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This is a list of cancelled video games, organized by system.
- Final Fantasy III available for the Famicom and Nintendo DS
- digimon tamers digimon action
- Battle Isle II available for PC
- Bureau 13 available for PC
- Dafel: Bloodline
- Frontier: First Encounters[3] (available for PC)
- Fortress of Fear
- Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria available for PC
- Golem[3]
- Hardcore moved from Amiga to Megadrive, later cancelled there too[4]
- Hard Target[5]
- Heart of Darkness available for PC and PlayStation
- King of Thieves
- NBA Jam Tournament Edition available for PC, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Jaguar, PlayStation, Saturn, Sega 32X and SNES
- Phantasmagoria[3][6] (available for PC, Mac, PlayStation and Saturn)
- Phoenix - Operation Firestorm[7][3]
- The Settlers II available for PC
- Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship available for the NES
- Space Station 3000[8]
- Where Time Stood Still available for ZX Spectrum, Atari ST and PC
- Yie-Ar Kung Fu available for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, NES and BBC Micro
- Z (available for PC, Playstation and Saturn)[9]
- Cyberwar available for PC
- Inferno available for PC
- Lost Eden available for PC, Mac, 3DO and CD-i
- MegaRace available for PC, Sega CD and 3DO
- Batman
- Batman: Return of the Joker
- Final Fantasy Extreme (a planned localization of Final Fantasy V, eventually shelved. Ted Woosley finished a translation for this before it was shelved, and that translation can be found in the Sony PlayStation compilation, Final Fantasy Anthology)
- Fireteam Rogue (An incredibly ambitious multi-genre title that had promised to provide 100+ hours of entertainment, shelved at completion because Accolade didn't think it could "make money" on the title, despite media coverage praising the game.)
- Future Zone (defunct Electro Brain project) [56]
- FX Fighter (SNES Super FX version shelved, available for PC)
- GoldenEye 007 (redesigned as a first person shooter and released on the N64)
- The Good Son: The Video Game (based on the 1993 movie from 20th Century Fox, had excessive violence and swearing, and was shelved permenately)
- Pilotwings 2
- The Shadow (information about the game can be found here. The cover art can be found here)
- Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
- Sound Fantasy (Nintendo, co-developed by Toshio Iwai, cancelled and later reimagined into SimTunes)
- Star Fox 2
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek Generations available for PC
- Steven Seagal: the Final Option (version cancelled, redesigned for PlayStation and N64 as Deadly Honor)
- Super Back to the Future: Part II (US version cancelled, released only in Japan)
- Super Mario FX (SNES Super FX version cancelled, redesigned for N64 as Super Mario 64) (Nintendo)
- Super Mario World 3
- Super Space Shuttle Project
- Super Wall Street Kid
- Vortex 2
- 1080° Snowboarding 2 (Nintendo) moved to GameCube as 1080° Avalanche
- 3Sixty
- 40 Winks
- 64 Wars (Nintendo)
- 7th Legion
- Acclaim Sports Soccer
- Ace Driver
- Actua Golf 4
- Airport Inc.
- Animaniacs Ten Pin Alley
- Assault
- Attack!
- Back to the Future 64
- BattleSport II
- Bratz
- Buggie Boogie by Nintendo and Angle Studios [57] [20] planned sequel to Stunt Race FX.
- Cabbage (Nintendo)
- Caesar's Palace
- Carnivale
- Catroots (Nintendo)
- Cavalry Battle 3000
- Chanbara Fighter
- Climber (Nintendo)
- Contra Spirits 64
- Creator
- Cubivore (Ported to GameCube)
- DD Sequencer
- Dead Ahead
- Deadly Honor
- Deer Hunter 64
- Descent by Interply, port of PC game.[21]
- DethKarz
- Derby Day
- Dezaemon DD
- Die Hard 64
- Dinosaur Planet available for GameCube as Star Fox Adventures (Nintendo)
- Dragon King: The Fighting Game (revived as Super Smash Bros.)
