Difference between revisions of "Unreleased Saturn games"
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Revision as of 13:11, 10 March 2013
| Name | Involved Companies | Details | Game Found and Released? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actua Golf 2 | Gremlin Interactive | Released on PlayStation. | No |
| Adidas Power Soccer | Psygnosis | PlayStation -> Saturn port. | No |
| Air's Adventure | Game Studio | 95/96 | No |
| Air NiGHTS | Sega, Sonic Team | Test program for unreleased motion controller. | No |
| Alien Resurrection | No | ||
| Allegiance | Team 17 | 1995/1996. Some levels were done. | No |
| Angel | Scavenger | No | |
| Animal Olympics | No | ||
| Aqua | No | ||
| Armed | Interplay, Point of View, Activision | Later "Aftermath" | No |
| "AB" | SIMS? | GDRI claims it's a prototype of a rollerblading game | No |
| Ballblazer X | No | ||
| Barb Wire | GT Interactive | GamePro #92 | No |
| Battletech: Gray Death Legion | Absolute Entertainment | 1995. Also on Mega CD. Killed when Aboslute died. | No |
| Bedlam | Mirage Soft | PlayStation version released in 1997. US PS1 port also cancelled. | No |
| Bubsy 3D | Accolade | Winter 1996. PlayStation release October 1996 | No |
| Burn Cycle | No | ||
| Buster Bros. Collection | Capcom | PlayStation version released (March 1997). Usually known as Super Pang Collection. Featured in Saturn Plus. | No |
| Ceasars World of Gambling | No | ||
| Championship Pool 2 | No | ||
| Chelnov (port has longer title; TODO) | Data East | Shown at various game shows, including Tokyo Game Show. Cancelled for unknown reasons. Found and dumped in 2012. | Yes |
| Clockwork Knight: Pengin War | Yes | ||
| Chill | Silicon Dreams, Eidos | Sega Saturn Magazine gave it an 80% mark. April 1998. | Yes |
| Colliderz | No | ||
| Comix Zone 3D | No | ||
| Converse Hardcore Hoops | Virgin Interactive Entertainment | also on Mega Drive | No. |
| Criticom 2 | No | ||
| Crow 2 | No | ||
| Cybersled | Namco, Climax | PlayStation version released in October 1995. Saturn version supposedly finished. | No |
| Dark Helix | Konami | No | |
| Darknet | Seen August 1995, Sega Power. | No | |
| Darkside | Rocket Science Games | aka Dark Ride, Darkride, Games World: The Magazine December 1994 | No |
| Dawn of Darkness | No | ||
| Dawn Patrol | No | ||
| Deadly Skies | JVC | March 1996. Only released on PlayStation. Not connected to the Dreamcast Deadly Skies game. Sega Power | No |
| Death Race | Ocean Software | No | |
| Death Trap Dungeon | No | ||
| Descent | No | ||
| Destruction Derby 2 | Probe Entertainment, Perfect Entertainment | Due for 1997. Released on PlayStation and PCs, rumoured to be cancelled after Perfect dropped support for the Saturn. Early prototype found. | Yes |
| Dreadnought | Ocean Software | aka HMS Carnage, Dreadnoughts. Stupidly ambitious project that took three years, destroyed when Infogrames ate Ocean in 1998. | No |
| Dream Golf 18/Fantasy Golf | No | ||
| Dream Knight | No | ||
| Dream Team Basketball | No | ||
| Dungeon Keeper | Bullfrog, Electronic Arts | "10% complete" before canned, though supposedly quite pretty on Saturn hardware according to the lone Saturn developer, Carsten-Elton Sorensen. 1996/1997. PlayStation version was cancelled shortly afterwards. | No |
| Ecco the Dolphin | Sega | Used as Saturn tech demo. Didn't get past the concept stage. | No |
| Empire Golf | No | ||
| Eternal Champions: The Final Chapter | No | ||
| Eurit | No | ||
| European Champions League | No | ||
| Fake Down | System Sacom | video (source unknown) | No |
| Firo & Klawd | No | ||
| Fighting Force | Core Design, Sega, Eidos Interactive | Disputes led this to skip the Saturn completely. | Yes |
| Flying Aces | Rocket Science Games | From 32X, 1994/1995, GamePro #68 | No |
| Flying Nightmares 2 | Eidos Interactive | No | |
| Football Manager | No | ||
| Free Runner | Rebellion | 1995 | No |
| Gears & Guys | No | ||
| Gen 13 | No | ||
| Gender Wars | Sales Curve Interactive | Winter 1995. Released on PC. | No |
| Grand Theft Auto | DMA Design | No | |
| Hanna Barbera Project | No | ||
| Heart of Darkness | No | ||
| HMS Dreadnought | Ocean Software, Tribe | No | |
| Hulk 2 | No | ||
| Hyperblade | No | ||
| Incredible Idiots in Space | Magnet Interactive Studio, ASC | Killed because, and I quote, "the market was not ready for a comedy game of this kind". | No |
