List of cancelled Sega CD games
This is a list of cancelled Sega CD video games. The
Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, or even Sony's original PlayStation console. This list documents all known games that were confirmed for release for the Saturn at some point, but did not end up being released for it.[1]
Games
Title(s) | Notes | Developer | Publisher |
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Akira
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A video game adaption of the 1988 | Hand Made Software | THQ |
Alien 3 | A version of the multiplatform 1992 game was announced for the Sega CD, featuring the gameplay of the CES 1993, but never released.[3]
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Probe Software
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Acclaim Entertainment |
Alien Trilogy | Development of the game originally started on the Sega CD and | Probe Software
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Acclaim Entertainment |
AV-8B Harrier Assault | The 1992 PC game was announced to have versions created for the Sega CD, SNES, and 3DO for 1994, though only the 3DO version ever materialized (under the name Flying Nightmares).[6]
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Simis
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Domark
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Baby Boom | One of a few games proposed by | Sega | Sega |
Brain Dead 13 | A | ReadySoft | ReadySoft |
Bubba 'N' Stix
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A Sega CD version of the 1993 Sega Genesis release was scheduled for 1994, but never materialized.[11][12] | Core Design | Core Design |
Burning Fists: Force Striker | A Street Fighter 2 developed by Sega for the Sega CD, the game was scheduled for release in 1994 but was cancelled for undisclosed reasons at roughly 80% completion. Two prototype builds, alpha and beta, were sold on eBay in 2005, and the rights were eventually gained by indie publisher Good Deal Games, a company known for purchasing and releasing unlicensed version of old prototypes after the death of video game platform, which they later did in 2006.[13][14]
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Sega | Sega |
Chaos Control | A Sega CD version was announced, but only the PlayStation 1, and PC versions ever released.[15]
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Infogrames
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Infogrames |
Citizen X
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A side scrolling game similar to the early Prince of Persia, the game was cancelled during the lifespan of the Sega CD, but later released well after its lifespan as a "beta" by indie publisher Good Deal Games, a company known for purchasing and releasing unlicensed version of old prototypes after the death of video game platform.[16] | Digital Pictures | Digital Pictures |
Cool World | A number of video game adaptions of the | Sega | Sega |
Cyberwar | A story sequel to the film PlayStation 1 and PC platforms.[19]
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Sales Curve Interactive
| |
Dark Ride | Announced as a first person perspective, it was announced for Sega CD, 32X, and later shifted development to the Sega Saturn, but never ended up releasing on any platform.[20][21][22]
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Rocket Science Games | Rocket Science Games |
Dark Seed | A Sega CD version of the PC game was advertised for release, but never materialized, though versions for | Cyberdreams | Vic Tokai
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Dark Seed II | Much like the original PlayStation 1 years later instead.[25]
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Cyberdreams | Cyberdreams |
Discworld | A video game adaption of the novel PlayStation 1 versions ever materialized across 1995 and 1996.[26]
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Perfect Entertainment | Psygnosis |
Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis) | While never officially announced, a deep dive into the design documents that a Sega CD version with additional levels was in development, but never released.[27]
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Virgin Games
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Sega |
Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins
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Released on PC platforms in 1994, ports to the Sega CD and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer were announced for 1995, but only the 3DO version ever materialized.[28] | Cryo Interactive | The Software Toolworks |
Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp | A Sega CD version was advertised in promotional fliers, but like many proposed console ports announced for the game, never materialized.[29] | Digital Leisure | ReadySoft |
DynoBlaze/Dinoblades | A SNES, about dinosaurs that like to wear rollerblades and play street hockey Scheduled for a late 1995 release, but never materialized in any capacity.[6][30]
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Bonsai Entertainment | Virgin Interactive Entertainment |
The Exterminators | Announced as The Exterminators at CES 1994, the game never released for the Sega CD during its lifespan. Well after the platform's 1996 discontinuation, indie publisher Good Deal Games gained the right to the game and released an unlicensed prototype version of the game as Bug Blasters: The Exterminators in 2000. The game was a rail shooter played over the background of a Full-motion video.[31][32]
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Digital Pictures | Sony Imagesoft |
Grandia | After developing original PlayStation, where it released worldwide across 1999 and 2000.[33]
