Games that failed because they were ahead of their time.

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Re: Games that failed because they were ahead of their time.

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Ivo wrote: Something advertising a "lip stick" is unlikely to sell well to a male audience, no?
Yeah, I think the marketers were high when they thought that was a clever name. But hey it was the 80s and Access software was doing well at the time, so maybe they were. :lol:
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Re: Games that failed because they were ahead of their time.

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The only game I could possible add to the conversation is Oni. The controls allow for all kinds of movement and actions that were pretty new (at least to me) at the time. A true hand to hand AND firearm based 3rd person game with big environments. Problem is those said controls, as they were way too complicated, and ultimately took away from the fun.
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