Games That Weren't^®

1994 Acclaim

Platform: SEGA Mega Drive

Please note that this is just a quick placeholder post, where we have split up an old post which flagged up 3 entries. The original text that follows is from our old team member Alex Ross-Shaw in 2012. No doubt there have been further discoveries since. We’ll try and update this page with any links to resources at a later date – or please feel free to leave any suggestions in the comments and we’ll update as we go.

Monster Truck Wars was actually released back in the 1990s…for the Game Gear and Game Boy. A Mega Drive version was planned and indeed we even know the person who did it. Mike Crandall has his own website and among the list of games he worked on he reveals that he developed the Sega Genesis version of Monster Truck Wars. We’ve contacted him but sadly got no reply.

This isn’t a plea for you to pester the poor guy, he’s probably got a life, unlike us. But unless we can find out more info from anyone else who worked on the game then we’re at a dead end in trying to find out how much of the game was made and why it got cancelled.

With thanks to Fever for the suggestion of breaking up into a separate entry.

1994 Psygnosis

Platform: SEGA Mega Drive

Please note that this is just a quick placeholder post, where we have split up an old post which flagged up 3 entries. The original text that follows is from our old team member Alex Ross-Shaw in 2012. No doubt there have been further discoveries since. We’ll try and update this page with any links to resources at a later date – or please feel free to leave any suggestions in the comments and we’ll update as we go.

Puggsy was an innovative little platformer released by Psygnosis on the Mega Drive in 1993 and the Amiga a year later. A sequel was promised at the time according to Wikipedia but nothing ever came of it, probably due to poor sales of the original, even though it’s highly thought of.

A search online gives no details at all of a possible sequel, and of course Wikipedia isn’t the most reliable of sources but given the positive reputation of the game it would make sense that they wanted to give the franchise another go.

At the end of the first game and just before the credits, it says “Watch out for Puggsy Part II Coming Soon”. Was this just a joke, or was it serious that a sequel was on the cards?

We’ve contacted the company Jon Burton set up, Traveller’s Tales, who produced Puggsy for Psygnosis, to see if we can chat to him and ask a few questions. Beyond that however the trail is completely cold. Any ideas?

With thanks to Fever for the suggestion of breaking up into a separate entry and Adam Markey for the extra info.