What canceled/unreleased game would you like to see the light of day the most?

[j_factor]

I liked the premise behind Carbondale. It was to take place in the real town of Carbondale, IL. They actually went to the town and mapped it out and everything, hoping to faithfully recreate the town. Aliens have landed during a nasty storm that makes it impossible to escape. You'd be fighting the aliens at the mall, the high school, city hall, everywhere. Weaponry was to be found items like baseball bats, sledgehammers, and so on. It was being developed by Hitmaker and was apparently the victim of the Sega-Sammy merger process.

[frogofdeath]

I only recently learn several years ago that the above two titles were even in existance on a Nintendo hardware!
You reminded me of a game for the N64 I saw in Nintendo Power that I had always hoped would be released, thought was canned, and only recently found out was available in Japan: Last Legion UX. Not sure the game turned out to be any good, but at the time, it was probably my "most wanted" game.

[Brianvgplayer]

Yes, I remember seeing an advertisment for Chester Field in Nintendo Power. It was supposed to be a Vic Tokai release. I think the Famicom did receive this game. It is kind of a Zelda II clone. Very interesting. I was eagerly anticipating this game as well.

The odd thing is that Chester Field actually got a US port to c64 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpQvG-Oiog).

[gepeto]

Was there ever an official pressed half life game for the dreamcast?

[j_factor]

Was there ever an official pressed half life game for the dreamcast?

No. It was canceled at the last minute. I'm not sure if the version floating around on the internet is final or a very late beta, but it was definitely not released.

[Emuaust]

No. It was canceled at the last minute. I'm not sure if the version floating around on the internet is final or a very late beta, but it was definitely not released.

There is a DP member who has/had access to a pressed sealed US copy of Half Life wasn't there...

[phreak97]

I'd love Half Life for dreamcast too.
also Metal Arms 2
.. a new half life game of any kind.. lol.
a proper rare sequel to goldeneye
goldeneye as dlc for 360 (was announced, made, and cancelled)

[Swamperon]

There is a DP member who has/had access to a pressed sealed US copy of Half Life wasn't there...

Can't quite remember. I know there's been rumours/claims of several people owning copies. I suppose if they were pressed, ready for release then a few copies would have made their way out.

[Tony Lama]

The odd thing is that Chester Field actually got a US port to c64 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpQvG-Oiog).

Well, I am surprised that C64 got this! I have to say it looks pretty good for a C64 game. The NES should have gotten this game. The Famicom version looks great!!

[Natty Bumppo]

I wish that Dominus would have been released for the genesis as it was supposed to be. Any game that allows you to torture the enemy for information can't be all bad.

[udisi]

Super Mario Wacky Worlds CDI
Earthbound 64

[Baloo]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/LIUKANGFIGHTER/Sonic_Xtreme_cover_v2.jpg

[Swamperon]

Fire Emblem 64!

And the much rumoured Shining Force III port to the Dreamcast. :bawling:

[Xtincthed]

the unofficial Chrono Trigger follow up that got cancelled :(

[Einzelherz]

the unofficial Chrono Trigger follow up that got cancelled :(

On that note, the Chrono ressurection or whatever it was called remake of CT that Square put down a few years back :(

[sheath]

I would have liked to see Power Drift for Sega CD, Dracula X and Soul Star for 32X, Shenmue for Saturn, and, let's see, Soul Reaver 2, Max Payne, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Toe Jam & Earl 3, Chakan: The Forever Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXPeKCiIGFs), and especially Armada 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Up6wWrayMc) for Dreamcast.

[JunkTheMagicDragon]

advent rising 2 - the original is still one of my favorite games ever. it did 'force powers' 3 years before force unleashed and implemented them way, way better. unfortunately, its sales stunk, so majesco canceled the sequel. sucks doubly because it ends on a cliffhanger.

[bacteria]

Neo Turf Masters 2 on NeoGeo

[Famidrive-16]

For me, it would be Super Mario 64 2. Still to this day do I ponder and question of what would have resulted. Ever since the first announcement of it, have I eagerly anticipated the release of this game, but I slowly lost hope of its avail when the Disk drive didn't come to America.

I think some concepts planned for SM642 ended up in the DS port of SM64, because I remember interviews with Miyamoto where he said he wanted multiple playable characters and such. Don't think we'll ever know though.

