Saw this waaaay back in the day in a FASA/SSI ad booklet that came in my Mechwarrior 2 box:
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What is M?
THE MOST VISUALLY STUNNING, TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, INTRICATE AND COMPELLING SCIENCE FANTASY ROLE-PLAYING ADVENTURE — EVER.
- All-new game engine takes full advantage of powerful 16-bit computers for smooth animation and gameplay.
- State-of-the-art graphics accompanied by spectacular cinematic scenes.
- Smooth-scolling, full-screen isometric display with animated characters.
- True role-playing with the most advanced skill/character development and conversation system, animated phase combat and intense exploration and discovery.
- Create and lead a party of four characters plus one robot.
- Splendid music score and dramatic sound effects add excitement throughout the game.
- Point-and-clock interface for quick and easy play.
- CLUE BOOK available October 1993.
WHAT IS M?
PLAY IT AND FIND OUT.
This game is produced in cooperation with FASA Corporation. M is a trademark of Strategic Simulations, Inc.
So, what is M? Was it released? Any box art, reviews, screenshots, gameplay footage, etc?
I couldn't find anything obvious on Wikipedia's SSI games page in the 'M' section or Mobygames' DOS list.
"Menzoberranzan" (Wiki/Moby) is in the right-ish timeframe (1994 vs. 1993) but the wrong style (FPS vs. isometric).
And "M" is rather hard to Google for obvious reasons 🙂
Best Answer
No. See felipepepe's post on 2015-01-21 with information from David Shelley of SSI:
Yes! A 2017 English Amiga Board thread 'Unreleased SSI AD&D game "M" from the early 90s' referenced several magazine previews:
Power Play, September 1992, page 15, German text with screenshots:
The One for Amiga Games, issue 42, August 1992, page 102:
Amiga Format, issue 37, August 1992, page 42:
PC Review, issue 9, July 1992, page 10:
Zero, issue 34, August 1992, page 87: