Presto

Presto is a cancelled PS1 and PC game by Pulse Entertainment. It was to be an action game of some kind.

Plot
You would play as the eponymous Presto, a cursed ventriloquist puppet. You are left abandoned and dishevelled in an old theatre. The plot is get revenge on your abusive puppeteer.

Development
Phill Simon worked on the game pretty much exclusively.

Cancellation
Presto was cancelled in likely early 1997. Pulse Entertainment later merged with 7th Level. The developers formed the new company Jinx. The game was canned so that Jinx could focus on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Bunnies_Must_Die! Space Bunnies Must Die.]

Video
Trailer.