list of cancelled video games

 

This is a list of cancelled video games, organized by system.

3DO

• Rockman X3 available for SNES, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and as part of Mega Man X Collection
• The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime (3DO version) available for Mac OS and Playstation
• McKenzie & Co (3DO version) available for PC

Amstrad

CPC

• Dalek Attack
• Mega Twins
• The NeverEnding Story 2
• Project: Stealth Fighter
• Rimrunner
• RoboCop 3
• Street Fighter II
• The Amazing Spider-Man
• The Punisher
• Tilt
• Toki
• Where Time Stood Still

GX4000

• Chase HQ
• Double Dragon
• Shadow Warriors
• Robocop 1
• Batman - The Caped Crusader
• S.D.I.
• Pro Tennis Tour 2
• OutRun
• Mean Streets
• Klax Plus|Klax +
• Kick Off
• Kick Off 2
• Gazza's Superstar Soccer
• Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters

Arcade

• Asylum
• Capcom Fighting All-Stars
• Chimera Beast
• GunBeat
• Hebereke's Pair Pair Wars
• Judge Dredd
• Magic: The Gathering Armageddon
• Marble Madness 2
• Metal Maniax
• Primal Rage 2
• Tattoo Assassins
• Tenth Degree
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Wave Net
• Gremlins
• Star Fox Assault
• Lemmings
• Multi-player Missile Command sequel
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker sequel
• Kenju

Atari

2600

• 9 to 5
• The A-Team
• Ballblazer
• Blow Out
• Combat 2
• Computer Corridor (started out as an original concept by Ron Surratt and Jane Terjung called Computer Revenge)^{[citation needed]}
• Count's Castle (the "missing" CCW title)
• The Impossible Game^{[citation needed]}
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• The Entity
• Planet of the Apes
• Mark of the Mole
• Mission Omega
• Monkey Business
• Scavenger Hunt
• Shogun Assassin
• Snark
• Solo
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Revenge of the Jedi - Game I
• Revenge of the Jedi - Game II
• Swordquest: Airworld^{[citation needed]}
• Tempest available in arcades and for PC (Microsoft Arcade)
• Untitled David Crane Motorcycle Game^{[citation needed]}
• Xevious available in arcades, many home computers, and NES (which was also emulated on Classic NES Series and Star Fox: Assault)

5200

• Omega Race
• Superman III
• Cloak&Dagger

7800

• Pit-Fighter
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Lynx

• Alien vs. Predator
• Ninja Gaiden 2 (Ninja Gaiden I and III were released)
• 720 Skateboarding
• Rolling Thunder

Jaguar

• Batman Forever

ST

• Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship available for the NES

Bandai

WonderSwan

• Raku Jong

WonderSwan Color

• Final Fantasy III available for the Famicom and Nintendo DS

ColecoVision

• Moon Patrol
• Pac-Man

Commodore

64

• Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship available for the NES

Amiga

• Battle Isle II available for PC
• Bureau 13 available for PC
• Frontier: First Encounters [3] available for PC
• Fortress of Fear
• Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria available for PC
• Golem [4]
• Hardcore moved from Amiga to Megadrive, later cancelled there too [5]
• Hard Target [6]
• 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 [7] [8] available for PC, Mac, PlayStation and Saturn
• Phoenix - Operation Firestorm [9] [10]
• The Settlers II available for PC
• Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship available for the NES
• Space Station 3000 [11]
• 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 [12]

CD32

• 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

Microsoft

Xbox

• 100 Bullets [13]
• Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies [14]
• American Idol available for Playstation 2 [15]
• Apocalyptica [16]
• Back Pedal [17]
• Ballistics [18]
• Battlefield 1942 available for PC[19]
• Black 9 [20]
• Black & White available for PC [21]
• [22]
• ^{[citation needed]}
• Breed^{[citation needed]}
• Bulletproof Monk [23]
• Bully available for PlayStation 2 [24]
• Captain Blood [25]
• Club Football 2006 [26]
• Cold Winter available for PlayStation 2 [27]
• Comanche [28]
• Comanche 4 available for PC [29]
• Ghost Rider available for PlayStation 2
• King of Fighters 94: Re-Bout According to the president of SNK, the bugs in the online component were not removed completely and also that they keep missing the deadline of when to market the game. They missed the holiday season, etc...[30]

