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Revision as of 01:16, 3 November 2023
The following table contains cancelled video games that were later published.
Title | Developer | System | Cancelled | Released | Added to museum | Notes |
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40 Winks | Eurocom | N64 | 2000 | 2018 | Not yet. | Piko Interactive released it in 2018, alongside a Windows port. |
Air Strike | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1982 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Apocalypse II | Tepco | SNES | 1994 | 2015 | Not yet. | Piko Interactive published it in 2015. |
Aquaventure | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1983 | 2005 | Atari Flashback 2+: May 10, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011. |
Asteroids | Atari | Atari 5200 | 1982 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Brickout | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1981 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Beastball | Teque London Millennium Interactive |
Genesis | 1995 | 2019 | Legends Flashback: May 2, 2020 | atGames published the Sega Genesis version on the Sam's Club version of the Legends Flashback in 2019. |
Broken Circle | 7 Raven Studios | GBA | 2006 | 2015 | Generations: October 13, 2019 | Piko Interactive published it in 2015. |
Combat Two | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1982 | 2005 | Atari Flashback 2+: May 10, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011. |
Corn Buster | Engine Software | SNES | 1995 | 2018 | Generations: October 13, 2019 | Piko Interactive published it in 2018. |
Crazy Clones | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1981 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Dan-Gu-Ka | Taito | Arcade | 1994 | 2022 | Not yet | Taito released it in the EGRET II Mini in 2022. |
Deep Pockets: Pool & Billiards | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1990 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Dorke and Ymp | Norse | SNES | 1993 | 2015 | Generations: October 13, 2019 | Piko Interactive published it as well as a port to Windows in 2015. |
EarthBound Beginnings | APE HAL Laboratory |
NES | 1991 | 2015 | Wii U: December 3, 2017 | The English localization of the Famicom RPG Mother was published by Nintendo on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015. |
Final Legacy | Atari | Atari 5200 | 1984 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Frog Pond | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1982 | 2005 | Atari Flashback 2+: May 10, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011. |
Game Factory | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1983 | 2001 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Rocks in 2001. |
Go for the Gold | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1981 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Grid Shock | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1982 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Holey Moley | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1983 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Hypnotic Lights | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1983 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
King of the Mountain | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1982 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
King's Quest 9 | Sierra Vivendi Universal Silicon Knights Telltale Games Odd Gentlemen |
Win PS3 PS4 360 XOne |
2013 | 2018 | Windows: July 28, 2015 | It was in various stages of development by five different developers: 1.) Sierra's Roberta Williams brainstormed ideas for a King's Quest 9, that had an elderly King Graham, in 1998. The above came from an interview with Talkspot in 1998. Sierra never entered production on King's Quest 9. 2.) Vivendi Universal made a King's Quest game between 2001 and 2002, with a protagonist capable of jumping. The above came from two leaked screenshots from an early prototype. It was never officially announced. 3.) Silicon Knights developed a King's Quest game in which the story, art style, and genre are not publicly known. It was never announced, but was revealed in 2011 in papers from the Silicon Knights lawsuit against Epic Games. 4.) Telltale Games officially announced an episodic King's Quest game in 2011, however it was canceled in 2013. The above was canceled as the rights returned to Activision, who stated they had plans for a King's Quest sequel. 5.) The Odd Gentlemen released a King's Quest game in five episodes and a playable epilogue in 2015 and 2016. It shares from the above. An elderly Graham tells stories in an episodic game with sparse QTE jumping sections. |
Land Battle | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1982 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
