It's a shame that WCW Mayhem 2 was cancelled and a 3rd ECW game would've been done by another development company. Unfortunately, that game was never even thought of.
Dev kits for whatever systems they were being developed on might still be carrying them. Pray someone tags onto one with some of the cancelled games on them.
No "Escape from New York" That game was about 80% finished until the Dev pulled the plug. Think the game was set before his famous mission in NY and focus on his time as a criminal before capture I think.
Also the cancelled Twisted Metal black 2:harbor city as well,which they are alot of cut material from that,that still never made it into Twisted Metal Head on;Extra Twisted Edition
33:00 Legions of Fear looks really interesting and one of the best games on the list. It's too bad so many interesting looking games never saw the light of day. Great video, by the way!!!
This must have been a monster task to make Pete. Well done. I kept thinking I wanted to play some of these games :) Shame they never made it. Not a sg fan myself, but the game looks amazing and the concept of the star gate opens up a lot of cool gameplay options. Great video Pete. You're my scripted video example.
Yeah, it was hours and weeks of work to put this one together, Wouter. Yeah, I always thought the Stargate universe was the ideal jumping off point for developing a game; it has such a rich story and character base. Thanks very much mate, too kind.
I was very excited that you covered the Taxi Driver game. I read some articles stating that the game was supposed to be an expansion to the events of the fim & some details like if Travis killed pedestrians it would affect his mental health & ultimately commit suicide. I also found the execution system to be interesting eventhough the executions looked very goofy & unrealistic. I spoke to some hardcore fans of the film about this game & some didn’t like it because they felt that the game didn’t translate the films plot very well & doesn’t feel very taxi driver like. I haven’t watched the film, only saw clips of it, but i found the game to be very entertaining. What do you think?
I think I'd agree that the game doesn't necessarily fit in line with Travis in the film; but I haven't played it, so can't really say. Love the film though!
Wow that was a bloody brilliant episode dude! Totally agree on the Stargate game, it looked too good. Such a shame! Also that Fist of the North Star bit was toooooo funny! hahahaha Cheers!
Thanks, Kevin! Man, I'd love a Stargate game. A Fallout/Elder Scrolls style adventure set in the Stargate universe would be mental! Haha yeah I always loved that particular move in FOTNS. I had to mute the clip though because I had a copyright strike once before when I showed a short clip from the show.
I feel like we didn’t hear enough about some of the other games as we did for ones such as the Stargate game. And wow, something like Deadlight on the PSP? That sounds absolutely awesome.
I can only discuss a game at length if the information is available. Fact is, there is a tonne of footage and info on the Stargate game, and next to nothing on others. The same goes for any episode in the series.
I have the graphic novel on which The Four Horseman game was based, after it's initial collapse they tried to resurrect it on the Wii, PS3 and 360 but that didn't end well either.
That Legions Of Fear game looked boring as shit but the outdoor section looked great. Dont think there was many games i would have paid money for tho, maybe just Fear & Respect, that Fist Of The North Star beat em up & possibly H2Overdrive, tho if only that arcade one got released on 360/PS3 that would've been amazing, hopefully one day thats playable on Teknoparrot or something. Great video as usual, especially for a console i never cared for lol.
I actually like the murder mystery style adventure games, like Cruise for a Corpse, but yes it looks a bit slow. The outdoor sections look stunning. Thanks, glad you liked it, Adam!
There are actually 3 Released PC Versions of "The Lost", each for a different market, each with a different name and each with a different main character. "Agni: Queen of Darkness" was, as mentioned in the video, the original Indian release. "Inferno: Where Death is your only Ally" was a East European release of the game and finally "NetherWorld: Beyond Time I Stand" is proper English release of the game, though I'm not sure in which markets that one was released.
Same here just imagine playing a game like GUN that would have had really cool weapons and midievil creature's that would tried to kill you. Also there is a PS2 horror game set in the wild west I'll come back to tell you the name ok I came back it's called dark watch : curse of the west
Game of Death kinda looks like it would've been a lower-budgeted combination Silent Hill & Resident Evil look alike with possible gameplay elements from both games, but possibly with Quick-Time Events out of an old crappy FMV game like those from Digital Pictures. (46:29)
Absolutely my favorite series you do, Pete! I gotta say, a lot of these games looked really promising, dare I say even awesome? I would have liked to try the Ghostworld game. The animations look super smooth. Also the young punk me would have loved Johnny Whatever! Fantastic episode, keep up the hard work!
I'll never know why _StarGate_ doesn't get treated like, say, a _Batman Arkham_ game - it's a whole universe. Doesn't need to tied to any specific TV show, movie, or project; just make a video game _specific_ version of it all, that's got all the pillars people want from a _Stargate_ project. Someday, I hope someone attempts one again, and actually gets it done. Also, that story about JoWood and _Aquanox_ was CRAZY. I've heard of that game, but didn't know about why it was cancelled, or that they put in some bugs on purpose to buy themselves some more time to finish it. I've also heard of _GhostWorld_ by Z-Axis, but haven't heard of it in a few years - this is the first time I actually ever saw footage of it. Once again, you're killin' it with your research on these videos, buddy :) It's also just crazy to see stuff like _Deadlight_ in general, since *you just know* that kind of thing would've been made as an indie production nowadays. Heck, it's far more ambitious than most indie horror games nowadays, what with that whole "ecosystem of creatures" stuff and the vulnerability to different wavelengths of light - that is wild, original-ass stuff there! Some of these are real heart-breaking to hear about. I'm sure you've already heard of it, but in case you haven't, whenever you do another PS2 cancelled games video, you should look into _Silent Chaos._ It was going to be the sequel to an obscure PC adventure called _Dark Earth_ by French developer, Kalisto, who also did the _Nightmare Creatures_ games. What I found interesting about this is that Square picked it up for publishing, and they took special interest in it, going so far as to have Tetsuya Nomura redesign all the characters and the title took on an anime bent, visually. As far as I know, that's the only time they've ever thrown some of their Japanese talent at a western game.