• Mega Man X Collection Available for Gamecube and PS2^{[citation needed]}
• NFL Quarterback Club 2003 [31]
• Nicktoons Unite![32]
• Orchid [33]
• Over The Top^{[citation needed]}
• Perfect Dark Zero available for Xbox 360^{[citation needed]}
• Phoenix^{[citation needed]}
• Pumpkin Man^{[citation needed]}
• Pac-Man World Rally Available for PS2, Gamecube, PSP and PC^{[citation needed]}
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow Available for PS2 and PC
• Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku ^{[citation needed]}
• StarCraft: Ghost [34]
• Starship Troopers^{[citation needed]}
• State of Emergency 2 [35]
• Stung! [36]
• Sudeki 2 [37]
• [38]
• Strident [39]
• Taxi Driver[40]
• [41]
• The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot
• The Fast and The Furious [42]
• [43]
• Title Defense^{[citation needed]}
• Toxic Bunny 2^{[citation needed]}
• TransWorld Skateboarding^{[citation needed]}
• [44]
• True Fantasy Live Online [45]
• Twin Caliber [46]
• U.S. Open 2003 [47]
• The Unseen [48]
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst [49]
• V.I.P. [50]
• Vijay Singh Pro Golf 2005^{[citation needed]}
• Wave Rally [51]
• Worlds Scariest Police Chases^{[citation needed]}
• WWE Crush Hour [52]
• The X-Files: Resist or Serve available for PlayStation 2 [53]
• X Games Snowboarding 2 [54]
• ^{[citation needed]}

Xbox 360

• Bratz Babyz
• Demonik^{[citation needed]}
• Fear & Respect^{[citation needed]}
• Frame City Killer
• Killing Day
• Scarface: The World Is Yours
• The Sopranos^{[citation needed]}

