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{| class="prettytable sortable"
 
|-
 
!Name
 
!Involved Companies
 
!Details
 
!ROM Found and Released?
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[Combat Aces]]''
 
|[[Baton Technologies]]?
 
|Cancelled due to the lack of release of the [[Teleplay Modem]]. Programmed by Chuck Peavey.
 
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[Die Hard Trilogy]]''
 
|[[Fox Interactive]]
 
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #24.
 
|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].
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
 
|[[Sega]]
 
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #22. Apparently connected to the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who (film)|1996 TV movie]].
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[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)
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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]].
 
|-
 
|''[[Karate Blazers]]''
 
|[[Mc O'River]]
 
|Arcade game. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{fileref|MeanMachines UK 17.pdf|page=12}}
 
|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
 
|-
 
|''[[Lennox Lewis Boxing]]''
 
|[[Acclaim]], [[Park Place Productions]]
 
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Park_Place_Productions GDRI - what is their source?]
 
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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}}.
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[MTV Sports: Extreme]]''
 
|[[Viacom]]
 
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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 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 Yserbius]]''
 
|[[AT&T]]
 
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
| ''[[Technocop: The Final Mission]]''
 
|[[Razor Soft]]
 
|Planned sequel to ''[[Technocop]]'' show at Winter CES 1992{{fileref|GamePro US 033.pdf|page=24}}.
 
|-
 
|''[[Theme Hospital]]''
 
|[[Bullfrog]]
 
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #32.
 
|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
 
|-
 
|''[[Wheel of Fortune 2]]''
 
|[[Gametek]]
 
|Mentioned for release in ''GamePro'' #54{{fileref|GamePro US 054.pdf|page=224}}.
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[World Cup Soccer (Acclaim)|World Cup Soccer]]''
 
|[[Acclaim]]
 
|Featured at CES 1993 and GamePro #45{{fileref|GamePro US 045.pdf|page=110}}.
 
|No
 
|}
 
 
 
=="Concept and Design Only"==
 
*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
 
 
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
[[Category:Unreleased Mega Drive games| ]]
 

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