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Over the course of the [[Sega Mega Drive]]'s lifetime, a number of games went unreleased. [[Sega VR]] games are not listed here — see the main article for details. This list also omits games that did not make it past the concept phase, like ''[[Spinny and Spike]]''.

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|-
!Name
!Involved Companies
!Details
!ROM Found and Released?
|-
|''[[Aarnie the Aardvark]]''
|[[Codemasters]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #20.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[AD2001]]''/''[[Power Ball AD2001]]''
|[[HiCom]]
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/interview-jasonpark.htm Was almost completed according to former HiCom employee Jason Park.]
|No
|-
|''[[Akira]]''
|[[THQ]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/03/24/akira-genesis-mega-cd-snes-unreleased/ Shown in Player One #44, Console Plus #44, and Console Plus #35.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Al Unser Jnr Racing]]''
|[[Software Toolworks]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
|''[[Aliens]]''
|[[Konami]]
|Mentioned in ''Mean Machines'' #2.{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 02.pdf|page=25}}
|No
|-
|''[["Amegedon" Project]]''
|[[Softmax]]
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
|No
|-
|''[[The Ancient Art of War in the Skies]]''
|[[MicroProse]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10. Released on DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
|No
|-
| ''[[Andre Panza Kick Boxing]]''
| [[Electro Brain]]
| Mentioned in GamePro #33{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=22}}; possibly became ''[[Best of the Best: Championship Karate]]''
| No
|-
|''[[Andromeda Mission]]''
|[[Color Dreams]]
|Unlicensed game advertised in 1990.
|No
|-
|''[[Aspect Warriors]]''
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/11/16/aspect-warriors-genesis-megadrive-snes-cancelled/ This Unseen64 page shows magazine scans ('''TODO IDENTIFY WHICH MAGAZINE''') which is all that's known about this game.]
|No
|-
|''[[Baby Boom]]''
|?? (probably [[Sega Interactive]])
|drx released [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/628 three] [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/627 prototype] [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/626 builds] of this game as part of his 23 February 2008 release. Otherwise, nothing is known about it (one build has the same serial number as ''[[Eternal Champions]]'' which leads to the Sega Interactive assumption).
|Yes
|-
|''[[Beastball]]''
|[[Spectrum HoloByte]]
|[http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?18773-Newest-free-proto-download-from-MrMark-and-BeaglePuss-Beastball! Released by MrMark0673]
|Yes
|-
|''[[Battle Mission]]''
|[[Sega]], [[Renovation]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/14/battle-mission-mdg-cancelled/ This Unseen64 page has no text — only two magazine scans ('''TODO IDENTIFY WHICH MAGAZINE''') — and that is all that's known about this game.]
|No
|-
|''[[Battle Smash]]''
|[[Kaneko]]
|Shown in Beep MD{{fileref|BeepMD JP 1992-04.pdf|page=49}}, along with ad{{fileref|BeepMD JP 1992-04.pdf|page=24}}.
|No
|-
|''[[B-Bomb]]''
|[[Sega]]
|[http://s483.photobucket.com/albums/rr196/MathUser/?action=view&current=egm_039_October1992-_page104.jpg Shown in EGM #39.] [http://www.unseen64.net/2009/07/21/b-bomb-genesismd-cancelled/ More information.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Bean Ball Benny]]''
|[[Nuvision]], [[Microsmiths]]
|Cancelled when Nuvision went under. Lost Levels is known to have put up a CES flier for the game, but hasn't properly labelled it as such (TODO).
|No
|-
|''[[Beethoven's 2nd: The Quest for Pups]]''
|[[Designer Software]], [[Hi Tech Expressions]]
|Featured at Winder CES 1993. [http://forums.hidden-palace.org/viewtopic.php?t=2871 drx has a prototype but has yet to release it.]
|No
|-
|''[[Benefactor]]''
|[[Digital Illusions]]
|Amiga game that Psygnosis canned for the MD. To be released in December 1994 according to German SEGA Magazin 6/1994.
|No
|-
|''[[Bill's Tomato Game]]''
|[[Psygnosis]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=2071 A prototype cartridge was sold in 2009.] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeCvBe2xd8A Video of the game from the seller.] [http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bills-Tomato-Game-Sega-Megadrive-Genesis-Unreleased-Game-Psygnosis-/271050428966?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item3f1bdd5226 The buyer later sold it (TODO preserve the auction page)]
|Yes
|-
|''[[Black Crypt]]''
|[[EA]]
|Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}} Slated for release in May 1992.{{fileref|GamePro US 031.pdf|page=42}}
|No
|-
|''[[Blood Money]]''
|[[Psygnosis]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?8418-Shadow-of-the-Beast&p=220028&viewfull=1#post220028 Matt Furniss, the game's composer, confirmed its existence on Sega-16.]