Nintendo

NES

• A Boy and His Blob 2: In GamePro's Pronews Report of Sept. 90 (pg 34): "Absolute Entertainment is readying a follow-up to A Boy and His Blob that features a very different look." ^{[citation needed]}
• Ace Harding: Lost in Las Vegas available for Game Boy Color^{[citation needed]}
• Addams Family Animation^{[citation needed]}
• Adventure of the Trolls^{[citation needed]}
• Aigina's Prophecy^{[citation needed]}
• Airball^{[citation needed]}
• Airhawk^{[citation needed]}
• Aliens vs. Predator^{[citation needed]}
• An American Tale: Fievel Goes West (NES version) available for SNES^{[citation needed]}
• Arcadia VI^{[citation needed]}
• Arcana (NES version) available for SNES^{[citation needed]}
• Armadillo (US release)^{[citation needed]}
• Asterix the Gaul (US release)^{[citation needed]}
• Atomic Robo-Kid (NES version) available for arcade and Sega Genesis^{[citation needed]}
• Baby Gangster^{[citation needed]}
• Backgammon^{[citation needed]}
• Barbarian (NES version) available for Commodore 64 and PC^{[citation needed]}
• Barbie Fashion Designer^{[citation needed]}
• Bashi Bazook, Morphoid Masher by Jaleco.^[1]
• Battle Tech^{[citation needed]}
• Battlefields of Napoleon available for Apple II and C64.^{[citation needed]}
• Beauty and the Beast (NES version) available for SNES^{[citation needed]}
• Beyond Shadowgate (NES version) available for Turbo Duo^{[citation needed]}
• Big Mouth Bass^{[citation needed]}
• Big Nose Witch Dr^{[citation needed]}
• Bio Force Ape^{[citation needed]}
• Black Bass II^{[citation needed]}
• Black Tiger (NES version) available for arcade^{[citation needed]}
• Blockout^{[citation needed]}
• The Brainies (NES version) available for SNES^{[citation needed]}
• Bruce Lee Lives^{[citation needed]}
• Buster Brothers^{[citation needed]}
• Buzz & Waldog^{[citation needed]}
• California Raisins: The Grape Escape^{[citation needed]}
• Card Sharks^{[citation needed]}
• Cat Runner^{[citation needed]}
• Chester Field^{[citation needed]}
• Chip's Challenge (NES version) available for Lynx and PC^{[citation needed]}
• CJ's Elephant Antics^{[citation needed]}
• Code Blue^{[citation needed]}
• Congo's Caper (NES version) available for SNES^{[citation needed]}
• Cosmo Fighter^{[citation needed]}
• Crash 'n the Boys: Ice Challenge^{[citation needed]}
• Crater Maze^{[citation needed]}
• Crystal Passage^{[citation needed]}
• Cue Stick^{[citation needed]}
• Cycle Shooting^{[citation needed]}
• Daemon's Quest^{[citation needed]}
• Daemon Wars^{[citation needed]}
• Darkwing Duck 2^{[citation needed]}
• Dennis the Menace^{[citation needed]}
• Dewey the Dolphin^{[citation needed]}
• Dino-Hockey^{[citation needed]}
• Dizzy Pinball^{[citation needed]}
• Donkey Kong Jr. no Sansuu Asobi^{[citation needed]}
• Drac's Night Out^{[citation needed]}
• Dragon Tale^{[citation needed]}
• Dragon Wars^{[citation needed]}
• Dream Team 3-on-3 Challenge^{[citation needed]}
• DreamWorld Pogie^{[citation needed]}
• Eon Man^{[citation needed]}
• Escape from Atlantis^{[citation needed]}
• Euro Cup Soccer^{[citation needed]}
• F-1 Hero 2^{[citation needed]}
• Fastest Lap available for Game Boy^{[citation needed]}
• Fighting Simulator World Champ^{[citation needed]}
• Final Fantasy IV^{[citation needed]}
• Firehawk^{[citation needed]}
• The Flash^{[citation needed]}
• Glove Pilot^{[citation needed]}
• Go! Dizzy Go!^{[citation needed]}
• Grid Grabber^{[citation needed]}
• Gun Smoke 2^{[citation needed]}
• Happily Ever After (aka Snow White)^{[citation needed]}
• Happy Camper^{[citation needed]}
• Hard Drivin'^{[citation needed]}
• Hat Trick available for arcade^{[citation needed]}
• Hit the Ice available for arcade^{[citation needed]}
• Hellraiser^{[citation needed]}
• Hudson's Space Adventure^{[citation needed]}
• Inspector Gadget available for SNES^{[citation needed]}
• Jack and the Beanstalk^{[citation needed]}
• John Madden Football^{[citation needed]}
• Legend of Hero Tonma available for PC-Engine^{[citation needed]}
• Licence to Kill^{[citation needed]}
• Lord of Lightning^{[citation needed]}
• Manipulator Glove Adventure^{[citation needed]}
• Magic Candle (NES version) available for PC^{[citation needed]}
• Magic of Scheherazade II^{[citation needed]}
• Mariner's Run^{[citation needed]}
• Married... with Children^{[citation needed]}
• Master Thief Sugar (aka Secret Ties)^{[citation needed]}
• Matchbox Racers^{[citation needed]}
• Mech Warriors^{[citation needed]}
• Metal Man^{[citation needed]}
• Mig 29 Hunter^{[citation needed]}
• Mike Ditka Big Play Football^{[citation needed]}
• Mini Putt^{[citation needed]}
• Monster Truck Rodeo^{[citation needed]}
• New Kids on the Block^{[citation needed]}
• Ongaku Asobi^{[citation needed]}
• Police Academy^{[citation needed]}
• Popeye no Eigo Asobi^{[citation needed]}
• Power Pad Football^{[citation needed]}
• Predator 2^{[citation needed]}
• The Price is Right^{[citation needed]}
• Putt Master^{[citation needed]}
• Return of Donkey Kong^{[citation needed]}
• Ring Raiders^{[citation needed]}
• Rocky^{[citation needed]}
• Rodan^{[citation needed]}
• Seiken Densetsu: The Emergence of Excalibur^{[citation needed]}
• Shadowgate 3^{[citation needed]}
• Shogun Maeda^{[citation needed]}
• SimCity available for Super NES^{[citation needed]}
• Sir Eric the Bold^{[citation needed]}
• Snake Rattle 'n' Roll 2^{[citation needed]}
• by Seika^[2]
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier^{[citation needed]}
• Street Battle^{[citation needed]}
• Street Fighter II available for Super NES^{[citation needed]}
• Sunman^{[citation needed]}
• Super James Pond^{[citation needed]}
• Super Password^{[citation needed]}
• Super Pitfall II^{[citation needed]}
• Super Square Deal^{[citation needed]}
• Super Sushi Pinball^{[citation needed]}
• Talking Super Password^{[citation needed]}
• Thomas the Tank Engine available for Super NES^{[citation needed]}
• Triumph^{[citation needed]}
• Trivial Pursuit^{[citation needed]}
• Turrican^{[citation needed]}
• Twin Peaks^{[citation needed]}
• U-Force Power Games^{[citation needed]}
• Ultimate Journey^{[citation needed]}
• Urban Convoy^{[citation needed]}
• U.S.M.C. Harrier^{[citation needed]}
• Vanilla Ice^{[citation needed]}
• War on Wheels^{[citation needed]}
• Web World^{[citation needed]}
• Wild Boys by Bandai.^[3]
• Wonderland Dizzy^{[citation needed]}
• Xybots^{[citation needed]}
• Zeta Gundam^{[citation needed]}

