10 Cancelled Arcade Games

In this episode of Cancelled Games we're looking at ten of the many unreleased arcade games that have disappeared into the ether over the years.
If anyone knows of any more that have any media (videos, images, etc) available, then please let me know. I'd love to do a follow-up.
Video sources:
Marble Man: Marble Madness II - phantomdj
/ @phantomdj
Spellsinger - Franck Sauer
/ @francksauer
www.francksauer.com/index.php/...
Hammer Away - Martinoz
/ @martinozo
City Diver - Kiddo Cabbusses's Unpoplar Obscurities
/ @cabbusses
Starblade: Operation Blue Planet - 876TV
/ @bandainamcoentertainment
Lemmings - chibiace
/ @bluesthemighty
Albegas - Tad Crutcher
/ @tadcrutch
Judge Dredd - World of Longplays (played by SCHLAUCHI)
/ @worldoflongplays
Capcom Fighting All-Stars - ARIKAFGC
/ @arikafgc
Capcom Fighting Jam - Xenomic
/ @xenomic
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max - ShinMamoruX2K4
/ @shinmamorux2k4
Tattoo Assassins - VideoGaming4U
/ @videogaming4u
Tattoo Assassins - Gamescrap
/ @gamescrap
Chimera Beast - World of Longplays (played by SCHLAUCHI)
/ @worldoflongplays
Research sources:
Unseen64
Retrocollect
Wikipedia
Sega Retro
Background music from the arcade versions of:
Marvel vs Capcom 2
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Marvel Super Heroes
Magician Lord
Alien vs Predator

[@onaretrotip]

I had a bit of a nightmare with the audio on this one, but after some tweaking I think I fixed the worst of it. Apologies if it's still poor in places. Hope you all enjoy this one, I loved making it! Happy new year.

[@JigglyRuff]

No worries man, I'm glad you got the audio sorted.. I'm glad you took your time putting a lot of production to this it's like watching a propper TV program... I remember some of these games got cancelled...

[@loki.odinson]

Primal Rage 2

[@onaretrotip]

@@JigglyRuff Ah, thank you.

[@onaretrotip]

@@loki.odinson I didn't include it as I already covered it in another episode of the series, but looks like it will feature in part 2 (due to popular demand).

[@JigglyRuff]

@@onaretrotip no worries mate congrats on passing 11k by the way..

[@SNARC15]

Here's a little side note about Albegas. It was also supposed to be part of the Voltron continuity. When Matchbox and World Events announced the toy line, they had three versions of Voltron based on the universes they were in. The most well known version (Lion Force) was Voltron III (of the far universe) while the lesser known Vehicle Voltron, based on Dairugger XV, was Voltron I (of the near Universe.) Albegas was to be known as Voltron II, or Gladiator Voltron, but due to the poor reaction of Vehicle Voltron compared to Lion Voltron, plans for Albegas were eventually scrapped, so it wasn't just the laser disc game where something Albegas related was scrapped.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, interesting. Voltron stuff was never very big over here (at least in my experience). Thanks for the info!

[@Erykthebat]

You and I had basically the same comment at exactly the same time, lets go voltron force!

[@ZZtheDark]

Is it Albegas' destiny to be seriously thrown under the bus FOREVER?!

[@TheCrimsonCat]

I had an opportunity to play one of the Dredd test cabinets in Chicago, at an arcade called Dennis' Place for Games (RIP Dennis). It wasn't all that bad, tbh. Hit detection was rough and it definitely needed better animation but with some fine-tuning, I think it would've been decently received. In some regards, it reminded me a lot of NARC. And as rough as the digitized graphics look, it's important to keep in mind that games like Pit Fighter were still in arcades back then, so that presentation wasn't bad for its time.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, definitely has a NARC vibe!

[@conradlobo3956]

Spellsinger looks really good and interesting even now!

Conrad Lobo Absolutely. I’d love to give that a try, it seems great.

[@roberthanthonymartinezrive7383]

@ Fun fact: Many of its developers would go on to work in the PC cult classic Outcast ;)

[@conradlobo3956]

Since you guys like old games, I'd recommend kgb by virgin interactive, it's a point and click Adventure game, the game is intriguing and very tough!

[@onaretrotip]

Agreed! I love that style of game, and the artwork is gorgeous.

[@buhshmuh]

It looks like guardian heroes on the Saturn

[@Crimefighter]

FUN FACT: Albegas was supposed to be the THIRD Voltron, the Gladiator version and toys were created. However, it was cancelled due to the extreme popularity of the Lion Force Voltron.