|No
|-
|''[[Bobby's World]]''
|[[Riedel Software Productions]], [[Hi Tech Entertainment]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/19980127072612/http://www.rspinc.inter.net:80/titles.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
|No
|-
|''[[Bounty Hunter]]''
|[[Sega]]
|Planned as a bundled release with the [[Activator]] as of GamePro #50{{fileref|GamePro US 050.pdf|page=141}} with a slated release date of December 1993.
|No
|-
|''[[Brett Hull 2]]''
|[[Accolade]]
|Mentioned in German SEGA Magazin 6/94 and to be released just months after the first game. In the end the first game didn't even make it to Europe.
|No
|- bgcolor="#AAAAAA"
|''[[Casper (Mega Drive)]]''
|[[Riedel Software Productions]], [[Hi Tech Expressions]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/19980127072612/http://www.rspinc.inter.net:80/titles.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
|No
|-
|''[[Chessmaster 2100]]''
|[[Software Toolworks]]
|Released for PC. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[City Heroes]]''
|[[Samsung]]
|All that's known comes from [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost.htm this Hardcore Gaming 101 article]: Developed by the ''[[Uzu Keobukseon]]'' team and intended for international release; it was cancelled because the then-new South Korean game censorship laws were so confusing that they got lost trying to censor the otherwise completed game.
|No
|- bgcolor="#00CCCC"
|''[[Combat Aces]]''
|[[Baton Technologies]]?
|Cancelled due to the lack of release of the [[Teleplay Modem]]. Programmed by Chuck Peavey.
|Yes
|-
|- bgcolor="#AAAAAA"
|''[[Congo (Mega Drive)]]''
|[[Viacom]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. Not sure if this is a prototype of an unreleased game or an unlicensed game. The SNES ''Congo'' appears to be an entirely different game, despite the SNES one being based on and the MD one appearing to be based on [[wikipedia:Congo (film)|the film]]. Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #35.
|Yes
|-
|''[[Converse Hardcore Hoops]]''/''[[Converse City Ball Tour]]''
|[[Virgin]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/06/19/converse-hardcore-hoops-cancelled/ Announced in GamePro #72 and CD Consoles #8.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Cool Spot 3]]''
|[[Virgin]]
|Probably only a working title but what ever happened to the success with Spot? Mentioned in German SEGA Magazin 6/97. To be released in April 1995.
|No
|-
|''[[Cybernauts: The Next Breed]]''
|[[Accolade]]
|[http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?8986-Unreleased-Games-quot-Fireteam-Rogue-quot-and-quot-Cybernauts-quot Advertised by Accolade in the packages for some of their later games... and a lot of other places too.] [http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0113 Cancelled along with ''Fireteam Rogue'' below because they were overmarketed to the point that there would be no realistic way to have the games completed the way they were advertised and still be fun — so new Accolade management dropped them.] Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #20.
|No
|-
|''[[Dan Marino's Touch Down Football]]''
|[[Virgin Games]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10. Probably the same game as below.
|No
|-
|''[[Dan Marino Power Play Football]]''
|[[Virgin]], [[Park Place Productions]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Park_Place_Productions GDRI - what is their source?]
|No
|-
|''[[Dando]]''/''[[Vasum]]''
|[[Treco]]
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/dandoAd.jpg Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known.] ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
|No
|-
|''[[Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat]]''
|[[Tradewest]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. DreamTR acquired a copy of the prototype and sent it to [http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?17959-Danny-Sullivan-s-Indy-Heat MrMark0673, who combined text on the prototype with art from the released NES version of the game to form a 50-copy reproduction run that ran in the summer of 2011. Whether or not a ROM dump from the original or pictures of the original will come has yet to be determined.]
|No
|-
|''[[Devil Buster]]''
|[[SIMS]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2009/03/03/devil-buster-mdg-cancelled/ Shown in the April 1993 issue of Beep!.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]''
|[[Fox Interactive]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #24.
|No
|-
|''[[Dinoblades]]'' (''[[Dynablaze]]''?)
|[[Virgin]]. [[Tahoe Software Productions]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Tahoe_Software_Productions GDRI - what is their source?] Is this ''DynoBlaze'' below?
|No
|-
|''[[Dino Racers]]''
|[[Maximum Effect]], [[Codemasters]]
|Previewed in Mean Machines Sega #23. Started January 1994
|No
|-
|''[[DNAction: The New Breed]]''
|[[Accolade]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/04/17/dnaction-the-new-breed-snes-genesis-cancelled/ Shown in Games World #1, Banzzai Magazine #21, GamePro #56, and Player One #4.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. To be released in autumn 1994 according to German SEGA Magazin.
|No
|-
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|[[Sega]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #22. Apparently connected to the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who (film)|1996 TV movie]].
