Cancelled 32-Bit Mars Adventure, 1920s Paris Thief (Patreon)
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Keeping up with our busy queue of lost games waiting to be remembered, we added 2 cancelled games in the Unseen64 archive:
Mars Adventure [Playstation]: a cancelled action game that was in development around 1994 – 1995 by Sony Imagesoft, planned to be one of their first in-house projects for the original PlayStation. In 1994 Playstation hardware was still a prototype: all of the documentation was in Japanese and 3D console games were something new and hard to develop. Mars Adventure was an eleven-person team project and their first 3D game: unfortunately they were not able to complete it: https://www.unseen64.net/2020/05/29/mars-adventure-sony-imagesoft-cancelled/
The Insider: Back in Black [PS2, PC]: a cancelled adventure game that was in development for PC between 1998 and 2001 by french company Dramaera (AKA In-Visio or Dæsign). The game’s protagonist was Simon Blurr, an international thief in search of new pieces for his private art collection. Set in 1920s Paris, The Insider was conceived as an ambitious exploration – simulation game, where each character had its own live and emotions, artificial intelligence and daily routine, probably following an internal clock: https://www.unseen64.net/2020/05/28/insider-dramaera-cancelled/