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Game Arts | Entertainment Software Publishing |
Hardcore /Ultracore
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A game in development for the Sega CD and original PlayStation. While never released during the Genesis or Sega CD's actual lifespan, the game was later revisited and finished in the late 2010s, and released under the name Ultracore for the Mega Sg, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita platforms across 2019 and 2020.[34]
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Digital Illusions
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Psygnosis |
The Humans | Released for | Imagitec Design | GameTek |
Hunters of the Ralk | Announced as an RPG designed by Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax for the Sega CD, the game never released on any platforms.[25] | Cyberdreams | |
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream | Early in development, a Sega CD version was reported to be in development, though it was not widely publicized, and only versions for various PC platforms ever released.[25] | Cyberdreams | |
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | A port of the 1992/1993 PC releases was announced for the Sega CD, but was cancelled after their previous title, The Secret of Monkey Island, failed to perform well on the Sega CD.[37][38] | LucasArts
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JVC Musical Industries |
Instruments of Chaos starring Young Indiana Jones | Originally planned for both the Sega CD and the Sega Genesis, only the Genesis version ever materialized. The poor state of the Sega CD market was thought to be the cause of the cancellation.[39][1] | Sega | |
Jet Ski Rage | A game that involved racing | Velocity Software | |
Johnny Mnemonic | A video game adaption of the | Sony Imagesoft | Sony Imagesoft |
Journey to the Center of the Earth | A video game adaption of the NES and Game Boy. While multiple adaptions released in the 1980s and 2000s, none of the proposed versions of the 1990s, Sega CD included, ever released.[44]
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Sony Imagesoft | |
King's Quest V | A port of the 1990 PC game was announced for the Sega CD, present at | Sierra Entertainment | Sega |
Last Action Hero | Released for the SNES, and Amiga computers, a Sega CD version based on the latter enhanced version was in development, and was going to incorporate footage from its respective film, but the Sega CD version never materialized.[3][45]
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Bits Corporation
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Sony Imagesoft |
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards | A Sega CD version of the 1987 computer game was announced and scheduled for a March 1993 release, but never materialized.[18][46] | Sierra On-Line
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Sierra On-Line |
Lost Eden | French video game magazine Joypad reported that a Sega CD version of the game was in development alongside the 3DO, CD-i, and PC versions, but the Sega version never materialized.[47] | Cryo Interactive | Virgin Interactive Entertainment |
The Lost Vikings | The developers worked on an expanded edition of the Sega Genesis version of the 1993 multiplatform game for the Sega CD, that would have included extra levels and gameplay aspects the developers believed only possible on the Sega CD hardware, but this version never released.[48] | Silicon & Synapse
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Virgin Games
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Morphs: Flashback 2
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Never officially announced, but later revealed by development team member Thierry Levastre well after the fact, shortly after the release of PlayStation 1, which turned into the 3D shooter Fade to Black (1995).[49]
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Delphine Software International | |
Mr. Tuff | Announced for the Sega CD, SNES, as a platformer with a difficulty level. The game followed "Mr. Tuff", a robot left behind to demolish the earth and its malfunctioning robots after humans have escaped to a new planet. The Sega CD version was reported to have improved graphics beyond the other two version. Despite being close to completion and scheduled for a late 1994 release, no version of the game ever released.[50]
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Sales Curve
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Myst | A port of the 1993 PC game was announced for the Sega CD and Sega Saturn, though only the Saturn version ever materialized, despite the Sega CD version being far enough along to be reviewed by video game magazines.[51][24] | Cyan Worlds | Sunsoft |
No Escape | A video game adaption of the SNES. While the Genesis and SNES versions released in the second half of 1994 as planned, the Sega CD version was cancelled as publisher Sony Imagesoft pulled support from the Sega CD platform.[52]
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Bits Corporation | Sony Imagesoft |
Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors | Similar to the video Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987), the game was to be centered around mini-games where the player could cheat and deceive their friends. The game was far enough along in its development for the Sega CD for review copies to be distributed to multiple magazines, but its release was cancelled when publisher Absolute Entertainment abruptly went bankrupt and the developers were unable to find another publisher willing to publish the game for the Sega CD due to its poor market status by 1995. One of the review copies leaked onto the internet in 2005 and the game found a cult following for its off-beat gameplay ideas.[53] | Imagineering | Absolute Entertainment |
