Dwagons [SNES, Mega Drive – Cancelled]
The 16-bit era is often mentioned as the Golden Age of Gaming. A graced period that gave us hundreds of awesome classic games. It was a time when 2D game development was maturing and lots of ideas from...
View ArticleBioSwarm (BattleSport 2) [Playstation, Nintendo 64 – Cancelled]
BioSwarm (initially conceived as “BattleSport II” and later also known as N.R.G. and Groundwave) is a cancelled sci-fi vehicle combat game that was in development in 1997 / 1998 by Cyclone Studios,...
View ArticleLEGO Racers: The Video Game [DS, Wii – Cancelled]
In late 2008, the next year’s LEGO sets were released “early” (this isn’t unusual for LEGO sets). What was unusual was the ad on LEGO Racers set boxes advertising an unannounced game; “LEGO Racers: The...
View ArticleSatellite Man [SNES – Cancelled]
Satellite Man was a scrapped, albeit completely finished, game for the SNES by Japanese developer T&E Soft. The game was a comedic side-scrolling brawler akin to Final Fight that featured Satellite...
View ArticleBonk 64 (Ultra Genjin) [N64 – Cancelled]
Bonk (also known as “PC Genjin” in Japan and “BC Kid” in Europe) is the name of the main character in a series of platforming games that was started on the PC Engine in 1990 when the first title,...
View ArticleBaten Kaitos 2 / 3 [Cancelled – Wii]
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean is a now cult-classic RPG developed by Monolith Soft and tri-Crescendo, and published by Namco for the GameCube in 2003. A prequel titled “Baten Kaitos...
View ArticleThieves World (Bits Studios) [N64 – Cancelled]
You might remember a game called Rogue Ops that was released on Xbox, Gamecube and Playstation 2 way back in 2003. Well, this game wasn’t always called that way. When the developper Bits Studios...
View ArticleShining Legend (Princess & Knight) [DS – Cancelled]
Shining Legend is a cancelled action RPG that was in development by Blueside for Nintendo DS. While the title could reminds you of SEGA’s Shining series, this project was not officially related to it....
View ArticleDear Blue (Konami RPG) [N64 – Cancelled]
Dear Blue (親愛なる青 ?) is the name of a new Konami RPG for Nintendo 64 that seems to have been quietly announced in 1998 on the March issue of Nintendo Power Magazine (Volume 106) and later seen in many...
View ArticleMetro Panic (Nichibutsu RPG) [Cancelled – Game Boy]
Metro Panic is a cancelled RPG that was in development by Nichibutsu (Nihon Bussan) for Game Boy in early ‘90s. From the only screenshot found by Celine in Famitsu (Issue from 92/09/18) we can...
View ArticleGeopolitic Shima ni Okeru Kokka Kobo Ron [NES / Famicom – Cancelled]
Irem developed and published many games for the NES / Famicom, such as Holy Diver, Hammerin’ Harry and Deadly Towers. They also had many projects that were never released, and this “Geopolitic Shima ni...
View ArticleOh My Goddess! (Aa! Megami-sama) [Super Famicom – Cancelled]
Oh My Goddess! (Aa! Megami-sama) is a manga and anime series by Kosuke Fujishima, serialized since September 1988 in Japan. It was quite popular at the time and it even got a few tie-in games for NEC...
View ArticleJoust X [Nintendo 64 – Cancelled]
The original Joust is a 1982 arcade game developed by Williams Electronics, that became quite popular at the time. As we can read on Wikipedia, “The player uses a button and joystick to control a...
View ArticleDie Hard 64 [N64 – Cancelled]
Becoming a legendary lost game after unconfirmed rumors of screenshots appearing in gaming magazines, Die Hard 64 was one of three Nintendo 64 projects in development by Bits Studios, along with RiQa...
View ArticleHanasaki Gassen [GBA – Cancelled]
Hanasaki Gassen (in Japanese, literally translated as “Flower Blooming Competition”) is a cancelled real-time strategy game for GBA that was in development by Blue Planet Software (AKA Bulletproof...
View ArticleCosmic System [NES / Famicom – Cancelled]
Cosmic System is a cancelled NES / Famicom Disk System sci-fi RPG that was in development sometime in the late 80s by WaveJack / Imagineer / Atlus. Only a single screenshot was published in Famimaga...
View ArticleDemon Hunter [GBA – Cancelled]
Demon Hunter is a cancelled action RPG in the vein of Diablo, that was in development for Game Boy Advance by Independent Arts Software in 2002. The team planned 8 huge areas to explore, each one...
View ArticleOchanoma Densetsu [SNES – Cancelled]
Ochanoma Densetsu (お茶の間伝説) is a cancelled RPG / board game hybrid that was in development for the Super Famicom (SNES) and would have been published by Information Global Service. There are basically...
View ArticleRedemption (Cranberry Source) [N64 – Cancelled]
Redemption is a cancelled action adventure in development by Cranberry Source, that may have been published by Philips Media Interactive for Nintendo 64. While it remains an obscure and forgotten...
View ArticleZorro [SNES – Cancelled]
In the mid ’90s US Gold was developing a SNES action game in which you would play as Zorro, the popular hero created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. Some screenshots were published in gaming...
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