Yeah, I agree. Stargate has such a rich lore and vast universe and characters, that it's perfect for a video game franchise. Weird, seeing as all the big sci-fi franchises have numerous games (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc) and Stargate is pretty big (having the film, ten seasons of SG-1, plus Atlantis, Universe, etc). Fingers crossed that one day it happens. In an ideal world I'd absolutely love a Fallout/Elder Scrolls style adventure game in the Stargate universe; that would be amazing. I love the concepts in Deadlight; some really interesting gameplay mechanics there. Not heard of Silent Chaos, but sounds interesting. I'll look it up. Thanks!
Skies of Arcadia... This was one of the BEST RPGs I played and was glad it came out on the gamecube. Shame that I found out that it never came to the PS2. Even more sadder was a friend of mine I told stories of this game, he passed away...
I can't say I ever watched Stargate SG1 but the footage you showed was undoubtedly impressive, which makes it all the stranger that it ended up being cancelled. As you say the set up for the show just fits a video game format, with infinite scope for level environments. Looks like it might've been something that could've challenged Halo for the PS2. Falcone sounded like an interesting idea but maybe one that was a generation too soon, I couldn't really see the PS2 being able to do all of the space combat and FPS pirate missions and still be a satisfying experience. Deadlight looked like an interesting one, offering something unique with its tweaks on the traditional FPS. It seems a lot of the others on the list might've been more generic PS2 titles, sticking more closely to what had already proved popular on the console. Hokuto No Ken looked great, definitely would've been nice to see that one although I'm guessing God Hand came close enough to scratching that particular itch. Still would've been nice to see though, especially with all the fan service included.
Yeah, Stargate seems perfect for a video game series, it's weird it never happened (beyond the average game on SNES/MD, although they were based on the film). Hokuto no Ken would have been one on my radar for sure back them. Still, there have been some pretty decent FOTNS games since! Thanks, Owen.
@@onaretrotip I also started listening to metal as a teenager. I broadened (a lot) my musical horizons with the years, but I'm still very much a metal fan, so I always get excited when someone praises some of those great albums 🤘.
Funny how this came up on My front screen of RUclips and the 1st of GTA topic. Awesome! Also where is the Metallica exclusive? I don't suppose it is on Napster...
Of all the canceled PlayStation 2 games in your video, I'm really disappointed that Hokuto No Ken: Legend of the Final Hero, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Project Dagger, Orchid, and Capcom Fighting All-Stars didn't get released. I'm surprised to even hear that the would-have-been HNK game was handled by a developer outside of Japan. If Fear and Respect, Taxi Driver, and Time Traveler at least got released, I probably would have given them a shot, too. Well, anyway, great video, and keep up the good work.
I need a petition starting to get Johnny What ever released NOW!!!! now thats my kind of game I think this has to be my favorite list of cancelled games, it looks like there was a lot of quality games we missed out on!
There was Call of Cthulhu: At World's End game by HeadFirst Productions, and to be published by HIP Games before they went out of business. In retrospect, it's probably for the best that it was canceled, as there was very little cosmic horror going on in it, and WAY too much RE4 cheese.
Is the lost vigilante 8 sequel on this list?the sequel to vigilante 8:2nd offrnse? It would later get restarted though on xbox360 though as a remastered version now under the title vigilante 8:arcade.
Asylum, Four Horsemen and Deadlands interested me the most, luckily Darkwatch is a similar western horror game that is fantastic (btw that was almost also cancelled btw, THANK GOD we got Darkwatch)
In an age of Netflix and amazon studios and the like, I’m amazed none of the developers are remaking and such for indie download stores. Edit: Kickstarter. Forgot to mention Kickstarter
Indeed. I'm sure there are good reasons. There are a lot of retro cancelled games emerging, but perhaps that generation is a bit too advanced to make finishing a game financially viable for the indie scene.
I was building up so much hype for Four Horsemen back in the day. And as a huge fan of the first 2, was crushed when Fear Effect: Inferno never came to be. As well as Legacy of Kain: Dark Prophecy.
If anyone got sad seeing that Hydro Thunder style game that got cancelled, if you haven't tried it, Riptide GP Renegade is a pretty awesome game very-much inspired by Hydro Thunder. It's a somewhat of a budget title, so it isn't going to be the second coming of the game, but it is good fun while it lasts. Also, please note that Riptide GP 2 is a horrible mobile port, where-as Riptide GP Renegade is a game designed FOR current-gen hardware, so make sure you get the right one...
Thanks! I'm not sure which have playable prototypes available, but if you check here and sort by PS2 you might find some: hiddenpalace.org/Prototypes I did see Deadlands in the list.
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee was planned for the PS2, but that version was cancelled and oh yeah, when that version was cancelled Baragon is scrapped and we wouldn't see a Godzilla PS2 game until Save the Earth in 2004 which is 2 years later.
I love the cancelled series. I recall seeing one of them in Metal Gear Solid 3. It's a shame though. Ever thought about doing XBOX games or Wii games too?
