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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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| − | | Cancelled near completion or late in development
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| − | | Cancelled early in development — but known to be playable
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| − | | One particular version unreleased
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| − | |''[[AD2001]]''/''[[Power Ball AD2001]]''
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| − | |[[HiCom]]
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| − | |[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
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| − | |''[[Akira]]''
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| − | |[[THQ]]
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| − | |[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.
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| − | |''[["Amegedon" Project]]''
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| − | |??
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| − | |[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
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| − | |''[[Baby Boom]]''
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| − | |?? (probably [[STI]])
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| − | |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 STI assumption).
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| − | |''[[Bean Ball Benny]]''
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| − | |[[Nuvision]]
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| − | |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).
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| − | |''[[Beyond Zero Tolerance]]''
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| − | |[[Technopop]]
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| − | |The sequel to ''[[Zero Tolerance]]''. Cancelled when Technopop closed down. The copyright holders eventually released a prototype ROM to the Internet.
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| − | |''[[City Heroes]]''
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| − | |[[Samsung]]
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| − | |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.
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| − | |''[[Converse Hardcore Hoops]]''/''[[Converse City Ball Tour]]''
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| − | |[[Virgin]]
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/06/19/converse-hardcore-hoops-cancelled/ Announced in GamePro #72 and CD Consoles #8.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[Cybernauts: The Next Breed]]''
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| − | |[[Accolade]]
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| − | |[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.]
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| − | |''[[Dando]]''/''[[Vasum]]''
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| − | |[[Treco]]
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| − | |[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/dandoAd.jpg Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known.] ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
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| − | |''[[Devil Buster]]''
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| − | |[[SIMS]]
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2009/03/03/devil-buster-mdg-cancelled/ Shown in the April 1993 issue of Beep!.]] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[DNAction: The New Breed]]''
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| − | |[[Accolade]]
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| − | |[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.
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| − | |''[[DynoBlaze]]''
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| − | |[[Bonsai]], [[Virgin]]
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2009/08/06/dyno-blaze-genesis-mega-drive-cancelled/ A press release was released by Virgin, and is now mirrored on unseen64.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | ||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)
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| − | |''[[Elite (Mega Drive)|Elite]]''
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| − | |[[Hybrid Technology]]
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| − | |[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.
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| − | |Yes, but not circulating
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| − | |''[[Environmental Detective]]''
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| − | |[[Magicom]]
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| − | |[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.
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| − | |''[[Explode Star]]''
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| − | |[[NCS]]
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| − | |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''')
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| − | |''[[Fire & Ice]]''
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| − | |[[Graftgold]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[Fireteam Rogue]]''
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| − | |[[Accolade]]
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| − | |[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.]
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| − | |''[[Flash Point]]''
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| − | |[[Sega]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons (presumably for the same reason ''[[Tetris]]'' was pulled from production after some copies had shipped).
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| − | |Yes
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| − | |''[[Halloween Capsule]]''
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| − | |[[Softmax]]
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| − | |[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[Hardcore]]''
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| − | |[[Digital Illusions]], [[Psygnosis]]
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| − | |[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD_oFVeYZYo&feature=player_embedded 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.]
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| − | |''[[It Came from the Desert]]''
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| − | |[[Cinemaware]], [[Electronic Arts]]
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| − | |[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]]).
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| − | |''[[Jester]]''
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| − | |[[STI]]
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| − | |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.
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| − | |''[[Jim Power: The Arcade Game]]''
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| − | |[[Loriciel]]
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| − | |Cancelled due to "financial troubles."
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| − | |Yes ([[Undumped and Incorrectly Dumped Games|but is marked as a bad dump for unknown reasons]])
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| − | |''[[Kartoon Kombat]]''
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| − | |[[Technos]]
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2009/06/12/kartoon-kombat-mega-drive-genesis-cancelled/ A damaged prototype ROM is all that is known to survive of this game.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE ON UNSEEN64 PAGE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
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| − | |''[[Keeper of the Gates]]''
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| − | |[[Razorsoft]]
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| − | |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.