| Into the Shadows | Triton, Scavenger | Killed when Scavenger went bankrupt, late 97/early 98 | No |
| Iron & Blood | Acclaim | PlayStation release October 1996. | No |
| Jet Ski Rage | Velocity | From 32X | No |
| The Journeyman Project | Quadra, U.S. Gold | Winter 1995. | No |
| Legends of Football '97 | No | ||
| Lightning Gunner | E.O.Imagination | Uses Game BASIC for Sega Saturn; not sure if it was intended as a licensed released or not | Yes |
| Lunatik | Pure Entertainment, Eidos | "Winter". Turned up in 1998 as a PC graphics card pack-in. PlayStation version also cancelled. | No |
| Magic | No | ||
| Major Damage | Capcom | Axed after Saturn was discontinued | Yes (early proto) |
| Manic Karts | No | ||
| Maximum Surge | Digital Pictures | FMV game planned for 1996, got an ESRB rating | No |
| Mayhem | No | ||
| Micro Machines V3 | Codemasters | Released on a plethora of other platforms. "Spring". | No |
| Midland | Future Soft | 1996 | No |
| Millennium Fire | No | ||
| Monika no Shiro | Pioneer LDC | aka "Faradoon: The Legend of Dragon Castle". 1996/1997. Mostly done, even had box art. | No |
| Monster Maker: Holy Dagger | NEC Interchannel | Sequel to Monster Maker on the PC Engine | No |
| Motor Cross | No | ||
| Moustache Red | No | ||
| "MT" | SIMS? | GDRI claims it's a prototype of Maboroshi Tsukiyo. | No |
| Mudkicker | Scavenger, GT Interactive | 1995, 1996, killed early 1997 | No |
| NBA Hang Time | High Voltage Software, Midway Games | Cancelled last minute for unknown reasons. 1996/1997. | No |
| NCAA Football | No | ||
| Ninja | Core Design, Eidos | "November" - Sega Power. Originally meant to be a Saturn game but released on PlayStation as Ninja: Shadow of Darkness. | No |
| Offensive | Ocean | 1996. Only released on PC. | No |
| Olympic Games Vol 1 | U.S. Gold | Announced alongside Olympic Soccer. Summer 1996. | No |
| Opposite Lock | No | ||
| Project Overkill | Konami | PlayStation version released in August 1996. Saturn port due afterwards. | No |
| Rattlesnake Red | Sculptured Software, Acclaim | May 1997. Mean Machines Sega | No |
| Raw Persuit | No | ||
| Rayman 2 | No | ||
| Rebellion | No | ||
| Re-Loaded | Gremlin Interactive | Spring 1996. PlayStation version released later in the year. Saturn verison actually made it onto some demo discs in Europe and was featured in competitions before the cancellation. | No |
| Return Fire | Yes | ||
| Rocket Boy | Rocket Science Games | 1994/1995 | No |
| Rollcage | Team 17 | No | |
| The Sacred Pools | Segasoft | No | |
| Sampras Extreme Tennis | Release dates mentioned in CVG. Only released on PlayStation. | No | |
| Scud Race | Sega, Sega AM2 | Moved to Dreamcast | No |
| Shadoan | No | ||
| Shenmue | Sega, Sega AM2 | Moved to Dreamcast | No |
| Shredfest | No | ||
| Sonic Saturn | Sega Technical Institute | 1995/1996 | No. |
| Sonic X-treme | Sega Technical Institute | Development hell. Moved to PC. | Yes (early proto) |
| Spearhead | Scavenger | No | |
| Speed Freak | No | ||
| Spider: The Video Game | Boss Game Studios, BMG | Six months of development before Saturn version was axed. PlayStation version released in 1997 after two years of development. | No |
| Split Realities | Funcom | No | |
| Star Control III | No | ||
| S.T.O.R.M. | No | ||
| Super Cross | No | ||
| Take Down | No | ||
| Tanktics | No | ||
| Tarantula | Scavenger | 1996/1997 | No |
| Terminus | Scavenger | died with Scavenger, 1996 | No |
| The Incredible Shrinking Character | Go-Go Interactive Studios, Cyberdreams | 1996 | No |
| Tomb Raider 2 | Core Design | Said to have been killed as Sony wanted exclusivity | No |
| Ultra Flappy | dB-Soft | 1997. Likely Japanese-only. | No |
| Vandals | No | ||
| Varuna's Forces | Accent Media | Moved to Dreamcast. | No |
| Velocity | Cave Logic Studios, PF Magic | No | |
| Viewpoint | Electronic Arts | PlayStation version released. Due for release in "March". Featured in Saturn Plus. | No |
| Viper | PlayStation version completed in 1998. | No | |
| Virtua Fighter 3 | Sega, Sega AM2 | Moved to Dreamcast. | No |
| Virtua Hamster | From 32X. | No | |
| VR Baseball | No | ||
| VR Pool | No | ||
| Waterworld | No | ||
| Werewolf: The Apocolypse | Yes | ||
| Wet Corpse | Vic Tokai | No | |
| Wild Nines | Virgin, Shiny Entertainment | No | |
| Wing Commander 3 | No | ||
| XS: Shield Up - Fight Back | Sales Curve Interactive | Winter 1995. Released on PC. | No |
| Zork Nemesis | No |