Featured
Kiwis by Beat! (partially lost webcomics & related material; 2003-2015)
Kiwis by Beat! is the collective title of webcomics and art created by Ryan Armand, and the name of the website in which most of his webcomics were hosted. Armand’s webcomics were often of the black comedy and drama genres. His most popular work was the webcomic minus, which ran from 2006 to 2008 and was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2007., The original Kiwis by Beat! website expired in early 2016, and nobody has discovered Armand’s whereabouts since (online or otherwise). Thanks to the work of a handful of dedicated fans, however, most of his comics are available for viewing on “mirror” websites, though there is still some material of his that has yet to be recovered.
Castle in the Sky (lost alternate ending of Hayao Miyazaki animated fantasy-adventure film; existence unconfirmed; 1986)
Sometime in 2007, images were posted on the Japanese social networking site Mixi that seemed to be from one of these airings., While the images were poor-quality, one could tell that they differed from the final film, and there seemed to be credits imposed onto the film itself, leading some to believe it was from a possible alternate ending., Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ in Japanese, also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky in Europe and Australia) is a 1986 Japanese animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The third film produced under Miyazaki's directorship and the first by Studio Ghibli (formed one year prior). The film is considered so iconic in its home country that it has aired annually on Japanese TV since 1988, only breaking tradition on a few occasions due to unknown reasons.
Frogger: Ancient Shadow (partially found PC port of puzzle platformer; 2006)
Frogger: Ancient Shadow is a 2005 puzzle platformer developed by Hudson Soft and published by Konami. The game was released September 27th, 2005 on the Playstation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube with a PC release coming out the following year., On August 16th, 2020, two Highway Frog Discord users named Kneesnap and Flairieve were able to pull some files and the game's executable from the latter’s old hard drive, revealing how the Konami Live Online Game Controller accessed the files necessary to run it., The reconstructed PC port was completed and released on September 12th, 2020, however the original PC files after the first two worlds of the game still remain missing.
New Super Mario Bros. (lost early builds of Nintendo DS 2D platformer; 2004-2006)
Before the game was officially released on May 15th, 2006, the game had several early builds shown off at various events and websites. While these builds have many videos and images proving their existence, the builds have not been dumped in any form and are considered lost., New Super Mario Bros. is a 2006 game for the Nintendo DS. The game is a regular game in the Super Mario series and is a return to the 2D gameplay the classic games in the series are known for. The game was a critical and financial success, selling over 30 million copies, making it the best selling game on the Nintendo DS and one of the best selling games of all time.
The Butcher (lost Nickelodeon puppet short film; existence unconfirmed; 2001)
The Butcher (name disputed) was a reported puppet live-action short film from the early 2000s, featuring puppets made out of actual animal bones. It was brought to semi-popular attention through a post on the r/tipofmytongue subreddit by user "deaduser00"., The intro showed the title card in white with a black background, and the film itself was entirely in black and white., There was also a pair of human hands holding a butcher's knife, who would chop up the animal puppets. Additionally, there were reportedly scenes of animals inside glass containers, and one scene in particular where the animals fuse together to create "an abomination."
Katamari Damacy Online (lost massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on puzzle-action game series; 2010-2012)
Katamari Damacy Online (괴혼 온라인 출시) was an online multiplayer game developed in collaboration between South Korean game studio Windysoft and publisher Namco Games., Releasing to the public in February of 2010, the game would remain active for two years before being shut down sometime between February and March of 2012., The MMO was exclusive to players who lived in South Korea, and introduced a number of new features, characters, and items never before seen in the franchise. Although gameplay footage and official artwork has surfaced online, the game, along with all of its assets, is considered lost.
