Some posited that it may be an ARG (Alternate Reality Game). When the plagiarism was first discovered, many were incredulous that the developers could actually get away with such blatant copyright violation. Other scenes appear to be taken from live action films: one from the 1997 film Spawn, another from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and several more from its sequel, At World's End.'

The gaming community pounced on this revelation and soon discovered background and objects that appeared to originate from, according to Wikipedia: ' The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Unreal Tournament 2004and 2003, Diablo II, Thief: The Dark Project, Thief: Deadly Shadows, a CryENGINE2 Tech Demo, Silent Hill 4: The Room, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Painkiller and its expansion pack Painkiller: Battle out of Hell, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth, Hexen and World of Warcraft.

On JGamePlasma published an article comparing specific scenes in Limbo of the Lost with a nearly identical space in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Then, in 2008, Tri Synergy announced a wide release in North America. Boxed copies, however, were extremely rare and the game was mostly available only through online distribution. In 2007, G2 Games published it in Europe. Bovis, Croucher, and Francis redesigned and rebuilt the game. Unfortunately, Limbo of the Lost never made it to store shelves since, by the time it was ready, the systems it was made for were dead.įinally, in 2003, Bovis once again restarted development on Limbo of the Lost. Rasputin Software picked up the title on the Amiga 1200 and Amiga CD32. This stymied the pair's efforts until 1995 when Bovis, Croucher and Laurence Francis began working on the game again this time as a point and click adventure for the Amiga A500.

Unfortunately, as is often the case, the publishers wanted a finished product. Using an initial prototype made on the Atari ST, the two pitched the concept to publishers.

Limbo of the Lost was originally developed in the 90s by Steve Bovis and Tim Croucher.

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