Unreleased Mega-CD games

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Name	Involved Companies	Details	Dump Found and Released?
The 4th Unit: Merry Go Round	Data West	Japanese PC and FM Towns versions exist	No
Akira	THQ	Also planned for Mega Drive and Game Gear. Player One #44, Console Plus #44, Console Plus #35	No
Alexandria	Eduquest	Featured at Winter CES 1993.	No
Alien	Acclaim	Featured at CES 1993 and GamePro #45.	No
Annet Again	Wolf Team, Renovation	US release of Anetto Futatabi, shown in EGM #47. Cancelled for unknown reasons.	No
AV-8B Harrier Assault	Domark	Port of AV-8B Harrier Assault mentioned in GamePro #53.	No
Backroad Racers	Revell/Monogram	Possibly the same title as European Racers and Power Modeller. Game would have included car model kit. Mentioned in GamePro #57.	No
Battletech: Gray Death Legion	Absolute Entertainment	To be released in 1995. Folded with the company along with Saturn port.	Yes
Bug Blasters: The Exterminators	Sony Imagesoft, Stargate Entertainment	Due out in 1995.	Yes
Burning Fists	Sega	a.k.a. "Force Striker". Was to be released in 1994. Was "80% complete" before the axe, lacking a final boss and FMV problems. Also seen in EGM #49.	Yes, early version
Captain Commando	Capcom		No
Chakan			No
Channel X			No
Citizen X	Digital Pictures		Yes
Cool Spot	Virgin Games	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released on several other platforms.	No
Cool World			No
Darkside/Dark Ride	Rocket Science Games	3DO version previewed December 1994 in Games World: The Magazine. Mega CD and Saturn ports rumoured, all cancelled. Mega CD version featured at Summer CES 1994.	No
Dark Seed	Cyberdreams, Vic Tokai	Sega Saturn version exists, probably not related.	No
DynoBlaze		Also cancelled for the Mega Drive, though prototypes have been seen.	No
European Racers	Revell CD	Offered in a January 1994 EGM contest. Cancelled for unknown reasons.	No? TODO
Exterminators	Sony Imagesoft	Featured at Summer CES 1994.	No
Flashback 2	Delphine Software	Morphed into a game called Fade to Black on other platforms	No
Flying Nightmare		Reviewed by press.	No
Forgotten Worlds Deluxe		Meant to be a launch title. Or at least, very early.	No
Gallagher's Shooting Gallery	American Laser Games	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10 and GamePro #42	No
Grandia	Game Arts	Work moved to Sega Saturn after Mega CD discontinuation.	No
Harrier	Domark	Featured at Winter CES 1993.	No
Hammer vs. Evil D. in Soulfire	GTE Entertainment	video	No
Hardcore	Digital Illusions	Mega Drive version also exists. Planned for November 1994. Unlike the Mega Drive version which was "99%" completed, the Mega CD port didn't get very far.	No
Humans			No
Hyper Attax			No
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis	LucasArts, JVC	PC port. Meant to arrive in early 1994. Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10.	No
Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones	Sega	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Only released on Mega Drive.	No
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis	JVC	Featured at Summer CES 1993. Was reviewed on Sega Visions #16.	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.	No
Johnny Mnemonic	Sony Imagesoft	Was released on PC.	Yes
Journey to the Center of the Earth	Sony Imagesoft	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10, at CES 1993 and in GamePro #45	No
King's Quest V	Sierra	Mentioned in Mega Play #11 and GamePro #45.	No
Kamikaze Comics	Crystal Dynamics	Due for release in 1994. Shares a very similar plot to Comix Zone.	No
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Sunsoft, Park Place Productions	GDRI - what is their source?
