Long-Lost Xbox Exclusive Seahorse Game Resurfaces

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Long-lost footage of an Xbox-exclusive seahorse jousting game has recently been unearthed, providing a fascinating look at what could have been released at the genesis of Microsoft’s first gaming console. In 2001, the original Xbox launched and redefined several aspects of console gaming, introducing a built-in ethernet port for internet access. Xbox also pioneered several now-iconic franchises like Halo and remains one of the biggest names in the video game industry.

One of the game developers that was well renowned at the time of the original Xbox console was Totally Games, a largely PC-centric studio known for classic Star Wars titles like 1994’s Star Wars: TIE Fighter and its many follow-ups — which themselves have recently gotten a spiritual successor in the form of Motive Studios’ Star Wars: Squadrons. However, in the early 2000s, Totally Games worked with Microsoft to bring flight simulation gameplay to the Xbox with a title that would ultimately never see the light of day.     

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Earlier this week, Axios uncovered a trailer for Knights of Decayden, an unreleased first-party Xbox game once in development by Totally Games. According to writer Stephen Totilo, Totally Games founder Larry Holland shared this footage, which was later posted on Totilo’s YouTube channel (via GamesRadar). As this trailer shows, Knights of Decayden (or Archipelago, as it was also called), put players in control of a warrior named Davro, who would be tasked with defending the “Kestrel Clan” by riding what appeared to be a flying seahorse across a wide range of environments in the fantasy world of «Alhanna» — including vast oceans and erupting volcanos. Armed with an energy-firing