League of Light | Activision | Intellivision | 1983 | 2001 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Rocks in 2001. |
Magic Carousel | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1983 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Maze Invaders | Atari | Arcade | 1981 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Meteor | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1981 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Micro-gammon | Atari | Atari 5200 | 1983 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Millipede | Atari | Atari 5200 | 1984 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Miniature Golf | Atari | Atari 5200 | 1983 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Mother 3 | 1-UP Studio HAL Laboratory |
SNES N64 N64DD GBA |
N/A N/A 2000 N/A |
N/A N/A N/A 2014 |
GBA: January 10, 2020 | Went through development beginning in 1994 on Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, and 64DD, before it was cancelled in 2000. Development was restarted on the Game Boy Advance in 2003, and this version was released in Japan in 2006. The Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, and 64DD versions were never completed thus were never released. |
Mr. Bloppy Saves the World | Compedia | SNES | 1995 | 2014 | Generations: October 13, 2019 | Piko Interactive published it in 2014. |
Penny Arcade Adventures | Hothead Games Zeboyd Games |
Win Mac Linux 360 PS3 Android iOS |
N/A N/A 2010 2010 |
1:2008 2:2008 3:2012 4:2013 |
Windows 1: December 21, 2012 Windows 2: December 21, 2012 Windows 3: December 22, 2012 Windows 4: November 26, 2014 |
Hothead Games cancelled episodes 3 and 4 in 2010. Episodes 3 and 4 were developed by Zeboyd Games in 2012 and 2013, respectively, for Windows, Mac, Xbox 360, Android, and iOS. Episodes 1 and 2 were not released on Android and iOS. Episodes 3 and 4 were not released on PlayStation 3 and Linux. |
Pinkie | Eurocom | Amiga SNES |
1995 | 2018 | Not yet. | The Amiga version was published in 1994 by Millenium. Piko Interactive published the SNES port in 2018. |
Realsports Basketball | Atari | Atari 2600 Atari 5200 |
1982 1983 |
2011 2019 |
Atari Flashback Portable: August 30, 2021 Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 |
AtGames released the Atari 2600 version in Atari Flashback 3 in 2011. Atari, S.A. released the Atari 5200 in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Saboteur | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1983 | 2005 | Atari Flashback 2+: May 10, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011. |
Samurai Shodown V Perfect | SNK | Neo Geo | 2004 | 2020 | Not yet. | Location tested in 2004, but never released. SNK published it in Digital Eclipse's Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection in 2020. |
Save Mary | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1989 | 2005 | Atari Flashback 2+: May 10, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011. |
Shenmue III | Sega Ys Net |
DC Win PS3 |
2001 N/A N/A |
N/A 2018 2018 |
Windows: July 17, 2015 PS4: July 17, 2015 |
The Shenmue saga is intended to have 11 chapters, released over four or five games. In 2015, Sega licensed Shenmue to Ys Net to develop Shenmue III. |
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill | Realtime Associates | SNES | 1994 | 2018 | July 7, 2020 | Tom Curtin bought a prototype in 2012 and obtained the rights to the trademark in 2015. It was published in 2018 by Second Dimension. |
Star Fox 2 | Argonaut Software | SNES | 1995 | 2017 | JP: October 31, 2017 NA: March 16, 2018 |
Published by Nintendo on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition in 2017. |
Stunt Cycle | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1980 | 2016 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault in 2016. |
Super Turrican: Director's Cut | Factor 5 | SNES | 1993 | 2018 | Not yet. | The 6Mbit version was created in 1993. The publisher required editing the game to fit on a 4Mbit cartridge. Analogue published the 6Mbit version as a "director's cut" on the Super NT in 2018. |
Takeover | Mattel Electronics | Intellivision | 1982 | 1998 | mac OS/Windows: December 28, 2019 | Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998. |
Tyrannosaurus Tex | Slitherine Software | GBC | 2000 | 2018 | Not yet. | Piko Interactive obtained the rights in 2015, acquired a prototype in 2016, and published the game in 2018. |
Wizard | Atari | Atari 2600 | 1980 | 2005 | Atari Flashback Portable: August 30, 2021 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011. |
World Reborn | NeoPong Software | GBA | 2004 | 2015 | Generations: October 13, 2019 | Piko Interactive published it in 2015. |
Xari Arena | Atari | Atari 5200 | 1983 | 2019 | Linux, macOS, Windows: December 4, 2019 | Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019. |
Xevious | Namco | Atari 5200 | 1982 | 2017 | Atari Flashback Portable: August 30, 2021 | AtGames released it in Atari Flashback Portable in 2017. |