Prototype footage for cancelled Super Nintendo game 'Atmosfear' appears online
In the early 1990s, there was a popular board game called Atmosfear, or in certain regions, NightMare. It was unique in the way that it required a VHS tape that would guide players while also doubling as a countdown, as one of the rules was that you had to complete the game within 60 minutes. A few years after the release of the original video board game, Beam Software, the company behind Shadowrun, Radical Rex, and multiple other Mega Drive titles, pitched an idea for a video game adaptation of Atmosfear. The concept was approved, and development began in 1993, with a handful of old gaming magazine articles announcing its existence. It never received a full release, since the game was cancelled sometime during the development cycle, and was quickly lost to time. At least, until the notable prototype collector Drx found a beta copy of Atmosfear for the Super Nintendo. Gameplay footage was shown by Drx's website, Hidden Palace, which gives us a twenty minute glimpse into a game that once could have been.