Joe Blow

Joe Blow is a cancelled PS1 and PC game by Abstract Entertainment. It was to be a third-person action platformer.

Plot
You play as ten year old Joe, who falls into Fantasy Land inside the Dreamworld. Your task is to save the Queen of Dreams from the Nightmare King. Protect the kids from having nightmares.

Gameplay
There was to be over 60 levels of 3D platforming action. Joe Blow was to be a non-linear game with no clear direction on where to go or what to do. It would be up to the player to explore and interact with the world.

Development
The game started off as a game from Sensible Software. It was to feature a DJ Fresh, a rapping radish. Then they decided to nix the singing vegetable and go with a monkey.

Joe Blow was to make use of the new 3DFX chipset graphics cards. Graphically it ran at 1024x768 in 16 bit colour.

Cancellation
The publisher Telstar had a heavy amount of debt piling up. They probably cancelled this risky project to focus on profitable games. The incoming launch of the PlayStation 2 was likely a deciding factor.

In the end Telstar was absorbed by Take 2 Interactive in May of 1999.