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Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (partially found early builds of shoot 'em up game; 2002)
Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (東方紅魔郷 ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil; 東方紅魔郷 lit. Eastern Scarlet Devil Land), also known as "the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil", abbreviated as "EoSD", or simply referred to as "Touhou 6" by its fans, is a popular vertical-scrolling danmaku shoot 'em up game developed by Team Shanghai Alice (上海アリス幻樂団) in 2002., The trial versions were released by ZUN on the official website for the game and were downloadable. The site also included screenshots from the earlier builds of the game, The screenshots of which show that the builds were very different from the final release of the game.
The Adventures of Voopa the Goolash (found New Zealand animated series; lost production material to further series and films; 2007-2008)
The Adventures of Voopa the Goolash is a 2007 New Zealand animated series, originally conceived in South Africa and created by digital graphics artist Craig Whyte; it was developed and animated by Photon VFX (Scooby Doo, Superman Returns, Animalia)., Despite the fact it was set to broadcast in 27 countries, it ultimately received little to no distribution, with further seasons and planned interactive merchandise never making it to the public.
Jurassic Park: Survival (lost build of cancelled movie tie-in third person shooter; 2000-2001)
Due to disagreements between Savage Entertainment and Vivendi Universal, the game was ultimately cancelled and no builds have surfaced to date., Jurassic Park: Survival was meant to be an action-horror third-person shooter, developed by Savage Entertainment and published by Konami and Vivendi Universal Games, planned to be released in the Fall of 2001 for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, with GameCube and Windows versions also in the works.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (lost original J.J. Abrams cut of Star Wars film; existence unconfirmed; 2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released to theaters in December 2019, While fans and critics did notice some odd inconsistencies with the film, it would not be until January 1st, 2020, when a Reddit post on the subreddit r/saltierthancrait by user egoshoppe who has insider connections went into great detail as to what went down during the production of the The Rise of Skywalker and how the final film submitted by Abrams was not the film shown in theaters, and that a three-hour cut of the movie was made in November 2019, dubbed "the J.J. cut"
SpongeBob Town (lost build of cancelled massively multiplayer online game based on Nickelodeon animated series; 2012)
SpongeBob Town (also known as SpongeBob SquarePants Online) was an online multiplayer game developed by BlueArk Global and published by Gigamedia Limited in association with Nickelodeon. The game developed throughout 2011 and 2012, and had one open technical test between October 25th-27th, 2012, with the release set for sometime in 2013., Despite the game being very far into development, the game was abruptly cancelled for unknown reasons and is now considered lost.
Requiem for a Heavyweight (partially found BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV play; 1957)
Requiem for a Heavyweight is a teleplay written by Rod Serling, most well-known for his TV series The Twilight Zone. It was produced for Playhouse 90, a live TV show, on October 9th, 1956. It was also adapted into a movie, in 1962, starring Anthony Quinn., The BBC adapted the teleplay for their live TV play show Sunday-Night Theatre, which in itself has many lost episodes. It aired on March 31st, 1957., The episode has not survived in full due to it being a live performance, and BBC frequently wiping out tapes during the 1950s when they believed they had no use for it anymore.
Zelda 64 (partially found beta version of "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" action-adventure game; 1995-1998)
Zelda 64 refers to the beta version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a critically acclaimed action-adventure video game released by Nintendo in 1998 for the Nintendo 64, and the first game in the Legend of Zelda series to use fully 3D graphics. Zelda 64, which was originally being designed for the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive add-on, was much more ambitious in scope and scale than the final game, but the game's transition to a standard cartridge release led to much of this content being cut or altered., Zelda 64 has never been made publicly available, but the various prerelease materials, as well as assets salvaged from leaks and dumps, paint a markedly different game from the final product.
Screwed: The Bret Hart Story (lost unfinished wrestling documentary film; 2005)
The negative interviews intended for Screwed were subsequently scrapped, being replaced with positive interviews from the likes of Steve Austin, Roddy Piper and Chris Benoit., This film would become Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be., Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be is a 2005 straight-to-DVD wrestling documentary film., However, before Hart agreed to work on the documentary, WWE planned the creation of Screwed: The Bret Hart Story, which would have had a negative focus on Hart's career.
Rölli "Rölli ja pahan valtakunta" (partially lost episode of Finnish children's TV series; 1993)
As described in the theme song, Rölli is an troll-like creature living at his cottage deep in the forest, who likes to frighten children for fun. Despite this, each episode shows him to be shy, curious and kind, while telling tales and thoughts to his audience., Rölli is a Finnish children's television series based on the character with the same name created by Allan "Allu" Tuppuraisen., However, the episode titled "Rölli ja pahan valtakunta" (roughly translating to "Rölli and the kingdom of evil") was deemed too scary for younger audiences due its dark nature.
