Difference between revisions of "Unreleased Mega Drive games"

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!Involved Companies
 
!Involved Companies
 
!Details
 
!Details
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!ROM Found?
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!ROM Found and Released?
 
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|''[[AD2001]]''/''[[Power Ball AD2001]]''
 
|''[[AD2001]]''/''[[Power Ball AD2001]]''
 
|[[HiCom]]
 
|[[HiCom]]
−
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] A prototype has yet to be found.
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|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Akira]]''
 
|''[[Akira]]''
 
|[[THQ]]
 
|[[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. A prototype has yet to be found.
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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.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[["Amegedon" Project]]''
 
|''[["Amegedon" Project]]''
 
|??
 
|??
−
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] A prototype has yet to be found.
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|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.]
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Bean Ball Benny]]''
 
|''[[Bean Ball Benny]]''
 
|[[Nuvision]]
 
|[[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). A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|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).
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Beyond Zero Tolerance]]''
 
|''[[Beyond Zero Tolerance]]''
 
|[[Technopop]]
 
|[[Technopop]]
 
|The sequel to ''[[Zero Tolerance]]''. Cancelled when Technopop closed down. The copyright holders eventually released a prototype ROM to the Internet.
 
|The sequel to ''[[Zero Tolerance]]''. Cancelled when Technopop closed down. The copyright holders eventually released a prototype ROM to the Internet.
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[City Heroes]]''
 
|''[[City Heroes]]''
 
|[[Samsung]]
 
|[[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. The ROM has yet to be found.
+
|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
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Converse Hardcore Hoops]]''/''[[Converse City Ball Tour]]''
 
|''[[Converse Hardcore Hoops]]''/''[[Converse City Ball Tour]]''
 
|[[Virgin]]
 
|[[Virgin]]
−
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/06/19/converse-hardcore-hoops-cancelled/ Announced in GamePro #72 and CD Consoles #8.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found.
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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.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Dando]]''
 
|''[[Dando]]''
 
|[[Treco]]
 
|[[Treco]]
 
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/dandoAd.jpg Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known.] ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
 
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/19891990/dandoAd.jpg Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known.] ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[DNAction: The New Breed]]''
 
|''[[DNAction: The New Breed]]''
 
|[[Accolade]]
 
|[[Accolade]]
−
|[ Shown in Games World #1, Banzzai Magazine #21, GamePro #56, and Player One #4.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|[ Shown in Games World #1, Banzzai Magazine #21, GamePro #56, and Player One #4.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Environmental Detective]]''
 
|''[[Environmental Detective]]''
 
|[[Magicom]]
 
|[[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. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|[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
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Explode Star]]''
 
|''[[Explode Star]]''
 
|[[NCS]]
 
|[[NCS]]
 
|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''')
 
|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''')
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Fire & Ice]]''
 
|''[[Fire & Ice]]''
 
|[[Graftgold]]
 
|[[Graftgold]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Flash Point]]''
 
|''[[Flash Point]]''
 
|[[Sega]]
 
|[[Sega]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons (presumably for the same reason ''[[Tetris]]'' was pulled from production after some copies had shipped). A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons (presumably for the same reason ''[[Tetris]]'' was pulled from production after some copies had shipped).
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Halloween Capsule]]''
 
|''[[Halloween Capsule]]''
 
|[[Softmax]]
 
|[[Softmax]]
−
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/korea/specials/special-lost2.htm Info on this page is all that's known.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Jester]]''
 
|''[[Jester]]''
 
|[[STI]]
 
|[[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. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|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
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Jim Power: The Arcade Game]]''
 
|''[[Jim Power: The Arcade Game]]''
 
|[[Loriciel]]
 
|[[Loriciel]]
−
|Cancelled due to "financial troubles". A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled due to "financial troubles."
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Lobo]]''
 
|''[[Lobo]]''
 
|[[Ocean]]
 
|[[Ocean]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
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|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Madness: House of Fun]]''
 
|''[[Madness: House of Fun]]''
 
|[[Gremlin Graphics]]
 
|[[Gremlin Graphics]]
−
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/03/09/madness-genesis-megadrive-cancelled/ Shown in Mean Machine #17 and Mega Force #17.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|[http://www.unseen64.net/2010/03/09/madness-genesis-megadrive-cancelled/ Shown in Mean Machine #17 and Mega Force #17.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
 
|''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''
 
|[[Tecmo]], [[Sega]]
 
|[[Tecmo]], [[Sega]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|Yes (but [[Undumped and Incorrectly Dumped Games|with hacked headers]])
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Pinky]]''
 
|''[[Pinky]]''
 
|[[Data Design Systems]], [[Tengen]]
 
|[[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). A prototype has yet to be found. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
+
|[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]]''
 
|''[[Popeye]]''
 
|[[Technos]]
 
|[[Technos]]
−
|[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. A prototype has yet to be found.
+
|[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.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame]]''
 
|''[[Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame]]''
 
|[[Broderbund]]
 
|[[Broderbund]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[ResQ]]''
 
|''[[ResQ]]''
 
|[[Tempest]], [[Psygnosis]]
 