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Dragon's Lair: The Adventure Continues]]''
|[[Eden]], [[Elite Systems]], [[Taito]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.segaage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=49&threadid=52638 Dumped and released by MrMark0673 in mid-2011. They claim it's a 100% complete port of the SNES game but I'm not entirely sure...?]
| Yes
|- bgcolor="#AAAAAA"
|''[[DynoBlaze]]''
|[[Bonsai]], [[Virgin]]
|[http://www.bonsaiec.com/bonsaiec.com/index.php/about-us/15-dynoblaze-press-release.html A press release was released by Bonsai/Virgin, and is still available on Bonsai's website.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
||Yes, but not actively circulated (and is a completely different build from the one used to take the existing screenshots and footage — in fact, it might not even be correct)
|-
|''[[Earl Weaver Baseball]]''
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|Summer CES 1991, Sega Visions
|No
|- bgcolor="#00CCCC"
|''[[Elite (Mega Drive)|Elite]]''
|[[Hybrid Technology]]
|[http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/demos/index.htm Ian Bell, one of the developers of the original BBC Micro/Acorn Electron versions of ''Elite'', released a tech demo ROM of this version of the game — but the link appears to have died.] [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/archive/ The link here, however, works.] Nothing else is really known about this version; it's presumed to have not left the tech demo state. To be released in November 1994 according to German SEGA Magazin.
|Yes
|-
|''[[Environmental Detective]]''
|[[Magicom]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/05/03/environmental-detective-snes-gen-md-cancelled/ Shown in some issue of Mean Machine ('''TODO FIND OUT WHICH''').] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[EXP: The Excellent Potato]]''
|[[Open Production]]
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost3.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] A DOS version was completed and released in Korea.
|No
|- bgcolor="#CC00CC"
|''[[Explode Star]]''
|[[NCS]]
|The Japanese release of ''[[Trampoline Terror!]]''. Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://retrogaming.blog128.fc2.com/blog-entry-11.html Promotional] [http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/secret/MD__1990Q4.html fliers] were distributed before the game was cancelled. ('''FLIER DISTRIBUTION METHOD UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
|No
|-
|''[[Feels]]''
|[[Sega]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. Platform game from Sega to be released in autumn 1994 according to a list in German SEGA Magazin 6/94. Hard to say it changed name. This is probably the same ''Feel'' known to have evolved into ''[[Ristar]]''.
|No
|-
|''[[Fireteam Rogue]]''
|[[Accolade]]
|[http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?8986-Unreleased-Games-quot-Fireteam-Rogue-quot-and-quot-Cybernauts-quot Advertised by Accolade in the packages for some of their later games... and a lot of other places too.] [http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0113 Cancelled along with ''Cybernauts: The Next Breed'' above because they were overmarketed to the point that there would be no realistic way to have the games completed the way they were advertised and still be fun — so new Accolade management dropped them.] Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #20 and #21. To be released in late 1994.
|No
|- bgcolor="#AAAAAA"
|''[[Flash Point]]''
|[[Sega]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons (presumably for the same reason ''[[Tetris]]'' was pulled from production after some copies had shipped). The ROM was included with ''[[Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.28: Tetris Collection]]'', which probably explains what happened.
|Yes
|- bgcolor="#AAAAAA"
|''[[Fun Car Rally]]''
|MagiCom
|Prototype of [[Accolade]]'s ''[[Combat Cars]]''. BKK on Sega-16 [http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?27781-A-couple-of-mysteries/page2#23 reveals] that MCOM in the game's ROM is likely to be MagiCom because they were developing Mega Drive games around the ROM's date, and one person who worked with them later founded Funcom, who held the rights to Combat Cars before Accolade. The title music appears to have been taken from The Beach Boys' Fun Fun Fun (or possibly  Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode). The name entry music may be Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed by Matt Bianco. The reasons for the title and music changes are unknown.
|Yes
|-
|''[[Future Zone]]''
|[[Electro Brain]]
| Featured at CES 1993 and GamePro #45{{fileref|GamePro US 045.pdf|page=111}}.
| No
|-
|''[[Global Golf]]''
|[[Codemasters]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A Master System version was also in progress. Should have been almost complete because it was in a list in German SEGA Magazin 6/94 (June) and set to be released in July the same year. Belived to be "Ernie Els Golf" that only came to the Game Gear.
|No
|-
|''[[Goal!]]''
|[[Virgin]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. Maybe when Psygnosis canned all Mega Drive games? Was it a port of the Dini & Dini/Virgin Amiga game [http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1408 Goal!], and did Virgin bring it over as ''[[Dino Dini's Soccer]]''?
