Vaporware Vaporware The Action Gamemaster was a vaporware product that would have been produced by Active Enterprises, a small manufacturer of unlicensed videogames. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action Gamemaster"
Alliance OS is an open source operating system that was spun off from the Freedows project after a series of disagreements between the latter's developers. Like Freedows, it seems to have slowly died of overambition and organizational problems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alliance OS"
CherryOS was a PowerPC G4 processor emulator for x86 Microsoft Windows platforms, announced on October 12, 2004. It was released to the public on March 9, 2005 and development stopped on May 6 2005. ** The program was called vaporware or a hoax, with critics calling the program's existence into question, because of numerous missed deadlines and failure to produce demonstration versions. This ceased when Slashdot announced that CherryOS brand software was available for download. Sometimes it disappeared as a downloadable option, and was re-issued with new file sizes and minor changes, perhaps to appease critics. ...more on Wikipedia about "CherryOS"
Crypto Operating System (COS) was the development name of a Mac compatible operating system supposedly developed by the German company Omega GmbH in the late 1990s. Omega caught the attention of technology media with impressive specifications and seemingly serious investor- and consumer information, but the operating system was never demoed publicly. The company repeatedly pushed the release date forward, gaining a reputation as vaporware or hoax. Although never admitted, COS is now popularly believed to never have existed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crypto Operating System"
Daikatana is a first-person shooter video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive on April 22, 2000. It is known as one of the major flops of the computer game industry. The game has appeared on such platforms as Windows, Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64. A version being developed for the PlayStation was cancelled. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daikatana"
Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a yet-to-be-released first-person shooter video game being developed by 3D Realms, and is the next game in the popular Duke Nukem series. It is notorious for its protracted development, which has been ongoing since 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duke Nukem Forever"
Englaus is an FPS game developed by Crytek, but was later on cancelled so that resources could be spent on the game Far Cry instead. ...more on Wikipedia about "Englaus"
Freedows OS was an open source attempt at creating a Windows clone for x86 platforms, intended to be released under the GNU General Public License, started in 1996 by Reece K. Sellin, ...more on Wikipedia about "Freedows OS"
In computing, Fresco (formerly known as Berlin) is a windowing system. It is intended as a replacement for the X Window System. It has not seen any activity since March of 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fresco (computing)"
The L600 was a Linux-based game console/ computer which was in the process of being developed by Indrema until Indrema ceased operations in April 2001. Besides game play, it was also to be a CD player, DVD player, web browser, and TiVo-like video recorder. It also would have been an MP3 storage device. ...more on Wikipedia about "L600"
Project Xanadu was founded by Ted Nelson in 1960 as the original hypertext project. It was referred to by Wired Magazine as "longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry": the first attempt at implementation began in 1960, but it wasn't until 1998 that (incomplete) software was released. In the meantime, the World Wide Web came into being, fulfilling many of the project's underlying visions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Project Xanadu"
Star Wars Quake, also called Star Wars: Call of the Force, was a planned total conversion mod for the computer game Quake, and later for Quake II, that suffered from all of the classic problems of an amateur development: skilled workers without lasting dedication, shifting goals, and poor leadership. The development shared many of the same problems and timeline as the ill-fated Daikatana. ...more on Wikipedia about "Star Wars Quake"
Super Mario 128 is a video game reportedly under development by Nintendo, the next game in the Mario series and is being called the "true" sequel to Super Mario 64. It is currently under very close wraps, supposedly so that Nintendo's competitors would not be able to copy their new ideas. Veteran creator Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that developer focus is for release on Revolution. It has been expected that the game would be revealed, at least in part, at the three previous E³s from 2003 to 2005. However, it has not yet been shown. The game is close to vaporware, as a lot has been said about it for many years but little concrete has been shown. ...more on Wikipedia about "Super Mario 128"
Team Fortress 2 (TF2 for short) is the long-anticipated sequel to the original Team Fortress mod for Quake. It is currently being developed by Valve Software. It is to be a multiplayer team-based first-person shooter and is expected to be released over Valve's online distribution system, Steam. The current state of the game's direction is unknown, however, as of 1999, the game appeared to be deviating from the original Team Fortress and heading towards a more realistic and militaristic direction. It is expected to feature "classes" like those found in Team Fortress and Team Fortress Classic. Its long development cycle has caused it to be labelled as vaporware and it regularly makes the top 5 of Wired Magazine's annual vaporware list. ...more on Wikipedia about "Team Fortress 2"
The Phantom is a controversial video game console currently being developed by Infinium Labs. It uses a direct-download content delivery service instead of the disks and cartridges used by most game consoles. The system has caused quite a bit of controversy in both the gaming and business worlds due to the constant pushing back of its release date and a number of financial scandals involving Infinium Labs. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Phantom (game system)"
TUNES is an open project to develop a free, reflective computing system, based on the idea of metaprogramming. It was started in 1994, but is still in the design stage. ...more on Wikipedia about "TUNES"
Vaporware is software or hardware which is ...more on Wikipedia about "Vaporware"
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