[@onaretrotip]

Interesting. I had absolutely no experience with Voltron here in the UK.

[@TheHighlander71]

Lots of work gone to waste. I especially liked that fantasy themed game at the start. Graphically very pleasing!

[@onaretrotip]

Indeed. Always a shame to see. Me too, I love that art style, Wouter!

[@benb3316]

I would have LOVED "Chimera Beast"!!! Thanks for the vid!

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, it looks interesting. Hopefully I can make it to Galloping Ghost arcade one day to play the actual cab. Thank *you* for watching!

[@jeremyriley1238]

First time I heard of an Albegas arcade game (when I heard of the series, it was planned to be adapted into a Voltron series).

[@onaretrotip]

It's an interesting one for sure. As a kid, I was always fascinated by those animated arcade games like Dragon's Lair.

[@Eder_Garcia]

Apparently Kyo Kusanagi from the KOF series was supposed to be a guest character in Capcom Fighting All Stars, more reason to be sad about the cancellation.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, didn't know that! Interesting.

[@JohnPannozzi]

Atari was making a Gremlins arcade game that was never finished.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, John! I'll investigate.

[@Boognish27]

For anyone interested that happens to be in the USA Midwest, the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois (which is probably the largest arcade in the country, it is absolutely AMAZING...$20 and you can stay as long as you want, all the games are set to free play....500 + games) has working cabinets of Primal Rage 2, Tattoo Assassins and Chimera Beast. :) They may also have others listed here, they have a TON of awesome stuff.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, really cool, I'd love to go. They've helped me with some footage for part 2 (which will hopefully be up tonight).

[@Boognish27]

@@onaretrotip The owner is a really cool dude, too! Can't wait to see the new video, I enjoy your channel a lot! Keep up the great work! :)

[@DeeDee-uu8rt]

Very nice parallax scrolling in spellsinger.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh, it's gorgeous. And I love the art style!

[@PixelSlayers]

Just when I thought you were running out of systems for your "Cancelled Games" series, this video shows up! I always have fun watching these, keep it up! 👍

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, glad you're enjoying them. Plenty more to come!

[@donny4182]

Good stuff. I actually played a homemade chimera beast arcade cab at a convention a couple years ago. Cool to see games resurface and have the community bring them to light.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Ryan! That's awesome, I'd love to play it on a cab. Yeah, there's so much dedication and hard work in the arcade collector community.

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

I appreciate the use of various music from Capcom fighting games in this video

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Got to love the Capcom crossover soundtracks.

[@chrispacheco8590]

Great vid, that Starblade 2 would've been awesome, btw I got that chimera beast on a emu pack with about 80 rooms (MAME) fully playable for Android don't think it's available on Google Play anymore as they keep on removing it, and putting back up under a different name, but it tends to pop up here and there the app goes by Arcade Gameroom try looking for it,last time I found it it was on Apk pure, might be available somewhere else too, thanks again.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, agreed. Starblade looks brilliant! Thank you.

[@Larry]

Is there any footage of the cancelled Rise of the Robots arcade machine? It appeared on an episode of Bad Influence once.

[@PhilBennett3D]

I don't know of any footage from an actual machine but ROTR arcade has been in MAME for a number of years: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j36roXZ7rNRlf7s A working cabinet (the only known instance left; the other two I know of are buggered) did however recently surface and I've been talking with the bloke who's servicing it :)

[@iwonderifthisislegal]

" Eell-o you... "👀👈🏾

[@Larry]

@@PhilBennett3D Nice, it could be the cab that was on Bad Influence, surely they didn't make too many.

[@onaretrotip]

I can use MAME footage for that one, so it may or may not make it into part 2. Thanks for the suggestion, Larry!

[@Sinisteve]

Saw somebody working on one of these on ukvac just before Xmas, rubbish game to compliment the ugly cabinet, bet there’s not many around these days though

[@GCJACK83]

A note about Albegas: In the United States, World Event Productions, the company that had the cartoon and toy distribution rights to Lion and Vehicle Voltron, had been eyeing the Albegas anime as a third season of Voltron. Of course, the whole deal to license Albegas went south and WEP couldn't buy the licensing rights for it.

[@onaretrotip]

Interesting stuff!

[@aceofhearts573]

Chimera Beast looks amazing. I am still salty that the capcom all stars game was cancelled. It looked so good

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, they both look awesome!

[@RETROGAMINGARTS]

OMFG WE MISSED THIS CAPCOM ALL STARS OMG IM SO MAD I WANT THAT!! DAMNIT!!

