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

[GameMasterBobby]

Sadness.

It was going to be a first person survival horror game for the Wii. All I know is that the graphics were all grayscale like an old photograph. According to Wikipedia, the game was canceled over development hell.

[Greg2600]

360/PS3 Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

[SegaAges]

Mutant League Hockey

Nighmare on Elm St. (nes) Where you are Freddy.

Grand Theftendo

Mutant League Hockey
You can thank me later.

Goldeneye on Virtual Boy would have been awesome. I have seen a single screenshot of it, but that was it.

Also, the rest of the Shenmue series

[MASTERWEEDO]

I meant Mutant League Basketball. I own Mutant League Hockey....great game.

[TonyTheTiger]

I forgot about Cry On, the Xbox 360 RPG from Mistwalker. Conceptually it sounded good but it was quietly canceled before anything came of it.

[Tony Lama]

I still have my copy of NINTENDO FUN CLUB NEWS Vol.1 No. 2 Summer 1987. On page 6 of the magazine they have a list of NES games under the header: NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM 1987 LICENSE PROGRAM. It is here SNK Corporation of America lists PSYCHO SOLDIER as one of the games coming out for the NES (available by Fall 1987). Alas, this game never came out and I had wanted it so dearly!! I used to play the arcade version at a carnival that came to my church every Summer. And it was AWESOME! An incredible Japanese side scroller featuring Athena Asamiya and Sie Kensou from King of the Fighters!! Man, I wish this game had come out on the NES. And no Famicom version exists either! But it was somewhat advanced and I think the SNES would've been a better candidate. Either way, I pray SNK will release it someday on a compilation disc for Wii, Xbox 360, or PS3!! Or hell, just give it to me on DSi!!

[Wraith Storm]

Ya know... I got to thinking... I have really bad luck when I bank on an interesting game thats in development and buy the system to play the specifirc title. The game always gets canned or unreleased.

I got a Sega Saturn specifically for Eternal Champions: The Final Chapter. EC: Challenge From the Darkside was amazing and I couldn't wait for the third installment.

I got a Dreamcast specifically for Geist or Geist Force. It looked like an incredible Panzer Dragoon meets Starfox game. Every weekend I would visit my local Software Etc. and drag my friends along to show them the demo footage they had running before the DC launched.

In the early days of the Wii, the only reason I wanted one was for the "Project Hammer" game. I though it just looked awesome, like a next gen beat em' up, and nothing ever came of it.

Then there is the unreleased Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen for the Saturn which is 100% complete but no one was willing to publish it. It was supposed to run much smoother and have no slowdown compared to the PSX version.

[darkwingduck13]

+1 for Shenmue III, Dead Phoenix, and Lufia for Genesis.
Western release of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers for the Saturn (or PSOne, I like the Saturn better as a system but I'm not gonna get THAT picky when we're talking about the chance to play a game in English).
Duck Tales 3 - After making 2 games, you know they had to be thinking about it. Both games were excellent, too.

[tpugmire]

Earthbound 2

That is all...

[Robocop2]

I forgot to add Posession from the current era. I always thought it looked pretty cool. Maybe kind of like an M-rated Pikmin with zombies but it did look awesome.

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Sega CD)

I still have the issue of Sega Visions where they reviewed it and showed many screenshots. Supposedly, it wasn't released due to poor sales of Monkey Island. Shame, though, since Fate of Atlantis is a great game...

[buzz_n64]

While Super Mario 64 2 is my most desired, here are some others I wish were released

Rumored Vanilla Ice beat 'em up game for the NES supposedly similar to Moonwalker arcade.
Hammer vs. Evil D. in Soulfire (M.C. Hammer game for Sega CD)
Mario Takes America (CD-i)
Mario's Wacky Worlds (Complete CD-i)
Super Paper Mario (Gamecube version)
Blaster Master 3 (SNES)
Sonic Xtreme (Saturn)
Ozzy's Black Skies (Dreamcast)
WCW (PS2)

[Swamperon]

I'll echo Project Hammer and Sadness.

There's been one or two hints that PH has been quietly worked on at Nintendo and could be brought out for release if they really wanted to.. but I can't see it happening.

The composer of Sadness released some of its soundtrack on his blog. It was really good! I think it could have been the Wii's version of Eternal Darkness.

Speaking of, where's my sequel Silicon Knights?!

[TurboGenesis]

this will not fully qualify, but two games listed in the upcoming games section of the first issue of Nintendo Power magizine:

Chester Field
Empire City 1931

they are available in Japan on the Famicom, but never localized to the USA…
I had waited for these games, as well as Terra Cresta (which would be localized many years after it was announce in fall 1988)
I only recently learn several years ago that the above two titles were even in existance on a Nintendo hardware!

[Tony Lama]

this will not fully qualify, but two games listed in the upcoming games section of the first issue of Nintendo Power magizine:

Chester Field
Empire City 1931

they are available in Japan on the Famicom, but never localized to the USA…
I had waited for these games, as well as Terra Cresta (which would be localized many years after it was announce in fall 1988)
I only recently learn several years ago that the above two titles were even in existance on a Nintendo hardware!

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. I did pick up Terra Cresta back when it was released. I own it complete and cherrish it! Another arcade game I loved to play at my local laundry mat!

[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.

[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.