The Seven Colors: Legend of PSY・S City (found Masaya Matsuura Mac point-and-click adventure game; 1993)
The Seven Colors: Legend of PSY・S City is a Mac-exclusive explorative point-and-click adventure game. Of note is it being the debut of Masaya Matsuura, The game's objective is to rescue all the colored hearts (unlike American standard, Japanese culture dictates seven major colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Light Blue, and Purple.) in PSY・S City and, in doing so, bring back the night. The graphics are made primarily out of pre-rendered cel-shaded computer-generated environments., Much like every game to follow in Masaya Matsuura's library, the game has a penchant for quirky humour and surrealism.
Red Hot Chili Peppers (partially found unreleased songs from American funk rock band; 1984-2019)
Red Hot Chili Peppers is a popular American rock band founded in 1983 by vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. Over the band's career, there have been many songs that have yet to be released, either partially or completely.
Cameraheads (partially found creepypasta; 2009)
The plot of the creepypasta involved a person who discovers a pile of rocks, a MiniDV videocassette, and a torn envelope scattered on the ground while walking, with signs of a struggle being indicated. Inside the envelope, there was a note written in ash or charcoal that contained the phrases "I killed a Camerahead", "It took Trevor", and "Get help if I don't come back". The person uploads the contents of the cassette to YouTube, and begins to research what happened and what the Cameraheads are. They soon find themselves being stalked by the creatures however, whereupon they begin to descend into madness., Cameraheads (otherwise referred to as Camerahead, The Cameraheads, "I killed a Camerahead", etc.) is an early creepypasta first posted on the paranormal boards of 4chan on Saturday, August 8th, 2009
St. Elmo (lost silent drama film based on book; 1914)
St. Elmo was a silent drama film that was distributed by the Box Office Attractions Company (William Fox's film company that would become Fox Film Company, which then became 20th Century Fox). It was produced by the Balboa Amusement Producing Company. It was based on the best-selling book of the same name by Augusta Jane Evans, and was the first adaptation of the book to be feature-length., Although it was a success financially, it was not as much of a success critically. Along with this, the film is one of many of Balboa's films of which no copies are currently known to exist.
Kitaro of the Graveyard (partially found artwork from kamishibai street plays; 1930s-1950s)
Gegege no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) is a multimedia franchise known for popularizing the use of yokai, Japanese spirits and monsters, in pop culture. The series first started off as a type of street theater known as kamishibai, and was originally created by Masami Ito before being adapted by Shigeru Mizuki. At the time, it was known as Kitaro of the Graveyard (Hakaba Kitaro, 墓場奇太郎)., Some of Masami Ito’s original Kitaro of the Graveyard artwork has been recovered, and is featured in books such as Kamishibai Showa History (紙芝居昭和史). However, much of it still remains lost to time.
Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99 (lost livestream of promotional event for Nintendo 64 crossover fighting game; 1999)
Super Smash Bros. is a 1999 game for the Nintendo 64 where players can fight each other using various iconic Nintendo characters. The game was a massive success, spawning a large fanbase and five other games, with the most recent game being Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in late 2018., To promote the first game on the Nintendo 64, Nintendo held a promotional event called Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99. This event featured various costumed characters from the game fighting each other in a boxing ring. The "fight" was livestreamed via RealPlayer, however, the livestream has never surfaced.
Batatoon (partially found Portuguese children's programming block; 1998-2006)
Batatoon was a kids programming block from Portugal, which aired on the television channel TVI (Televisão Independente) from November 1998 to March 2002, with a followup block airing shortly after and a short-lived revival in 2006. The show starred two clowns, Batatinha, performed by António Branco, and his sidekick Companhia, performed by Paulo Guilherme., Due to the nature of programming blocks, only a handful of interstitials and full episodes have surfaced online, with clips of the original block featuring Companhia being, in general, the most commonly available due to its popularity back in the day.
