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Polybius
Polybius (1981)
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The earliest known mention of the mythical video game Polybius was an article on the otherwise legitimate arcade gaming fan site Coinop.org posted on August 3, 1998.

The article was edited on May 16, 2009, after the "game" had achieved viral popularity, to inform readers that the site hosts had received new information about the game and were flying to Kyiv, Ukraine to investigate the title, which they would update the page on when they found out. No news has been recorded on Polybius since, but the website would have new games added to its database up to 2021.

Kurt Koller, the webmaster for coinop.org, would later claim in 2021 that he planned to go to Kyiv in 2009 to see Chernobyl, but his friend from Ukraine refused because he was expecting a child, meaning that the "Polybius update" may have just been an in-joke related to this visit.
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Hoax, In-Joke, Rumor, Unreleased Content
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Neopets Browser
Neopets Browser (1999)
subdirectory_arrow_right Neopets (Franchise), Neopets (Company)
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Neopets' former CEO Dough Dohring was an avid Scientologist, and used L. Ron Hubbard's "Org Board" method for running the business. Neopets founders Adam and Donna Powell were unaware of Dohring's ties to the cult when signing on to allow him to run the company, and it supposedly did not affect the inner workings of the company, though most of the employees were Scientologists and Dohring would often propose implementing Scientology education into the website. Williams would claim of the ownership in a 2014 Reddit AMA:

"Yes. Although we were not aware of it at first as we were totally naive.

Basically the first group of investors (who were the guys that had spare office space in Glendale as their automotive firm was being downsized) were scientologists.

When we realised it was a bit of a shock. Somewhat awkward moment when you realise you started the biggest entertainment site visited by millions of children and teens, but the upper management you just signed the company over to are part of some weird religion that is banned in some countries...

The company was structured like a scientology org. It didnt really change anything that I noticed apart from some odd test that interviewees had to take consisting of questions like which straight line seemed friendlier and stuff like that. We also had a lot of obscure celebrities coming round the office for tours.

At one time there was some talk about putting scientology education on the site, but we killed that idea pretty sharpish.

Adam and I made sure that it never made its way onto anything site related. Religion and politics were two big no nos for us as far as site content went. Can't say the discussions we had to keep it that way were much fun though!"