GoldenEye 007 (found build of cancelled Xbox Live Arcade remaster of Nintendo 64 first-person shooter; 2007-2008)
Starting in 2007, Rare was developing a remaster of their hit 1997 game GoldenEye 007 for the Xbox Live Arcade. However, issues related to licensing led to the project's cancellation in 2008., In December 2020, the XBLA version was leaked on 4chan; however, the files were protected by a 100-character password which was never shared or solved., In a separate leak on January 2021, GoldenEye YouTuber Graslu00 livestreamed a full playthrough on YouTube, saying in a pinned comment to expect a public release in 2021., On February 2nd, 2021, an unknown party under the alias SeanBeansBean released a build to the public, dated August 25th, 2007
Wisconsin (lost Chris Moeller animated short film; 1994)
Christopher "Chris" Scott Moeller (1967-2014) was an American animator and director. He worked on numerous animated series, including King of the Hill and The Simpsons, and was the creator of the 2004 CGI animated sci-fi series Tripping the Rift., In 1994, Chris created a production company called Dark Bunny Productions and began producing animated shorts. One of these shorts was the now-lost Wisconsin, Footage of Wisconsin is known to exist on a VHS tape of the 1993-1994 CalArts Producers' Show that's held at the CalArts library., Wisconsin is the first short on the reel and has a runtime of 3:20.
Gotch-Hackenschmidt Match Film (lost world championship match; 1911)
Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt was a 1911 wrestling match for Frank Gotch's World Heavyweight Championship, which he won from Hackenschmidt three years earlier. It is one of the most infamous matches in professional wrestling history, due to it not only being one of, if not the first big rematches, but also the controversy revolving around Hackenschmidt and his injured knee., The whereabouts of the film is currently unknown, and is thought to be lost.
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Article additions
- The Blood Red Tape of Charity (lost Universal silent short propaganda drama film; 1913) 23 Apr 2021 [New]
- Mortal Kombat X: Generations (unreleased web series; 2015) 22 Apr 2021 [New]
- Drome Racing Challenge (lost MMO, 2002-2007) 22 Apr 2021 [New]
- Ween (partially found demo songs/tapes from experimental rock band; 1985-2007) 22 Apr 2021 [New]
- El Oasis (lost Latin American telenovela; 1994-1997) 22 Apr 2021 [New]
- The Degrassi Kids Rap On Rights (Degrassi/UNICEF co-production, 1989) 22 Apr 2021 [New]
- Fizzy's Lunch Lab (partially lost Flash games based on PBS Kids web series, 2009-2021) 22 Apr 2021 [New]
- Samsung Doorways (lost Family Guy AR game; 2018) 21 Apr 2021 [New]
- The un-dead (partially found original Dracula manuscript; 1897) 21 Apr 2021 [New]
- Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling (lost early BBC televised professional wrestling matches; 1938-1939; 1946-1947) 20 Apr 2021 [New]
- Code Monkeys (partially found unaired pilot of G4 animated TV series; 2006-2007) 20 Apr 2021 [New]
- Good Bad or Bad Bad (partially lost YouTube talk show; 2015-ongoing) 19 Apr 2021 [New]
- The Wasp's Nest (lost early BBC television adaptation of Agatha Christie short story; 1937) 19 Apr 2021 [New]
- Foundations of Cookery (lost early BBC cooking show; 1939) 18 Apr 2021 [New]
- Dreams In The Attic (lost unaired television film; 2000) 18 Apr 2021 [New]
- Marcel Boulestin television shorts (lost early BBC programs; 1937-1939) 18 Apr 2021 [New]
- Dish of the Month (lost early BBC cooking show; 1937) 18 Apr 2021 [New]
- Cook's Night Out (lost early BBC cooking show; 1937) 18 Apr 2021 [New]
- Telecrime (lost early BBC crime drama; 1938-1939; 1946) 18 Apr 2021 [New]
- Return of Donkey Kong (lost build of cancelled NES game; existence unconfirmed; 1987-1988) 17 Apr 2021 [New]
- Shameful Sequels (partially found YouTube review series; 2009-2018) 16 Apr 2021 [New]
- Back and In Attack (lost unreleased Milli Vanilli comeback album; 1998) 16 Apr 2021 [New]
- Nightcore (lost music from Norwegian duo; circa 2003) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- Drop Alive (lost build of unreleased Android port of platformer; 2016) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- America's Next Muppet (lost test pilot of cancelled ABC reality parody show; 2006) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- 1995 Robot Wars UK Open (partially found rejected robot combat TV show pilot; 1995) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (lost Japan-exclusive FOMA 900i action role-playing game; 2004) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- Khraniteli (found Soviet TV adaptation of "The Fellowship of the Ring" novel; 1991) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- Schlatt Walk (partially found updated version of music video of Prince Zuko single; 2019) 15 Apr 2021 [New]
- Gangster Squad (partially found deleted scene of action crime film, 2012) 14 Apr 2021 [NSFL] [New]
- Speaking of Animals (partially lost Tex Avery short film series; 1941-1949) 13 Apr 2021 [New]
- Potets (found Russian animated short film; 1992) 13 Apr 2021
- Vic's Vacant Lot (lost ESPN/Nickelodeon children's sports TV series; 1982-1985) 11 Apr 2021
- Ape Escape (partially lost English dub of CGI anime based on platform game series; 2004) 10 Apr 2021
- Computing News (partially found early computer magazine/newsletter; 1950s-1960s) 10 Apr 2021
- Iron Cross (partially found thriller film, 2009) 10 Apr 2021
- Actimel Approved by Granny (lost Russian advertising sketch-com series, 2013-2015) 09 Apr 2021
- Do You Trust Me? (partially found CBS game show; 2007) 09 Apr 2021
- The Films of Nanny Lynn (Unidentified amiga animated tape, 1997) 08 Apr 2021
- The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (partially found David Bowie music video; 1999) 07 Apr 2021
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