[@onaretrotip]

😭😭😭

[@ThunderFist1978]

I was so disappointed when they canceled that. Haggar and Zangief in the same game would have happened had it come out. Capcom Fighting Evolution is the closest we have to this game.

[@wiggy8912]

It was probably awful, just like Jam/Evolution.

[@ThunderFist1978]

@@wiggy8912 Not so fast. The games seem to have quite a few differences, like the fact that one is 2D and the other would have been 3D. Sadly we will never know for sure what Fighting All-Stars would have been like.

[@wiggy8912]

DJCandyManMike the fact that the other would have been 3D a but guarantees that it’s trash.

[@Gojiro7]

I live in the chicago area and Galloping Ghost arcade has not only working cabinet of the Judge dread game, but also other canceled games like primal rage 2 and Bevis and Butthead

[@onaretrotip]

I've seen videos; it looks awesome I'll definitely pop in if I'm ever that way.

[@Gojiro7]

@@onaretrotip they got lots of rare games and imports there too, its worth a side trip ^_^

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

The Judge Dredd game isnt too bad, with some work it would have been fun. Primal Rage 2 IS finally playable, albeit on a custom MAME build. Plays like a bit clunkier Night Warriors with special canceling, and if it too had work, it'd had been a worthy rival to Darkstalkers.

[@Gojiro7]

@@mostverticalproductions4808 had PR2 saw completion I doubt it would have set the world aflame and would have simply been remembered as that one fighting game that was better then the first one since I doubt it would have seen a PlayStation or Saturn port

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

@@Gojiro7 there are plenty of fighting games where the sequels are better than the first. PR2 felt like it was competently designed and took cues from NW. It is a shame that it never got released, especially since the first Primal Rage isnt very good.

[@Reverend-Matty]

Another great video mate, would love to see another installment. Did a great job finding footage Pete!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks mate! I think a follow-up is definitely on the cards.

[@asmallquest]

Another great video Pete! That Judge Dredd game looks hilarious. The way Dredd walls had me in stitches. The Capcom All Stars looks awesome, it’s a shame that never saw the light of day. Also Cancer Bombs?!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Dan! Haha yeah it is funny. I'm gutted about the Capcom fighter as I love Street Fighter EX. Yup, cancer bombs... brutal.

[@Emperix]

Good video as always, Pete. My ears pricked up when you mentioned Tattoo Assassins, as that's one game I'm very familiar with. There's a couple of videos the I've seen that commentate on the game and pretty much tear it a new one, lol.

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha not surprising!

[@GameRiff]

Great video, as always. Love this channel. Keep up the great work.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you so much! I'll certainly try.

[@ItsAllFunAndGames]

Capcom Fighting All-Stars looked so awesome! I would have played the crap out of it in the arcades. Spellsinger looks interesting, I really liked the graphics from that one. Great job Pete, love this series and learning about games that almost were!

[@onaretrotip]

It's All Fun And Games Me too! I would’ve been all over Capcom Fighting All-Stars, and I love Spellsinger’s art style. Thanks, Dom!

[@JamsterJules]

That Sir, was a great video. Never seen this channel before. Subbed and I look forward to more. Bravo!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much, Julien! Welcome.

[@BigBangBlitz]

I find myself fascinated by this one arcade game called Asylum. It's clear the creators must have thought it was going to blow the doors off the arcades since it offered secret codes for Asylum merchandise upon finishing it - it just didn't get released for whatever reason. Besides how weird and violent the game was I don't know why exactly, also it was to be released at a time when weird and violent games were prevalent. The unreleased game had some really obvious bugs, weird hit detection and was curiously short. It's a hell of a ride while it lasts.

[@onaretrotip]

Ooh, sounds interesting. I'll check it out! Thank you.

[@minks36]

another interesting and well put together video Pete , really enjoyed this unreleased series mate 🖒

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks a lot, Craig! I really enjoy doing these ones.

[@PrettyBlueThings]

Great video Pete! i never considered cancelled arcade games before :)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks mate! There are some interesting ones out there for sure.

[@ThunderFist1978]

I've played Judge Dredd and Tattoo Assassins at the Galloping Ghost Arcade near Chicago. They have Chimera Beast as well, but I haven't played that one yet.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, they have loads of cool cabs! Using some of their footage in part 2 actually. Would love to go.

[@airborne501]

Excellent video, I appreciate your research into this subject. Great stuff!!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much, Dan! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@airborne501]

@@onaretrotip I did and will share with some of my gaming friends.