XBOX episode is being worked on (but I'm just at the scripting and research stage so it won't be finished for ages). Wii I'll definitely consider doing too, along with PS3 and 360.
Interesting games. Some definitely had promise. I think Fist of the North Star, Stargate SG-1 and Deadlands had the most promise. I also think Taxi Driver and Johnny Whatever would have been good for a laugh. The Vectorman reboot however would have been really disappointing.
@@onaretrotip I was a bit sick of Stargate SG-1 back when it was announced because the franchise had become so saturated but today I'd love this game. I wonder if the game could be rebooted. Presumably all voice acting was completed?
Hi Pete mate, I really have to thank you for sharing the tip for the ps classic, and guess what, I got one. That makes 3 now, got it for £15:99 and free p&p. Sooooooo, thanks again for sharing. 😀👍👍👍 PS.......great ps2 video, excellent information and really well narrated. 😁
i would love to have all those 3d games back on pc,now it's just a bunch of retro or sprite top view garbage for the same old people who buy them in droves.The only ones left are the ty Tasmanian tiger series,destroy all humans and that new spongebob game coming to steam.Like what the hell happened,we devolved for some reason.EDIT: *3d* *platformers/fighters*
@@onaretrotip what? Yeah I would play them for a few minutes on andriod like Aladdin return of Jaffar but I won't say they have aged better.Dont know what you played on your nintendo console but I'm being a Sony and a pc player for a long time.
I once read about this cancelled game that was about a mother walking through literal Hell to retrieve her Son. What Made me curious was the mention of Philistia, the Layer of the Ignorants, in which she was supposed to face Donkey-Faced Demons. Still cannot remember its name, I wonder If I can find it in this video! EDIT: Holy cow could it be The Lost?! Sounds a lot like it!
ill bet good money that that Magical ninja game was being worked on by the folks who made the maximo games, very similar in gameplay and in art style (just with more anime flair) also im not surprised Jo Wood studios, the ones behind the laughably lousy game CHASER pulled some shady crap for that submarine game.
@@onaretrotip btw heres an honorable mention, originally Capcom was developing the original version of Red Dead Revolver (the predecessor to Red Dead Redemption) which later got sold to rockstar and completed, the original version of the game was more cinamatic and a bit more styalized. you can find footage of it on an old Gamepro DVD with plenty of preview footage
@@onaretrotip I found the video ruclips.net/video/ukFnBOvtJ-Q/видео.html very little people know about this and I think this would have been a better game then the one that got released, so feel free to use this info, just remember this clip came from the 2003 gamepro action DVD
On first glance I also thought immediately on Maximo. However, I think this game was being developed by a Japanese team, while the Maximo games were made by a western Capcom studio, if I recall correctly.
@@GimblyGFR the people working on the game were probably western, but the art director was probably the one who got shared since the two projects have a early similar style to them
This is one reason why i wont get rid of my PS2, the games it has already gives me those awesome gaming memories. I just dont feel the excitement as much with newer games.
A bit sad most of these games were cancelled. That Fear And Respect game as well as Asylum and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (EDIT: Deadlands seems awesome too.) all sounded unique and maybe even thrilling. I think I have a good idea on what Asylum was about when you mentioned "game show." I believe it was like Manhunt - where you were supposed to be the star of a snuff film and you had to survive against the worst possible people in existence as well as escaped asylum inmates. Would've been interesting if it was released. There may have been many reasons why Asylum wasn't released. I don't know why it wasn't although if I had to guess it may have been concerns of potential controversy and fear people wouldn't like it and that it would be called a Manhunt ripoff. FHOTA (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) was probably cancelled because like Asylum - the devs may have feared it being called a ripoff of Devil May Cry (never played DMC, though I did play Van Helsing which received criticisms even today that it's a DMC ripoff.) FHOTA seemed good and it reminds me a hell of a lot of Van Helsing. Very similar to BloodRayne as well (FYI BloodRayne was either produced or developed by Majesco, or maybe even both if that's even possible. That includes it's sequel.) I think you might be able to find these cancelled games on old PS2/Xbox devkits but the odds of finding them are 1 in 100 I would think especially if they weren't leaked or let alone developed.
Yes, it's always sad making these videos. I agree with you on Asylum; that's how I imagined it to be. It's always a longshot that these games turn up on dev kits, but every now and again one does.
There where 6 games that I would picked up.That Tintin game and that Ape (James bond like) and platformer that got forgotten when guerrilla games took over looked promising to me.
Many PlayStation 2 Games generation they might have the good game was heard back in memories day, The originally game developer they might didn’t made the game so far that suffered by lack of development, faith game development, technical issues, ruined studios led by the bankruptcy, liquidated, closing and shut down their company. Perhaps I’ve been discussing and topics with Original PS2 Game titles of unreleased games titles including the PlayStation 1 games, We’re decided to opened internal massive production design my company going to reworked with Original PS1 and PS2 games titles based from the real-time game development 2 decades. Nice to hear your good topics and entertaining.
So many PS2 games that are unreleased for ages. Wow that's a lot. It's a shame it never got Capcom Fighting All Stars on the PS2, i mean it could have gone well with it cause i'm a big capcom fan myself..
What's missing here is Nightmare Creatures 3 which was originally planned for PS2 and Xbox. During development they scrapped PS2 version leaving it Xbox exclusive, if i remember correctly 🤔 It was cancelled because sadly Kalisto Entertainment went bankrupt in 2002 😕 That was the biggest disappointment regarding any cancelled game in the history for me as i loved Nightmare Creatures 1 & 2 ❤️ Later i heard Ubisoft bought rights to the series but they never released anything using those rights. I don't know if they still have those rights 🤔 Would love to see new Nightmare Creatures game in the future for PS5 (or PS6 and so on...) 🙏
Although the PS2 has over 2000 games in its library, I’m still annoyed that every one of these didn’t get released.
