Archive for the ‘mega drive & genesis’ Category
Nuclear Rush [Sega VR - Unreleased]
9 Feb 2010Nuclear Rush is an unreleased shooter that was in development in 1993 for the Sega VR, the canned “virtual reality” accessory planned for the Mega Drive / Genesis. Four games were apparently developed for the system, each using 16 Mb cartridges that were to be bundled with the headset. One of these was Nuclear Rush, [...]
Monster Hunter [MD/G - Cancelled]
22 Jan 2010The Menacer is a wireless lightgun created by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis in 1992, as a response to the Super Scope by Nintendo. Sega and third-party developers did not develop many games for the Menacer and one of these projects, know as “Monster Hunter”, was cancelled before being finished.
In Monster Hunter [...]
Road Riot 4WD [MD/G - Cancelled]
19 Jan 2010A Genesis / Mega Drive version of Road Riot 4WD was in development at Tengen in 1993, but it was later cancelled. The game is an arcade racing game somehow similar to Mario Kart. A SNES (1992) and an Arcade (1991) versions do exist, but while the SNES version doesnt look that good, the Genesis [...]
Interplanetary Lizards [MD/G - Cancelled]
16 Dec 2009Interplanetary Lizards is an action game that was in development by Tengen for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. In may 2009, Rod_Wod from the Assembler Forum shared various scans from old gaming magazines, and in one of these images we can see a screenshot from IL. The game was cancelled for unknown reasons.
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Mortal Kombat 3 [Arcade - Beta]
5 Nov 2009Mortal Kombat 3 is the third game in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, released in arcades in 1995. It was updated into Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in arcade and home consoles, and later Mortal Kombat Trilogy home consoles only. Mortal Kombat 3 has been released for DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Master System, [...]
Mortal Kombat 2 (II) [Arcade - Beta]
31 Oct 2009Mortal Kombat II is a 1993 arcade game and the second title in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. Due to memory limitations for the title two characters from the original Mortal Kombat, Sonya Blade and Kano were excluded, reasoned by Boon as them being the least-picked characters in the original game, and the development [...]
Beyond Zero Tolerance [MD/G - Cancelled]
30 Oct 2009Beyond Zero Tolerance (or Zero Tolerance 2) is a FPS developed by Technopop for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. It was meant to be a sequel to Zero Tolerance, but it was never finished. Both games have been deemed by the (now defunct) developer to be publicly distributable as freeware. [Info from Wikipedia] You [...]
Keeper of the Gates [G/MD - Cancelled]
20 Sep 2009Keeper of the Gates is a cancelled action game that was in development for the Genesis / Mega Drive by Razorsoft. This was meant to be a sequel to Stormlord, in which we would have played through 8 levels with hard puzzles and traps to resolve. Also, “six players would have been able to alternately [...]
Dyno Blaze [G/MD/3DO - Cancelled]
6 Aug 2009Dyno Blaze is a cancelled beat ‘em up that was in development by Bonsai Entertainment for the Genesis / Mega Drive, Mega CD and 3DO in 1994 and it would have been published by Virgin. A playable prototype of the game was somehow leaked online in 2008, in which you can try a series of [...]
Beyond Oasis / Story of Thor [MD/G - Beta]
30 Jul 2009Beyond Oasis (aka The Story of Thor) is an action RPG released in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. Celine has found a beta screen of the game in EGM 61, in which we can notice some little differences in the HUD and in the clothes of the characters. As Matthew has noted, [...]
B-Bomb [Genesis/MD - Cancelled]
21 Jul 2009B-Bomb is an unreleased action game that was in development by Sega in 1993 for the Genesis / Mega Drive, in which the player had to fight enemies with their butts (yeah, really) in 5 worlds. There was meant to be a 2 player mode to cooperate against the CPU. The concept could have been [...]
The Simpsons: Virtual Bart [SNES/MD/G - Beta]
20 Jul 2009The Simpsons: Virtual Bart was released for the Super NES and Mega Drive / Genesis in 1994 by Acclaim. KeijiDragon (Kei) has recored some videos from an interesting prototype of the game, that is somewhat different from the final version. You can check the annotations in the videos for more details:
Japanese Super Famicom (the Japanese [...]
Kartoon Kombat [MD/G - Cancelled]
12 Jun 2009Do you remember that damaged ROM of a cancelled genesis game that was found by Mr. Mark? It was Kartoon Kombat, an arcade fighting game developed by American Technos, that was planned for the Sega Genesis, something like a parody of Mortal Kombat with cartoon characters. Sadly, as the ROM is broken we’ll probably never [...]