SNES

• Æon Flux (redesigned and later released as Phantom 2040 for SNES)^{[citation needed]}
• Apocalypse II^{[citation needed]}
• Batman: Revenge of the Joker^{[citation needed]}
• Dream(later reformed in to Banjo-Kazooie)
• Final Fantasy Extreme (A planned localization of Final Fantasy V, eventually shelved)
• FX Fighter (SNES Super FX version shelved, available for PC)
• GoldenEye 007 (redesigned as a first person shooter and released on the N64)
• Green Lantern^{[citation needed]}
• Kid Icarus^{[citation needed]}
• ^{[citation needed]}
• Sengoku^{[citation needed]}
• The Shadow (information about the game can be found here. The cover art can be found here)
• ShadowHawk^{[citation needed]}
• Shadowrun 2^{[citation needed]}
• Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
• Sound Fantasy (Nintendo, co-developed by Toshio Iwai, cancelled and later reimagined into SimTunes)
• Special Tee Shot (Nintendo)^{[citation needed]}
• Star Fox 2 (SNES Super FX version shelved, gameplay elements salvaged for Star Fox Command, perhaps the most notorious cancelled game of all time, most of the game is playable via emulation) (Nintendo)^{[citation needed]}
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Star Trek: Generations
• Steven Seagal is the Final Option (version cancelled, redesigned for N64 as Final Honor)
• Superman^{[citation needed]}
• Super Mario FX (SNES Super FX version cancelled, redesigned for N64 as Super Mario 64) (Nintendo)
• Super Smash Bros. (SNES Super FX version cancelled, redesigned for N64)^{[citation needed]}
• Timecop^{[citation needed]}

