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Rölli "Rölli ja pahan valtakunta" (partially lost episode of Finnish children's TV series; 1993)
Rölli is a Finnish children's television series based on the character with the same name created by Allan ”Allu” Tuppuraisen., 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., 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.
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.
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
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 release.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (lost original J.J. Abrams cut of Star Wars film; 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", Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released to theaters in December 2019
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.
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.
SpongeBob Town (lost build of cancelled massively multiplayer online game based on Nickelodeon animated TV 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.
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.
Screwed: The Bret Hart Story (lost unfinished wrestling documentary film; 2005)
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., 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.
Jurassic Park: Survival (lost build of cancelled movie tie-in game, 2000-2001)
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., Due to disagreements between Savage Entertainment and Vivendi Universal, the game was ultimately cancelled and no builds have surfaced to date.
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.
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Article additions
- Nuclear Sub Command (lost Commodore 64 game; 1992) 22 Nov 2020 [New]
- “Fire Hazard” (lost Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains demo; 2003) 22 Nov 2020 [New]
- City Warriors (lost Commodore 64 game; existence unconfirmed; 1990s) 22 Nov 2020 [New]
- Dude, This Sucks (lost MTV pilot; 2000) 20 Nov 2020 [NSFW] [NSFL] [New]
- McDonald's eCrew Development Program (found McDonald's Japan Nintendo DS training game; 2010) 19 Nov 2020 [New]
- Precision Drumming, Part 3: Melodic Percussion (lost educational film; 1978) 19 Nov 2020 [New]
- Hetalia: Axis Powers (partially found live recordings of stage musicals; 2015-2018) 18 Nov 2020 [New]
- The Thing (partially found deleted scenes of horror/sci-fi film; 1982) 17 Nov 2020 [New]
- RSD Game Maker (partially lost video games made on MS-DOS game engine; 1991-present) 15 Nov 2020 [New]
- BattleBots Collegiate Championship (partially lost unaired spinoff of robot combat TV show; 2009) 15 Nov 2020 [New]
- Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow (lost build of cancelled Wii karaoke tie-in game; 2009) 15 Nov 2020 [New]
- Recording of Unknown Choir Piece (partially found audio recording; 1960s) 15 Nov 2020 [New]
- Untitled Motorcycle Games (lost Atari 2600 games by David Crane; existence unconfirmed; early 1980s) 14 Nov 2020 [New]
- Paradox (lost privated videos of French YouTube channel; 2017-2018) 12 Nov 2020 [New]
- Rhythm Heaven (partially found music visualizer for Nintendo DS rhythm game; 2009) 12 Nov 2020 [New]
- Blood Rush (partially found Commodore 64 homebrew game; 1997) 12 Nov 2020 [New]
- Mad (partially found Commdore 64 game with music by Adam Gilmore; existence unconfirmed; dates unknown) 11 Nov 2020 [New]
- Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective (partially lost Flash animation series; 2000) 11 Nov 2020 [New]
- Space Cats (partially found NBC animated comedy series; 1991-1992) 07 Nov 2020 [New]
- Smosh: The Movie (lost R-rated cut of YouTube comedy film; 2015) 05 Nov 2020 [New]
- Blackhat (partially found director's cut of action thriller film; 2016) 05 Nov 2020 [New]
- Dastardly & Muttley - Operation: Pigeon Pursuit (lost build of unreleased PlayStation 2 video game; 2007-2008) 02 Nov 2020 [New]
- Amazing World (lost cross-platform online virtual world game; 2013-2018) 30 Oct 2020 [New]
- Me and My Shadow (partially found footage of unreleased Dreamworks animated film; 2010-2017) 30 Oct 2020 [New]
- CASCOM (partially found stock footage from American-Australian company; 1980s-early 2000s) 30 Oct 2020 [New]
- Dragon Ball Z Bucchigiri Match (lost web-based card game based on anime series; 2018) 29 Oct 2020 [New]
- MysteryDisc: Many Roads to Murder (lost interactive murder mystery movie sequel; 1983) 27 Oct 2020 [New]
- U2 (lost Tokyo Dome TV broadcast footage of Zoo TV Tour; 1993) 27 Oct 2020 [New]
- Gamsonite (partially lost music from online label; 2012-2013) 25 Oct 2020 [New]
- Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Summer Anime Festival Special with Queen Millennia (found TV special of Japanese anime with original commercials and ending; 1981) 23 Oct 2020 [New]
- The Jaleel White Special (partially found ABC TV special; 1992) 22 Oct 2020
- Extreme Monsters: Saving Steiner (unpublished graphic novel; date unknown) 21 Oct 2020
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage; 1995) 19 Oct 2020
- The Price Is Right (partially found unaired pilot for syndicated game show; 1993) 18 Oct 2020
- What's Stevie Thinking? (lost unaired pilot of cancelled "Lizzie McGuire" spin-off TV series; 2003) 18 Oct 2020
- Tales from the Land of Genitalia (lost Bob Jaques animated short based on Robert Crumb comic strip; 1970s) 17 Oct 2020 [NSFW]
- Handy Manny (partially found unaired pilot of Disney children's animated TV series; 2005) 17 Oct 2020
- Untitled Stranger Things Game (lost Telltale video game based on Netflix series; 2018) 13 Oct 2020
- Journey Through Nutritionland (lost Dan Haskett animated short; 1976) 13 Oct 2020
- Top Gear (partially found Discovery Channel adaptation of BBC Two TV series; 2005) 12 Oct 2020
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