“Zombies Ate My Neighbors” is a 1993 run and gun ‘horror’ video game for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Super NES platforms. This video game was originally developed, distributed and produced by LucasArts as a comical tribute to both classic and schlocky horror films of the 1950s through the 1980s. [Infos from Wikipedia]
It seems [...]
“It Came from the Desert” is a 1989 computer game developed by Cinemaware. It was originally released for the Amiga and the gameplay centers on the player choosing what they want to do by selecting an option on the multiple choice screens that pop up.
This unreleased Sega Genesis / Megadrive version was going to be [...]
Devil Buster [MD/G - Cancelled]
3 Mar 2009At the Lost Levels Forums, GDRI has posted an interesting link to a japanese blog, where we can find some scans with screenshots of Devil Buster, a cancelled action / platform game inspired by Megami Tensei, that was in development for Mega Drive / Genesis at SIMS Studios. In the same topic Kid Fenris and [...]
Mega Man: The Wily Wars [G/MD - Beta]
17 Dec 2008Kiddo has made us to notice about a beta trailer for Mega Man: The Wily Wars (a compilation from Capcom containing remakes of the first three games) that shows an incomplete, buggy version where Mega Man doesn’t die, his jump animations don’t appear right half the time, and various other funny little things.
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Sonic 3 & Knuckles [MD/G - Beta]
9 Nov 2008Sonic & Knuckles was developed by the Sega Technical Institute in collaboration with Sonic Team, and published by Sega for the Genesis/Mega Drive in 1994. It is the direct sequel to Sonic 3, which was released earlier that year and it seems that some removed levels from S3 were later re-used for S&K. As our [...]
Castlevania Bloodlines [MD/G - Beta]
22 Oct 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Pit Fighter 2 [MD/G - Cancelled]
11 Oct 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Wonderboy IV / Monster World [MD/G - Beta]
8 Oct 2008Different HUD & more?
Thanks to MathUser for the scan!
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Ninja Gaiden [MD/G - Beta/Unreleased]
4 Oct 2008This is Ninja Gaiden for the Genesis. It is (in theory) a conversion of the 1988 coin-op, but basically the only thing that it is similar to the original is the HUD, because everything else was completely reworked. It was never released (even if some websites claims the opposite) in any region, and since [...]
Mortal Kombat [MD/G - Beta]
1 Oct 2008MathUser has made us notice that he has posted lots of scans with beta and cancelled games in the Hidden Palace Forum and between those, there are these screens from an early version of Mortal Kombat for the Genesis, with a strange color palette and a exhibition mode that was removed in the final version. [...]
Earthworm Jim [SNES/MD - Beta]
30 Jul 2008Although it seems to start out as something completely different, this is a promotional video for Earthworm Jim, mostly focusing on the Mega Drive version. As well as some insight into the design process of the game, it shows a lot of footage from an earlier version of the game. Unfortunately, the way the video [...]
Hardcore [MD/G & Mega CD - Cancelled]
15 Jul 2008This little-known game appears as a ‘work-in-progress’ in the September 1994 issue of Sega Power, it was developed by DICE (originally for the Amiga) but it doesn’t have a decent description. According to the article, Hardcore was a typical run-and-gun platformer, similar to the Turrican series or Super Star Wars, with many different enemies to [...]
Earthworm Jim 2 [MD/G - Beta]
11 Jul 2008In the August issues of British publications Sega Power and Mean Machines Sega, three different prototype versions of Earthworm Jim 2 for the Mega Drive were previewed. Each of them have some minor yet interesting changes compared to the final product, including a lot of material cut from the game.
Landstalker [MD/G - Beta]
8 Jul 2008Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole is an action rpg that was developed by Climax Entertainment originally for the Mega Drive/Genesis. The player, as Nigel the treasure hunter, is tasked with searching for clues that lead to the treasure of King Nole. This is accomplished primarily by travelling through both outdoor areas and dungeons. All [...]
Iron Hammer [SEGA VR - Unreleased]
16 Jun 2008Sega, flush with funds from the Sega Mega Drive (released as the Sega Genesis in North America), announced the Sega VR add-on in 1991. It was based around an IDEO virtual reality headset (HMD) with LCD screens in the visor and stereo headphones. Inertial sensors in the headset allowed the system to track and react [...]
