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The Chamber (partially lost Fox game show; 2002)

« Title card of the series.

The Chamber was an American game show, designed to be a more extreme, "visceral" game show in the vein of programs like Fear Factor, and featured contestants being asked questions while strapped into a torture chamber which subjected them to extremely high or extremely low temperatures alongside other environmental conditions such as simulated earthquakes and high winds.

R.U.R. (lost BBC television adaptations of science-fiction play; 1938; 1948)

« Photo from the 1938 television adaptation.

R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti) is a science-fiction drama play written by Karel Čapek. A Czech Republic work established in 1920, the play is historic for inventing the English word "robot". In 1938, the BBC adapted the play to television, which is considered by some sources as the earliest science-fiction television program. The BBC also broadcast another adaptation of the play in 1948.

The Hobbit (lost high-frame rate versions of high fantasy adventure film trilogy based on novel; 2012-2014)

« Cover of The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy.

The Hobbit is a trilogy of high fantasy adventure films based on the J. R. R. Tolkien novel of the same name., In an effort to improve the film viewing experience, Jackson filmed the entire trilogy in 48 frames per second (FPS), double the industry standard of 24 FPS. Despite his efforts the high-frame-rate (HFR) versions never received a home media release and remain lost.

Ōkōchi Gengorō Ikka (lost build of unreleased Nintendo 64 simulation game; late 1990s)

« Title screen.

but it became generally known on April 12, 2007, when Game Tanteidan, a used retro game store in Nihonbashi, Osaka, introduced a prototype ROM of the game on its blog, As of 2023, the game has not surfaced online., Ōkōchi Gengorō Ikka (大河内源五郎一家, lit. "Ōkōchi Gengorō Family" or "Gengoichi Shimoda") is an unreleased Nintendo 64 simulation game. During the N64 era, there was no information about this game

Versailles no Bara "Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou" (lost alternate final episode of anime series; 1980)

« Series poster.

Versailles no Bara, or more commonly called by its English title, The Rose of Versailles, is an anime series, An original episode entitled "Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou" (transl. "Portrait of a Burning Rose") was made and aired once, and was never broadcasted again nor included in any home media release of the series, In multiple regions of Japan, the series was canceled after its 23rd episode

The Beatles live at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire (found recording of British rock band concert; 1963)

« The Beatles performing live at Stowe School. 4th April 1963.

The British rock band The Beatles played a rare engagement at the Stowe School in Buckinghamshire on 4th April 1963. The show was held at in the prestigious boy school's auditorium, Roxburgh Hall in front of the student audience., On 4th April 2023, 60 years after the performance, BBC News reported that a tape of the concert had been unearthed.

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UPDATE 3.08: ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER DOLLAR (Added 13 Jan 2019)

blameitonjorge: "The Search For Clockman"

SimCity NES Gameplay, from The Video Game History Foundation

Lego Island TV series pilot

Bobb'e Says: "Tony Hawk's Warehouse"

Hammerman: "Dropping Out" (part 1 / 2 / 3)

Ten minutes of footage from Nickelodeon's By The Way

“I know it's late and I took all year, but you can stop complaining 'cause I'm finally here…”

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a good time over the holidays. While we were celebrating, we let the finds pile up again, so we’ll get into those shortly, but first, blameitonjorge has a new video out! This one is about what’s arguably our most famous search, Clockman! You can see it above. Now, let’s begin:

• Two big finds in the unreleased game department – the arcade game SEGASonic Bros. has been found and released by The Guru and NeoHazard, and the long-lost NES port of SimCity has finally been released by Frank Cifaldi. Thanks to all of them!
• Next, a handful of one-off episode finds: the “Halloween” episode of Out of the Box has been found by Agent Owl, the first episode of Bobb’e Says was uploaded by YouTube user CN REAL, and the Hammerman episode “Dropping Out” was uploaded by YouTube user Peter Lavalle after he was contacted by YoshiKiller2S. Once again, thanks to everyone involved!
• The unaired pilot for a Lego Island TV series has been released by Lorin Tone, who worked on the music it. This was uploaded in September but went unnoticed until recently. Thanks for sharing your old work!
• Another Dingo Pictures film has been found: Lustige Weihnachten, which may or may not be the same thing as Fröhliche Weihnachten. Thank you to Filme & Hörspiele!
• Two of the VeggieTales Radio Discs have been found: "Christmas 1999", found by Teddykledbold, and "Lyle the Kindly Viking", found by 9babyeinstein.
• The script for an unproduced episode of The Blues Brothers: The Animated Series, “Mama’s Day”, has been found by LMW user beyonder123. They won it in an eBay auction and painstakingly scanned in all 42 pages, so thank you very much!
• Six more episodes of The Dog and Cat News have been uploaded by YouTuber By the Salt – thank you!
• Mission in Snowdriftland has been located in a hidden directory on developer Extra Toxic’s website, and can be played here.
• All 9 episodes of G4's Proving Ground have been found by LMW user Dannyboytbh. Thanks for recovering this series!
• A full unedited print of A Charlie Brown Christmas, including all the original sponsor tags and other differences, was uploaded by user Ramday. Thank you for the Christmas gift!
• Proving that he’s on a roll, Teddykledbold has received a copy of the independent horror film In the Mind of the Damned and put it on Google Drive. Thanks once again!
• 10 minutes of footage from one of the earliest Nickelodeon series, By The Way, has been found by tvguy1979. Prior to this, there was no footage at all and almost no information, so thanks for giving us a glimpse into what the show was like!
• Finally, Future Thoughts Productions has begun releasing lost episodes of Crime Time to their YouTube Channel. They’ve uploaded 3 so far since the end of December, which can be seen here.

