List of cancelled Super NES games explained

The list of cancelled Super NES and Super Famicom games has those which had been announced and then cancelled or postponed indefinitely by developers or publishers. The original market timeframe of the Super NES and Super Famicom was the early 1990s. There are currently 71 games on this list.

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Cancellation dateDeveloperPublisher
Aa! Megami-samalate 1990s-mid 2000s[1] KSS
Action 521993[2] Active EnterprisesActive Enterprises
Airborne Ranger (sequel/remake)MicroProse
Akira1993[3] Black Pearl SoftwareTHQ
Albert Odyssey Gaiden1994–1995Sunsoft
Baby's Day Out1994Designer SoftwareHi Tech Expressions
BatmanSoftware Creations
Batman: Revenge of the Joker1992 / 1993[4] ICOM SimulationsSunsoft
Beastball1993[5] Spectrum HolobyteMillennium Interactive
Blaster Master 21992[6] [7] Sunsoft
Bobby's World1994Riedel Software ProductionsHi Tech Entertainment
Boo!1995MicroProseMicroProse
Brimstone1994[8] TeknocrestTaito
Christopher Columbus (aka Xpoferens Columbus)1992 / 1993[9] Misawa Entertainment
Cluster Buster1993[10] Rage Software
August 1995Visual ConceptsViacom New Media
Cooly Skunkunknown[11] [12] [13] VisitJaleco
Dragon's Heavenlate 95'[14] DigitalwareData East
Fang of Alnam (Alnam no Kiba: Shouzoku Juunishin-to Densetsu)1996[15] [16] Right Stuff
Felicia1995Tonkin House
Firearm1994Malibu InteractiveMalibu Interactive
Fireteam Rogue1994AccoladeAccolade
Future Zone1993[17] [18] Electro Brain
Gaishin Senki: Millennium Sword1995[19] Magifact
Golden Empire1993[20] Culture BrainCulture Brain
Jelly Boy 21994Game FreakSony Imagesoft
Joe VS. The Wall1992[21] [22] Ocean SoftwareOcean Software
Kaboom: The Mad Bomber Returns (also known as Kaboom2)1993-1994[23] Activision
Kid Kirby1995[24] DMA DesignNintendo
Killer Instinct 21996[25] RareMidway Games
Les trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers)Loriciel
Lobo1996Ocean SoftwareOcean Software
Mer Wars1990[26] Synergistic
Metamor Kid Goomin (Goromin)Bullet-Proof Software)
Molotov Man1994[27] Sensible Software
Monster Truck Wars1994Acclaim Entertainment
Mumu Boukenki Amusing DreamTakara Amusement
My Neighbor Totoro1992[28] Tokuma Shoten
Nandemo? Taihoman1995[29] NamcoNamco
Ochanoma Densetsumid-1992 or early 1993[30] Information Global Service
Popil1991[31] Sunsoft
PoPoLoCrois1996[32]
Prime1994Malibu InteractiveMalibu Interactive
Project Dream / Dream: Land of Giants1996[33] RareNintendo
Quik the Thunder Rabbit1995StywoxTitus Interactive
Radio Flyer1992[34] Ocean Software
Rayman1995[35] [36] [37] Ubisoft
Reactor1991[38] Argonaut Software
Resident Evil1994[39] CapcomNintendo (possible)
Robosaurus1992Adrenalin EntertainmentTHQ
Rocket Knight Adventures1993[40] KonamiKonami
Satellite Man1993[41] T&E SoftBullet-Proof Software
Shadow Stalker1993Athena
Super Shantae1994[42] [43] WayForward TechnologiesN/A
The ShadowOcean SoftwareOcean Software
Shadowhawk1994Studio eStudio e
Spellcraft1994Ybarra ProductionsASCII
Steven Seagal is the Final Option1994Riedel Software ProductionsTecMagik
Street DunkNippon Bussan
Super Battletoads1994[44] RareTradewest
Super Shadow of the Beast1993[45] PsygnosisIGS Inc.
Sylvester and Tweety1995Visual ConceptsSunsoft
Thunder in Paradise1994[46] The Software Toolworks
T-MEK1995Eastridge TechnologyTime Warner Interactive
Tom vs. Jerry: The Chase is On1995Software CreationsHi Tech Expressions
Transformers1994[47] Argonaut GamesTakara
Universal Soldier1992The Code MonkeysAccolade
Venom Spirit1994Software Creations (Pickford brothers)
Wile E's Revenge / Wile E Coyote's Revenge1995Software CreationsSunsoft
Wrestlerage1991[48] Rare
Yoshitsune Densetsu1993[49] ASCII

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oh My Goddess! (Aa! Megami-sama) [Super Famicom - Cancelled] - Unseen64 . 27 February 2019 .