Shining Force [MD/G - Beta/Concept]
10 Jun 2008A map from an old preview of Shining Force, show us a concept map, that looks different from the one in the final version of the game. Below, you can even see what it looks like an old intro screen with a different font for the title of the game.
Land Buster [MD/G - Cancelled?]
29 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Lobo [SNES/Genesis - Cancelled]
26 May 2008LOBO is a cancelled fighting game that was meant to be released for the Super Nintendo and the Sega Mega Drive / genesis, settled up in the DC Comics’ LOBO universe. Ocean was planning to release this in 1996, but it was cancelled for both platforms at the last minute. A prototype of the game [...]
Rambo 3 [MD/G - Beta]
4 May 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Phantasy Star IV [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008Originally, Phantasy Star IV was to have been designed for the Sega CD system, and would have been vastly different from its final incarnation. Features like 3-D dungeons (such as those featured in the first Phantasy Star), full motion video cutscenes, voice acting, and much more were planned. Unfortunately, poor sales [...]
Sonic The Hedgehog [MD/G - Beta / Concept]
14 Apr 2008In the beta screenshots of Sonic there are some differences: title screen, the mispelled word “RING” instead of “RINGS”, Sonic that loses rings in a strange way, Sonic punching the air at the end of the level, strange things in Starlight Zone in the background and UFOs in Marble Zone. Sonic Team originally planned 5 [...]
Sonic Crackers [MD/G - Proto]
14 Apr 2008Sonic Crackers, also known by the name in the ROM header, Sonic Studium, is an early Sonic the Hedgehog prototype game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It is believed to have been an engine test, containing essentially multiple different game engines, swapped out in realtime using code written into RAM. The game has Sonic and [...]
Sonic 3D [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Sonic 2 [MD/G - Proto / Beta]
14 Apr 2008The first “discovery” of this prototype was in December 1998, after a discussion in a newsgroup, Simon Wai released, with great surprise of fans, a beta version of Sonic 2, which had easily been found on a chinese website. We say “rediscovered” because in reality the cartridge already existed for some time, and the same [...]
Sonic The Hedgehog [STI Concept / Proto]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Feel (Ristar) [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Streets of Rage 3 [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008Several pre-release screenshots show that Round 7 originally contained a section where the players got to ride the motorcycles they are so often attacked by. This section was removed for the final version, but is still playable (though buggy and unfinished) with a Game Genie code in the Japanese version. – [...]
Comix Zone [MD/G - Tech Demo]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Sonic Spinball [MD/G - Concept / Beta]
14 Apr 2008Thanks to MathUser we have some more infos about this concept: “These images are actually from a small tech demo that was put together before work on Sonic Spinball actually began. That’s why the layout is so simple. It was merely to demonstrate how gameplay would be like.”
[Source: www.sega-16.com]
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Super Shinobi 2 [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008Shinobi 3 was originally set to be released in 1992. Several gaming magazines (including GamePro, Mean Machines SEGA and Computer & Video Games) gave previews and even reviews of the game, showing pictures of levels, enemies, artwork and special moves which were not seen in the final version at all. For [...]
Moon Dancer [MD/G - Unreleased]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Alien Soldier [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Dando [MD/G - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Battle Mission [MD/G - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Golden Axe [MD/G - Beta]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
X-Women [MD/G - Cancelled]
14 Apr 2008ENG: This entry in the archive doesn’t have a description yet. If you want to add some info about the beta / cancelled stuff that you see in these images, just write a comment or send us an email! We’ll add your info in this page and your name in the contributors list. Thanks a [...]
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill is an unreleased video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis. It stars Socks, the pet cat of 42nd US President Bill Clinton and his family, in a platforming adventure in which he has to make his way past spies, crooked politicians and the media [...]
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- Nuclear Rush [Sega VR - Unreleased]
- Cooly Skunk [SNES - Unreleased]
- GoldenEye 007 Remake [X360 - Cancelled]
- Aftershock [Sega 32X - Cancelled]
- Denjin Makai [SNES - Not Cancelled?]
- Tommy Tallarico’s Play Me Sound Editor for the NES leaked!
- Dealer: Chronic, Pills & Coke [XBOX/PS2/PC - Cancelled]
- The Magical Ninjya: Jiraiya Kenzan [PS2 - Cancelled]
- Black [PS2/XBOX - Beta]
- Ratchet and Clank [PS2 - Beta]