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| − | |''[[Lobo]]''
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| − | |[[Ocean]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/1095 Found and dumped by SEGASaturno and released by drx.]
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| − | |Yes
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| − | |''[[Madness: House of Fun]]''
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| − | |[[Gremlin Graphics]]
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/03/09/madness-genesis-megadrive-cancelled/ Shown in Mean Machine #17 and Mega Force #17.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[Mission Impossible]]''
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| − | |[[Ocean]]
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| − | |[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.
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| − | |''[[Mutant League Speed Demons]]''
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| − | |[[Electronic Arts]]
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| − | |[http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132375&highlight=mutant+league Cancelled supposedly late in development 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.]
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| − | |''[[Monster Hunter]]''
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| − | |??
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/01/22/monster-hunter-megadrive-genesis-cancelled/ This Menacer game was only known to be shown in EGM #51.]
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| − | |''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
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| − | |[[Tecmo]], [[Sega]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |Yes (but [[Undumped and Incorrectly Dumped Games|with hacked headers]])
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| − | |''[[Pinky]]''
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| − | |[[Data Design Systems]], [[Tengen]]
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| − | |[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''')
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| − | |''[[Pit Fighter II]]''
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| − | |[[Tengen]]
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| − | |[http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=451 Shown in EGM #49.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[Popeye]]''
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| − | |[[Technos]]
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| − | |[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/06/06/popeye-genesis-mega-driv-cancelled/ Shown in Console Mania #28, Game Fun #94, and Mean Machine #17.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |''[[Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame]]''
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| − | |[[Broderbund]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/29 Found by DreamTR, dumped by jurai, and released by drx.]
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| − | |Yes
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| − | |''[[ResQ]]''
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| − | |[[Tempest]], [[Psygnosis]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | |Yes
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| − | |''[[Road Riot 4WD]]''
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| − | |[[Tengen]]
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| − | |[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.
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| − | |''[[Savage Heroes]]''
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| − | |[[Electronic Arts]]
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| − | |[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.]
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| − | |''[[Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends]]''
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| − | |[[Tiburon]]
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| − | |[http://www.hidden-palace.org/?releases/46 Released by drx.]
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| − | |''[[Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill]]''
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| − | |[[Kaneko]]
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| − | |[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1993/socksTheCatAd.jpg Advertised in magazines.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
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| − | |''[[sonic:Sonic-16|Sonic-16]]''
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| − | |[[STI]]
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| − | |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.
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| − | |''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition|Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition]]''
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| − | |[[Sega]]
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| − | |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.
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| − | |Unsure
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| − | |''[[Speed Racer]]''
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| − | |[[Accolade]]
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| − | |[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1994/speedRacerAd.jpg Advertised in magazines.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
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| − | |''[[Speedway Pro Challenge]]''
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| − | |[[Renovation Products]]
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| − | |The planned American localization of [[Human]]'s 1991 Mega Drive game ''[[Fastest 1]]''. Cancelled for unknown reasons. Box scans exist.
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| − | |''[[Stone Protectors]]''
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| − | |[[Kemco]], [[Eurocom]], [[VIC Tokai]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons. [http://nesplayer.com/prototypes/stoneprotectors/index.htm Found, dumped, and released by The NES Player.]
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| − | |''[[Swamp Thing]]''
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| − | |[[Microsmiths]], [[Nuvision]]
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| − | |Cancelled when Nuvision went under. [http://www.segaage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=49&threadid=41542 Found, dumped, and released by MrMark0673 of SegaAge.]
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| − | |Yes (but [[Undumped and Incorrectly Dumped Games|overdumped]])
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| − | |''[[X-Women: The Sinister Virus]]''
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| − | |?? (presumably [[Clockwork Tortoise]])
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| − | |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]].
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| − | |''[[Zombie High]]''
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| − | |[[Electronic Arts]]
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| − | |Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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| − | Note: the Mega Drive ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' ROM, long believed to be an unreleased port, is actually an unfinished pirate.
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