I’ve ruined your day, as usual. These 40 are just the tip of the iceberg too!
onaretrotip This makes me cry even more. Boo hoo! 😢
It's a shame that WCW Mayhem 2 was cancelled and a 3rd ECW game would've been done by another development company. Unfortunately, that game was never even thought of.
Ps1/ps2 my favorite time of gaming.. so many memories!
Isn't it more like 5000?
That Game Of Death sure would made for an interesting release, especially if Charles Manson received a copy and gave out a review of it.
Hahaha indeed. A very sinister, but very interesting and unique idea for a game.
Looks more like "Game of Lower-Budget" to me. (46:33)
It's not easy to keep people engaged for so long but you've smashed that mate!... We were gripped from the first minute.
Awesome stuff
Ah, thanks so much guys! 👊
Oh, this is gonna be interesting. Almost 50 minutes, 40 titles, the best console ever... I will go for the popcorn!
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Yeah my heart says SNES because of peak childhood and that, but rationally I also think the PS2 is the best console ever
Wow many of these games look already great and finished.
Its sad that they cancelled them.
Yes, I always feel so bad for the developers.
That's the problem. Most of them would be unplayable due to the lack of PS2's power.
@@onaretrotipcant be finished nowadays ?
You forgot Skyrim. They're working on a port
Hey, you. You're finally awake...
"Minus 16 times the detail"
That’s fake
Every time I hear about what could have been with SG1A it breaks my heart. I've wanted an SG game like this for years.
I know, right 😢
Just think, all of these games are stored on someones hard drive somewhere....
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Dev kits for whatever systems they were being developed on might still be carrying them. Pray someone tags onto one with some of the cancelled games on them.
@@juicyjuice5083 You never know!
No "Escape from New York" That game was about 80% finished until the Dev pulled the plug. Think the game was set before his famous mission in NY and focus on his time as a criminal before capture I think.
That will be in the upcoming XBOX episode.
@@onaretrotip Can't wait! Seen it so many times, but don't know exact background story why it was cancelled,
Wait! There was a Hokuto no Ken game that was cancelled and I didn't even know about it? What a shame.
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The ps2 was a beast, it’s library is unreal, still I’d liked to of seen quite a few of these make release, shame!
Superb video!
Yes, absolutely massive library, and the list of cancelled titles is huge! Thanks, Paul.
Also the cancelled Twisted Metal black 2:harbor city as well,which they are alot of cut material from that,that still never made it into Twisted Metal Head on;Extra Twisted Edition
So many cancelled games didn't make the list. The full list of unreleased PS2 games is insanely long!
33:00 Legions of Fear looks really interesting and one of the best games on the list. It's too bad so many interesting looking games never saw the light of day.
Great video, by the way!!!
I agree. It looks pretty slow, but I had a soft spot for those murder mystery/detective games back in the day. Thank you!
This must have been a monster task to make Pete. Well done. I kept thinking I wanted to play some of these games :) Shame they never made it. Not a sg fan myself, but the game looks amazing and the concept of the star gate opens up a lot of cool gameplay options. Great video Pete. You're my scripted video example.
Yeah, it was hours and weeks of work to put this one together, Wouter. Yeah, I always thought the Stargate universe was the ideal jumping off point for developing a game; it has such a rich story and character base. Thanks very much mate, too kind.
A 40 minute video showing 40 cancelled games of my favorite console? Sign me up for this! Great video as usual!
Thanks, Gustavo!
@@onaretrotip Cheers!
13:31 reminds me of the gameplay of Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter which actually came out for the PS2, Xbox and PC back in 2003
Yes!
I was very excited that you covered the Taxi Driver game. I read some articles stating that the game was supposed to be an expansion to the events of the fim & some details like if Travis killed pedestrians it would affect his mental health & ultimately commit suicide. I also found the execution system to be interesting eventhough the executions looked very goofy & unrealistic. I spoke to some hardcore fans of the film about this game & some didn’t like it because they felt that the game didn’t translate the films plot very well & doesn’t feel very taxi driver like. I haven’t watched the film, only saw clips of it, but i found the game to be very entertaining. What do you think?
I think I'd agree that the game doesn't necessarily fit in line with Travis in the film; but I haven't played it, so can't really say. Love the film though!
Wow that was a bloody brilliant episode dude! Totally agree on the Stargate game, it looked too good. Such a shame! Also that Fist of the North Star bit was toooooo funny! hahahaha Cheers!
Thanks, Kevin! Man, I'd love a Stargate game. A Fallout/Elder Scrolls style adventure set in the Stargate universe would be mental! Haha yeah I always loved that particular move in FOTNS. I had to mute the clip though because I had a copyright strike once before when I showed a short clip from the show.
Some amazing looking games there. Fantastic video!!
Thank you!
It’s crazy how vast the ps2 library is and still so many unreleased games, some of these look really interesting too great video pete
Yeah, and these forty are just the tip of the iceberg! Thanks, Scott.
I feel like we didn’t hear enough about some of the other games as we did for ones such as the Stargate game.
And wow, something like Deadlight on the PSP? That sounds absolutely awesome.
I can only discuss a game at length if the information is available. Fact is, there is a tonne of footage and info on the Stargate game, and next to nothing on others. The same goes for any episode in the series.