- Dragon Quest VII (N64 version cancelled, the game was redesigned and released for Playstation)
- Dragon Sword
- Dragon Ball Z: Indainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu (N64 version available for Saturn and PlayStation)
- DT
- EarthBound 64 (N64/64DD cancelled, project restarted years later for GBA, see Mother 3) (Nintendo)
- Echo Delta
- Emperor of the Jungle
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem available for GameCube
- Extreme Sports 64
- F-18 Super Hornet
- F1 '98 (Nintendo
- Final Fantasy 7 (due to cartridge limitations, Squaresoft moved its franchise to the Playstation[22])[58]
- Fire Emblem 64 (Nintendo)
- First Samurai 64 [59]
- Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
- Freak Boy[23] [60]
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts 64
- Glover 2 [61]
- Golgo 13
- Grand Theft Auto
- Harrier 2001
- HeroQuest 64
- Hashire Boku no Uma
- Hype: The Time Quest
- Jack and the Beanstalk (Nintendo)
- Japan Pro Golfer 64 (Nintendo)
- Jeff Gordon XS Racing
- Jest by Ocean Software[24]
- Joust 64
- Jungle Bots
- Kasparov Chess
- Kirby Air Ride (Nintendo) [25] (project transferred to Gamecube) [62]
- Looney Tunes: Space Race
- Luigi’s Mansion (project transferred to Gamecube)
- Magic Flute
- Major League Soccer
- Maker Trilogy
- Mario Artist: Sound Maker (Nintendo)
- Mega Man Legends 2 (original Mega Man Legends ported to N64 as Mega Man 64)
- Metal Gear Solid (There were old images of the N64 version, but due to the cartridge limitations, Metal Gear Solid for N64 was scrapped and Hideo Kojima continued the Playstation version.)
- Monster Dunk Developed by Mindscape.[26] [63]
- Mother 3 (See "Earthbound 64")
- NBA Showtime 2000 [64]
- NHL Blades of Steel 2000 [65]
- Nightmare Creatures II [66]
- O.D.T. (N64 version) available for PC and PlayStation [67]
- Pilotwings 64 II (Nintendo) [68]
- Pitfall [69]
- Powerslide [70]
- Project Cairo [71]
- Quest 2 [72]
- Quest for Camelot 64 [73]
- Red Baron [74]
- Renegade Racers [75]
- Resident Evil 0 available for GameCube [76]
- Rev Limit [77]
- Riqa (released as Rogue Ops for Gamecube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2) (Nintendo) [78] [79]
- Robotech: Crystal Dreams [27] [80] [81]
- Rollerball [82]
- Ronaldo Soccer [83]
- Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends [84]
- Roto Gunners [85]
- Sea-Doo HydroCross (N64 version) available for Playstation [86]
- Shadowgate Rising [87]
- SimCopter 64 [88]
- Smurfs 64 [89]
- Snowspeeder DD [90]
- South Park 2 [91]
- Space Bunnies Must Die! [92]
- Space Shuttle Project 64
- Spooky [93]
- StarFox 64 2 (moved to Nintendo GameCube as StarFox Assault)
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Super Mario 64 2 (Development was cancelled very early with only a single demo level created.) [94] [95]
- Survivor: Day One [96]
- Sydney 2000 [97]
- Teo [98]
- Test Drive Rally [99]
- Tommy Thunder [100]
- Toon Panic [101]
- Wave Race 64 2 (moved to Nintendo GameCube as Wave Race: Blue Storm)
- Twelve Tales: Conker 64 (A final beta version was completed by Rare, but it was believed to be too "kiddie" in nature. It was then completely overhauled into Conker's Bad Fur Day.)
