10 Most Infamous Unreleased Gaming Consoles

2. Konix Multisystem

Konix was a somewhat popular manufacturer of joysticks and other game controllers for computers when they began work on Slipstream, a customizable controller for racing games and flight simulators that could take on various different shapes. It also included force feedback (rumble) years before Nintendo and Sony popularized it

Seeing greater potential in it, Konix started working with Flare Technology (a group of former Sinclair employees working on their own console) on turning it into a standalone console, where, unlike most systems, the hardware would be in the controller. The idea was that it would compete with the popular computers in Europe like the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST.

Essentially, they were trying to bring home the experience of specialized arcade hardware. You know how some arcade racing games have you sit down in chairs that move with you and the wheel to simulate a real race track experience? The Multisystem was going to have one of those, too. While there was a glut of custom silicon inside, the plan was to use the same 3.5" floppy discs as computers to keep costs down.

That cost-cutting led to one of the console's downfalls: Low memory, which made it incredibly difficult to program for. Konix ran out of money, and Flare went back to the drawing board. They sold their next project to Atari, and that became the Atari Jaguar, which didn't do fantastically, to say the least.