I watched the whole thing, thanks for sharing! ^^
Thanks for watching! 😀
This must have taken a long time. Great video 👍🏼
It did indeed. Thanks, David!
Got my sub solely for being a Stargate fan alone. (Talking about how the gate works was the cherry on top)
Thanks! Tek ma tek, friend.
I was looking forward to Ice Nine as the concept sounded interesting. I remember a PSM article with a handful of screenshots from around 2003.
Yeah, it seems like it had some good ideas, and the developers really cared about its quality.
I have the graphic novel on which The Four Horseman game was based, after it's initial collapse they tried to resurrect it on the Wii, PS3 and 360 but that didn't end well either.
Oh, nice. Is the graphic novel good?
@@onaretrotip It's ok, I only bought it as I'm a big fan of Simon Bisley and he was the main artist.
That Legions Of Fear game looked boring as shit but the outdoor section looked great. Dont think there was many games i would have paid money for tho, maybe just Fear & Respect, that Fist Of The North Star beat em up & possibly H2Overdrive, tho if only that arcade one got released on 360/PS3 that would've been amazing, hopefully one day thats playable on Teknoparrot or something. Great video as usual, especially for a console i never cared for lol.
I actually like the murder mystery style adventure games, like Cruise for a Corpse, but yes it looks a bit slow. The outdoor sections look stunning. Thanks, glad you liked it, Adam!
There are actually 3 Released PC Versions of "The Lost", each for a different market, each with a different name and each with a different main character. "Agni: Queen of Darkness" was, as mentioned in the video, the original Indian release. "Inferno: Where Death is your only Ally" was a East European release of the game and finally "NetherWorld: Beyond Time I Stand" is proper English release of the game, though I'm not sure in which markets that one was released.
Ooh, good info! Thank you.
I did not expect to hear Ys 3 PS2 music in the video, you are the man!
Good ear!!!
taxi driver game NEEDS to be done before de niro dies 😫
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Agent 9 looks amazing! Graphically and great flow.
Agreed!
Now I want to play Asylum... 😂
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It had potential ngl
ps2,xbox,gamecube best gen ever..
Good times.
@@onaretrotip we can still relive them
@@2KUniverseGuy That's what this channel is all about! :)
No DLC!!! And games had to be complete during release date no dumb patches
@@TheGaara802 I'm going to come right out and say it that generation is 10 times better than this generation when it comes to video games
Damn, Time Traveller looks particularly good! Almost like a PS2 version of Quantum Break. Shame it never came out. Great video, as always!
Yeah, that one looks like it had some great ideas, Nick! Thanks mate.
Another top notch quality video. Thank you.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Wild Justice and Game of Death both sound like games I would have loved.
They both look really interesting!
Same here just imagine playing a game like GUN that would have had really cool weapons and midievil creature's that would tried to kill you. Also there is a PS2 horror game set in the wild west I'll come back to tell you the name ok I came back it's called dark watch : curse of the west
Game of Death kinda looks like it would've been a lower-budgeted combination Silent Hill & Resident Evil look alike with possible gameplay elements from both games, but possibly with Quick-Time Events out of an old crappy FMV game like those from Digital Pictures. (46:29)
Amazing video, good effort man 👍🏽
Thanks a lot mate!
I would freaking love it when the Sony send me some cancelled games on PS2
But btw: I got a FAT PlayStation 2 for very long time ago since I was a kid
Nice. I have one, but sadly not my original one.
Mine took a diet 17 years ago
Watchdog 9000- Gaming same but this is a battery issues that which means it’s dead and you need a replacement
The Plush Adventures damm sorry about that
Holycrap I still remember the 4 horse man that looked so awesome.
Certainly looks interesting.
Absolutely my favorite series you do, Pete! I gotta say, a lot of these games looked really promising, dare I say even awesome? I would have liked to try the Ghostworld game. The animations look super smooth. Also the young punk me would have loved Johnny Whatever! Fantastic episode, keep up the hard work!
Thanks, Dom! Yeah, definitely some great-looking games here. Sad really.
Great video. Would have liked that Stargate game :)
Me too, that’s one that I’m really gutted about. Love Stargate; and it’s a great premise for a game.
Starting the list with that Tintin game was a good move. You hit the ground running with this one.
Thanks!
Asylum looks really close to "painkiller" asylum stage. . .almost identical.
Not played that, I'll check it out!
great video, can't wait until you do cancelled xbox, xbox 360 and ps3 games!
Thank you! I'm working on those three right now, but they will take quite a bit of time, so some other smaller episodes may appear first.
I'll never know why _StarGate_ doesn't get treated like, say, a _Batman Arkham_ game - it's a whole universe. Doesn't need to tied to any specific TV show, movie, or project; just make a video game _specific_ version of it all, that's got all the pillars people want from a _Stargate_ project. Someday, I hope someone attempts one again, and actually gets it done.
Also, that story about JoWood and _Aquanox_ was CRAZY. I've heard of that game, but didn't know about why it was cancelled, or that they put in some bugs on purpose to buy themselves some more time to finish it. I've also heard of _GhostWorld_ by Z-Axis, but haven't heard of it in a few years - this is the first time I actually ever saw footage of it. Once again, you're killin' it with your research on these videos, buddy :)
It's also just crazy to see stuff like _Deadlight_ in general, since *you just know* that kind of thing would've been made as an indie production nowadays. Heck, it's far more ambitious than most indie horror games nowadays, what with that whole "ecosystem of creatures" stuff and the vulnerability to different wavelengths of light - that is wild, original-ass stuff there! Some of these are real heart-breaking to hear about.
