Unreleased Mega-CD games

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Name Involved Companies Details Dump Found and Released?
Akira THQ Also planned for Mega Drive and Game Gear. Player One #44, Console Plus #44, Console Plus #35 No
Alexandria (Mega-CD) Eduquest Featured at Winter CES 1993. No
Alien Acclaim Featured at CES 1993 and GamePro #45[1]. 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.[2] No
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
Channel X No
Cool Spot Virgin Games Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10. Released on several other platforms. 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
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
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[3] 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
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
Journey to the Center of the Earth Sony Imagesoft Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #10, at CES 1993 and in GamePro #45[4] No
King's Quest V Sierra Mentioned in Mega Play #11 and GamePro #45[1]. 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
Metal Fang JVC Possibly a port of Metal Fangs to Mega-CD? Mentioned in GamePro #42[5] No
Mixed Up Mother Goose Sierra On-Line Mentioned in GamePro #42[5] No
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge LucasArts, JVC 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
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 Modeling Revell/Monogram Mentioned in GamePro #45[1]. No
Presence: Nostalgia II Sur de Wave Previewed in Beep Mega Drive[6]. No
Prime Evil Sony Imagesoft Featured at Summer CES 1994. 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
Sid and Al's Incredible Tennis Dynamix Featured at Winter CES 1993. No
Space Pirates American Laser Games Featured at Winter CES 1993.[1] 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[7] No
Stellar 7 Sierra Featured at Winter CES 1993.[1] 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.[8] 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.[9] No
Super Strike EA Mentioned in Mean Machines Sega #28. Sequel to Urban Strike, probably abandoned in favour of Soviet Strike. No
Total Carnage THQ Featured at Winter CES 1993. 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
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 File:GamePro US 045.pdf, page 122
  2. ↑ File:GamePro US 057.pdf, page 100
  3. ↑ File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 80
  4. ↑ File:GamePro US 045.pdf, page 111
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 84
  6. ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1992-09.pdf, page 125
  7. ↑ File:GamePro US 042.pdf, page 83
  8. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 14.pdf, page 11
  9. ↑ File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 12
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