My biggest wait for a cancelled game was Robotech 64. Goddamn I wanted that game so bad. Even if it looked worse as time went on I would've been first in line for that game if it got released.

Would've liked to see Kirby Air Ride 64, too. GCN version was changed a lot and kinda sucked.

Darkstalkers vs Guilty Gear, if that ever went past concept anyways.

Would've liked to see how that Hellraiser NES game would've turned out. Wasn't it supposedly using this really advanced chip or something? All the stories I read about it were ridiculous.

The funny thing about 40 Winks was that it was cancelled after NP and Nintendo Official Magazine gave it a review. Not only that, but they used a blurb from a review ("Move over Mario") in the magazine ad for the game, which was advertised as Playstation-exclusive at the time. And not only that, but said ad got printed in NP. So NP had this ad for a Playstation game that claimed to be better than Mario from a Nintendo source. I don't think NP was too happy about that one...

[kupomogli]

Mega Man Anniversary Collection (GBA) - Not a huge loss considering it was just a compilation but I was sad when it got canned.

I had this preordered from Gamestop since it was first announced. Was never able to get my money back from Gamestop because the game was removed from the system as well as off my preorder list.

[Emperor Megas]

I had this preordered from Gamestop since it was first announced. Was never able to get my money back from Gamestop because the game was removed from the system as well as off my preorder list.It would have cost GameStop a LOT more than that preorder did if that were me.

[Urzu402]

Mega Man Anniversary Collection for GBA, I remember calling the store the day it was supposed to be released and being disapointed that it wasn't released.

[StealthLurker]

The Pocky n Rocky/Kiki Kaikai remake starfish was originally planning.... instead of what it ended up being (Heavenly Guardian).


.

[TonyTheTiger]

I had this preordered from Gamestop since it was first announced. Was never able to get my money back from Gamestop because the game was removed from the system as well as off my preorder list.


It would have cost GameStop a LOT more than that preorder did if that were me.

Seriously, what the fuck? That's outright theft. The preorder receipt should have been enough.

[diskoboy]

Armada 2 for Xbox and Dronez for the Dreamcast.

Dronez was one of the contributing factors to my wanting a Dreamcast. Both were originally slated for Dreamcast releases. Dronez actually made it to the Xbox, but only in Japan. And PC owners who bought a Geforce 3 gfx card, back in the day, also got a copy of Dronez, but I don't even remember seeing the PC version ever hitting store shelves.

Armada is one of my favorite Dreamcast titles. When they announced that Armada 2 was coming to the Xbox with online play, I immediately pre-ordered it. About a year and a half later, they announce it's cancellation. Needless to say, I was very upset, but I kinda expected it, because the original game wasn't exactly a hit..


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/LIUKANGFIGHTER/Sonic_Xtreme_cover_v2.jpg

This too...

EDIT: Oh, and Bio Force Ape, since it's somewhat of a legend, around here... :) LOL

[Griking]

Warcraft Adventures. I'm a Warcraft junie and would love to see what they had planned. I hear that it wasn't bad but when Monkey Island came out they realized that it wasn't at that level.

[DreamTR]

[QUOTE=Tupin;1774732]Sonic X-Treme.
Sim City NES.
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill.
QUOTE]

Heh

[gum_drops]

Super There Will Be Blood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg_8BiyDGCI)

[exit]

The original D2, which was abandoned because of the cancellation of the M2. It would have been completely different than the version release on D2 and would have more than likely been a direct sequel to the original.

[The 1 2 P]

Thrill Kill(PS1)
Castlevania Resurrection(DC)
Half-Life(DC)
Star Wars: Trilogy Arcade(DC)
Underworld(Xbox)
Starcraft: Ghost(Xbox)

[Red Baron]

Earthbound 64 and Robotech: Crystal Dreams.

The former I was following so passionately back in the day, re-reading every article and scouring every screen shot, every bit of beta material fascinating me.. It's eventual canning made me so sad, as I was such a fan of the original EB and Mother 3 didn't come out until way long after.

