. Was there ever a commercial realize ?released in 1989 (http://hol.abime.net/43)

Kayden Garth from EAS – ST- and C-64-Versions are existing, the Amiga-Version was announced, but never finalized ?unreleased, see http://hol.abime.net/5417

Nice list Valaxuna! :great

NOB
29 May 2006, 19:08
More infos about Kayden Garth :http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=19575&highlight=kayden

(Including excellent english translation of the preview by andreas)

Nice list.:great

NOB
30 May 2006, 19:02
Announced and reviewn+screenshot(Amiga Joker 4/91):Cybexion.
Maybe this game is only MIA or it was never sold officially.
Where is Cybexion?

DamienD
30 May 2006, 19:23
Announced and reviewn+screenshot(Amiga Joker 4/91):Cybexion.
Maybe this game is only MIA or it was never sold officially.
Where is Cybexion?

Looks very similar to Puzznic ;)

NOB
30 May 2006, 19:34
Hehe, even the symbols are equal.Maybe the concept was stolen.:spin

Valaxuna
03 June 2006, 14:33
released in 1989 (http://hol.abime.net/43)
unreleased, see http://hol.abime.net/5417

Nice list Valaxuna! :great

Thanks :)

Concerning Barney Mouse: I know that the game exists, but I´ve never seen a commercial version, package or something like that. Was is really released or is the existing version a unauthorized copy ?

NOB
03 June 2006, 15:58
Rebel Racer

announced but never released under this name(?)

NOB
03 June 2006, 16:30
Sunny shine:annouced + reviewn with screenshots.
What happend to Sunny Shine?

Valaxuna
05 June 2006, 13:53
Another one:

Rock´n´roll 2 - There was a great preview in one issue of the Amiga-Magazin and that was the only one I´ve ever seen of it...

plasmatron
06 June 2006, 15:56
Rebel Racer

announced but never released under this name(?)


Released under the name - CORTEX - REBELL RACERS by STARTBYTE.


Crap game.

NOB
06 June 2006, 16:34
Thanks, found that review yesterday in the Amiga Joker.
Indeed: Corx-the Rebel Racer.:)

(BTW:silly advert)

[edit]
Does anyone know if there is a difference between german
and english Corx box?

If there is no differnence, then the http://hol.abime.net/3698 link
is obsolete.:blased

andreas
30 January 2007, 15:25
Well, update time. Valaxuna sent me a scan of an EAS advert with that one game in question. There is really hardly any chance to determine the actual game title. :blased

Could also be MANGLER from "to mangle" = "to squeeze". Anything is possible [tm].

Happy guessing :laughing

s2325
30 January 2007, 17:20
Wanker

alexj2002
31 January 2007, 01:57
Looks like Hanger to me

killergorilla
31 January 2007, 11:13
It's Anger.

Probably.

nemazoty
02 February 2007, 09:17
My choice is: WANGLER

StingRay
02 February 2007, 19:50
I second KG.

Retro-Nerd
29 July 2009, 22:00
Galactic Dance looks pretty nice. I would love to see a least a playable demo version. :)

http://www.abload.de/img/galacticdancekingsoftfixl.png (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=galacticdancekingsoftfixl.png)

Photon
29 July 2009, 22:47
Yeah, that screenshot is succulent. Hunt down those Kingsoft releases/previews, I say! Check with ex Amiga magazine editors, they may have received some interesting disks.... ;)

s2325
30 July 2009, 01:58
Spaceship in life counter is similar to spaceship from game Xevious.

radon_22
30 July 2009, 15:50
Galactic Dance looks pretty nice. I would love to see a least a playable demo version. :)

http://www.abload.de/img/galacticdancekingsoftfixl.png (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=galacticdancekingsoftfixl.png)
Is it me or do the aliens on the left resemble the Flying Spagetti Monster? :p