I'm sure you've already heard of it, but in case you haven't, whenever you do another PS2 cancelled games video, you should look into _Silent Chaos._ It was going to be the sequel to an obscure PC adventure called _Dark Earth_ by French developer, Kalisto, who also did the _Nightmare Creatures_ games. What I found interesting about this is that Square picked it up for publishing, and they took special interest in it, going so far as to have Tetsuya Nomura redesign all the characters and the title took on an anime bent, visually. As far as I know, that's the only time they've ever thrown some of their Japanese talent at a western game.
Yeah, I agree. Stargate has such a rich lore and vast universe and characters, that it's perfect for a video game franchise. Weird, seeing as all the big sci-fi franchises have numerous games (Star Wars, Star Trek, etc) and Stargate is pretty big (having the film, ten seasons of SG-1, plus Atlantis, Universe, etc).
Fingers crossed that one day it happens. In an ideal world I'd absolutely love a Fallout/Elder Scrolls style adventure game in the Stargate universe; that would be amazing.
I love the concepts in Deadlight; some really interesting gameplay mechanics there.
Not heard of Silent Chaos, but sounds interesting. I'll look it up. Thanks!
Skies of Arcadia...
This was one of the BEST RPGs I played and was glad it came out on the gamecube.
Shame that I found out that it never came to the PS2. Even more sadder was a friend of mine I told stories of this game, he passed away...
Sorry for your loss.
He is now in the skies of arcadia. R.I.P
There A lot of cancelled License games for PS2
Yeah, so many. And these 40 are just the tip of the iceberg!
You know you broke my heart with this video man this is so depressing all them good video games cancelled on the PS2 my favorite system
Sorry, James. It's always sad making these videos.
Superb video mate, really enjoyed it.
I would’ve loved to see a Daredevil game.....but grinding lol
Thanks mate! Hahaha yeah, a bit of a strange addition.
Today, prototypes of the PS2 Vectorman were leaked, which was more faithful to the original Sega Genesis before it had that Master Chief redesign.
Nice.
wow so many amazing games that we will never get to play , so guttering , fantastic episode as always pete
Always sad making this series. Thanks, Ian!
never knew a stargate game was being made interesting
I wish that game was finished. Looks so good!
Loved all the cancelled games vids u done. Least fav was the Wii one though
Thanks! Still more to come.
I can't say I ever watched Stargate SG1 but the footage you showed was undoubtedly impressive, which makes it all the stranger that it ended up being cancelled. As you say the set up for the show just fits a video game format, with infinite scope for level environments. Looks like it might've been something that could've challenged Halo for the PS2.
Falcone sounded like an interesting idea but maybe one that was a generation too soon, I couldn't really see the PS2 being able to do all of the space combat and FPS pirate missions and still be a satisfying experience.
Deadlight looked like an interesting one, offering something unique with its tweaks on the traditional FPS. It seems a lot of the others on the list might've been more generic PS2 titles, sticking more closely to what had already proved popular on the console.
Hokuto No Ken looked great, definitely would've been nice to see that one although I'm guessing God Hand came close enough to scratching that particular itch. Still would've been nice to see though, especially with all the fan service included.
Yeah, Stargate seems perfect for a video game series, it's weird it never happened (beyond the average game on SNES/MD, although they were based on the film).
Hokuto no Ken would have been one on my radar for sure back them. Still, there have been some pretty decent FOTNS games since!
Thanks, Owen.
That knights game looks like so much fun, be cool if gorilla games made a release of it for modern systems.
Yeah, that one looks potentially good fun!
Keep up the good work mate. Can you please now do either gamecube or wii or DS cancelled games because some of them fascinate me?
Thanks, I'll certainly try. Wii I have already done:
ruclips.net/video/r4ZnyM_DNVU/видео.html
And I will be doing DS at some point soon.
Excellent video. Is great to hear that you like Metallica's Master of Puppets and Hokuto no Ken. Are you into Rock/Metal or just a fan of that album?
Thanks, Federico. I don’t listen to metal nowadays, but was a huge fan as a teenager. I listen to all sorts these days but not much metal.
@@onaretrotip I also started listening to metal as a teenager. I broadened (a lot) my musical horizons with the years, but I'm still very much a metal fan, so I always get excited when someone praises some of those great albums 🤘.
Lol you using "jungle infiltration" from 007 nightfire as background music .. Nice ;)
Hell yes!
I've never been without a PS2.
Nice. Great console.
Nice video. Especially approve of the Ys music in the background. ;)
Thanks, Jeff. Good ear!
Funny how this came up on My front screen of RUclips and the 1st of GTA topic. Awesome! Also where is the Metallica exclusive? I don't suppose it is on Napster...
Nice! I'm really not sure as I couldn't even find out the name of the track, or if they even recorded it in the end.
Every time I hear "The game was canceled .."
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Of all the canceled PlayStation 2 games in your video, I'm really disappointed that Hokuto No Ken: Legend of the Final Hero, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Project Dagger, Orchid, and Capcom Fighting All-Stars didn't get released. I'm surprised to even hear that the would-have-been HNK game was handled by a developer outside of Japan. If Fear and Respect, Taxi Driver, and Time Traveler at least got released, I probably would have given them a shot, too. Well, anyway, great video, and keep up the good work.
Yeah, those are all stand-out games form me too. Definitely some promising titles here! Thank you, I'll certainly try.