The latter I knew nothing about as I hadn't seen Robotech, so I only knew it even existed as a small "Coming soon" ad somewhere in an NP that didn't give much more information than a screenshot revealing it to be a mecha game. Then years later I got into Robotech, and figured out what it was. Then I discovered that interesting website hosted by one of the guys that worked on it, which revealed how ambitious of a project it was, and it really impressed me in hindsight.

One game I missed back then, one game I missed much later.

[mobiusclimber]

Most of the ones I'd have said have already been stated (but I'll reiterate D2, Hellraiser, Earthbound 64, RE 1.5 and Castlevania for the Dreamcast).

Also... Resident Evil 3.5. No, not the one that became Devil May Cry. I mean the one that looks like Silent Hill or Eternal Darkness.

And, to go way back, the port of Temple of Apshai that would have been the first real time RPG (similar to Diablo).

[fourswords]

RE 1.5
Earthbound 64
Kirby Wii
Fire Emblem 64
a more complete version of Bio Force Ape

[fourswords]

[QUOTE=Tupin;1774732]Sonic X-Treme.
Sim City NES.
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill.
QUOTE]

Heh

what do you mean with heh? do you have protos of those? I figure since you removed Earthbound 64 from the quote.....

[Nz17]

The second Sam and Max game by LucasArts.

Yes, I too would like to one day see a release of "Sam & Max: Freelance Police." I'm sorry, Telltale Games, but your Sam and Max isn't as funny as the original comics and games.

[DreamTR]

[QUOTE=DreamTR;1779445]

what do you mean with heh? do you have protos of those? I figure since you removed Earthbound 64 from the quote.....

Sonic was found and dumped, I've had Socks for years, Sim City exists as well.

[fourswords]

Sonic was found and dumped, I've had Socks for years, Sim City exists as well.

Cool. i actually read about Socks on snes central the other day.

are you talking about that sim city cart that was displayed in nintendo power or does one exist in the hands of a collector?

oh and how could i forget….. Kid Kirby for the snes that was canceled! wasn't kirby supposed to be controlled using the snes mouse?

[DreamTR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McDVmiYFdKw

[Tupin]

Interesting gameplay. What is that move that Socks has to use to get up on the ledge? It looks like he's floating.

Haven't heard about the NES Sim City being released, it was found by Nintendo Power.

[Sanriostar]

2600 or Inty Incredible Hulk.
It will always be Hulk.

[Damaramu]

Undercover Cops for the SNES.

My friends and I were pretty disappointed when we found out it's US release was canceled at the last minute! We were pretty big fans of the arcade game!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Damaramu/571242_45973_front.jpg

[NYLatenite]

Sam & Max: Freelance Police.

I'd also love to see a modern day version of AutoDuel done in the GTA/Mercenaries sandbox style.

[DreamTR]

Undercover Cops for the SNES.

My friends and I were pretty disappointed when we found out it's US release was canceled at the last minute! We were pretty big fans of the arcade game!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Damaramu/571242_45973_front.jpg

You can play the Japanese version, though...

[DreamTR]

Interesting gameplay. What is that move that Socks has to use to get up on the ledge? It looks like he's floating.

Haven't heard about the NES Sim City being released, it was found by Nintendo Power.

Something they thought was ledge swinging apparently...

[old man]

Ultimate Journey and Wild Boys for the NES and Dream Probe for the SNES (This one was released as Psycho Dream in japan).

[BetaWolf47]

The Magic of Scheherazade 2
There was a 2nd one coming out? I second this, then, because The Magic of Scheherazade 1 is one of the best ever unknown titles for NES.

I'd like to mention Taro's Quest for NES. It was a turn-based episodic RPG made by Jaleco akin to Phantasy Star 3. There's a dump of a prototype floating around, and it's got some of the best production values for an NES RPG.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuh9I9oDsI

[Ackman]

Socks the catFrom the makers of Chester the Cheeta, nah I'll think I'll pass.

I'm interested in that streets of Rage clone that was canceled for the Mega Drive because it looked too much like Streets of Rage 2.

[DreamTR]

Ultimate Journey and Wild Boys for the NES and Dream Probe for the SNES (This one was released as Psycho Dream in japan).

I have a beta of Dream Probe for US..

[c2000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McDVmiYFdKw

Blurry video is blurry..