That’s everything for this time - special thanks to Ryanskip for helping keep track of it all. Anyways shut up mom yes i’m coming to dinner just give me a second

-kobo♀

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Article additions

• ‎‎‎Phineas and Ferb (cancelled theatrical film based on animated series; 2010s) 15 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid (found pilot film of Looney Tunes animated series of shorts; 1929) 21 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Mumblebumble (partially found animated series; 1999) 21 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎LJN Video Art (partially found game cartridges for art console; 1985) 21 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎Luigi's Mansion (lost betas of GameCube game; 2000-2001) 21 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Oobi (partially found puppetry short series; 2000-2002) 20 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Kirin Monoshiri Kan (partially found anime; 1975-1984) 20 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎Fleapit (cancelled arcade platformer; 1990-1991) 19 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Animaniacs: I'm Mad (partially found original theatrical version; 1994) 19 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Green Monkeys (lost Disney pilot; 1999) 18 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎The Joey Bishop Show episode 85 (lost episode of television show; 1963) 17 Jan 2019 [New] [NSFL]
• ‎‎‎Heavyweight Champ (lost SEGA arcade boxing game; 1976) 17 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Toca Helicoptor-Taxi (lost Toca Boca app; 2011) 16 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Family Guy "Pilot Pitch" (partially found unaired pilot of animated series; 1998) 16 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Girl Crazy (lost romantic comedy film; 1994-1997) 16 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎Southern Television hijacking (lost television hijack; 1977) 15 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Untitled Choice Album (partially found unreleased debut album for American R&B group; 1995-1998) 14 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Fright Night (lost unreleased game for Action Max VHS game system; 1987) 13 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎The Hawk's Eye (lost silent serial; 1918) 13 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎‎Tom and Jerry: The Yankee Doodle Mouse (lost scene of cartoon; 1943) 12 Jan 2019 [New]
• ‎‎Sugar Rush (lost build of cancelled online game; late 2000s/2010s) 10 Jan 2019
• ‎Fight Harm (lost footage of unfinished film; 1999) 10 Jan 2019
• ‎Ōkiku naru Ko (lost original version of Japanese puppet TV series; 1959-1988) 10 Jan 2019
• ‎All My Babies' Mamas (lost unaired reality television show; 2013) 09 Jan 2019 [NSFW]
• ‎‎Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever (lost television special based on book; 2010s) 08 Jan 2019
• ‎McJuniorBob (lost live-action show; 2008-2010) 08 Jan 2019
• ‎‎Falling (partially found drama film; 2008) 08 Jan 2019 [NSFL]
• ‎‎Rick and Morty “The New Jared” Subway Commercials (lost series of cancelled Subway commercials; 2010s) 07 Jan 2019
• ‎‎The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995) 07 Jan 2019
• ‎‎Star Fox orchestrated soundtrack (unreleased video game arranged soundtrack album; 1990s) 03 Jan 2019
• ‎‎On the Rocks (partially found ABC sitcom; 1975-1976) 02 Jan 2019
• ‎‎Suspense (partially found radio drama; 1942-1962) Added 01 Jan 2019
• ‎Our Little Genius (partially found cancelled FOX game show; 2010) Added 31 Dec 2018
• ‎DnalsI maerD roF elttaB "Episode 2" (lost cancelled episode of online web series; 2016) Added 31 Dec 2018
• ‎Invader Zim (lost unmade episodes of Nickelodeon show; 2001-2002) Added 27 Dec 2018
• ‎‎A.E.S. Hudson Street (partially found ABC sitcom; 1978) Added 27 Dec 2018
• ‎‎Blood and Guts (partially found Nickelodeon bumpers; 2000s) Added 27 Dec 2018
• ‎‎Queen Top of the Pops performances (partially lost appearances on BBC countdown show; 1974-1982) Added 25 Dec 2018
• ‎Karma Studios (lost GBC games; 2000) Added 23 Dec 2018
• ‎Come to Papa (partially found NBC sitcom; 2004) Added 18 Dec 2018

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