I need a petition starting to get Johnny What ever released NOW!!!! now thats my kind of game
I think this has to be my favorite list of cancelled games, it looks like there was a lot of quality games we missed out on!
Yeah, definitely some quality games here, Eddie. Johnny Whatever looks really interesting.
I wish i could swap all of blast and phinix games for all of these awesome games
Hahaha if only!
I would personally love orchid because there aren't many games with female protagonists also I love namco games
Indeed!
There was Call of Cthulhu: At World's End game by HeadFirst Productions, and to be published by HIP Games before they went out of business. In retrospect, it's probably for the best that it was canceled, as there was very little cosmic horror going on in it, and WAY too much RE4 cheese.
Doesn't sound great. You're probably right.
howd i miss this
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Is the lost vigilante 8 sequel on this list?the sequel to vigilante 8:2nd offrnse?
It would later get restarted though on xbox360 though as a remastered version now under the title vigilante 8:arcade.
No, not on the list I'm afraid. There are soooo many cancelled PS2 games.
is there going to be a part 2 of this Cancelled games i play sly cooper spyro jak and kingdom hearts and all
I doubt it mate.
Oh fuck yeah, thanks man. This video is incredible
Children maybe watching or reading tone the exitement down keep it cool🙄
@@nancyking-hoffman146 Naw, I'm not gonna stop swearin' because baby kids might get offended or upset.
Thanks, that's very kind. Glad you liked it!
@@nancyking-hoffman146 I actually swear quite often on the channel, Nancy, so it's not exactly kid-friendly.
Asylum, Four Horsemen and Deadlands interested me the most, luckily Darkwatch is a similar western horror game that is fantastic (btw that was almost also cancelled btw, THANK GOD we got Darkwatch)
Not played that, I will check it out. Thanks!
In an age of Netflix and amazon studios and the like, I’m amazed none of the developers are remaking and such for indie download stores.
Edit: Kickstarter. Forgot to mention Kickstarter
Indeed. I'm sure there are good reasons. There are a lot of retro cancelled games emerging, but perhaps that generation is a bit too advanced to make finishing a game financially viable for the indie scene.
Awesome list Pete! :-)
Thanks, Mark!
I was building up so much hype for Four Horsemen back in the day.
And as a huge fan of the first 2, was crushed when Fear Effect: Inferno never came to be.
As well as Legacy of Kain: Dark Prophecy.
A shame :(
These are awesome games..m
Yeah, a lot of lost potential here for sure.
If anyone got sad seeing that Hydro Thunder style game that got cancelled, if you haven't tried it, Riptide GP Renegade is a pretty awesome game very-much inspired by Hydro Thunder. It's a somewhat of a budget title, so it isn't going to be the second coming of the game, but it is good fun while it lasts. Also, please note that Riptide GP 2 is a horrible mobile port, where-as Riptide GP Renegade is a game designed FOR current-gen hardware, so make sure you get the right one...
Ooh, sounds good. Thanks for the recommendation!
Great video. Kinda wish some of these came out when I was a teen.
Thank you!
Idk if anyone knows this but the dark knight was also supposed to have a game adaptation but was canceled the last minute
Indeed!
Also, at least Fist of the Northstar got the fantastic "Lost Paradise" on PS4.
Indeed!
I haven't heard of a couple of these! Nice video! We'd love to find some demo builds of these early games and play them over on our channel.
Thanks! I'm not sure which have playable prototypes available, but if you check here and sort by PS2 you might find some:
hiddenpalace.org/Prototypes
I did see Deadlands in the list.
Can you do Xbox 360 and Ps3 remember when Highlander the video game was supposed to come out i do because I reserved it and GameStop lol
I definitely will do both eventually, yes.
Fuck off xbox fanboy
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 caaaalm down nigga
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee was planned for the PS2, but that version was cancelled and oh yeah, when that version was cancelled Baragon is scrapped and we wouldn't see a Godzilla PS2 game until Save the Earth in 2004 which is 2 years later.
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@@onaretrotip don't worry Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee was only released for Gamecube and Xbox
Project Dagger and Orchid looked pretty cool. The latter especially looks like my jam, really bums me out that it never got released.
Agreed! Orchid looks like something I definitely would have been interested in playing. 😢
I love the cancelled series. I recall seeing one of them in Metal Gear Solid 3. It's a shame though. Ever thought about doing XBOX games or Wii games too?
XBOX episode is being worked on (but I'm just at the scripting and research stage so it won't be finished for ages). Wii I'll definitely consider doing too, along with PS3 and 360.
Interesting games. Some definitely had promise. I think Fist of the North Star, Stargate SG-1 and Deadlands had the most promise. I also think Taxi Driver and Johnny Whatever would have been good for a laugh. The Vectorman reboot however would have been really disappointing.
That Stargate game... 😭
@@onaretrotip I was a bit sick of Stargate SG-1 back when it was announced because the franchise had become so saturated but today I'd love this game. I wonder if the game could be rebooted. Presumably all voice acting was completed?
@@pferreira1983 No idea, but I'd love it if it was.
@@onaretrotip So would I!
Hi Pete mate, I really have to thank you for sharing the tip for the ps classic, and guess what, I got one.
That makes 3 now, got it for £15:99 and free p&p.
Sooooooo, thanks again for sharing. 😀👍👍👍
PS.......great ps2 video, excellent information and really well narrated. 😁
Nice. Very cheap at £15.99! I bought one for a giveaway.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Those games look really nice, especially Aquanox, but at least we can enjoy Aquanox on PC
Indeed we can.
i would love to have all those 3d games back on pc,now it's just a bunch of retro or sprite top view garbage for the same old people who buy them in droves.The only ones left are the ty Tasmanian tiger series,destroy all humans and that new spongebob game coming to steam.Like what the hell happened,we devolved for some reason.EDIT: *3d* *platformers/fighters*
2D retro games have aged so much better than 3D though to be fair.
