The Last Express List of commercial failures in video gaming



released in 1997 after 5 years in development, $6 million adventure game brainchild of jordan mechner, creator of prince of persia. game noted taking place in complete real-time, using art nouveau-style characters rotoscoped 22-day live-action video shoot, , featuring intelligent writing , levels of character depth not seen in computer games. despite rave reviews, brøderbund, game s publisher, did little promote game, apart brief mention in press release , enthusiastic statements brøderbund executives, in part due entire brøderbund marketing team quitting in weeks before release. released in april, game not success, selling 100,000 copies, million copies short of breaking even.


after release of game, mechner s company smoking car productions quietly folded, , brøderbund acquired learning company, interested in brøderbund s educational software, putting game out of print. mechner later able reacquire rights game, , in 2012, worked dotemu release ios port of title, before making android well.








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