[@symmetrie_bruch]

thank you. finally someone giving ex plus alpha the love it deserves. it was great game and you´re actually the first person to agree with me on that that i know of. also in total agreement with capcom fighting allstars looks like it would have been tremendous fun.

[@onaretrotip]

Absolutely love EX Plus Alpha - one of my all-time favourites.

[@DouglasTitchmarsh]

Excellent video, some great looking games we missed out on there. 👍

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Douglas! Absolutely - a few look especially good (potentially).

[@Aegelis]

Fun review! Good balance of info and gameplay footage. I'm an arcade-style gaming fan, though am glad I can play them on console/computer instead of dumping endless quarters before the timer runs out.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! We have an Arcade Club here in the UK (near Manchester) with a huge number of cabs.. Everything's set to free play, you just pay entry. It's awesome.

[@Ekraelum]

This video made me realize how I always concentrate so much on cancelled games on consoles and handhelds, that I never even thought about arcade games getting cancelled aside from SEGASonic Bros. and Capcom Fighting All Stars. The latter kinda hurts, because that means that we would've a full 3D model of Demitri. Also an odd choice, in crossovers, Demitri is the last choice, possibly because of Midnight Bliss... I think I'm going to get out of my comfort zone to find stuff as interesting as this.

[@onaretrotip]

That's great, if I've encouraged you to check some of these out then that's a result! SegaSonic Bros. will most likely make an appearance if I do a follow-up video.

[@ButtonBashers]

Capcom fighting all stars!!! Didn't even know that was nearly a thing! That would of made an awesome console game... Great video again mate smashed it!

[@onaretrotip]

I know, I would've been all over that! Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it.

Bloody hell, Judge Dredd looks chunky in that arcade game. He’s supposed to be thin and wiry.

Also, where’s his gun, knife and baton?

By which I don’t mean “he’s not got a gun”, I mean that doesn’t look like Dredd’s gun. He doesn’t shoot lasers.

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha I know, right.

[@RubberyCat]

Dredd thin? Are you joking? Sure, he's no Mr Universe, but he's also definitely no sprinter nor Bruce Lee. I remember him as pretty beefy.

RubberyCat He became beefy in the late Eighties, when the large eagle shoulder pad was well and truly established. Earlier Dredd is a wiry guy, more like an Olympic athlete than an Olympian God.

[@xehP]

Keep these videos up, you make really good content!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much! 'll certainly try.

[@KEN-1991]

Cancelling Capcom Fighting All-Stars is a big mistake, all that Capcom needed for this game was a huge roster that is as big as Capcom vs SNK 2, like: 1. D.D., 2. Death, 3. Ingrid, 4. Rook, 5. Agent Shadow, 6. Shadow Lady, 7. Ryu/Ko from Hissatsu Buraiken, 8. Captain Commando, 9. Jin from Cyberbots, 10. Haggar from Final Fight, 11. Maki from Final Fight 2, 12. Dean from Final Fight 3, 13. Heihachi from Tekken (exclusive PlayStation 2 character), 14. Rockman, 15. Protoman from Rockman 3, 16. Fokker from Power Stone, 17. Accel from Power Stone 2, 18. Zaki from Project Justice, 19. Leo from War-Zards, 20. Ran from Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2, 21. Batsu from School Rivals, 22. Biff from Muscle Bomber, 23. Kyo from The King of Fighters '94 (exclusive Arcade character), 24. June from Stat Gladiator, 25. Black Hayato from Star Gladiator 2, 26. Ryu from Street Fighter, 27. Vega from Street Fighter II, 28. Cammy from Super Street Fighter II, 29. Rose from Street Fighter Zero, 30. Sakura from Street Fighter Zero 2, 31. Karin from Street Fighter Zero 3, 32. Alex from Street Fighter III, 33. Urien from Street Fighter III 2nd Impact, 34. Twelve from Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, 35. Demitri from Vampire, 36. Donovan from Vampire Hunter, 37. Bulleta from Vampire Savior, 38. Hero Trojan from Tatakai no Banka. 39. Fighter from King of the Dragons, 40. Arthur from Knights of the Round, 41. Keiser from Choukou Senki Kikaiouh, 42. Strider Hiryu, 43. Strider Hien from Strider Hiryu 2, 44. Amingo from Marvel vs Capcom 2.

[@onaretrotip]

WHYYYYYYYYYYYY don't Capcom ever use the Power Stone fighters in these games???