Last Action Hero	Sony Imagesoft	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released for other Sega systems, though this one included pre-rendered graphics so is probably a different game entirely.	No
Leisure Suit Larry	Sierra	Mentioned in Mega Play #11.	No
Loadstar II: Showdown on Phobos	Rocket Science Games	For 1995. Probably cancelled as RSG moved away from FMV games.	No
March of Time	Sega, Digital Pictures	Featured at Winter CES 1993. Part of the planned Virtual VCR line, of which The Colors of Modern Rock was only released, but unlike the other planned Virtual VCR release Diamonds and Pearls no footage has been known to exist.	No
Metal Fang	JVC	Possibly a port of Metal Fangs to Mega-CD? Mentioned in GamePro #42	No
Mixed Up Mother Goose	Sierra On-Line	Mentioned in GamePro #42	No
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	LucasArts, JVC		No
Myst	Sunsoft	Featured at Summer CES 1994.	No
No Escape	Sony Imagesoft	Featured at Summer CES 1994 along with Mega Drive version.	No
Ookami Hei	SIMS	2D action sidescroller compatible with six button controller. Shared an artist with Devil Buster.	No
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors	Absolute Entertainment	Cancelled when Absolute died.	Yes; dump format unknown (BIN/CUE? ISO?)
Phantasy Star IV: The Return of Alis	Sega	Both Mega CD and Mega Drive ports were once in development, only the latter survived.	No
Pit Fighter 2			No
Police Quest III: The Kindred	Sierra	Mentioned in Mega Play #11.	No
Polygon Golf	Hertz	Cancelled when the studio went under.	No
Pop N Land	Takeru/Sur de Wave?	[1] Import mail-order store page in the first issue of EGM2 lists a Mega Drive release?
Power Drift	Sega	Eventually saw a home port on the Sega Saturn.	No
Power Modeling	Revell/Monogram	Mentioned in GamePro #45.	No
Prime Evil	Sony Imagesoft	Featured at Summer CES 1994.	No
Prince and the N.P.G.: Diamonds and Pearls	Sega, Digital Pictures	Featured at Winter CES 1993 and demonstrated at the event. Also featured on a Sega of America product reel shown there. Part of the planned Virtual VCR line, of which The Colors of Modern Rock was only released.	No
RBI Baseball 4	Tengen?		No
Real Fighters	Sega	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Possibly released under another name.	No
Return to Zork	Activision	Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #23. Released on Saturn in 1996 only in Japan.	No
Rise of the Robots	JVC, Mirage, Data Design Interactive	Featured at Winter CES 1994. Promo video for this version was released, but the "work in progress" footage shown is from the PC version. Released for Mega Drive, Game Gear and numerous other formats. Mega Drive version's staff roll has a "MEGA DRIVE AND MEGA-CD PROGRAMMING" credit to the same person, so it's likely this port would've been similar to the MD version.	No
RoboCop Versus The Terminator	Virgin Games	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released on several other platforms.	No
Rocket Boy		Reportedly 32X CD and Saturn versions too.	No
Shadow of Atlantis		Killed following Mega CD discontinuation (or 32X... I think it was meant to be a Mega CD 32X game). Sometimes known as "Nautilus". Some very fancy and expensive demo videos exist.	No
Sid and Al's Incredible Tennis	Dynamix	Featured at Winter CES 1993.	No
Space Pirates	American Laser Games	Featured at Winter CES 1993.	No
Space Quest IV	Sierra		No
Spectre VR	Velocity	Announced at Summer CES 1994, mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #23. Released on PC and Mac.	No
Star Trek: The Next Generation	Sega	Mentioned in GamePro #42	No
Stellar 7	Sierra	Featured at Winter CES 1993.	No
The Strangers	Malibu Interactive	EGM #59 shows a very, very early version, circa mid-1994. Likely cancelled due to Malibu Interactive closing in the same year.	No
Street Fighter II	Capcom	Mentioned in Mean Machines #14.	No
Super Battletank II	Absolute Entertainment	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Only released on SNES.	No
Super Star Wars	LucasArts	Mentioned in CVG #138.	No
Super Strike	EA	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #28. Sequel to Urban Strike, probably abandoned in favour of Soviet Strike.	No
Time Cop	Cryo Interactive, JVC		Yes
Total Carnage	THQ	Featured at Winter CES 1993.	No
Ultima Underworld			No
World Championship Rally	JVC		No
World Series Baseball	Sega	Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Probably a port of World Series Baseball (Mega Drive).	No
Ys IV: Mask of the Sun	Sega Falcom		No

Note: many un-released (and homebrew) US games ones have since been unofficially released by Good Deal Games.