|No
|-
|''[[Guardian Angels Safety Patrol]]''
|[[Nuvision Entertainment]]
|Summer CES 1991
|No
|-
|''[[Halloween Capsule]]''
|[[Softmax]]
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Hanna Barbera's Turbo Toons]]''
|[[Empire Interactive]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #22. Only released on SNES in Europe.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Hardcore]]''
|[[Digital Illusions]], [[Psygnosis]]
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD_oFVeYZYo Digital Illusions, now called DICE, had nearly completed the game when publisher Psygnosis cancelled it (and according to this linked video, taking every other unfinished MD game with it — was ''ResQ'' below a victim?). According to this linked video, which is of the game being showed by DICE to a demoparty in 2010, DICE were in talks with Sony (who owns Psygnosis, who still today owns the game's distribution license) to try to get the game released somehow — these appear to have gone nowhere.] Game also shown in German SEGA Magazin 8/1994.
|No
|-
|''[[The Head]]''
|[[Alexandria]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Alexandria GDRI (what is their source?)]
|No
|-
|''[[Hellfire Run]]''
|[[Panoramic Software]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Panoramic_Software GDRI - what is their source?]
|No
|- bgcolor="#FF4400"
|''[[Heretic]]''
|[[Probe]]
|Atod worked on a version for Mega Drive but Probe let them go on with the port of Hexen to Saturn instead.
|No
|- 
|''[[Highway Encounter]]''
|[[Vortex]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/19991001173419/http://binky.paragon.co.uk/features/n64_ft/roguesquad.ft.html Mark Haigh-Hutchinson said to have developed Amiga, Atari ST, and Mega Drive versions in 1990, none of which were released]. A prototype of the Atari ST version has been released
| No
|-
|''[[Home Improvement]]''
|[[Absolute Entertainment]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994. SNES version released.
|No
|-
|''[[Hooves of Thunder]]''
|[[RazorSoft]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10 and GamePro #33{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=22}}.
|No
|-
|''[[IF]]''
|[[HiCom]]
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost3.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] A DOS version was also in development, but unreleased as well.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures]]''
|[[Factor 5]], [[US Gold]]
|Reviewed in [http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/160/gameproissue073august19.jpg GamePro] and [http://www.sega16bit.com/content/magazine_review_scans/unreleased_games/indiana_jones_greatest_adventure-german-0.jpg German] [http://www.sega16bit.com/content/magazine_review_scans/unreleased_games/indiana_jones_greatest_adventure-german-1.jpg GAMERS.] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones%27_Greatest_Adventures Conversion from the SNES game.] Reportedly completed in [http://www.sega16bit.com/content/magazine_review_scans/unreleased_games/indiana_jones_greatest_adventure-0.jpg EGM] [http://www.sega16bit.com/content/magazine_review_scans/unreleased_games/indiana_jones_greatest_adventure-1.jpg preview.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition]]''
|[[Microprose]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993. [http://archive.org/stream/mean-machines-sega-magazine-17/MMSega_17_Mar_1994#page/n107/mode/2up Previewed in Mean Machines Sega #17]
|No
|-
|''[[Interplanetary Lizards of the Texas Plains]]''
|[[Tengen]], [[Alexandria]] [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Alexandria (GDRI - what is their source?)]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993. [http://www.unseen64.net/2009/12/16/interplanetary-lizards-mdg-cancelled/ This Unseen64 page shows a magazine scan ('''TODO IDENTIFY THE MAGAZINE''') which is all that's known about this game.] Planned to be released in spring 1994 according to German SEGA Magazin 3/94.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Game]]''
|[[Bits]], [[Acclaim]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. Said to be released in the summer of 1994 according to German SEGA Magazin 7/94.
|Yes
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[It Came from the Desert]]''
|[[Cinemaware]], [[Electronic Arts]]
|[http://www.cinemaware.com/clsgame_itcame.asp?sel=genrom Cinemaware  released the prototype ROM.] [http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=383&title=Interview:%20Matt%20Harmon An interview with the lead programmer on the project reveals that the game was "99.99%" complete when cancelled and that it was cancelled because publisher Electronic Arts wanted to focus only on sports games from then on] ([[Desert Strike|that]] [[Jungle Strike|didn't]] [[Urban Strike|happen]]).
|Yes
|-
|''[[Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road Baja 1000]]''
|[[Williams Entertainment]]
|Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #23. Sequel to ''[[Super Off Road]]'', only released on SNES. 1994-11{{fileref|GamePlayers US 0710.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|-
|''[[Jesse 'The Body' Ventura Wrestling Superstars]]''
|[[DreamWorks]]
|Summer CES 1991, GamePro #33{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=22}}
|No
|-
|''[[Jester]]''
|[[STI]]
|A rather elusive game; [http://www.unseen64.net/2010/04/25/jester-mega-drive-genesis-cancelled/ very] [http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=20662&hl= little] is known about it (though SOA did advertise it). Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Jimmy Connors Tennis]]''
|[[Ubi Soft]]
|Mentioned in GamePro #33{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=22}}
|No
|-
|''[[Joe Montana Football (Mediagenic)]]''/''[[Hyperball]]''
|[[Mediagenic]]
|[http://www.sega-16.com/2007/11/behind-the-design-joe-montana-football/ At least 30% complete when it suffered a combination of being locked in development hell and Mediagenic's financial troubles.] [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Tom_Sloper Was to be developed entirely at Mediagenic.] The ''[[Joe Montana Football (Mega Drive)|Joe Montana Football]]'' that was released is based on an engine by [[Electronic Arts]] and [[Park Place Productions]].