[@johndewberryiii9925]

Ken Masters the power stone cast has been so under utilized I’ve only seen falcon in the background in cvs2 which is sad

[@CookiePrince52]

Great video, man. You also get bonus points for including music from Marvel Super Heroes and X-Men vs Street Fighter in this video! :)

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Haha yes, awesome soundtracks.

[@RMCRetro]

Really enjoyed this thanks Pete. Judge Dredd also looks like it has a bit of a Narc feel about it at times

[@onaretrotip]

RetroManCave Thanks, Neil. Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, absolutely; definitely a Narc vibe there.

[@rswpt]

very interesting information, loved the video, excelent work, subscribed

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much!

[@andy7666]

Some really interesting games there, great video!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks a lot, Andy!

[@thegaminghellyoutubething]

to clarify: accessing the boss rush in judge dredd is impossible during normal play. the game's test menu has a starting wave option, and picking wave 27 starts you off in an unfinished boss rush that softlocks the game after you beat precious leglock most insight on the game out there is from our website where we interviewed two staff members who worked on the game, if you wish to see more gaminghell.co.uk/JudgeDreddInterview.html

[@onaretrotip]

the gaming hell youtube thing Yeah, I saw that it was discovered a while later and wasn’t actually a playable option. I’ll check it out, thanks!

[@powpuck5031]

Nintendo's Sky Skipper. It didn't get an official release aside from a Atari 2600 port until recently for the switch. Apparently Factor 5 were instrumental in the preservation of the ROM. There's also video footage of Sunsoft's Vs Lionex for Nintendo's Vs arcade machines, but no ROM has been preserved. There are bits of Flea Pit preserved on the Pickford Bros.' website, a project that eventually became Plok for the SNES. Then there's Universal's Mrs. Dynamite. Nothing known exist but an arcade flyer with screenshots on it. It looks similar to Namco's Warp-Warp or Hudson's Bomberman. I assume it held some connection to Universal's Mr. Do franchise based on the name.

[@onaretrotip]

Sky Skipper will be getting its own special episode at some point in 2019. I'm friends with Alex who was instrumental in getting the game out there, and have been in contact with him and Whitney Roberts about doing an episode solely on Sky Skipper. I'll contact Factor 5 as well about their part in it, so hopefully I can get a statement from them at least. Thanks for the info on the other three; I'll check those out!

[@pbaryski]

Very cool, would have loved to play some of these. Thanks for the video.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks for watching!

[@LukesGamePage]

Knowing Marble Madness 2 was in development is incredbile news haha, still crack out my NES copy of the original from time to time. I would have loved the Judge Dredd side scroller as I enjoy all things related to him. I'm dreaming of the day an open world Judge Dredd is made where you go round dealing with crims like the True Crime Series. Fascinating video

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, spotted that in the intro did you? There will be a full bit on MM2 in part 2. It's a shame there haven't been more decent Judge Dredd games over the years, because there's potential there. Thanks mate!

[@MrMato]

I love this series!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!!! :)

[@SpeedyDePalma]

Probably already else mentioned Primal Rage 2 which yes never commercially released but there's a cabinet of it's most finished version at the Galloping Ghost arcade as well as another unreleased arcade beat em' up Beavis and Butthead.

[@onaretrotip]

Indeed! I didn't include Primal Rage 2 as I've already covered it in another episode, but both will be in part 2 (which I'm currently editing).

[@RetroGamePlayers]

The first game looks so good, man I wish I could play that. Totally reminds me of Dragons Crown.

[@onaretrotip]

Me too, Marcus! Definitely a Dragon's Crown vibe there.

[@SEGAZombie]

Wow that spellsinger looks amazing those 2d graphics are stunning. Gutted that Starblade sequel also never made as I love the original. capcom all stars I think would have been a massive hit, such a shame Tattoo assassins 😂😂😂 oh dear... Another great video Pete loving this series

[@onaretrotip]

Agreed - Spellsinger's art style is just gorgeous. I would have also liked to have played Starblade and Capcom All-Stars. A shame indeed. Thanks, Scott!

[@griffo83X]

Cool vid pete . Hammer away looks very reminiscent of the raiden series possibly why it was cancelled ?

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Paul! Yeah, that could possibly be one of the reasons. Looks decent that one.

[@MellowGaming]

I remember a few of those being featured in Magazines. Especially that Judge Dredd game. I think I assumed that had come out to no reaction at all. Tattoo Fighter looks kinda abysmal. Like it's running at quarter speed or something. Some pretty neat looking games you dug up there. That Spellslinger one looked pretty advanced for the time.

