Retro Peter Molyneux And Jeff Minter - The Story Of The Lost GameCube Exclusive 'Unity'

[Krvavi Abadas]

In January 2003, legendary British game developer Jeff Minter and the Guildford-based development studio Lionhead announced Unity — a brand new game for the Nintendo GameCube that was set to combine a psychedelic virtual light synthesizer with groundbreaking shoot 'em-up mechanics.

The exciting project had begun development the year prior, and would eventually go on to grace the cover of Edge Magazine in February 2003, provoking a ton of excitement from fans of Minter's earlier work including titles like Gridrunner, Attack of the Mutant Camels, and Tempest 2000.

However, after roughly two years of work, Lionhead and Minter shockingly announced in 2004 that they had decided to cancel the project, with both parties claiming at the time that it was taking much longer than they had initially anticipated to come together.

another excellent article from Time Extension.
it confirms many notable details about the project that were completely unknown until now. such as the intended composer (electronic music duo "Plaid"), and discussion on why it was likely canned (the departure of Pete Hawley, who initally spearheaded the discussions which lead to Lionhead's collaboration with Minter)

one of the few contacted staffers that didn't discuss the project for the article was Jeff Minter himself, which seems a bit curious considering the rumours that Digital Eclipse is making a Llamasoft collection. maybe this isn't the last we'll see of the game?

 

[Gabev]

That would have been a very trippy game to play, looked interesting at least.