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#REDIRECT [[List of unreleased Saturn games]]
|-
 
!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]]?
 
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/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. [http://www.sega-saturn.net/chelnov/chelnov.htm 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 Studios]]
 
|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 (Saturn)|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 (Saturn)|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]]
 
|[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5541431165320591367 video (source unknown)]
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Firo & Klawd]]''
 
|
 
|
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Fighting Force]]''
 
|[[Core Design]], [[Sega]], [[Eidos Interactive]]
 
|Disputes led this to skip the Saturn completely.
 
|Yes (early proto) / No (finished version)
 
|-
 
|''[[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 (company)|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]]?
 
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/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 (Saturn)|NCAA Football]]''
 
|
 
|
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Ninja (Saturn)|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 (Saturn)|Rayman 2]]''
 
|
 
|
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Rebellion]]''
 
|
 
|
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Re-Loaded]]''
 
|[[Gremlin Interactive]]
 
|Spring 1996. PlayStation version released later in the year. Saturn version 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
 
|-
 
|''[[Shutokou Battle Gaiden: Super Technic Challenge]]''
 
|[[Minato Giken]], [[Genki]]?
 
|
 
|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 (Saturn)|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
 
|-
 
|''[[Topps MVP Baseball '96]]''
 
|[[Data East]], [[BlueSky Software]]
 
|Announced for both Saturn and PlayStation, but the project was pushed back repeatedly until both were scrapped. [http://rncsports.blogspot.com/2009/09/topps-first-and-only-attempt-on-video.html Advertised in ''Electronic Game Monthly''.] Apparently, when Data East scrapped their sports projects, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100317214616/http://dataeastgames.com/?page_id=146 they were sold to] [[Psygnosis]]...
 
|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 (Saturn)|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
 
|}
 
 
 
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