Dohring would leave Neopets after it was acquired by Viacom in 2005.
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Advertisement/Commercial, Complaint, Corporate Affairs, Development, Product Placement, Religion, Secret, Unreleased Content, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 18, 2023
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Sonic R
Sonic R (1997)
subdirectory_arrow_right Formula 1 (Franchise)
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Sonic R has often been criticized for how the playable characters handle like cars instead of athletes - the reason for this is because Sonic R was actually built from a scrapped Formula 1 racing game.
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Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Controls, Reskin, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 16, 2023
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Zool
Zool (1992)
subdirectory_arrow_right Rise of the Robots (Game)
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The arcade version of Rise of the Robots contains code from an unreleased arcade version of Zool. However, this is only a file directory and as such unfortunately cannot be reverse-engineered into a playable state.
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Cancelled Release, Console Difference, Remake, Unreleased Content, Unused Code
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 15, 2023
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Pac-Man World Rally
Pac-Man World Rally (2006)
subdirectory_arrow_right Dig Dug (Collection)
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Attachment Pac-Man World Rally was originally going to be based on the works of famed psychedelic hot rod cartoonist Stanley Mouse. Fygar's kart is a leftover from this version of the project, hence why it doesn't fit the aesthetic style of the other karts and isn't directly based on the Dig Dug franchise.
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Adaptation, Artwork/Illustration, Cancelled Release, Character Design, Reskin, Similarities, Unreleased Content, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 13, 2023
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Franchise: Pokémon
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person NintendOtaku calendar_month October 13, 2023
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Adventure
Adventure (1979)
subdirectory_arrow_right Superman (Franchise)
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During the development of Adventure, Atari higher-ups were initially cautious of such an ambitious project - when they saw the prototype, they unsuccessfully tried to persuade Warren Robinett to rework the game into a tie-in game for the Superman II movie.
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Adaptation, Cancelled Release, Reskin, Unreleased Content, Unused Character
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Platform: PC (Microsoft Windows)
subdirectory_arrow_right Nintendo 64 (Platform), Nintendo (Company)
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Attachment The NJS-3D1 was a PC flight stick made by Laral Group LLC - unusually, the flight stick bears the name and official quality seal of Nintendo on its packaging, along with a Nintendo 64 logo on the controller itself, despite not being compatible with any of Nintendo's hardware. The controller was made in a short-lived deal to manufacture PC accessories with Nintendo branding, with the only other product to come out of the line being a set of headphones.
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Cancelled Release, Controls, Unreleased Content, Unreleased Hardware
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month October 5, 2023
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Platform: PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Attachment The KFConsole was a satirical computer announced in 2020 by Intel, Cooler Master, and Kentucky Fried Chicken that would have been shaped like a chicken bucket and have an oven for reheating KFC chicken. Despite Mark Walton of Intel claiming it to be a real product, the computer having a page on Cooler Master's website, official stats being available for the hardware, and similarly outlandish KFC marketing stunts eventually being released as products, it has not emerged in the years since and is believed to be vaporware.
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Cancelled Release, Unreleased Content, Unreleased Hardware
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EastEnders
EastEnders (1987)
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Macsen Software had intended to release a second game using the EastEnders license, but went into voluntary liquidation before it could be completed.
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Cancelled Release, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 29, 2023
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Collection: Pajama Sam
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A pilot was made for a Pajama Sam television series that was pitched to PBS Kids, where Sam was aged up but inexplicably retained his onesie pajamas, and had a generic school bully as a nemesis. It supposedly had a high budget, and Humongous animator John Michaud, who revealed its existence, claims that it was fortunate it wasn't picked up.
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Cancelled Release, Multimedia Adaptation, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 27, 2023
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
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In an interview with competitive Super Smash Bros. player Hungrybox, the developers of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl claimed that the game would feature cross-play in a future update. Cross-play was eventually finished for the game, but was not able to be released due to Nintendo's strict guidelines on cross-play. On March 3, 2023, the game was released on the Epic Games Store, and cross-play between PC and Switch was accidentally added without announcement, but was removed shortly after, though cross-play between Epic Games and Steam players would continue to exist in the game. Cross-play would eventually be included in the base game of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 for all consoles and generations.
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Competitive, Complaint, Online Play, Removed Feature, Unreleased Content, Unused Code
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 27, 2023
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Drill Dozer
Drill Dozer (2005)
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An internal "last updated" date in the files of Drill Dozer shows that the European localizations of the game were finished in 2006, 10 years before their first release on the Wii U Virtual Console.
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Development, Regional Difference, Unreleased Content, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 25, 2023
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Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts III (2019)
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Attachment Grand Chef, the Ratatouille keyblade in Kingdom Hearts III, has two bottles of champagne attached to its handles. While the artwork on these bottles originates from a poster briefly seen in the movie, it is more commonly associated with a controversial cancelled Ratatouille-branded wine that was intended to be sold in Costco in 2007, but was pulled before it could hit shelves due to concerns relating to underaged drinking. While the iteration in the movie shows red wine, the iteration on the wine bottle shows an olive tone of wine. The Grand Chef keyblade features both colors for the wine.
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Censorship, Complaint, Early Idea, Merchandise, Real Life, Reference, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 25, 2023
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Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals
Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals (2020)
subdirectory_arrow_right Catherine: Full Body (Game)
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On September 18, 2023, it was revealed on the Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals Twitter account that a pitch had been made for a DLC pack based on Catherine: Full Body by Atlus, but that said plans never materialized. A mockup trailer was also released, suggesting that said pack would have featured Vincent Brooks as a playable character and would have released in 2021, had it been accepted.
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Development, Early Idea, Real Life, Unreleased Content
person chocolatejr9 calendar_month September 23, 2023
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Bad Piggies
Bad Piggies (2012)
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Bad Piggies was originally conceived as a level editor for standard Angry Birds levels, before being reworked into a vehicle-building game.
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Development, Early Idea, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 18, 2023
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
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Attachment The Weenie and Burger Golfer enemies are based on Peter and Mac, the protagonists of an unmade Pizza Tower predecessor called Weenie Cop.
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Cameo, Cancelled Release, Character Design, Early Idea, Easter Egg, Inspiration, Unreleased Content, Unused Character
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 18, 2023
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amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits
amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits (2015)
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amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits contains two unused ROMs in its code: Mario Bros. for NES and Super Mario All-Stars for SNES. Notably, Super Mario All-Stars never had a Wii U Virtual Console release. (though it was playable on the console through the Wii disc, Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition)
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person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 15, 2023
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Platform: BBC Microcomputer System
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Following the release of the BBC Micro, independent branches of rival free-to-air channel ITV initiated plans to brand a microcomputer by Transam Computers with the ITV name, selling at the same price as the BBC Micro. This was ultimately vetoed by the Independent Television Companies Association due to ITV being prohibited from sponsoring products at the time, alongside potential conflicts of interest with ITV's own advertisers, which included other microcomputer manufacturers.
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person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 12, 2023
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Popular Computing Weekly Vol. 2 No. 49 - December 8-14, 1984 (Page 1):
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-12-08/mode/1up

Personal Computer News No. #42 - December 22-January 4, 1984 (Page 4):
https://archive.org/details/mag_PersonalComputerNews042-04Jan1984/page/n5/mode/1up
Bubsy 2
Bubsy 2 (1994)
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The working titles for Bubsy 2 were "Bubsy 2: Still No Pants!" and "Bubsy 2: Lost in the Amazatorium".
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Advertisement/Commercial, Development, Early Idea, Unreleased Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month September 9, 2023
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