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Unpublished games

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:

Nintendo publicity folder, Winter CES 1987, January 8–11, 1987

 Item — Box Roger Sharpe collection
Identifier: PROMO-KITS.NINTENDO.87WCES
Abstract

This press kit was distributed by Nintendo of America at the 1987 Winter Consumer Electronics Show. This folder contain assets for early and unreleased first-party Nintendo products: notably, the Nintendo Knitting Machine (p.2, p.9), and early placeholder "Black Box"-style artwork for the games The Legend of Zelda and Punch-Out (p.10).

Dates: Publication: January 8–11, 1987

Nintendo Retailer Source Book, est. second half 2004, materials dated 2003–2005

 Item — Location Game publisher publicity kits
Identifier: PROMO-KITS.NINTENDO.RETAIL04
Abstract

Product guides, like this one, were sent to video game retailers by Nintendo of America to promote their new and upcoming games and hardware. This binder, which appears to have been printed in 2004, was sent to a Blockbuster video rental store; it contains fact sheets, flyers, and a newsletter for retailers about Nintendo products called NSider Magazine.

Dates: Publication: est. second half 2004; materials dated 2003–2005

NTVIC, Crazyland! Flyer, 1991

 Item — Location Video game flyers, assorted
Identifier: PROMO-FLYERSMISC.NTVIC.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an unorganized collection of miscellanous video game flyers, likely sourced from trade show events. These items may be reorganized in the future as this collection grows.

Dates: Copyright: 1991

NuVision Entertainment, Bean Ball Benny, Summer CES 1991 flyer, June 1–4, 1991

 Item — Location Video game flyers, assorted
Identifier: PROMO-FLYERSMISC.NUVISION.1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is an unorganized collection of miscellanous video game flyers, likely sourced from trade show events. These items may be reorganized in the future as this collection grows.

Dates: Publication: June 1–4, 1991

"Parasite" story ideas, est. between April and July 1995

 Item
Identifier: FLITMAN-MINDSCAPE-PRODUCTION-BEAST.8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes scanned documents, digital images, disc images, and audiovisual recordings of material collected during the career of game producer Mark Flitman. The collection includes internal business and development documents, guidelines and research for licensed properties, production assets, personal correspondences, and related memorabilia and newsclippings.The materials in this collection have been arranged based on the companies Mark Flitman worked at during his...
Dates: est. between April and July 1995

"Poisoned" game design document, circa 1990

 Item
Identifier: STITT-STI.1.6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes artwork, level designs, and game design concepts from the career of Craig Stitt, artist and designer at the Sega Technical Institute and Insomniac Games. This collection also includes original artwork by Stitt, created before and after his tenures at Sega and Insomniac.

Dates: circa 1990

Popeye in High Seas High-Jinks development build [Sega Genesis development board] [restricted], undated

 Item — Michael Shorrock game objects: Series SHORROCK-GAMES
Identifier: SHORROCK-GAMES-PROTO.3
Abstract

This is a development build of an unreleased game based on Popeye the Sailor Man, developed by Bridgeport Entertainment Group for American Technos. The game appears to be nearly complete and is fully playable.

Dates: undated

Power Glove publicity folder, circa 1989

 Item — Location Game publisher publicity kits
Identifier: PROMO-KITS.MATTEL.POWERGLOVE
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.

Dates: Publication: circa 1989

"Ride the Ocean Wave!" supplement to Game Players Nintendo Guide, distributed February 1993

 Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS-NINTENDO-SUPPLEMENTS.1
Scope and Contents From the Series: The library's physical collection includes every known issue of Game Players in its various forms. Our digital library currently includes almost all issues of the magazine, with an exception of one issue of Game Player's PC (Volume 3, Number 1, January/February 1990) and several editions of Game Player's Encyclopedia.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games....
Dates: Issued: distributed February 1993

"Romanov Game," partial game pitch, circa 1997

 Item
Identifier: NELSON-13.1
Abstract

Following the release of Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, Andrew Nelson proposed a sequel about the fall of the Romanov dynasty, featuring returning cast from Titanic. These six pages from a pitch document written by Nelson are all that currently remain from the "Romanov Game," which Cyberflix did not end up producing.

Dates: circa 1997