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Games That Weren't
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Jul 9, 07:03 AM
Did you know a brand new Gauntlet game was completed for the Nintendo DS... but never released? Despite being reviewed by magazines such as Retro Gamer, the game was cancelled before it reached the shelves. Thankfully it survives today.
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Games That Weren't
@gamesthatwerent.com
· Jul 7, 04:41 PM
Did you know a brand new Gauntlet game was completed for the Nintendo DS... but never released? Despite being reviewed by magazines such as Retro Gamer, the game was cancelled before it reached the shelves. Thankfully it survives today.
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 05:00 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Unrelated but that’s pretty much the next game I wanted to write on the PlayStation after Pitball when I worked at Time Warner Interactive. Atari Games were part of TWI at that point. Think the decision was made to make Pitball 2 before they closed us down. It looked very much like that in my mind.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 05:01 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I’ve probably still got the design I wrote for it on a floppy somewhere.</p>
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&lt;span class=&quot;text-[9px] text-slate-600&quot;&gt;· Jul 7, 05:03 PM&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&quot;&gt;It would have been around 1996. The design never got passed on. If you think about it, that look is the obvious evolution for Gauntlet on modern consoles so not surprised someone else independently came up with it. That DS version looks great! I’d have bought it.&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;quot;&amp;gt;That sounds very interesting! If you come across anything regarding the design docs, then I&amp;amp;#39;d love to create a page on the site sometime to cover it if you were up for it.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
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&amp;amp;lt;p class=&amp;amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Okay I’ll see what I can find.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;
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&amp;amp;amp;lt;p class=&amp;amp;amp;quot;text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words&amp;amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;gt;Ah that sounds awesome, thank you and fingers crossed!&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 04:53 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Still got a cartridge in my loft I believe. We did a big preview on it back in the day.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 06:41 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Love Gauntlet on whatever platform, including the DS, but it does strain the old eyes a bit kn the DS 👓</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 04:51 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">More details:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/11/gaun...</p>
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