Gadgets (partially found showtape recordings of animatronics; 1980s)
Gadgets, also known as Gizmos, was a small restaurant chain located in the United States. The restaurants featured animatronics from the popular multimedia franchise Looney Tunes, known as The Looney Tunes Revue. There was also an animatronic named Sammy Sands, located at the lounge., Animatronics during this time period were accompanied with showtapes, which contain programming information and audio such as music and dialogue. There were allegedly 55 showtapes made for The Looney Tunes Revue, and at least 6 made for Sammy Sands. Some audio has surfaced of these showtapes, and there’s credence to the theory that some are in the hands of private collectors.
TV 8 Kids' Fun Festival aka "Pink Morning Cartoon" (partially found animated TV children's show; late 1990s)
On April 16th, 2007, YouTuber "Jenkem Chic" uploaded the first video of what became known as "Pink Morning Cartoon," titled "?????". In this video, a low-quality VHS rip of an unidentified cartoon, a woman (commonly mistaken for a man) narrates the story of a grandmother and her two grandchildren trying on hats in an "old hat room.", TV 8 Kids' Fun Fest was an animated children's show that aired on the station WINJ-LP in Columbus, Ohio. The show was animated and edited by station owner Rev. Ella Flowers with help from her daughters. The episodes were produced from 1996 to 2004 and were worked on constantly. Ella Flowers did all of the known voice work for the show.
Notice board
Hey everybody, dycaite here with a new notice board post for a new month! Hope everyone's 2019 is shaping up to be a good year :) Whatever you've all been up to, let's put some icing on that March 2019 cake with some lost media news:
- First off, just in case you've been living under a rock for the past couple of weeks, The Wire has arrived! I probably should have posted about it here in the notice board section earlier, but what with the amount of visitors to the Discord and Forums lately, I figure most of you are probably already aware that it has been released by now... ANYWAY~ If you haven't already, you can catch The Wire right now via the above embed (or, for the connoisseurs among you, you can grab a copy of the 7GB raw video file here); big, big thanks once again to Aaron Augenblick and everyone at Augenblick Studios for making this happen!
- Next up, we have two collaborator videos, one from LSuperSonicQ on the aforementioned The Wire (a great way to catch up if you're not familiar with how the search unfolded) and one from blameitonjorge on Ratafak Plachta. Thanks for another solid set of videos, guys (and sorry for not posting them here earlier)!
- The Nicktoons Network Film Festival DVD (including the Kappa Mikey Nicktoons pilot) has been uploaded to archive.org by TeamNotCrash; thanks to all involved for providing an uncompressed copy!
- Aaand finally, as you may have guessed from the title, we have another "stuff we missed" update for you guys (including the recently unearthed 1996 Aeon Flux PlayStation prototype) - but instead of posting a long list here on the homepage, I thought it'd make more sense to create a forum post on it and then link that post here, so that is exactly what I have done and you can read about all the stuff we missed over the past few months right here. Thanks to Ryanskip for keeping track of the found media listed!
