After more than 15 years, footage for the unreleased shooter Viewpoint 2064 appears online. Take a look here...
History's full of games that were teased, even developed, but never released. One of those was Sammy's Viewpoint 2064, a sequel to its 1990s Neo Geo shooter, Viewpoint. In line with most games for the Nintendo 64, Viewpoint 2064 was envisioned as a 3D reworking of the original's isometric, Zaxxon-style action, resulting in a kind of Star Fox-inspired blaster with more linear level designs and fewer barrel rolls.
Teased as recently as the year 2000 but never released, it seemed that Viewpoint 64 was one of those games that would simply vanish into the archives, never to be seen again. All that changed when a prototype cartridge changed hands on eBay for a startling $3000 (or thereabouts). Thanks to the efforts of YouTube user Rama Shotton, who contacted the winner of the cartridge, some footage of the game has finally...
History's full of games that were teased, even developed, but never released. One of those was Sammy's Viewpoint 2064, a sequel to its 1990s Neo Geo shooter, Viewpoint. In line with most games for the Nintendo 64, Viewpoint 2064 was envisioned as a 3D reworking of the original's isometric, Zaxxon-style action, resulting in a kind of Star Fox-inspired blaster with more linear level designs and fewer barrel rolls.
Teased as recently as the year 2000 but never released, it seemed that Viewpoint 64 was one of those games that would simply vanish into the archives, never to be seen again. All that changed when a prototype cartridge changed hands on eBay for a startling $3000 (or thereabouts). Thanks to the efforts of YouTube user Rama Shotton, who contacted the winner of the cartridge, some footage of the game has finally...
- 10/5/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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