[@Zontar82]

its not running at that speed. for some reason on the video is shown that slow. play it on mame to see it at its real speed

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, is that right? Still, Tattoo Assassins doesn't look like my kind of game; like I said, I prefer the aster paced Capcom fighters personally. Spellsinger looks great, I love the art style.

[@razzledazzle4934]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much.

[@VTVINO]

Another great video!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!

[@pirataga]

I would have played the crap out of the Capcom fighting game and the chimera ones! I can't remember if it was in cracked.com or tvtropes.com but I've read about that Tattoo Assassins game before, it was a pretty interesting read Great video as always!!

[@onaretrotip]

Me too, I would've definitely liked to play those two and Spellsinger. Thanks!

[@johndewberryiii9925]

pirataga I have tattoo assasins on my pandora box it’s actually kinda fun especially if your familiar with mortal kombat

[@danielexplosion]

(Mom walking a tiny Goro by it's hair) Man, Mega City's got some crazy pet laws...

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha. Really nice touch I thought.

[@MaidenHell1977]

Great great video!! Sharing it on my Facebook game group!

[@onaretrotip]

Awesome! Thank you, Kevin.

[@mtshark7]

Awesome video Pete! :-)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Mark!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Great channel! Keep it up!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! I'll certainly try.

[@2cool4u06]

I love the MVC 2 ost

[@onaretrotip]

Me too!

[@RetroArcadeGuy]

Slipstream was a 2D sprite-scaling based (a-la-sega) F1 racing made by Capcom for the System 32 arcade board. Only 150 PCBs were made before being cancelled.

[@onaretrotip]

Ooooh, interesting! Thank you very much.

[@RetroArcadeGuy]

@@onaretrotip yeah, a shame since the game was pretty rad with very accurate details. But being test released in 1995 could be the reason why it got pulled out.

[@onaretrotip]

Min Nohara's Channel Of Fun Probably. Most arcade racers had moved on to 3D by then. Looks great though, I’ll definitely include that one!

[@indahpratiwi4308]

very nice video you made, not many videos on this subject

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much. Yeah, I haven't seen much coverage on the subject. There will be a (longer) part 2 coming soon!

[@elphive42]

I played a real Tattoo Assassins machine at the ReplayFX festival. They were advertising it as one of the worst fighting games ever made.

[@onaretrotip]

zxthehedgehog42 Hahaha that’s hilarious.

[@danmanx2]

Interesting list! I would also love to play that 2D/3D beat 'em up you described first.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! Oh, Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha? It's great, and it's very affordable on the original PlayStation. It started as an arcade game, Street Fighter EX, then they released an upgraded version called Street Fighter EX Plus. Plus Alpha is essentially the console version of that. I love that game, and still play it today. I've been working on a video on it actually, but it's been slow going so not sure when I'll get it finished.

[@owlnonymous]

Overall a nice collection of unreleased games, including a few I hadn't heard about. As for your Tattoo Assassins footage, the game doesn't play that sluggish on the arcade cabinet, and should run at full speed in MAME. As for unreleased games, check out Last Odyssey Pinball Fantasia for the NeoGeo. It's one game that I have always wanted to play. There are a few prototypes known to still exist out there, but they do not want to share the ROM.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! I heard that Tattoo Assassins actually runs a bit faster than shown here. I researched Last Odyssey Pinball Fantasia - shame that the only available footage is so poor. If they won't share the ROM they could at least do a decent recording.

[@nexusofice9135]

Can't go wrong with Magician Lord Music as background music.

[@onaretrotip]

Absolutely!

[@KarlSturmgewher]

We need a 2.5D sequel to Capcom Fighting Evolution on Switch man! I wouldn't mind the soundtrack of Capcom Fighting All-Stars.

[@onaretrotip]

That would be awesome!

[@BocaRetroGames]

Great video!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!

[@TIMEPPF]

There was also a Beavis and Butthead arcade game that was recently rediscovered.

[@onaretrotip]

I actually cut it as there's only footage of the arcade cabs (rather than captured gameplay), but it will probably make it into part 2. Galloping Ghost arcade have said I can use their footage.

[@JamesEmirzianWaldementer]

Chimera Beast is the number one! One of those originally game development CP.BRAiN data programming that have alpha version was corrupted and faith with Chimera Beast. The developer of CP.BRAiN decided to get killed the project. Which was released Prototype version by Jaleco. My very first game installment of Our Internet Wargame Universe with Chimera Beast is the good times to see popular creature is Eaters. My gosh, I was become one of my famous creature designer and mechanic fighter ship designer to this!

