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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
 
|-
 
|''[[Al Unser Jnr Racing]]''
 
|[[Software Toolworks]]
 
|Featured at Summer CES 1994. {{magref|sfus|1994-07|22}}
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Aliens]]''
 
|[[Konami]]
 
|Mentioned in ''Mean Machines'' #2.{{magref|mm|2|25}}
 
|No
 
|-
 
| ''[[Andre Panza Kick Boxing]]''
 
| [[Electro Brain]]
 
| Mentioned in GamePro #33{{magref|gamepro|33|22}}; possibly became ''[[Best of the Best: Championship Karate]]''
 
| 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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[Dino Racers]]''
 
|[[Maximum Effect]], [[Codemasters]]
 
|Previewed in Mean Machines Sega #23. Started January 1994
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
 
|[[Sega]]
 
|Previewed in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #22. Apparently connected to the [[wikipedia:Doctor Who (film)|1996 TV movie]].
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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{{magref|gamepro|45|111}}.
 
| 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
 
|-
 
|''[[Hooves of Thunder]]''
 
|[[RazorSoft]]
 
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10 and GamePro #33{{magref|gamepro|33|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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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{{magref|gameplayers|0710|12}}
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Jimmy Connors Tennis]]''
 
|[[Ubi Soft]]
 
|Mentioned in GamePro #33{{magref|gamepro|33|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]].{{magref|mm|17|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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[Magician's Castle]]''
 
|[[Psygnosis]]
 
|Featured at Winter CES 1993
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Matrix]]''
 
|[[Accolade]]
 
|Featured at Summer CES 1994.
 
|No
 
|-
 
| ''[[Maverick: SFG]]''
 
| [[Sage's Creation]]
 
|Featured at Winter CES 1992 and mentioned in GamePro #33{{magref|gamepro|33|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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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
 
|-
 
|''[[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].
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Road Runner]]''
 
|[[Alexandria]]
 
|[http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Alexandria GDRI - what is their 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
 
|-
 
|''[[Search for Ramses II]]''
 
|[[Tengen]]
 
|Mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #10.
 
|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
 
|-
 
|''[[Solo Flight]]''
 
|[[Microprose]]
 
|Released for home computers. Shown at [[Winter CES 1992]].{{magref|mm|17|12}}
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[The Sporting News Virtual Soccer]]''
 
|[[Probe]], [[Hudson Soft]]
 
|{{magref|mms|34|12}}
 
|No
 
|-
 
| ''[[Technocop: The Final Mission]]''
 
|[[Razor Soft]]
 
|Planned sequel to ''[[Technocop]]'' show at Winter CES 1992{{magref|gamepro|33|24}}.
 
|-
 
|''[[Troll Adventures]]''
 
|[[American Softworks]]
 
|Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in ''[[Mean Machines Sega]]'' #23. Probably the same as ''Super Troll Islands'' on SNES. {{magref|sfus|1994-07|8}}
 
|No
 
|-
 
|''[[Wheel of Fortune 2]]''
 
|[[Gametek]]
 
|Mentioned for release in ''GamePro'' #54{{magref|gamepro|54|224}}.
 
|No
 
|}
 
 
 
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