  2. "Video Creator Plays 52 Games to Win". The Miami Herald.
  3. Web site: Jim Gregory interview - AKIRA . April 11, 2018 . John Szczepaniak . September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102000406/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/akira/jimgregory.htm . January 2, 2014.
  4. Cart Queries. GamePro. 70 . IDG. May 1995. 12.
  5. Web site: 20 Cancelled Super Nintendo Games . gamenewscity.com . . February 9, 2018 . June 9, 2018 . June 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143253/http://www.gamenewscity.com/game-news/20-cancelled-super-nintendo-games/ . dead .
  6. March 1992 . CES Special Report . Nintendo Power . 34 . 112–113.
  7. August 1992 . Summer CES '92 . Nintendo Power . 39 . 59.
  8. Web site: A look at the cancelled SNES JRPG Brimstone . 20 April 2015 .
  9. Web site: Christopher Columbus...the unreleased SNES game . 19 June 2009 .
  10. Nintendo Magazine System issue 10.
  11. News: Cooly Skunk: How a lost Super NES game was miraculously recovered via satellite download . Eurogamer.net . 26 January 2020 .
  12. Web site: Cooly Skunk (SNES, Unreleased) – Gaming Alexandria .
  13. Web site: Blast from the past - 'Cooly Skunk' for SNES . 10 February 2010 .
  14. VGDensetsu - now on Patreon @vgdensetsu . VGDensetsu . 776170695541882880 . 14 September 2016 . [Cancelled] Dragon's Heaven / ドラゴンズヘブン (Saturn - Data East, Digitalware? - 1997) https://t.co/GHns3yOsVB https://t.co/WKMFrjId3V . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220717215921/https://twitter.com/VGDensetsu/status/776170695541882880 . 17 July 2022 . live.
  15. Web site: アルナムの牙 獣族十二神徒伝説 - SFC Mania . https://web.archive.org/web/20191115152203/https://blog.goo.ne.jp/randnetdd/e/9aec9df3a6b78c10ff86dc455bf4bf85 . 2019-11-15 .
  16. Dosunceste . Dosunceste . 577203017566588929 . 15 March 2015 . Fang of Alnam was a RPG for SNES by Right Stuff which was cancelled (Famitsu 363). More info: http://t.co/ondBx6jEdf http://t.co/AvgmAix7Mj . en . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330161836/https://twitter.com/Dosunceste/status/577203017566588929 . 30 March 2023 . live.
  17. Nintendo Power, Pak Watch, Publication date: March 1993, Volume: 46, Pages: 113
  18. Nintendo Power, Pak Watch - Summer CES, Publication date: August 1993, Volume: 51, Pages: 111
  19. 高荷義之 公式【川崎 東京 原画展開催】 . TakaniYoshiyuki . 1473918535084949506 . 23 December 2021 . みなさんにお願いです！ 実はこの絵が何の絵か？さっぱり分からず困っています！ 絵の裏には「1995年8月執筆　創通エージェンシー用」と書いてありました。 が、創通エージェンシー様の作品一覧を見ても該当するものが見当たりませんでした。 どなたか知っている方がいたら、詳細を教えてください！ https://t.co/nHB535BFmV . Please everyone! What is this picture actually? I'm in trouble because I don't understand at all! On the back of the picture was written "August 1995, for Sotsu Agency". However, I couldn't find anything that corresponds to the list of works by Sotsu Agency. If anyone knows, please let me know the details! . ja . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331072907/https://twitter.com/TakaniYoshiyuki/status/1473918535084949506 . 31 March 2023 . live.
  20. Web site: GOLDEN EMPIRE Trademark Information . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408110716/https://trademark.trademarkia.com/golden-empire-74252922.html . Trademarkia . April 8, 2019 . March 10, 2019.
  21. Web site: Nintendo Power : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. 19 May 2023.
  22. Web site: Electronic Gaming Monthly US Videogame Preview Guide 1992 by Akward Studios - Issuu . 2 September 2019 .
  23. Web site: Magazine clipping. invisioncic.com. 19 May 2023.
  24. Other Stuff: Nintendo News. DieHard GameFan. Volume 3. Issue 6. Number 30. Pg.129. June 1995.
  25. Retro Gamer magazine Issue 84: 25 Years of Rare.
  26. Web site: Mer Wars [SNES - Cancelled] - Unseen64 . 5 February 2013 .
  27. Web site: Behind The Scenes On Sensible Software's Unreleased SNES Bomberman Beater - Feature - Nintendo Life. 9 February 2019.