|[[Tempest]], [[Psygnosis]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Socks the Cat]]''
 
|''[[Socks the Cat]]''
 
|[[Kaneko]]
 
|[[Kaneko]]
−
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1993/socksTheCatAd.jpg Advertised in magazines.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
+
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1993/socksTheCatAd.jpg Advertised in magazines.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Speed Racer]]''
 
|''[[Speed Racer]]''
 
|[[Accolade]]
 
|[[Accolade]]
−
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1994/speedRacerAd.jpg Advertised in magazines.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype has yet to be found. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
+
|[http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/images/1994/speedRacerAd.jpg Advertised in magazines.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. ('''MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO''')
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Speedway Pro Challenge]]''
 
|''[[Speedway Pro Challenge]]''
 
|[[Renovation Products]]
 
|[[Renovation Products]]
 
|The planned American localization of [[Human]]'s 1991 Mega Drive game ''[[Fastest 1]]''. Cancelled for unknown reasons. Box scans exist.
 
|The planned American localization of [[Human]]'s 1991 Mega Drive game ''[[Fastest 1]]''. Cancelled for unknown reasons. Box scans exist.
 +
|No
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Stone Protectors]]''
 
|''[[Stone Protectors]]''
 
|[[Kemco]], [[Eurocom]], [[VIC Tokai]]
 
|[[Kemco]], [[Eurocom]], [[VIC Tokai]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Swamp Thing]]''
 
|''[[Swamp Thing]]''
 
|[[Microsmiths]], [[Nuvision]]
 
|[[Microsmiths]], [[Nuvision]]
−
|Cancelled when Nuvision went under. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled when Nuvision went under.
 +
|Yes (but [[Undumped and Incorrectly Dumped Games|overdumped]])
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[Zombie High]]''
 
|''[[Zombie High]]''
 
|[[Electronic Arts]]
 
|[[Electronic Arts]]
−
|Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype ROM circulates around the Internet.
+
|Cancelled for unknown reasons.
 +
|Yes
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}

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Over the course of the Sega Mega Drive's lifetime, a number of games went unreleased:

Name Involved Companies Details ROM Found and Released?
AD2001/Power Ball AD2001 HiCom Info on this page is all that's known. No
Akira THQ Shown in Player One #44, Console Plus #44, and Console Plus #35. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
"Amegedon" Project ?? Info on this page is all that's known. No
Bean Ball Benny Nuvision 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). No
Beyond Zero Tolerance Technopop The sequel to Zero Tolerance. Cancelled when Technopop closed down. The copyright holders eventually released a prototype ROM to the Internet. Yes
City Heroes Samsung All that's known comes from 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
Converse Hardcore Hoops/Converse City Ball Tour Virgin Announced in GamePro #72 and CD Consoles #8. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Dando Treco Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known. (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO) No
DNAction: The New Breed Accolade [ Shown in Games World #1, Banzzai Magazine #21, GamePro #56, and Player One #4.] Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Environmental Detective Magicom Shown in some issue of Mean Machine (TODO FIND OUT WHICH). Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Explode Star NCS The Japanese release of Trampoline Terror!. Cancelled for unknown reasons. Promotional fliers were distributed before the game was cancelled. (FLIER DISTRIBUTION METHOD UNVERIFIED — TODO) No
Fire & Ice Graftgold Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Flash Point Sega Cancelled for unknown reasons (presumably for the same reason Tetris was pulled from production after some copies had shipped). Yes
Halloween Capsule Softmax Info on this page is all that's known. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Jester STI A rather elusive game; very little is known about it (though SOA did advertise it). Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Jim Power: The Arcade Game Loriciel Cancelled due to "financial troubles." Yes
Lobo Ocean Cancelled for unknown reasons. Yes
Madness: House of Fun Gremlin Graphics Shown in Mean Machine #17 and Mega Force #17. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Ninja Gaiden Tecmo, Sega Cancelled for unknown reasons. Yes (but with hacked headers)
Pinky Data Design Systems, Tengen Advertised in magazines. Cancelled for unknown reasons (there are guesses as to what the reason is). (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO) No
Popeye Technos Shown in Console Mania #28, Game Fun #94, and Mean Machine #17. Cancelled for unknown reasons. No
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame Broderbund Cancelled for unknown reasons. Yes
ResQ Tempest, Psygnosis Cancelled for unknown reasons. Yes
Socks the Cat Kaneko Advertised in magazines. Cancelled for unknown reasons. (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO) No
Speed Racer Accolade Advertised in magazines. Cancelled for unknown reasons. (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO) No
Speedway Pro Challenge Renovation Products The planned American localization of Human's 1991 Mega Drive game Fastest 1. Cancelled for unknown reasons. Box scans exist. No
Stone Protectors Kemco, Eurocom, VIC Tokai Cancelled for unknown reasons. Yes
Swamp Thing Microsmiths, Nuvision Cancelled when Nuvision went under. Yes (but overdumped)
Zombie High Electronic Arts Cancelled for unknown reasons. Yes

Note: the Mega Drive Command & Conquer ROM, long believed to be an unreleased port, is actually an unfinished pirate.

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