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, it looks interesting that one, with some good ideas.

[@JamesEmirzianWaldementer]

+onaretrotip Thank you for discussion with Chimera Beast about the original game developed CP.BRAiN, With the many people are become famously creatures is Eater. It is been many years since where I was Creation of the franchise my Our Internet Wargame Universe takes place where Chimera Beast, Within The Beast, Internet Wargame And Our Internet Wargame. And I also thank you for your making video to doing with discussion Chimera Beast is the first game installment of Project: OIWG Perhaps is considered favorites unreleased original CP.BRAiN games. I’ll keep with Chimera Beast alive to Eaters as well as new generation games in the history. Look for the Within The Beast is currently works my social media topics upon are very soon.

[@StevenCusic]

*edit* (i remembered wrong real info below in my second post) i remember reading spell caster was running on Atari jaguar type hardware and could do really ridiculous stuff like unlimited sprites on screen like you would in sega saturns dragon force series and other specialized features and techniques, read that write up along time ago like before assembler games forum was even around maybe, like a forum like snes o rama or maybe even romhustlers forum which i was an original member of... unfortunately that information is lost too that annals of times.

[@onaretrotip]

Interesting stuff. It's a shame when info like that is lost, so it's great that so many museums and websites are now preserving the hardware and information.

[@StevenCusic]

@@onaretrotip ok i was wrong about it being jaguar hardware though it did use texas intruments tms chips which were 32 bitwhich a majority of the atari and midway arcades used so maybe tom and jerry are related too those processors of course thats an assumption but this link should give you all the hardware details straight from the source www.francksauer.com/index.php/component/content/article/15-games/published-games/22-ultimate-tennis

[@onaretrotip]

@@StevenCusic Thanks!

[@StevenCusic]

@@onaretrotip welcome :)

[@GeoNeilUK]

I'd have thought Capcom Fighting All-Stars would have featured Morrigan from Vampire Hunter. Also, Tattoo Assassins were written by Data East's _pinball_ division. _Chimera Beast_ has (very) few hints of _Saint Dragon_

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I thought that Demitri was an odd choice over Morrigan, but a bit of variety is good I suppose.

[@GeoNeilUK]

@@onaretrotip I have to be honest... I'm more of a Hsien-Ko man...

[@lolno2264]

I would add the american version of beatmania IIDX GOLD, it even had a location test with planned e-amusement network support (feature also planned for the american arcade version of DDRX), but it got cancelled at the last minute sadly, thought IIDX GOLD itself did release in japan, so i dont think it belongs in the list

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, released games are a no-go mate.

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

Spell singer looks like a proto guardian heroes in saturn....

[@onaretrotip]

Sure does!

[@steve36207]

Some decent looking games there Pete buddy.... I think I prob would of played and liked them all back in the day..... but I'd defo have liked hammer away... I know it looks similar to loads that was out around that time but I think that's why I would like it 😂👍 great work as always buddy 👍👍

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, definitely some nice looking ones here, Steve. Hammer Away looks great, agreed! Plus it's Sega :) Thanks mate!

[@TheMufasawhite]

That triple robot in Albegas looks just like the Voltron prototype from 1984

[@onaretrotip]

It seems that it was a cancelled Voltron prototype or something, from what people are saying in the comments.

[@Sinisteve]

Spellsinger looks fantastic! Hammer away also looks pretty good...who knew someone made Lemmings for arcade😮 Wasn’t sky skipper cancelled? Don’t know if that’s already been covered😂 Top video Pete really interesting👏🏼

[@onaretrotip]

Agree! Spellsinger looks great, and Hammer Away seems like a decent shooter (although I guess we've seen it all before). I'm actually planning a Sky Skipper special, so it'll be getting its very own episode. Thanks, Steve.

[@Sinisteve]

onaretrotip well don’t forget to mention who got the highest score when Alex done the U.K. reveal in his cab😉

[@onaretrotip]

@@Sinisteve PMSL

[@mickael486]

Dude! How do you find all these? Spellsinger looks sooo awesome. I would have put a paycheck in that game!

[@onaretrotip]

The info is all there online, it just takes many many hours of research. All good fun though, and it's very informative/interesting for me making these videos (as I hope it is for the viewers). Agreed - Spellsinger looks gorgeous. Love the art style.

[@keness4768]

Man, hearing that magician lord music just makes me wish they made a sequel to that one...