- Ultra Combat by GT Interactive[28]
- Vortex 64
- 100 Marios[29]
- Adiboo and the Energy Thieves [102]
- Alias [103]
- Animal Crossing 2 (moved to Wii)[104]
- Area 51 available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox[105]
- Army Men: Platoon Command [106]
- Banjo-Threeie (moved to Xbox 360)
- Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [107]
- Barbie: Treasures in Time [108]
- BattleBots [109][30]
- Bratz: Formal Funk [110]
- Bulletproof Monk [111]
- Burnout 3: Takedown available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [112]
- Cabela's Dangerous Hunts Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PSP
- Crash Twinsanity available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [113]
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [114]
- Dead Phoenix [115]
- Donkey Kong Racing
- DK Bongo Blast (moved to the Wii)
- Dead Rush [116]
- Driv3r available for PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox [117]
- Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [118]
- Eye Shield 21 released on the Wii and DS[31]
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse [119]
- Funkydilla a Zoonami/Nintendo game[120]
- Game Zero[32]
- Gravity Games Bike available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox [121]
- Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix not cancelled, but available only for PSP, PS2, PS3, GBA, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Windows PC
- Jacked [122]
- Jonny Moseley Mad Trix [123]
- Juiced original was to be on GameCube, but the new company made it only for PS2 and Xbox
- Kameo: Elements of Power available for Xbox 360 [124]
- Kirby Adventure (Nintendo), a platformer which may be revived for Wii [125]
- Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble 2 (Nintendo) ALSO KNOWN AS Roll-o-Rama [126]
- The Legend of Zelda: Tetra's Trackers (Nintendo) released as a subgame of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (also a GameCube game) for the Japanese version [127]
- Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [128]
- Marionette (Nintendo) [129]
- Meowth's Party, a Pokémon demo released at the launch of the GameCube featuring Meowth and his guitar. [130] (project revived as Pokémon Channel)
- Mini Golf Mayhem [131]
- NARC available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [132]
- NFL Retro Football (Nintendo) [133]
- Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball (Nintendo) [134]
- Ohenro-San: Hosshin no Dojo
- Pterosaur
- Picassio [135]
- Pichu Bros.: Party Panic [136] (project revived as Pokémon Channel)
- Pilotwings (Nintendo) [137]
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [138]
- Rally Fusion: Race Of Champions available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [139]
- Rally Simulation [140]
- Raven Blade (formerly Rune Blade) (Nintendo) [141]
- Rebirth [142]
- Richard Burns Rally available for PC, Playstation 2 and Xbox.
- RTX Red Rock available for PlayStation 2 [143]
- Saffire [144]
- Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (available for Xbox) [145]
- Spy Hunter 2 available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [146]
- Stage Debut (Nintendo) [147]
- The Suffering available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox [148]
- Star Trek Nemesis
- Super Mario 128 some concepts used in Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii (Nintendo)[149]
- Super Monkey Ball 3 was going to have LAN support (project transferred to the Wii) [150]
- Super Paper Mario now moved to Wii
- Thornado [151]
- Thunder Rally (aka Car Combat) (Nintendo) [152]
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 [153]
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear [154]
- Too Human (project moved to the Xbox 360) (Nintendo) [155]
- Trinity: the Shatter Effect[156]
- Unity [157]
- Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal [158]
- Bang Bang Busters [36]
- Crystal Legacy (originally developed by Visco, it was later transformed into Breakers Revenge) [37]
- Dance RhythMIX (Rhythm dance game made and cancelled by ADK for technical reasons with the size of the memory capacity in Neo Geo cartridges. Screenshots of the game and rare flyers exist in the internet)[38] [39]
- Dunk Star [40]
- Fun Fun Bros. [41]
- Galaxy Fight 2 (scrapped but concepts and sketches later became Waku Waku 7, a spiritual successor to Galaxy Fight)
- GhostLop (Prototype cartridge found and dumped, only playable via emulators) [42] [43]
