Every now and then a little gaming miracle happens; lost video games are found and preserved for all to enjoy. Today we take a look at several cases of lost games, why they were cancelled, and how they were found, including Star Fox 2 for the SNES, Atari's Akka Arrh, Conquest, as well as Drac's Night Out for Nintendo's NES.
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Special Thanks: Ethan Johnson, Chris Kohler, Frank Cifaldi, Mark Lesser, Rex Bradford, Gideon Zhi, and Jeremy Smith.
Research/Writing by Dylan Mansfield
Video Editing by TheCartoonGamer
Voice Over by Rezrospect @Rezrospect
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McFarren, Damien. “Feature: The Full Story Behind Star Fox 2, Nintendo's Most Famous Cancellation.” Nintendo Life, 21 May 2015, www.nintendoli....
Gasking, Frank. The Games That Weren’t. Bitmap Books (U.K.), 2019. pp. 76-84, 388-391.
Wright, Steven T. “Star Fox 2: By the numbers.” Polygon, 24 Oct. 2017, www.polygon.co....
"PreNews: CES Arrest". GamePro. No. 69. April 1995. p. 146.
Gowan, Evan. “Star Fox 2.” SNESCentral, 22 Sept. 2017, snescentral.com....
Sao, Akinori. “Interview: Star Fox & Star Fox 2.” Nintendo, Sept. 2017, web.archive.or....
Dring, Christopher. “Dylan Cuthbert: “Star Fox 2 release is a big awesome surprise.” Games Industry.biz, 27 Jun. 2017, www.gamesindus....
Drury, Paul. "In The Chair With… Mike Hally" Retro Gamer, Dec. 2015, pp. 92-97.
“TDE EP05 - Mike Hally of Atari on Lucasfilm, Star Wars, lost classic Akka Arrh and Gravitar.” The Ted Dabney Experience, 23 Jun. 2020, www.teddabneye...
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Zhi, Gideon. Personal Interview. 2 Dec. 2022.
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