Nintendo 64 and 64DD

• 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!
• BattleSport II
• Bratz
• Buggie Boogie
• 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 (formerly Steven Seagal is the Final Option for SNES)^{[citation needed]}
• Deer Hunter 64
• DethKarz
• Derby Day
• Dezaemon DD
• Die Hard 64
• Dinosaur Planet available for GameCube as Star Fox Adventures (Nintendo)
• Dragon King
• 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
• Fire Emblem 64 (Nintendo)
• First Samurai 64 [55]
• Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge
• Final Fantasy 7
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts 64
• Glover 2 [56]
• Golgo 13
• Grand Theft Auto
• Harrier 2001
• Hashire Boku no Uma
• Jack and the Beanstalk (Nintendo)
• Japan Pro Golfer 64 (Nintendo)
• Jeff Gordon XS Racing
• Jest
• Joust 64
• Jungle Bots
• Jungle Emperor Leo (Nintendo)^{[citation needed]}
• Kameo: Elements of Power available for Xbox 360
• Kasparov Chess
• Kirby Air Ride (Nintendo) (project transferred to Gamecube)
• Looney Tunes: Space Race
• Luigi’s Mansion (project transferred to Gamecube)
• Magic Flute
• Major League Soccer
• Maker Trilogy
• Mario Artist: Sound Maker (Nintendo)
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (project transferred to PlayStation 2)^{[citation needed]}
• 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.)
• Mini Racers (Nintendo)^{[citation needed]}
• ^{[citation needed]}
• Momotarou Festival^{[citation needed]}
• Monster Dunk^{[citation needed]}
• Montezuma's Return^{[citation needed]}
• Mortal Kombat: Special Forces (N64 version) available for PlayStation^{[citation needed]}
• Mother 3 (See "Earthbound 64")
• NBA Showtime 2000 [57]
• NHL Blades of Steel 2000 [58]
• Nightmare Creatures II [59]
• O.D.T. (N64 version) available for PC and PlayStation [60]
• Onimusha (project transferred to PlayStation 2)^{[citation needed]}
• Pilotwings 64 II (Nintendo) [61]
• Pitfall [62]
• Powerslide [63]
• Project Cairo [64]
• Pokémon Colosseum (N64 version) available for GameCube^{[citation needed]}
• Prince of Persia 3D (N64 version) available for Dreamcast and PC^{[citation needed]}
• Quest 2 [65]
• Quest for Camelot 64 [66]
• Red Baron [67]
• Renegade Racers [68]
• Resident Evil 0 available for GameCube [69]
• Rev Limit [70]
• Riqa (released as Rogue Ops for Gamecube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2) (Nintendo) [71] [72]
• Robotech: Crystal Dreams [73]
• Rollerball [74]
• Ronaldo Soccer [75]
• Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends [76]
• Roto Gunners [77]
• Sea-Doo HydroCross (N64 version) available for Playstation [78]
• Shadowgate Rising [79]
• SimCopter 64 [80]
• Sin and Punishment (English version. Was later released in America for the Wii's Virtual Console)
• Smurfs 64 [81]
• Snowspeeder DD [82]
• South Park 2 [83]
• Space Bunnies Must Die [84]
• Spooky [85]
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• Super Mario 64 2 (Development was cancelled very early with only a single demo level created.) [86] [87]
• Super Mario RPG 2 (Couldn't be made due to Nintendo and Square breaking up. Later became Paper Mario)
• [88]
• Sydney 2000 [89]
• Tak and the Power of Juju (available on Gamecube and Xbox)^{[citation needed]}
• Teo [90]
• Test Drive Rally [91]
• Tommy Thunder [92]
• Tonic Trouble Add-on^{[citation needed]}
• Toon Panic [93]
• Top Gun available as for PlayStation^{[citation needed]}
• TrickStyle 64^{[citation needed]}
• Twelve Tales: Conker 64 would later become Conker's Bad Fur Day^{[citation needed]}
• Ultra Baseball 64^{[citation needed]}
• Ultra Combat available in Japan as Blade and Barrel^{[citation needed]}
• Ultra Descent^{[citation needed]}
• Ultra Top Gun^{[citation needed]}
• Unreal available for PC^{[citation needed]}
• Ura Zelda Partially available in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Master Quest for GameCube (Nintendo)^{[citation needed]}
• VR Sports Powerboat Racing available on Playstation and PC^{[citation needed]}
• Wall Street DD (Nintendo