|-
|''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]''
|[[Sony Imagesoft]]
| Shown at CES 1993 and in GamePro #45{{fileref|GamePro US 045.pdf|page=111}}.
|No
|-
|''[[Karate Blazers]]''
|[[Mc O'River]]
|Arcade game. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|-
|''[[Kartoon Kombat]]''
|[[Technos]], [[Elite]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2009/06/12/kartoon-kombat-mega-drive-genesis-cancelled/ A damaged] [http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=1963 prototype ROM] [http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?17675-Unreleased-Dragon-s-Lair-prototype-for-the-Genesis-now-released&p=375335&viewfull=1#post375335 handed to MrMark0673 on a floppy disk from Elite] is all that is known of this game. Cancelled for unknown reasons. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE ON UNSEEN64 PAGE UNVERIFIED — TODO'''). Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
|''[[Keeper of the Gates]]''
|[[Razorsoft]]
|Supposedly a sequel to the MD version of ''[[Stormlord]]''. [http://www.unseen64.net/2009/09/20/keeper-of-the-gates-genesis-mega-drive-cancelled/ Shown in EGM #40 and #41.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. Released for home computers. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|-
|''[[Kung Fu: The Legends Continue]]''
|[[Sunsoft]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993
|No
|-
|''[[Land Buster]]''
|[[Seismic]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.unseen64.net/2008/05/29/land-buster-mdg-cancelled/ This Unseen64 page has no text — only two magazine scans ('''TODO IDENTIFY WHICH MAGAZINE''') — and that is all that's known about this game.]
|No
|-
|''[[Lennox Lewis Boxing]]''
|[[Acclaim]], [[Park Place Productions]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Park_Place_Productions GDRI - what is their source?]
|No
|-
|''[[Lil Divil]]''/''[[Litil Divil]]''
|[[Gremlin]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #22. Planned for November 1994. Released on DOS, CD-i and Amiga CD32.
|No
|-
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Lobo]]''
|[[Ocean]]
|Reviewed in [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/lobo_egm_megadrive.jpg EGM] and [http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q137/walyman/lobo.jpg GamePro]. Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/1095 Found and dumped by SEGASaturno and released by drx.]
|Yes
|-
|''[[The Lord of the Rings (EA)]]''
|[[EA]]
|Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]]{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}} and mentioned in early [[EA]] print advertisements{{fileref|Starflight MD US Poster.pdf
|page=2}}. Planned release date for 1992.{{fileref|GamePro US 031.pdf|page=44}}
|No
|-
|''[[Lothar Matthäus Super Soccer]]''
|[[Krisalis]]
|The game is called "Manchester United Championship Soccer" in UK and "Lothar Matthäus Super Soccer" in Germany but was only released to the SNES. A Mega Drive version were planned for and shown in German SEGA Magazin 1/95.
|No
|-
|''[[Lufia & The Fortress of Doom]]''
|[[Taito]]
|[https://twitter.com/gdri/status/406919554984857600 Shown at CES 1994], with the game receiving a tentative December 1994 release date. This was later pushed back to Spring 1995 (with this delay being advertised as "worth the wait") before being quietly cancelled.
|No
|-
|''[[Madness: House of Fun]]''
|[[Gremlin Graphics]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/03/09/madness-genesis-megadrive-cancelled/ Shown in Mean Machine #17 and Mega Force #17.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse]]''
|[[Capcom]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1994. Originally released for SNES.
|No
|-
|''[[Magician's Castle]]''
|[[Psygnosis]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993
|No
|-
|''[[Mall Rats]]''
|[[Software Toolworks]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
|''[[The Mask]]''
|[[THQ]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
|''[[Matrix]]''
|[[Accolade]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
| ''[[Maverick: SFG]]''
| [[Sage's Creation]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1992 and mentioned in GamePro #33{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=24}}.
|-
|''[[Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City]]''
|[[EA]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #25. Released on SNES.
|No
|-
|''[[Miina in Wonderland]]''
|
|[https://twitter.com/gdri/status/676476448891396096]
|no
|-
|''[[Mission Impossible]]''
|[[Ocean]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2008/09/30/mission-impossible-snes-concept-cancelled/ Developer unknown. Shown in Joypad #44, Top Consoles #4, and Console Plus #45.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Mutant League Speed Demons]]''
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|[http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132375&highlight=mutant+league Cancelled at the second to last build for unknown reasons; the only known cartridge with a prototype used RAM chips that needed to be powered by batteries — so the game is lost unless another prototype exists.]
|No
|-
|''[[Monster Hunter]]''
|??