[SparTonberry]

Watching him spend a minute on the same jump...
"How are you supposed to know that?"
RTFM, if TFM existed? :D

[Brianvgplayer]

I'm interested in Gargoyles Quest II GB (released in Japan as Makaimura Gaiden The Demon Darkness, but an English proto apparantly existed since it was reviewed in Nintendo power), Black Tiger NES, and Zero Racers for Virtual Boy.

[riderpool]

i speak for all resident evil fnas when i say...

1.5! 1.5! 1.5!

[Kiddo]

As for me, I would have liked to have seen a sequel to LTTP for SNES. Not sure one was ever planned (hence canceled or unreleased) but yeah. Imagine a 32-meg Zelda game in '95 with all the latest in SNES technology trimmings... good stuff!

Although your own classification could vary, It'd be easy enough to consider one of the "BS Zelda" games to be considered such. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview_games_from_The_Legend_of_Zelda_series)

On the note of Zelda, though, probably Ura-Zelda and the earlier versions of Zelda 64.

[DreamTR]

Watching him spend a minute on the same jump...
"How are you supposed to know that?"
RTFM, if TFM existed? :D

What the heck does this gibberish mean, RTFM if TFM? Ooga Booga?

[Doonzmore]

I have a beta of Dream Probe for US..

Show off!

Never knew it was released in Japan though, that's cool. Always liked looking at the box art on Snescentral. It's very fantastical, definitely a step up from Elemental Master.

[Aussie2B]

Or if you want a late SNES era, Nintendo-developed game that took inspiration from Link to the Past and was also the first Nintendo game created by current Zelda director Eiji Aonuma, there's Marvelous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous:_Mouhitotsu_no_Takarajima

Absolutely wonderful game, it's a shame that almost no one knows of it.

[alec006]

Hmm anything on the Nintendo 64DD. Expansions or just any of the games in general such as a larger Zelda or Pokemon Snap etc, if the DD would have came out earlier and had more support, the games would have been amazing.

Ask for other systems, hmm Sonic X-treme for the Saturn or Half-Life on the Dreamcast which runs wonderfully btw, just SLOW loading screens -.-

[Damaramu]

You can play the Japanese version, though...

Well, yeah, NOW I can. I can also emulate the superior arcade version. As a teen in the early 90's, importing a Super Famicom and games was rather cost prohibitive for me.

Of course looking at what people are asking for it now on Ebay... :roll:

[old man]

Show off!

Never knew it was released in Japan though, that's cool. Always liked looking at the box art on Snescentral. It's very fantastical, definitely a step up from Elemental Master.

It's a neat premise. Game play wise it's very similar to genesis wolf team games like el viento, valis, and valis 3. If I'm not mistaken it was canceled (along with quest for the throne a.k.a. neugier) because sega bought out the publisher, Renovation. That's what I've heard anyway.

[SparTonberry]

What the heck does this gibberish mean, RTFM if TFM? Ooga Booga?

Sorry, very lame, shameful attempt at "humor".
When the people playing were struggling, like "how would anyone make that jump, no wonder it was canceled"?
Hopefully if it did come out, the manual would've mentioned the ropes.

[NerdXCrewWill]

What the heck does this gibberish mean, RTFM if TFM? Ooga Booga?

RTFM = Read the ****ing manual. I didn't know this until two seconds ago. I was really confused myself.

[Swamperon]

Chrono Break/Brake.

Okay it may have never got beyond the design or even trademark stage but I still want to see it.

Dragon's Crown, which was orginally a Dreamcast game, is now being released for consoles. So there's hope for all these games even 10 years down the line!

[The Coop]

The original Thunder Force VI, as it would have been by Tecno Soft.

It had to have been better than the underwhelming thing we got in its stead a decade later.

[Guntz]

Where do I begin...?

Mother 3 / EarthBound 64
Dinosaur Planet
Twelve Tales: Conker 64
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64DD extension
Eternal Darkness
Quest 64 II
Kirby's Air Ride
64 Wars
Viewpoint 2064
Resident Evil Zero
Echo Delta

And pretty much any prototypes for the N64DD. Hell, I'd love to see any and all prototype and unreleased material for the N64DD, be made public on the internet. EVERYTHING. That add-on is so full of mystery, promises, announced titles, features, concepts and who knows what was never mentioned outside of Nintendo, it's second parties and any of the third parties who had their mits in the N64DD cookie jar.