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
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The game started development as a Sega CD game, but the platform's poor sales lead Sega to rework it for the Sega Genesis instead, where it released in 1993.[54] | Sega | Sega |
Police Quest III: The Kindred | A port of the 1991 PC game was announced for Sega CD, but never materlized.[18] | Sierra On-Line
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Sierra On-Line |
Pop'n Land
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A | Takeru | Sur De Wave |
Power Drift | A port of the | Sega AM2 | Sega |
Power Modeling | A game involving virtually building CES 1993, but never released.[3]
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Revell, Monogram | |
R.B.I. Baseball 4
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1993[18] | Atari Games | |
Return to Zork | 1994 | Activision | |
Rise of the Robots | A Sega CD version of the multiplatform fighting game was announced, and scheduled for release on the platform into 1995, but never materialized.[59] | Data Design Interactive | JVC Musical Industries |
Robo Aleste 2 (Dennin Aleste 2)
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A sequel to the original Robo Aleste (1992) was announced for the Sega CD, and some character art was shown, but it never released in any capacity.[60] | Compile | Compile |
RoboCop Versus The Terminator | 1993 | Virgin Games
| |
Rocket Boy | 1995[20] | Rocket Science Games | Rocket Science Games |
Second Samurai | 1994 | Vivid Image
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Sega |
Shape Shifter
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1992[17] | ||
Shellshock | 1996[19] | Core Design | |
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons | 1994[61] | Dynamix | |
Side Pocket | 1994 | Data East | Data East |
Sister Sonic
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A proposed collaboration between Sega and Nihon Falcom that would have completely remade the game Popful Mail into a game involving Sonic the Hedgehog characters, including Sonic himself and a newly created sister character, for its Western localization. The proposal received so much negative feedback from the fanbase that it was cancelled in favor of just a simple translation of Popful Mail into English.[62] | Falcom
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Sega, Falcom |
Space Pirates
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1993[3][24] | American Laser Games | American Laser Games |
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
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1993[63] | Sierra On-Line
| |
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) | An early plan for a Sonic the Hedgehog title for the Sega CD began as an enhanced port of the original Sonic the Hedgehog game developed for the Sega Genesis, but the plan was dropped when development morphed into its own separate game, which eventually released as Sonic CD in 1993.[64] | Sonic Team | Sega |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | An early plan for a Sonic the Hedgehog title for the Sega CD began as an enhanced port of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game developed for the Sega Genesis, but the plan was dropped when development morphed into its own separate game, which eventually released as Sonic CD in 1993.[65] | Sonic Team | Sega |
Star Strike | 1996[66] | Sony Imagesoft | Sony Imagesoft |
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past
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1994[63] | MicroProse | Sega |
Stellar 7 | 1992[63][3] | Sierra On-Line
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Sierra On-Line |
Striker | 1995 | Rage Software | Sega |
Super Battletank 2 | 1994 | Imagineering | Absolute Entertainment |
Super Star Wars | 1993 | LucasArts
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JVC Musical Industries |
Super Strike Trilogy | 1995[40] | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts |
Terminator 2: The Arcade Game | The 1991 arcade game was ported to a variety of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms. A Sega CD version was announced, but never released.[63] | Probe Software
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Acclaim Entertainment |
Timecop | An enhanced Sega CD version of the 1995 SNES release, with additional cutscenes and higher quality music, was announced, but never released. The game featured a lengthy development period, and the Sega CD was relatively inactive with game releases by 1995.[67]
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Cryo Interactive | JVC Musical Industries |
Total Carnage | Console ports of the 1992 arcade game were announced for the early and mid 1990s. Sega CD and Sega Genesis versions were announced, and far enough along to be previewed by magazines, but neither Sega versions ever released.[20][6] | Malibu Games
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THQ |
World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach | A Sega CD version of the multi-platform gold game was announced, but never materialized.[68] | Arc Developments | U.S. Gold |
Ys IV: Mask of the Sun | A port of the 1993 SNES release was one of a number of titles announced as part of a short-lived alliance between Sega and Nihon Falcom that never materialized.[69]
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Falcom
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Sega Falcom |
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