@@onaretrotip what? Yeah I would play them for a few minutes on andriod like Aladdin return of Jaffar but I won't say they have aged better.Dont know what you played on your nintendo console but I'm being a Sony and a pc player for a long time.
I once read about this cancelled game that was about a mother walking through literal Hell to retrieve her Son.
What Made me curious was the mention of Philistia, the Layer of the Ignorants, in which she was supposed to face Donkey-Faced Demons.
Still cannot remember its name, I wonder If I can find it in this video!
EDIT: Holy cow could it be The Lost?! Sounds a lot like it!
Yes, I was going to say it sounds like The Lost!
ill bet good money that that Magical ninja game was being worked on by the folks who made the maximo games, very similar in gameplay and in art style (just with more anime flair) also im not surprised Jo Wood studios, the ones behind the laughably lousy game CHASER pulled some shady crap for that submarine game.
Yeah, I’d bet on that too. Both developed by Capcom around the same time.
@@onaretrotip btw heres an honorable mention, originally Capcom was developing the original version of Red Dead Revolver (the predecessor to Red Dead Redemption) which later got sold to rockstar and completed, the original version of the game was more cinamatic and a bit more styalized. you can find footage of it on an old Gamepro DVD with plenty of preview footage
@@onaretrotip I found the video ruclips.net/video/ukFnBOvtJ-Q/видео.html very little people know about this and I think this would have been a better game then the one that got released, so feel free to use this info, just remember this clip came from the 2003 gamepro action DVD
On first glance I also thought immediately on Maximo. However, I think this game was being developed by a Japanese team, while the Maximo games were made by a western Capcom studio, if I recall correctly.
@@GimblyGFR the people working on the game were probably western, but the art director was probably the one who got shared since the two projects have a early similar style to them
This is one reason why i wont get rid of my PS2, the games it has already gives me those awesome gaming memories. I just dont feel the excitement as much with newer games.
Yeah, I agree with you entirely mate.
Great vid, really enjoyed it
Thanks, Dan!
A bit sad most of these games were cancelled. That Fear And Respect game as well as Asylum and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (EDIT: Deadlands seems awesome too.) all sounded unique and maybe even thrilling.
I think I have a good idea on what Asylum was about when you mentioned "game show." I believe it was like Manhunt - where you were supposed to be the star of a snuff film and you had to survive against the worst possible people in existence as well as escaped asylum inmates. Would've been interesting if it was released. There may have been many reasons why Asylum wasn't released. I don't know why it wasn't although if I had to guess it may have been concerns of potential controversy and fear people wouldn't like it and that it would be called a Manhunt ripoff.
FHOTA (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) was probably cancelled because like Asylum - the devs may have feared it being called a ripoff of Devil May Cry (never played DMC, though I did play Van Helsing which received criticisms even today that it's a DMC ripoff.) FHOTA seemed good and it reminds me a hell of a lot of Van Helsing. Very similar to BloodRayne as well (FYI BloodRayne was either produced or developed by Majesco, or maybe even both if that's even possible. That includes it's sequel.)
I think you might be able to find these cancelled games on old PS2/Xbox devkits but the odds of finding them are 1 in 100 I would think especially if they weren't leaked or let alone developed.
Yes, it's always sad making these videos. I agree with you on Asylum; that's how I imagined it to be. It's always a longshot that these games turn up on dev kits, but every now and again one does.
Nice cancelled games series
Maybe banned games / lost games next?
Thanks! Yes, maybe one day.
There where 6 games that I would picked up.That Tintin game and that Ape (James bond like) and platformer that got forgotten when guerrilla games took over looked promising to me.
Yes, some good ones here for sure.
Many PlayStation 2 Games generation they might have the good game was heard back in memories day, The originally game developer they might didn’t made the game so far that suffered by lack of development, faith game development, technical issues, ruined studios led by the bankruptcy, liquidated, closing and shut down their company. Perhaps I’ve been discussing and topics with Original PS2 Game titles of unreleased games titles including the PlayStation 1 games, We’re decided to opened internal massive production design my company going to reworked with Original PS1 and PS2 games titles based from the real-time game development 2 decades. Nice to hear your good topics and entertaining.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
As I wish very good yours. Keep it up your good entertaining videos. ;)
Ice nine reminds me of black on ps2,and dead light it's like doom3 for x box very empress, some of the game's here look good
Yes, definitely some really promising games here!
So many PS2 games that are unreleased for ages. Wow that's a lot. It's a shame it never got Capcom Fighting All Stars on the PS2, i mean it could have gone well with it cause i'm a big capcom fan myself..
Yeah, I would have loved to play that one too.
What's missing here is Nightmare Creatures 3 which was originally planned for PS2 and Xbox. During development they scrapped PS2 version leaving it Xbox exclusive, if i remember correctly 🤔 It was cancelled because sadly Kalisto Entertainment went bankrupt in 2002 😕 That was the biggest disappointment regarding any cancelled game in the history for me as i loved Nightmare Creatures 1 & 2 ❤️ Later i heard Ubisoft bought rights to the series but they never released anything using those rights. I don't know if they still have those rights 🤔 Would love to see new Nightmare Creatures game in the future for PS5 (or PS6 and so on...) 🙏
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