posted by Brian on Mar 27, 2018:
Toy Story was released by Disney/Avalanche Games, but here is a demo THQ/Heavy Iron Studios produced:
Long story short, we (THQ) were bidding for Toy Story 3 which was excluded from our deal with Pixar. Disney/Pixar pitted us vs. Avalanche to demonstrate what we'd do with the brand. We flew to Pixar in Emeryville and were sequestered in a conference room while Disney/Avalanche went first. The main conference room windows where 'blacked out' so we couldn't see (nor could they see our presentation). We presented to senior execs including John Lasseter and Ed Catmull.
We were told Avalanche showed storyboards for what they'd produce if given the license.
Our presentation was a live game demo that had multiple parts and featured reskinned Xbox 360 consoles in a nice box (http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/ebay-watch-rare-toy-story-3-themed-xbox-360-console). The night before we rehearsed our presentation (I would play the game) for hours, and it was decided the last part of the demo (the flying/shooting) wouldn't be demoed. In the end, I was put on the spot to demo/play it (and thankfully it went well - Lasseter was very encouraging 'rooting' for me at times). Then THQ offered an obscene amount of money just for the rights to do it.
In the end, Disney kept it internally.
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by PixelButts on Mar 28, 2018:
Would play, not gonna lie.
Would play, not gonna lie.
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by la-li-lu-le-lo on Mar 28, 2018:
That looks pretty cool. Too bad it wasn't finished. Was this all running on a 360?
btw, I was playing the Genesis version of Toy Story the other day. I like that game, but it's pretty hard.
That looks pretty cool. Too bad it wasn't finished. Was this all running on a 360?
btw, I was playing the Genesis version of Toy Story the other day. I like that game, but it's pretty hard.
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by Pinta77 on Mar 28, 2018:
Thanks for the nostalgia trip haha! The game looks really fun to be honest! It’s a shame it never ended up coming out
Thanks for the nostalgia trip haha! The game looks really fun to be honest! It’s a shame it never ended up coming out
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by LuizNai on Mar 28, 2018:
That's so cool! Thanks for sharing it, I would play it for sure!
That's so cool! Thanks for sharing it, I would play it for sure!
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by Ligero_miguel on Mar 28, 2018:
Amazing, I'd love to play it.
Thanks for sharing this info
Amazing, I'd love to play it.
Thanks for sharing this info
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by Brian on Mar 28, 2018:
All running on X360 - I still have ISO somewhere. I donated the mockup box and ISO to National Videogame Museum in Texas
la-li-lu-le-lo said:
Was this all running on a 360?
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Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by speedyink on Mar 29, 2018:
Thanks for sharing! It's clear a lot of hard work was put into this demo, it's a shame it wasn't picked up. I love Woody's animations, they remind me of him in the first movie.
Thanks for sharing! It's clear a lot of hard work was put into this demo, it's a shame it wasn't picked up. I love Woody's animations, they remind me of him in the first movie.
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by heslo on Apr 2, 2018:
Wow that's great, thanks for sharing! Looks like a lot of love went into those demos! Any chance of sharing that ISO with us all?
Wow that's great, thanks for sharing! Looks like a lot of love went into those demos! Any chance of sharing that ISO with us all?
Toy Story 3 (Xbox 360) demo
posted by HyperGHZ on Apr 2, 2018:
Looks Awesome!! An unreleased gem!
Looks Awesome!! An unreleased gem!