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/01/22/monster-hunter-megadrive-genesis-cancelled/ This Menacer game was only known to be shown in EGM #51.]
|No
|-
|''[[Moon Dancer]]''
|?
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/14/moon-dancer-mdg-unreleased/ This Unseen64 page has no text — only two magazine scans from EGM #10 — and that is all that's known about this game.]
|No
|-
|''[[MTV Sports: Extreme]]''
|[[Viacom]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Mr. Nutz 2]]''
|[[Neon]], [[Ocean]]
|[http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mrnutz2_megadrive01.jpg Reviewed] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/nutz2_megadrive.jpg in] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/47agosto95_nutz2.jpg several] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive.jpg European] [http://static.turricanforever.de/download/Scans/Mega%20Fun%2006-95%20-%20Mr%20Nutz%202%20Review.jpg magazines]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Nutz:_Hoppin%27_Mad The game is a conversion of Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad for the Amiga] and [http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115705 has been reported being completed by the main programmer, Peter Thierolf, who still keeps a fully finished game ROM but cannot release it due to copyright issues.] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive01.jpg Game] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive02.jpg screenshots] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive03.jpg running] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive04.jpg on] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive05.jpg Gens] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/mr_nutz_2_megadrive06.jpg emulator] [http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115705 were taken by him]. [http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=13979 Source code of the game was released] and [http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=20889 compiled in a full ROM].
|Yes
|-
|''[[M. Tuff]]''
|[[SCI]]
|Said to be released to both MD & M-CD in January 1995 according to German SEGA Magazin 6/94. A SNES ROM exists at least.
|No
|-
|''[[Ninja Gaiden IV]]''
|[[Sega]]
|[http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr196/MathUser/GamefanIssue1October1992Page023.jpg Shown in Gamefan #1] [http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7876/egm0371992aug048.jpg and EGM #37 — which shows pictures from Level 2 of the ''Ninja Gaiden'' ROM above.] Not sure if this is still the same as ''Ninja Gaiden'' above — needs investigation. Both the above ROM and this small preview come from 1992.
|No
|-
|''[[Nolan Ryan Express]]''
|[[Mentrix Software]]
|1993-02{{fileref|SegaVisions US 11.pdf|page=100}}
|No
|-
|''[[Operation Aliens]]''
|[[THQ]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10. Possibly connected to the ''Operation Aliens'' animated TV pilot and toy line.
|No
|-
|''[[Pac-In-Time]]''
|???? (though [[Namco]] is involved)
|{{fileref|SegaVisions US 25.pdf|page=100}} Released on the SNES.
|????
|-
|''[[Payne Stewart Pro Golf]]''
|
|{{fileref|SegaVisions US 25.pdf|page=100}}
|
|-
|''[[Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors]]''
|[[Absolute Entertainment]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994. The Mega CD version was cancelled too, but has since been unearthed. Mean Machines Sega Issue #23 says a Mega Drive version existed.
|No
|-
|''[[Pegasus Racer]]''
|[[Ringler Studios]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Company:Ringler_Studios GDRI] - [http://groups.google.com/group/misc.jobs.resumes/browse_thread/thread/727e15f32c700fe1/f46d844018ba91c source]
|No
|-
|''[[Pinky]]''
|[[Data Design Systems]], [[Tengen]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/11/22/pinky-genesis-mega-drive-game-gear-cancelled/ Advertised in magazines.]  Cancelled for unknown reasons (there are guesses as to what the reason is). ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
|No
|-
|''[[Pit Fighter II]]''
|[[Tengen]]
|[http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=451 Shown in EGM #49.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Popeye the Sailor Man]]''
|[[Technos]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1994, [http://www.unseen64.net/2010/06/06/popeye-genesis-mega-driv-cancelled/ Shown in Console Mania #28, Game Fun #94, and Mean Machines Sega #17.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame]]''
|[[Broderbund]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/29 Found by DreamTR, dumped by jurai, and released by drx.]
