| Name
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Involved Companies
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Details
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ROM Found and Released?
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| AD2001/Power Ball AD2001
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HiCom
|
Info on this page is all that's known.
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No
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| Akira
|
THQ
|
Shown in Player One #44, Console Plus #44, and Console Plus #35. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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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
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Virgin
|
Announced in GamePro #72 and CD Consoles #8. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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No
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| Dando/Vasum
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Treco
|
Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known. (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO)
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No
|
| Devil Buster
|
SIMS
|
Shown in the April 1993 issue of Beep!.] Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
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
|
| DynoBlaze
|
Bonsai, Virgin
|
A press release was released by Virgin, and is now mirrored on unseen64. 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
|
| Hardcore
|
Digital Illusions, Psygnosis
|
Digital Illusions 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 owns the game's distribution license) to try to get the game released somehow — these appear to have gone nowhere.
|
No
|
| It Came from the Desert
|
Cinemaware, Electronic Arts
|
Cinemaware released the prototype ROM. 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 (that didn't happen).
|
Yes
|
| 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 (but is marked as a bad dump for unknown reasons)
|
| Kartoon Kombat
|
Technos
|
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)
|
No
|
| Keeper of the Gates
|
Razorsoft
|
Supposedly a sequel to the MD version of Stormlord. Shown in EGM #40 and #41. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
No
|
| Lobo
|
Ocean
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons. Found and dumped by SEGASaturno and released by drx.
|
Yes
|
| Madness: House of Fun
|
Gremlin Graphics
|
Shown in Mean Machine #17 and Mega Force #17. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
No
|
| Mission Impossible
|
Ocean
|
Developer unknown. Shown in Joypad #44, Top Consoles #4, and Console Plus #45. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
No
|
| Monster Hunter
|
??
|
This Menacer game was only known to be shown in EGM #51.
|
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
|
| Pit Fighter II
|
Tengen
|
Shown in EGM #49. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
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. Found by DreamTR, dumped by jurai, and released by drx.
|
Yes
|
| ResQ
|
Tempest, Psygnosis
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Road Riot 4WD
|
Tengen
|
Shown in Joypad magazine #7, EGM #40, and EGM #41. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
No
|
| Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends
|
Tiburon
|
Released by drx.
|
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. Found, dumped, and released by The NES Player.
|
Yes
|
| Swamp Thing
|
Microsmiths, Nuvision
|
Cancelled when Nuvision went under. Found, dumped, and released by MrMark0673 of SegaAge.
|
Yes (but overdumped)
|
| Zombie High
|
Electronic Arts
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
