| 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
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THQ
|
Shown in Player One #44, Console Plus #44, and Console Plus #35. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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No
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| "Amegedon" Project
|
??
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Info on this page is all that's known.
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No
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| Baby Boom
|
?? (probably STI)
|
drx released three prototype builds of this game as part of his 23 February 2008 release. Otherwise, nothing is known about it (one build has the same serial number as Eternal Champions which leads to the STI assumption).
|
Yes
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| Baby's Day Out
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Hi Tech Entertainment, Designer Software
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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Yes
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| Barbie Vacation Adventure
|
Hi Tech Entertainment, Software Creations
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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Yes
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| B-Bomb
|
Sega
|
Shown in EGM #39. More information. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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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.
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Yes
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| Bill's Tomato Game
|
Psygnosis
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons. A prototype cartridge was sold in 2009, but neither the buyer nor the seller ever dumped the ROM.
|
No
|
| The Chaos Engine 2
|
The Bitmap Brothers, Renegade Software
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
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
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| Converse Hardcore Hoops/Converse City Ball Tour
|
Virgin
|
Announced in GamePro #72 and CD Consoles #8. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
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No
|
| Cybernauts: The Next Breed
|
Accolade
|
Advertised by Accolade in the packages for some of their later games... and a lot of other places too. 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.
|
No
|
| Dando/Vasum
|
Treco
|
Advertised in magazines, but no actual info is known. (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO)
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No
|
| Davis Cup II
|
Virgin
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| 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
|
| Dominus
|
Asciiware
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| DynoBlaze
|
Bonsai, Virgin
|
A press release was released by Virgin, and is now mirrored on unseen64. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes, but not actively circulated (and is a completely different build from the one used to take the existing screenshots and footage — in fact, it might not even be correct)
|
| Elite
|
Hybrid Technology
|
Ian Bell, one of the developers of the original BBC Micro/Acorn Electron versions of Elite, released a tech demo ROM of this version of the game — but the link appears to have died. The link here, however, works. Nothing else is really known about this version; it's presumed to have not left the tech demo state.
|
Yes, but not circulating
|
| 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
|
| Fido Dido
|
Kaneko
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Fire & Ice
|
Graftgold
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
No
|
| Fireteam Rogue
|
Accolade
|
Advertised by Accolade in the packages for some of their later games... and a lot of other places too. Cancelled along with Cybernauts: The Next Breed above 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.
|
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, now called DICE, 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 still today owns the game's distribution license) to try to get the game released somehow — these appear to have gone nowhere.
|
No
|
| The Itchy and Scratchy Game
|
Acclaim, Bits
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| 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
|
| Jelly Boy
|
Ocean, Probe, Electronic Arts
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
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
|
| Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
|
FCI, New World Computing
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Mission Impossible
|
Ocean
|
Developer unknown. Shown in Joypad #44, Top Consoles #4, and Console Plus #45. Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
No
|
| Mutant League Speed Demons
|
Electronic Arts
|
Cancelled at the second to last build for unknown reasons; the only known cartridge with a prototype used RAM chips that needed to be powered by batteries — so the game is lost unless another prototype exists.
|
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)
|
| Ninja Gaiden IV
|
Sega
|
Shown in Gamefan #1. Not sure if this is the same as Ninja Gaiden above — needs investigation. Both the above ROM and this small preview come from 1992.
|
No
|
| 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
|
| Savage Heroes
|
Electronic Arts
|
Cancelled because the project was too ambitious and the developer chosen (unknown) produced a prototype that did not impress EA managers.
|
No
|
| Scrabble
|
Supervision
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Slam: Shaq vs. the Legends
|
Tiburon
|
Released by drx.
|
Yes
|
| Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
|
Kaneko
|
Advertised in magazines. Cancelled for unknown reasons. (MAGAZINE SOURCE UNVERIFIED — TODO)
|
No
|
| Sonic-16
|
STI
|
The game was intended to tie into the Sonic the Hedgehog "SatAM" cartoon, but Sonic Team head Yuji Naka disapproved. See the linked article for more details.
|
No
|
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition
|
Sega
|
Meant to be a combined Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles on a single 3MB cart. Mentioned by several magazines — see the linked article for details. drx did release two "Sonic 3C" ROMs — there is no known confirmation that these are prototypes of this game.
|
Unsure
|
| 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)
|
| Tecmo Cup
|
Tecmo, Sega
|
Not sure if this is an unreleased game or a prototype of Tecmo World Cup '92. If is unreleased, then cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Wacky Races
|
Eden
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Waterworld
|
Ocean
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| WildSnake
|
Spectrum HoloByte, Bullet-Proof Software
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| X-Women: The Sinister Virus
|
?? (presumably Clockwork Tortoise)
|
Another X-Men license. A promotional video of unknown origin and a clip from EGM #89 are all that are known about the game. It was supposedly developed by Clockwork Tortoise.
|
No
|
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
|
??
|
Not sure if this is an unreleased game or a prototype of Instruments of Chaos Starring Young Indiana Jones. If is unreleased, then cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
|
| Zombie High
|
Electronic Arts
|
Cancelled for unknown reasons.
|
Yes
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