The N64DD is one of the biggest mysterious failures in video games and I can't wait for the N64 scene to pick up so we can finally see what this add-on was all about. :D

*writes something about forgetting previous systems, but remembers something else*

While most of the good stuff has been found for the NES, SNES and Genesis, the 32X is another system with an astonishing lack of dug up protos and unreleased games, despite all the massive development cancellations. There are countless numbers of 32X games which still, to this day, have not surfaced. WHAT THE HELL?! The proto guys need to start digging up those games.

[Doonzmore]

Sorry for being a douchemonger in the other thread. I was having a bad day and shouldn't have taken it out on you.

Thanks for the apology.

[Ackman]

I played the euro version very average game but decent I guess.

A 32X proto Xmen beat em up was discovered the other day, it only runs on original hardware though IIRC, looks pretty spiffy but probably plays pretty badly.

[Baloo]

I would have liked to see Power Drift for Sega CD, Dracula X and Soul Star for 32X, Shenmue for Saturn, and, let's see, Soul Reaver 2, Max Payne, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Toe Jam & Earl 3, Chakan: The Forever Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXPeKCiIGFs), and especially Armada 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Up6wWrayMc) for Dreamcast.

Dracula X was going to be on 32x? Damn.

Shenmue for Saturn, I read something about that there was some kind of contest in Japan where people won early copies of Shenmue for Saturn, maybe five or six copies total? Then SEGA tried to get them back after the game was moved to Dreamcast, but were unsuccessful. I wonder if they still exist at all?

Toejam and Earl 3, that would've been neat on Dreamcast. I also really want to see that TJ&E 2 prototype that was mostly finished and similar to the first game. I heard DreamTR had it and some kind of forum was trying to raise funds to dump it, but then the proto got sold or something.

[Aussie2B]

If I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure the Dracula X on 32X was a hoax, possibly for April Fools.

[mobiusclimber]

Or if you want a late SNES era, Nintendo-developed game that took inspiration from Link to the Past and was also the first Nintendo game created by current Zelda director Eiji Aonuma, there's Marvelous: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvelous:_Mouhitotsu_no_Takarajima

Absolutely wonderful game, it's a shame that almost no one knows of it.

Thanks for the info! I'd heard of Marvelous, but had no idea it was a Zelda style action/adv game.

[Aussie2B]

No prob. :) It's not quite the same kind of game, especially since it has almost no combat and is way more puzzle-driven, but the Zelda connection is really obvious in certain aspects, like the hammer for example.

[Techno-Hat]

Pirate battle for the GBA/DS

It was an advance wars type game but with pirates being developed by Orbital Media. It wa orginally planned for the GBA then switched to the DS and has now sunk without trace. :-(

http://gameboy.ign.com/dor/objects/682335/pirate-battle/images/pirate-battle-200405070814034.html

[Milk Thistle]

Star Fox 2 -- Was so excited to see this in Nintendo Power back in the day, only to never come out officially.

Propeller Arena -- Had this preordered, we all know why it didn't officially come out...

Shogo 2 (PC) -- I don't know if this was ever in development, but it was rumored for a bit.

[Colorado Rockies]

Peter Molyneux's B.C. for the original Xbox.
Starcraft Ghost
EarthBound 64

[Guy Bramsworth]

Twelve Tales: Conker's Quest for N64. Looked forward to it for years and I remember hearing it was pretty much done by the time they chose to revamp it.

Considering most of the stuff in here would only likely see the light of day if it were leaked on the net, I'm not sure why Star Fox 2 was mentioned since that's already dumped. Let's see something not publically available already :)

[old_skoolin_jim]

The Lufia game for the Mega Drive.

Bah, I was going to say that but you beat me to the punch! :)
I'd also second Virtua Hamster (Genny)
Sonic X-Treme (saturn)
Super Mario 64 2
SimCity NES
EarthBound Zero
and DEFINITELY RESIDENT EVIL 1.5. PTSOTL!
I'll also add
Akira (genesis/snes... yes, even though it was from THQ)
and
Deja Vu 2 (NES... yes I have it on GBC but it'd just be better on NES in 1993, dangit)