|Yes
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Putty Squad]]''
|[[System 3]], [[Ocean]]
|Reviewed in some [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/45-Junio-95-putty_squad_megadrive.jpg European] [http://www.segasaturno.com/portal/files/posted_images/2/puttysquadgamersreview.jpg magazines]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putty_Squad Coversion from the SNES game]. Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://forums.hidden-palace.org/viewtopic.php?p=8749#8749 drx seems to have a working prototype of the game. Released by a Sega-16 user in October 2015]
|Yes
|-
|''[[Railroad Tycoon]]''
|[[Microprose]]
|Released for PC & home computers. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|-
|''[[Ratchet & Bolt]]''
|[[Sega]]
|[http://i52.tinypic.com/112afk8.jpg Shown in some French magazine] [http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33095 Supersonic, July-August 1994] [[Unreleased Sega 32X Games#Ratchet & Bolt|Moved to the 32X before cancelled.]]
|No
|-
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[ResQ]]''
|[[Tempest]], [[Psygnosis]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|Yes
|-
|''[[Road Riot 4WD]]''
|[[Tengen]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/01/19/road-riot-4wd-megadrive-genesis-cancelled/ Shown in Joypad magazine #7, EGM #40, and EGM #41.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Road Runner]]''
|[[Alexandria]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Alexandria GDRI - what is their source?]
|No
|-
|''[[Road to the Cup Hockey '94]]''
|[[Electro Brain]], [[Park Place Productions]]
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Park_Place_Productions GDRI] - [http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasschenck source]
|No
|-
|''[[Rocket Rescue]]''
|[[Hotshot]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/10/30/rocket-rescue-snes-mega-drive-genesis-cancelled/ This Unseen64 page, has magazine scans (''''TODO IDENTIFY WHICH MAGAZINE''') which is all that's known about the game.]
|No
|-
|''[[Savage Heroes]]''
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|[http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php?id=281&title=Interview:%20Scott%20Berfield Cancelled because the project was too ambitious and the developer chosen (unknown) produced a prototype that did not impress EA managers.]
|No
|-
|''[[Search for Ramses II]]''
|[[Tengen]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10.
|No
|-
|''[[Shadow of the Beast III]]''
|[[Psygnosis]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993. Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?8418-Shadow-of-the-Beast&p=220028&viewfull=1#post220028 Matt Furniss, the game's composer, confirmed its existence on Sega-16.]
|No
|-
|''[[Shadow of Yserbius]]''
|[[AT&T]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|- bgcolor="#00CCCC"
|''[[Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends]]''
|[[Tiburon]]
|[http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/46 Released by drx.]
|Yes
|-
|''[[Skulljagger's Revenge]]''
|[[American Softworks]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994. Due early 1995.
|No
|-
|''[[Smaartvark]]''/''[[Dreyfuss Smaartvark]]''
|[[Codemasters]]
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/04/03/smaartvark-genesis-mega-drive-cancelled/ More info (might need confirmation) and magazine scan clipping ('''TODO IDENTIFY WHICH MAGAZINES''') are at this Unseen64 page.] [http://i.imgur.com/FMu4g.jpg Codemasters also advertised the game in the January 1994 EGM.] Short article with screenshots in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #15. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|No
|-
|''[[Snow White: Happily Ever After]]''
|[[ASC]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993 and Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
|''[[Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill]]''
|[[Kaneko]]
|May have originally been called ''Socks the Cat Rocks the House''. Slated for a November 1993 release as of GamePro #50{{fileref|GamePro US 050.pdf|page=141}}.
|No
|-
|''[[Solo Flight]]''
|[[Microprose]]
|Released for home computers. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|-
|''[[sonic:Sonic-16|Sonic-16]]''
|[[STI]]
|The game was intended to tie into [[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)|the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' "SatAM" cartoon]], but [[Sonic Team]] head [[Yuji Naka]] disapproved. See the linked article for more details.
|No
|-
|''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition|Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition]]''
|[[Sega]]
|Meant to be a combined ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' on a single 3MB cart. Mentioned by several magazines — see the linked article for details. drx did release two "Sonic 3C" ROMs — there is no known confirmation that these are prototypes of this game.
|Unsure
|-
|''[[Speed Racer]]''
|[[Accolade]]
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1994/speedRacerAd.jpg Advertised in magazines] and appears in GamePro #50{{fileref|GamePro US 050.pdf|page=141}}. Cancelled for unknown reasons.  Sometimes called "The Challenge of Racer X". First planned release March 1994 but got delayed and finally scrapped.
|No
|-
|''[[The Sporting News Virtual Soccer]]''
|[[Probe]], [[Hudson Soft]]
|{{fileref|MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf|page=12}}
|No
|-
|''[[Steven Seagal is the Final Option]]''
|[[TecMagik]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Stone Protectors]]''
|[[Kemco]], [[Eurocom]], [[VIC Tokai]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://nesplayer.com/prototypes/stoneprotectors/index.htm Found, dumped, and released by The NES Player.]
|Yes
|- bgcolor="#00CCCC"
|''[[Swamp Thing]]''
|[[Microsmiths]], [[Nuvision]]
|Cancelled when Nuvision went under. [http://www.segaage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=49&threadid=41542 Found, dumped, and released by MrMark0673 of SegaAge.]
