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Name Involved Companies Details Dump Found and Released?
The 4th Unit: Merry Go Round Data West Japanese PC and FM Towns versions exist No
Akira THQ Also planned for Mega Drive and Game Gear. Player One #44, Console Plus #44, Console Plus #35 No
Alexandria Eduquest Featured at Winter CES 1993. No
Alien Acclaim Featured at CES 1993 and GamePro #45[1]. No
Annet Again Wolf Team, Renovation US release of Anetto Futatabi, shown in EGM #47. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
AV-8B Harrier Assault Domark Port of AV-8B Harrier Assault mentioned in GamePro #53.[2] No
Backroad Racers Revell/Monogram Possibly the same title as European Racers and Power Modeller. Game would have included car model kit. Mentioned in GamePro #57.[3] No
Battletech: Gray Death Legion Absolute Entertainment To be released in 1995. Folded with the company along with Saturn port. Yes
Bug Blasters: The Exterminators Sony Imagesoft, Stargate Entertainment Due out in 1995. Yes
Burning Fists Sega a.k.a. "Force Striker". Was to be released in 1994. Was "80% complete" before the axe, lacking a final boss and FMV problems. Also seen in EGM #49. Yes, early version
Captain Commando Capcom No
Chakan No
Channel X No
Citizen X Digital Pictures Yes
Cool Spot Virgin Games Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released on several other platforms. No
Cool World No
Darkside/Dark Ride Rocket Science Games 3DO version previewed December 1994 in Games World: The Magazine. Mega CD and Saturn ports rumoured, all cancelled. Mega CD version featured at Summer CES 1994. No
Dark Seed Cyberdreams, Vic Tokai Sega Saturn version exists, probably not related. No
DynoBlaze Also cancelled for the Mega Drive, though prototypes have been seen. No
European Racers Revell CD Offered in a January 1994 EGM contest. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No? TODO
Exterminators Sony Imagesoft Featured at Summer CES 1994. No
Flashback 2 Delphine Software Morphed into a game called Fade to Black on other platforms No
Flying Nightmare Reviewed by press. No
Forgotten Worlds Deluxe Meant to be a launch title. Or at least, very early. No
Gallagher's Shooting Gallery American Laser Games Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10 and GamePro #42[4] No
Grandia Game Arts Work moved to Sega Saturn after Mega CD discontinuation. No
Harrier Domark Featured at Winter CES 1993. No
Hammer vs. Evil D. in Soulfire GTE Entertainment video No
Hardcore Digital Illusions Mega Drive version also exists. Planned for November 1994. Unlike the Mega Drive version which was "99%" completed, the Mega CD port didn't get very far. No
Humans No
Hyper Attax No
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis LucasArts, JVC PC port. Meant to arrive in early 1994. Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. No
Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones Sega Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Only released on Mega Drive. No
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis JVC Featured at Summer CES 1993. Was reviewed on Sega Visions #16. No
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. No
Johnny Mnemonic Sony Imagesoft Was released on PC. [5] Yes
Journey to the Center of the Earth Sony Imagesoft Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10, at CES 1993 and in GamePro #45 [6] No
King's Quest V Sierra Mentioned in Mega Play #11 and GamePro #45[1]. No
Kamikaze Comics Crystal Dynamics Due for release in 1994. Shares a very similar plot to Comix Zone. No
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Sunsoft, Park Place Productions GDRI - what is their source?
Last Action Hero Sony Imagesoft Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released for other Sega systems, though this one included pre-rendered graphics so is probably a different game entirely. No
Leisure Suit Larry Sierra Mentioned in Mega Play #11. No
Loadstar II: Showdown on Phobos Rocket Science Games For 1995. Probably cancelled as RSG moved away from FMV games. No
Metal Fang JVC Possibly a port of Metal Fangs to Mega-CD? Mentioned in GamePro #42[7] No
Mixed Up Mother Goose Sierra On-Line Mentioned in GamePro #42[7] No
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge LucasArts, JVC No
Myst Sunsoft Featured at Summer CES 1994. No
No Escape Sony Imagesoft Featured at Summer CES 1994 along with Mega Drive version. No
Ookami Hei SIMS 2D action sidescroller compatible with six button controller. Shared an artist with Devil Buster. No
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors Absolute Entertainment Cancelled when Absolute died. Yes; dump format unknown (BIN/CUE? ISO?)
Phantasy Star IV: The Return of Alis Sega Both Mega CD and Mega Drive ports were once in development, only the latter survived. No
Pit Fighter 2 No
Police Quest III: The Kindred Sierra Mentioned in Mega Play #11. No
Polygon Golf Hertz Cancelled when the studio went under. No
Pop N Land Takeru/Sur de Wave? [1] Import mail-order store page in the first issue of EGM2 lists a Mega Drive release?
Power Drift Sega Eventually saw a home port on the Sega Saturn. No
Power Modeling Revell/Monogram Mentioned in GamePro #45[1]. No
Prime Evil Sony Imagesoft Featured at Summer CES 1994. No
Prince and The N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls Sega, Digital Pictures Featured at Winter CES 1993. Also featured on a Sega of America promo video. Part of the planned Virtual VCR line, of which The Colors of Modern Rock was only released. No
RBI Baseball 4 Tengen? No
Real Fighters Sega Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Possibly released under another name. No
Return to Zork Activision Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #23. Released on Saturn in 1996 only in Japan. No
Rise of the Robots JVC, Mirage Featured at Winter CES 1994. Promo video for this version was released, but the "work in progress" footage shown is from the PC version. Released for Mega Drive, Game Gear and numerous other formats. No
RoboCop Versus The Terminator Virgin Games Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released on several other platforms. No
Rocket Boy Reportedly 32X CD and Saturn versions too. No
Shadow of Atlantis Killed following Mega CD discontinuation (or 32X... I think it was meant to be a Mega CD 32X game). Sometimes known as "Nautilus". Some very fancy and expensive demo videos exist. No
Sid and Al's Incredible Tennis Dynamix Featured at Winter CES 1993. No
Space Pirates American Laser Games Featured at Winter CES 1993.[1] No
Space Quest IV Sierra No
Spectre VR Velocity Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #23. Released on PC and Mac. No
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sega Mentioned in GamePro #42 [8] No
Stellar 7 Sierra Featured at Winter CES 1993.[1] No
The Strangers Malibu Interactive EGM #59 shows a very, very early version, circa mid-1994. Likely cancelled due to Malibu Interactive closing in the same year. No
Street Fighter II Capcom Mentioned in Mean Machines #14. [9] No
Super Battletank II Absolute Entertainment Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Only released on SNES. No
Super Star Wars LucasArts Mentioned in CVG #138. [10] No
Super Strike EA Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #28. Sequel to Urban Strike, probably abandoned in favour of Soviet Strike. No
Time Cop Cryo Interactive, JVC Yes
Total Carnage THQ Featured at Winter CES 1993. No
Ultima Underworld No
World Championship Rally JVC No
World Series Baseball Sega Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Probably a port of World Series Baseball (Mega Drive). No
Ys IV: Mask of the Sun Sega Falcom No

Note: many un-released (and homebrew) US games ones have since been unofficially released by Good Deal Games.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 File:GamePro US 045.pdf, page 122
  2. ↑ File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 189
  3. ↑ File:GamePro US 057.pdf, page 100
  4. ↑ File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 80
  5. ↑ File:CDConsoles FR 04.pdf, page 78
  6. ↑ File:GamePro US 045.pdf, page 111
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 84
  8. ↑ File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 83
  9. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 14.pdf, page 11
  10. ↑ File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 12
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