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THE LOST GAMES?
In conversations with other collectors and fans, I often hear about games (or versions of games) they remember, usually from childhood, for which no evidence has been found.  I thought it might be fun to list some of them, on the chance that somebody out there might be able to offer some more information.  Memories are nice, but what we'd really like to get is something tangible.
 
Remember, until we can find some sort of proof, our official position here at the GSHGHP is that none of these games were ever released to the public.  We've been doing this for so long and have had access to so much reference material and help from so many other collectors that the existence of any of these games is unlikely.  Having said that, we would LOVE to be proven wrong!

EYE GUESS (1969)
One collector remembers a version of this popular Milton Bradley game that featured the "Stop and Go" bonus game used late in the series run rather than the prizes and single "stop" card that all the home versions seem to have.  None of the later Fourth Edition games we've come across seem to have this variation, let us know if yours does.

HAGGIS BAGGIS (1958-59)
A terrific book by Wesley Hyatt called "The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television" (Billboard 1997) has comprehensive descriptions of all the games, soaps, news, talk and kiddie shows from the early days of television to the present. In his listing for this show, Hyatt says "although it ran for less than a year, by the time the show expired, it had its own home game available for viewers to purchase."  We can find no proof of this.  However, we did learn that the theme music for the show was released as a 45rpm single!

THE REBUS GAME (Ideal 1964)
A collector whose opinion we value insists he's SEEN this game, even to the point of giving us the name of the manufacturer.  Still, in almost two decades of searching, we can't find one.
 
RUNAROUND (Lakeside 1972)
No less an authority than our own Bob Zager says that he remembers an elaborate, battery-operated home game being promoted on this Saturday morning children's game from 1972.  He even remembers the manufacturer.  We're both fairly certain it never got released for one reason or another, but we'd love to learn what the reason was.

TWENTY-ONE (Mattel 2000)
Independent reports from several sources tell us that a box game of the NBC remake was in the works but never got released.

WHO DO YOU TRUST? (early 60s)
Here's a fascinating one.  I've been told by an avid collector that the son of a sixties game show director remembers seeing two different versions of this game, one with Johnny Carson on the cover, and one with another host he doesn't remember. (Woody Woodbury replaced Carson in 1962.)  It's possible that an insider may have had the opportunity to see a prototype of a game that was never released.