[@onaretrotip]

I can only agree with you there!

[@evanb4466]

There was a prototype sequel

[@evanb4466]

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[@QF_Dan72]

Spell Singer looks really impressive, sadly no one can play it

[@onaretrotip]

I know, right. Shame :(

[@rollerxcore]

That spellsinger would have been great to have seen. It's a shame publishers didn't have more faith in the 2d style back then. I might try the judge dredd game it looks interesting

[@onaretrotip]

Agreed. A real pity as the 2D style has aged so much better than 3D. Look at the big 3D games of the PlayStation era for example, and most of them look pretty awful now.

[@ThreeArrow]

Rollerxcore it’s pretty sweet. 1st level has a mini Goro being walked on a leash! Too bad it never got finished.

[@animekawaiichan9399]

I love your videos man! BTW where's the soundtrack at 10:48 from?

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Ah, I can't remember, but it's from one of the Capcom fighters (Marvel Super Heroes or X-Men vs Street Fighter probably).

[@animekawaiichan9399]

@@onaretrotip no problem thank you!

[@williamcrowe2576]

I'm not sure, but I think Albegus was meant to be a shooter in the style of games like MACH 3 and Bega's Battle.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I did wonder. Looking at the footage it definitely looks like an on-rails shooter.

[@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp]

It's funny half of these games are at galloping ghost arcade in Chicago. Tattoo assassin's plays much faster than the video shows. They have that there as well

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I've seen some videos of the cabs there. I'll have to pop in if I'm ever in the area. Looks awesome!

[@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp]

@@onaretrotip it is. Plus it's amazing the owner doc Mac finds these rare treasures. He even has tattoo assassin's and Beavis and butthead. What a great place.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

this video is great but the marvel vs capcom 2 music makes it perfect!!!!!!!!

[@onaretrotip]

Haha thanks! 🔥🔥🔥

[@hungchu9103]

I’m pretty sure I played judge dread in the arcade back in the 90s trocadero London!

[@onaretrotip]

🤔

[@zacharymabb4873]

5:32 Ow. My childhood.

[@onaretrotip]

LOL

[@curbydinobot8633]

I'm suprised you didn't mention Primal Rage 2, the Beavis & Butthead arcade, and Gremlins

[@onaretrotip]

Gremlins I scrapped due to lack of decent footage. I cut out Primal Rage 2 because it's already been in another episode in the series, but it will be in part 2. So will Beavis & Butthead (Galloping Ghost have said I can use their footage).

[@adamphillip5305]

My god, that forest level in Spellsinger looks beautiful.

[@onaretrotip]

I know, right. When I was cutting the footage that was the level that I made sure to include. Stunning.

[@Crimefighter]

Galloping Ghost Arcade has several of these games on the original hardware - so you can play these the way they were meant to be played.

[@onaretrotip]

I've seen some videos; so cool! I'll definitely pop in if I'm ever in the area.

[@caucasoidape8838]

Too bad about that Star Blade sequel. It looks more like what the original Starfox on SNES was, than Starfox 64. I love the use of abstract polygons for ships, and robots.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, shame that. Looks really interesting.

[@mrmadmight266]

Long time no see, Happy new year. The character roaster of Capcom Fighting All Stars is kinda lackluster, maybe that's why it wasn't released. i heard that some of the actors of Tatoo Assassins were also from the Mortal Kombat games.

[@onaretrotip]

Happy new year to you too! Yeah, I usually have twelve days off at Christmas so I just chill and don't do much video stuff. As much as I would have loved to play Capcom Fighting All-Stars, I have to agree that the roster isn't the greatest.

[@yellow98gt]

@8:51 The girl in the background is walking a little Goro from Mortal Kombat

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, nice touch that.

[@illuminatioracle]

0:00 the battle for survival begins...begin

[@onaretrotip]

:)

[@pferreira1983]

I would so have liked Judge Dredd, Tattoo Assassins and Spellsinger to have been completed. They looked like they could have been great fun. I think though the Judge Dredd gameplay needed tightening up in the contact hit detection.

[@onaretrotip]

Spellsinger looks amazing!

[@pferreira1983]

@@onaretrotip Yeah it did.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

That's sad. I hope they release them.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, although interesting for me, it's always very sad making these videos.

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

Spellsinger looks great, it looks like it would have made for a great title on the PS1.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, I love the art style!

[@indahpratiwi4308]

spellsinger makes me think of guardian heroes for Saturn

[@onaretrotip]

Absolutely!