Rattlesnake Red

Rattlesnake Red is a cancelled PlayStation and Saturn game by Sculptured Software. It was to be a 3D action platformer.

Plot
You would play as Red, who speaks softly but carries a big mallet and lots of dynamite. The plot would have something to do with Red battling creatures to get access to gold mines. The mines were haunted by ghosts and other ghouls.

Gameplay
Rattlesnake Red was to be a platformer with puzzles and critters to kill. The game would have been like a Looney Toons cartoon. There was to be five massive levels.

Development
Sculptured Software wanted to go in a different direction than Acclaim. Executive meddling ensued that the game was watered-down and poorly managed. A result of this meddling was a substandard game that was going nowhere fast.

Cancellation
Acclaim canned the game to cut costs and better their fiscal balance sheet. Only two levels were ever completed during development. Rattlesnake Red was cancelled at around 50% completion.

Trivia
Despite the game being in production around 1996-1997, release dates for 1999 have appeared in gaming magazines.

Video
PS1 gameplay.