  28. Web site: My Neighbor Totoro [SNES - Cancelled] - Unseen64. 21 February 2020.
  29. Dosunceste . Dosunceste . 1062815210170392577 . 14 November 2018 . Nandemo!? Taihoman was a cancelled action game by Namco for Super Famicom / SNES. https://t.co/m3lweuoIm1 . en . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220903155018/https://twitter.com/Dosunceste/status/1062815210170392577 . 3 September 2022 . live.
  30. Web site: お茶の間伝説 .
  31. 14 November 2020 . CSGテレビゲームコレクション'91 夏秋 (Consumer Software Group TV-GAME COLLECTION '91 Summer-Autumn) . wadelyjp . . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330161826/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmcrB_MCuTE . 30 March 2023 . live.
  32. Web site: PoPoLoCrois [SNES, Super Famicom CD - Cancelled] - Unseen64 . September 2020 .
  33. Web site: Reeves . Ben . Dream Project: The Secret History Of Banjo-Kazooie . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026014705/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/10/22/secret-history-of-banjo-kazooie.aspx . dead . October 26, 2012 . 2023-09-09 . Game Informer . en.
  34. Nintendo Power, Pak Watch - CES Special, Publication date: March 1992, Volume: 34, Pages: 112-113
  35. Web site: Early Super Nintendo Rayman Prototype Released . 3 July 2017 .
  36. Web site: Michel Ancel on Instagram: "Incroyable !!!! We have found the old unique Rayman SNES ROM !!!! It was sleeping for 24 years ..... Time to wake it up !!!!" .
  37. Web site: A Prototype Build of the Never Completed SNES Rayman Game is Now on the Internet . 3 July 2017 .
  38. 12 January 2022 . Reactor [Unreleased] (Super Nintendo Entertainment System Gameplay) ]. RetroCysper . . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329215518/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK5sVvQwMes . 29 March 2023 . live.
  39. Web site: Resident Evil Was Originally In Development For The SNES . https://web.archive.org/web/20171204220314/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/04/resident-evil-was-originally-in-development-for-the-snes.aspx . dead . December 4, 2017 . 4 December 2017. Game Informer. Reeves. Ben. 21 March 2024.
  40. Nintendo Power, Pak Watch - CES Special, Publication date: March 1993, Volume: 46, Pages: 112
  41. 蛇METAL . METAL . Arc_Hound . 1103103476794572800 . 6 March 2019 . Two unreleased Super NES games shown at the Winter '93 CES show. Satellite Man, a superhero beat-'em-up developed by T&E Soft that would've been published by BPS in the U.S., and Future Zone, a sci-fi action game by Electro Brain. From the Mar. '93 issue of Micom BASIC Magazine. https://t.co/ch4JahQh8e . en . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026123900/https://twitter.com/Arc_Hound/status/1103103476794572800 . 26 October 2020 . live.
  42. Web site: Who is Shantae? .
  43. Bozon . Matt . MrBozon . 1385464834523680769 . 23 April 2021 . Erin created Shantae to be for the SNES originally. So playing with a SNES wireless controller today, finally, 27 years later on Nintendo hardware - wow it's hard to describe how awesome this feels! ⁦❤️♀️ @Erinbozon⁩ https://t.co/66VedYshvW . en . 14 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301084002/https://twitter.com/MrBozon/status/1385464834523680769 . 1 March 2022 . live.
  44. . 86 . February 2011 . 82 . The Unconverted: Arcade Games that Never Made It Home – Battletoads .
  45. Web site: Shadow of the Beast (1989). MobyGames.
  46. Electronic Gaming Monthly, Preview, Publication date: October 1994, Volume: 63, Pages: 116
  47. Web site: No, SNES Super FX Title Vortex Was Never A Transformers Game. Damien . McFerran . November 3, 2015. Nintendo Life . December 5, 2021.
  48. Web site: 2008-04-14 . Wrestlerage [SNES - Unreleased] - Unseen64 ]. 2023-09-09 . Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames! . en-US.
  49. Web site: Yoshitsune Densetsu [SNES - Cancelled] - Unseen64 . 26 June 2020 .

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