That's gunna do it for now; until next time, take it easy all! ✌
Article additions
- Mr. Gallegher and Mr. Shean (lost installment of Fleischer series of animated shorts; 1931) 13 Mar 2019 [New]
- Stanley (lost unaired pilot episode of Playhouse Disney television series; 1999) 12 Mar 2019 [New]
- The Quest! (lost Cartoon Network point-and-click game; mid-1990s) 12 Mar 2019 [New]
- Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars beta (lost online MMO; 2011-2013) 12 Mar 2019 [New]
- Noah Knows Best (partially found Nickelodeon sitcom; 2000-2001) 11 Mar 2019 [New]
- La Rosa de Guadalupe - Adios Inocencia (partially found unaired episode of Latin American television series; 2012) 10 Mar 2019 [New] [NSFW] [NSFL]
- Giga Tribe - 기가 트라이브 (partially found South Korean animated series; 2008-2009) 10 Mar 2019 [New]
- The Simpsons (partially found scripts for unproduced episodes of animated series; 1990s) 08 Mar 2019 [New]
- High Noon Toons (partially found Cartoon Network bumpers; 1994-1995) 08 Mar 2019 [New]
- Mixels (lost episodes of cartoon based on Lego toy line; existence unconfirmed; 2014-2016) 07 Mar 2019 [New]
- Roy del Espacio (lost Mexican animated film; 1983) 04 Mar 2019 [New]
- Pudd'nhead Wilson (lost silent film; 1916) 04 Mar 2019 [New]
- Die Muthaf***a Die (lost original version of unreleased Dr. Dre song; 1992) 03 Mar 2019 [New]
- Gang War (lost part-talking gangster film; 1928) 03 Mar 2019 [New]
- Tomb Raider: Apocalypse (lost episodic TV game; 2002-2003) 03 Mar 2019 [New]
- Unknown Subway advertisement (lost locally produced commercial from sandwich franchise; existence unconfirmed; mid-1990s) 03 Mar 2019 [New]
- Lost Epics of the Trojan Cycle (lost epic poems; 800 B.C-568 AD) 03 Mar 2019 [New]
- Married... With Children (unreleased NES game; existence unconfirmed; 1990) 03 Mar 2019 [New]
- Kirsty MacColl "Real" (partially lost unreleased album; 1982) 28 Feb 2019 [New]
- Ink and Paint Club (partially found Disney Channel animation anthology series; 1997-1998) 27 Feb 2019 [New]
- Jimi Hendrix Maui "Rainbrow Bridge" Concert (partially found 16mm footage of performance; 1970) 27 Feb 2019 [New]
- Connor VideoSmarts, ComputerSmarts, and VideoPhone (partially lost VHS-based and cartridge-based edutainment games; 1986-1990) 26 Feb 2019 [New]
- Dot Comedy (partially found ABC television sitcom; 2000) 23 Feb 2019 [New]
- Cutie the Kitten (cancelled standalone third-person game from YouTuber; 2017) 22 Feb 2019 [New]
- Doom (lost prototype of Sega Saturn port; 1996-1997) 21 Feb 2019 [New]
- Un bon bock (lost French animated film; 1892) 19 Feb 2019 [New]
- Xian Yue Meng Ying, or Reflection of Crescent (lost cancelled Chinese yaoi OVAs; 2011) 18 Feb 2019 [New]
- Alfred J. Kwak (partially lost Japanese dub of anime series; 1989-1990) 17 Feb 2019 [New]
- Valley of Fear (lost Sherlock Holmes film; 1916) 17 Feb 2019 [New]
- Issei Sagawa "The Japanese Cannibal" audio (lost audio of murder and cannibalism; 1981) 17 Feb 2019 [New] [NSFL]
- Cyndi Grecco (lost musical releases from singer; 1980s) 17 Feb 2019 [New]
- Teen Angel (partially found Disney serial drama; 1989) 17 Feb 2019 [New]
- Doing A New Thing/Algorithms (partially found unreleased EPS by Christian electronic dance group; 1998-1999) 15 Feb 2019 [New]
- Scripps Home/Lifestyle Networks on 9/11 (lost footage of program suspension; 2001) 15 Feb 2019 [New]
- Le storie di Farland (partially found Italian children's television series; 1994) 15 Feb 2019 [New]
- By the Way (partially found Nickelodeon TV series; 1979-1980) 15 Feb 2019 [New]
- Eddsworld Vokle Live Streams (partially found livestreams from defunct service; 2010-2012) 12 Feb 2019
- Faraway Hill (lost early soap opera; 1946) 11 Feb 2019
- StarStreet (partially found British children's television series; 2001-2002) 10 Feb 2019
- Heaven's Gate (lost workprint cut of Western film; 1980) 09 Feb 2019
- Depeche Mode "Black Celebration" (partially found demo tape; 1985) 08 Feb 2019
Some articles on this wiki contain NSFW/NSFL content and have been marked as such.
Please browse with caution!
Welcome to the Lost Media Wiki, a community effort to track down lost or hard to find media!