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* [[Project Xanadu]] - a hypertext content delivery system, postulated prior to the advent of the [[World Wide Web]] |
* [[Project Xanadu]] - a hypertext content delivery system, postulated prior to the advent of the [[World Wide Web]] |
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* [[Bandersnatch (computer game)|Psyclapse]] - a hyped [[8-bit]] "mega-game" which never made off paper. |
* [[Bandersnatch (computer game)|Psyclapse]] - a hyped [[8-bit]] "mega-game" which never made off paper. |
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* [[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]] - a [[video game]] produced by [[GSC Game World]]. Cited as vaporware by [http://pc.ign.com/articles/701/701364p1.html an IGN review] and [http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-9020_7-6555927-10.html a Cnet review]. |
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* [[StarCraft: Ghost]] - a first person shooter based on the [[StarCraft]] world by [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] - is now "postponed indefinitely" after 5 years of development |
* [[StarCraft: Ghost]] - a first person shooter based on the [[StarCraft]] world by [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] - is now "postponed indefinitely" after 5 years of development |
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* Vantive's Lawsuit in the late 90's (http://www.law.com/regionals/ca/opinions/mar/0016136.shtml) |
* Vantive's Lawsuit in the late 90's (http://www.law.com/regionals/ca/opinions/mar/0016136.shtml) |
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Revision as of 10:16, 26 November 2006
This page is an incomplete list of known example of vaporware, in alphabetical order by product name:
- Action Gamemaster - a handheld device designed by Active Enterprises
- The Nintendo Entertainment System port of Deja Vu II, which was completed but never released.
- Duke Nukem Forever - a video game produced by 3D Realms still in development since 1996.
- Elite 4 - a video game produced by Frontier Developments specifically by David Braben.→
- Glaze3D - a graphics card designed by BitBoys Oy.
- L600 - a Linux-based game console/computer produced by Indrema
- Mario 128 - a video game in development by Nintendo, which apparently evolved into Super Mario Galaxy.
- Ovation - An integrated software package for DOS that was announced by Ovation Technologies in 1983. Written about in many computer magazines at the time, Ovation was never released.[1]
- SNES Nintendo Disk a.k.a. Philips CD-ROM XA-a system developed in 1992 to compete with the Playstation prototype, which was designed in 1991. [2]
- Phantom - a console gaming system developed by Infinium Labs
- Project Xanadu - a hypertext content delivery system, postulated prior to the advent of the World Wide Web
- Psyclapse - a hyped 8-bit "mega-game" which never made off paper.
- StarCraft: Ghost - a first person shooter based on the StarCraft world by Blizzard - is now "postponed indefinitely" after 5 years of development
- Vantive's Lawsuit in the late 90's (http://www.law.com/regionals/ca/opinions/mar/0016136.shtml)
- Woodcutters From Fiery Ships, a CD-ROM game by David Lynch that was to be developed by Synergy (http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/game.html)
- m-o-o-t - an "open source" bootable security CD in development since 2000