[Extra Zesty]

Hi! I came across this site after it was mentioned on SA, and love all of the information on obscure games you have here. I started thinking, though, wasn't there a NKOTB game mentioned in the back of Nintendo Power ages ago? I think that's about the only unreleased game I've ever actually anticipated. Are there any copies of it in the wild, or was it just an idea that never saw the light of day?

I'd appreciate any information anyone has on it, as now I'm curious...

[Li Wang]

I've always had doubts as to whether programming ever even started. You'd think this would have been the type of thing Nintendo Power would have pimped the hell out of the second there was anything resembling gameplay to take screenshots of.

[TheRedEye]

[Li Wang]

I think I also remember a description of playing as a fan trying to get to a concert or something. I believe it was just an early guess at one of the concepts they were considering. It was probably in that interview with the New Kids.

[Extra Zesty]

Redeye: Yep, it was from the Penn & Teller thread! Thanks so much for posting that, I haven't played anything so quirky in ages. "Impossible mode" alone was worth the download!

Li Wang & Redeye: I remember the description about being a fan too. There was something to the effect of "really working the music into the game", and I can't imagine what that would entail given the sound capabilities of the NES. Maybe you ran around collecting instruments or something? From what I remember, NKOTB began their rapid decline from beloved boy band to hated lip-synchers a month or two after the interview came out so I'm not too surprised the game was cancelled.

I'm sorry to hear that there doesn't really appear to be much info out on the game, but maybe a dump will show up one day anyways... who knows!

[Chojin]

The only thing I remember about that NP interview was that the goal of the game was to rescue the New Kids from people that hated NKOTB (which I guess is 98 percent of the world, then again white people liked em...) by throwing CD's at them.

I guess they turned that game into Revolution X

Remember, music is a weapon!

Stranger things have happened, they made a Rubicks Cube, Where's Waldo, and more than one Troll dolls video game.

I mean if Kriss Kross can have their own video game and Urkel can have his own cereal, I'm suprised the New Kids game never got off the ground.

[lugnut]

My own baseless theory is that it probably just got held up in development a tad too long and the "golden opportunity" passed.

The last I recall seeing about it was around May '91, when Parker Bros. announced it was cancelled and they were bringing out Monopoly instead. And by '91, the whole NKOTB craze was pretty much dead as a doornail.

A few months earlier might have made all the difference in the world.

[Smeg]

Man, Urkel-O's were fucking awesome. I ate like two boxes of that shit a day. Damn Ralston forever for denying the world their "limited" cereals.