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.
Title(s) | Cancellation date | Developer | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Aa! Megami-sama | late 1990s-mid 2000s[1] | KSS | |
Action 52 | 1993[2] | Active Enterprises | Active Enterprises |
Airborne Ranger (sequel/remake) | MicroProse | ||
Akira | 1993[3] | Black Pearl Software | THQ |
Albert Odyssey Gaiden | 1994–1995 | Sunsoft | |
Baby's Day Out | 1994 | Designer Software | Hi Tech Expressions |
Batman | Software Creations | ||
Batman: Revenge of the Joker | 1992 / 1993[4] | ICOM Simulations | Sunsoft |
Beastball | 1993[5] | Spectrum Holobyte | Millennium Interactive |
Blaster Master 2 | 1992[6][7] | Sunsoft | |
Bobby's World | 1994[5] | Riedel Software Productions | Hi Tech Entertainment |
Boo! | 1995[5] | MicroProse | MicroProse |
Brimstone | 1994[8] | Teknocrest | Taito |
Christopher Columbus (aka Xpoferens Columbus) | 1992 / 1993[9] | Misawa Entertainment | |
Cluster Buster | 1993[10] | Rage Software | |
Congo: Secret of Zinj | August 1995[5] | Visual Concepts | Viacom New Media |
Cooly Skunk | unknown[11][12][13] | Visit | Jaleco |
Dragon's Heaven | late 95'[14] | Digitalware | Data East |
Fang of Alnam (Alnam no Kiba: Shouzoku Juunishin-to Densetsu) | 1996[15][16] | Right Stuff | |
Felicia | 1995 | Tonkin House | |
Firearm | 1994[5] | Malibu Interactive | Malibu Interactive |
Fireteam Rogue | 1994[5] | Accolade | Accolade |
Future Zone | 1993[17][18] | Electro Brain | |
Gaishin Senki: Millennium Sword | 1995[19] | Magifact | |
Golden Empire | 1993[20] | Culture Brain | Culture Brain |
Jelly Boy 2 | 1994[5] | Game Freak | Sony Imagesoft |
Joe VS. The Wall | 1992[21][22] | Ocean Software | Ocean Software |
Kaboom: The Mad Bomber Returns (also known as Kaboom! 2) | 1993-1994[23] | High Voltage Software | Activision |
Kid Kirby | 1995[24] | DMA Design | Nintendo |
Killer Instinct 2 | 1996[25] | Rare | Midway Games |
Les trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) | Loriciel | ||
Lobo | 1996[5] | Ocean Software | Ocean Software |
Mer Wars | 1990[26] | Synergistic | |
Metamor Kid Goomin (Goromin) | Bullet-Proof Software) | ||
Molotov Man | 1994[27] | Sensible Software | |
Monster Truck Wars | 1994 | Acclaim Entertainment | |
Mumu Boukenki Amusing Dream | Takara Amusement | ||
My Neighbor Totoro | 1992[28] | Tokuma Shoten | |
Nandemo!? Taihoman | 1995[29] | Namco | Namco |
Ochanoma Densetsu | mid-1992 or early 1993[30] | Information Global Service | |
Popil | 1991[31] | Sunsoft | |
PoPoLoCrois | 1996[32] | ||
Prime | 1994[5] | Malibu Interactive | Malibu Interactive |
Project Dream / Dream: Land of Giants | 1996[33] | Rare | Nintendo |
Quik the Thunder Rabbit | 1995[5] | Stywox | Titus Interactive |
Radio Flyer | 1992[34] | Ocean Software | |
Rayman | 1995[35][36][37] | Ubisoft | |
Reactor | 1991[38] | Argonaut Software | |
Resident Evil | 1994[39] | Capcom | Nintendo (possible) |
Robosaurus | 1992 | Adrenalin Entertainment | THQ |
Rocket Knight Adventures | 1993[40] | Konami | Konami |
Satellite Man | 1993[41] | T&E Soft | Bullet-Proof Software |
Shadow Stalker | 1993 | Athena | |
Super Shantae | 1994[42][43] | WayForward Technologies | N/A |
The Shadow | 1994[5] | Ocean Software | Ocean Software |
Shadowhawk | 1994[5] | Studio e | Studio e |
Spellcraft | 1994[5] | Ybarra Productions | ASCII |
Steven Seagal is the Final Option | 1994[5] | Riedel Software Productions | TecMagik |
Street Dunk | Nippon Bussan | ||
Super Battletoads | 1994[44] | Rare | Tradewest |
Super Shadow of the Beast | 1993[45] | Psygnosis | IGS Inc. |
Sylvester and Tweety | 1995 | Visual Concepts | Sunsoft |
Thunder in Paradise | 1994[46] | The Software Toolworks | |
T-MEK | 1995 | Eastridge Technology | Time Warner Interactive |
Tom vs. Jerry: The Chase is On! | 1995 | Software Creations | Hi Tech Expressions |
Transformers | 1994[47] | Argonaut Games | Takara |
Universal Soldier | 1992 | The Code Monkeys | Accolade |
Venom Spirit | 1994 | Software Creations (Pickford brothers) | |
Wile E's Revenge / Wile E Coyote's Revenge | 1995 | Software Creations | Sunsoft |
Wrestlerage | 1991[48] | Rare | |
Yoshitsune Densetsu | 1993[49] | ASCII |
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