- Hebereke's Pair Pair Wars (also cancelled for PlayStation) [44]
- Karate Ninja Show [45]
- Kizuna Encounter Special Edition [46]
- Last Odyssey Pinball Fantasia [47]
- Mystic Wand [48]
- QP (also rumored as a cancelled Neo Geo CD title) [49]
- The Eye of Typhoon [50]
- The Warlocks of the Fates (also know as Shinryu Senki) [51]
- Diablo (available for PC and PlayStation)
- Fade to Black (available for PC and PlayStation)
- Resident Evil 2 ("First" (1996) version, aka Resident Evil 1.5. Cancelled when the game was re-done on the PlayStation in 1998)
- Shenmue (available for Dreamcast)
- Sonic Xtreme
[edit] Systems and accessories
- ^ Computer Corridor Cancelled - Computer Corridor Cancelled
- ^ - Cancelled - Impossible Game Cancelled
- ^ a b c d Every Amiga Game Ever Released [1]
- ^ Amiga Interview - Andreas Axelsson at Digital Illusions - Lemon Amiga
- ^ Amiga Nutta - Game Cancellations
- ^ Amiga Nutta - Game Cancellations
- ^ Phoenix - The Crusade - HOL Amiga database
- ^ http://www.amigaflame.com/amiist.htm Amiga Flame
- ^ content_z
- ^ IGN: 100 Bullets [Acclaim version]
- ^ The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Info - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Information - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Release Date
- ^ IGN: American Idol
- ^ Breed Cancelled - Breed Cancelled
- ^ E3 2006: Interview with SNK Playmore USA President Ben Herman ::: Kombo.com - Video Games, News, Reviews, Previews, Features, Media
- ^ Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games; Vol. 2, No.5, Page 148.
- ^ Nintendo Power, Issue 1 July/August 1988, Page 86.
- ^ Nintendo Power, Issue 1 July/August 1988, Page 87.
- ^ Game Player's Buyer's Guide to Nintendo Games; Vol. 2, No.5., Page 153
- ^ Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games Vol. 2, No. 4, page 21 advertisement for six Bandai games licensed by Nintendo, including the unreleased Wild Boys.
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 15
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 15
- ^ Gametrailers.com, Final Fantasy Retrospective Part V
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 15
- ^ Q64 (magazine) Volume 1 Spring 1998, page 106
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 15
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 15
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 15
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 99, "Ultra Combat" with 5 screen shots and discription
- ^ 100 marios Cancelled - 100 Mario's Cancelled
- ^ Battlebots Cancelled - Battlebots Cancelled
- ^ IGN: Eye Shield 21
- ^ IGN: Game Zero
- ^ Nintendo Power, volume 86, page 101 "G-Zero" with 6 screen shots and discription
- ^ Nintendo Power volume 78, page 112
- ^ Nintendo Power volume 78, page 112
- ^ [2] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [3] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [4] - Arcade History.com list
- ^ [5] - System16.com Neo-Geo master list
- ^ [http://members.tripod.com/fresa/proto/games/dunk_star.htm ] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [6] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [7] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [8] - Neo-Geo.com master list]
- ^ [9] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [10] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [11] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [12] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [13] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [14] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ [15] - System16.com Neo-Geo master list
- ^ [16] - Neo-Geo.com master list
- ^ a b c d e f PC Games That Weren't [17]
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ [18]
- ^ lemonamiga.com
- ^ hidden-palace.org
- ^ Eidolon's Inn
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ Lomas, Ed. "Sonic Team Player", Official Dreamcast Magazine [UK] issue 14 (December 2000), pp. 35.
- ^ alice.it
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ Armada 2: Star Command cancelled for all systems
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ Gamespot.com
- ^ Gamespot.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ Gamespot.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ IGN.com
- ^ IGN.com (available for PC)
- ^ Rarewhere: Limbo. Ultimate Play The Game (1999-02-09). Retrieved on 2007-05-22.
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