|Yes (but [[Undumped and Incorrectly Dumped Games|overdumped]])
|-
|''[[Tank Girl]]''
|[[Ocean]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #33.
|No
|-
| ''[[Technocop: The Final Mission]]''
|[[Razor Soft]]
|Planned sequel to ''[[Technocop]]'' show at Winter CES 1992{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=24}}.
|- bgcolor="#AAAAAA"
|''[[Tecmo Cup]]''/''[[Tecmo Cup Football Game]]''
|[[Tecmo]], [[Sega]]
|Unreleased port of Tecmo's 1992 NES game ''Tecmo Cup Soccer Game'' (which is a localization of their earlier Famicom game ''Captain Tsubasa''). Cancelled for unknown reasons. Is it related to ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' on the [[Sega Mega-CD]]?
|Yes
|-
|''[[Tenkuu Retsuden Musashi]]''
|[[Kaneko]]
|Shown in Beep MD{{fileref|BeepMD JP 1992-04.pdf|page=49}}, along with ad{{fileref|BeepMD JP 1992-04.pdf|page=24}}. Port of arcade title "Kabuki-Z".
|No
|-
|''[[Theme Hospital]]''
|[[Bullfrog]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #32.
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Time Trax]]''
|[[Black Pearl Software]], [[Malibu Interactive]]
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. The music would have been composed by Tim Follin with a sound driver by Dean Belfield. Follin released a recording of the title screen theme on [http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ his website]; it can now be found in the "Wine Cellar" section, however the link has died — [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqyEbu8cmMg someone else uploaded the song to YouTube]. [http://segaage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blog.View&Blog_Id=2&Id=1223 Dumped by assorted SegaAge members.]
|Yes
|-
|''[[Total Carnage]]''
|[[THQ]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993. SNES version released.
|No
|-
|''[[Troll Adventures]]''
|[[American Softworks]]
|Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #23. Probably the same as ''Super Troll Islands'' on SNES.
|No
|-
|''[[Ushra Monster Truck Wars]]''
|[[Acclaim Entertainment]]
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
|No
|-
| ''[[Vampire Killer (Razor Soft)|Vampire Killer]]''
| [[Razor Soft]]
|Shown at Winter CES 1992{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=26}}
| No
|-
|''[[Walker]]''
|[[Psygnosis]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1993
|No
|- bgcolor="#44FF00"
|''[[Waterworld]]''
|[[Ocean]]
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #34. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|Yes
|-
|''[[Wheel of Fortune 2]]''
|[[Gametek]]
|Mentioned for release in ''GamePro'' #54{{fileref|GamePro US 054.pdf|page=224}}.
|No
|-
|''[[Whizz]]''
|[[Psygnosis]], [[Titus Interactive]]
|[http://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega%20Drive/Whizz/  in Guardiana, some picture is available , it needs to be Upload]
|????
|-
|''[[Wimbledon II]]''
|???? ([[Sega]]?)
|[http://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega%20Drive/Wimbledon%20II/ Listed in Guardiana, even showing a box and one review. Who knows.]
|????
|-
|''[[Wing Commander II]]''
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|Featured at Winter CES 1994.
|No
|-
|''[[World Cup Soccer (Acclaim)|World Cup Soccer]]''
|[[Acclaim]]
|Featured at CES 1993 and GamePro #45{{fileref|GamePro US 045.pdf|page=110}}.
|No
|-
|''[[X-Women: The Sinister Virus]]''
|?? (presumably [[Clockwork Tortoise]])
|Another ''X-Men'' license. [http://www.archive.org/details/012193 A promotional video of unknown origin] [http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee255/RexingtonSteele/X-WomenSegaGenesis-EGM89scan.jpg and a clip from EGM #89] are all that are known about the game. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E4fEY5CiAM It was supposedly developed by] [[Clockwork Tortoise]].
|No
|-
|''[[Zeewolf]]''
|[[Binary Asylum]]
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #31. Originally an Amiga game. Supposedly 90% complete.
|No
|}

Note: the Mega Drive ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' ROM, long believed to be an unreleased port, is actually an unfinished pirate.

=="Concept and Design Only"==
might as well
*Spinny & Spike (TODO find those references again


:http://vgmdb.net/album/1818 someone ([[Ancient]]?) may have been working on a game called The Stickman is Back
:http://turbo-boing.com/about [[Arena: Maze of Death|Arena]]?
:Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 protos have SVP support strings
:http://www.gamengai.com/cmnt_inf.php?id=1436&type=0
:http://basiscape.com/arts_sakimoto.html quite a few here; possibly also other basiscape artists

of note: http://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega%20Drive/Teki%20Paki/

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