The 20 Greatest Games Never Made
- May 19, 2009 00:00 AM PST
You think Final Fantasy games take a long time to come out? No matter how long you wait, there are some games that will just never see the light of day. From obscure titles to black sheep in well-established franchises, GamePro's counting down 20 most famous (and infamous) games that were never really made.
20. Primal Rage 2 (Arcade)
The fans wanted more Primal Rage, but it went extinct at the last possible second.
This prehistoric fighter was set to feature a new system which would allow the player to switch between a character's human form and their prehistoric form. Although this game had quite a lot of hype behind it, Atari canceled it when Primal Rage's popularity began to die down. Although never released, test builds can still be found on some emulation sites.
19. Star Fox 2 (SNES)
Star Fox 2 was meant to introduce real-time strategy elements and new characters like Star Wolf.
One of the most disappointing game cancellations, Star Fox 2 aimed to one-up the first release in many ways, and was completely finished before it was canned. Some of the gameplay features translated to Star Fox 64, but many a gamer is left wondering what could have been.
18. Aeon Flux (PlayStation)
The movie tie-in game was horribly sub-par, leaving gamers to wonder what the original game would have looked like.
Viacom New Media was set to publish Cryo Interactive's take on the deranged MTV cartoon, but as a result of a merger the title was canned. Now all we're left with is a craptacular video game based on the recent craptacular film. Dammit.
17. Sonic Crackers (Sega Genesis)
Sonic Crackers had many stages that used a '2.5D' perspective with multiple layers of platforms.
Some believe that Sonic Crackers eventually turned into Knuckles Chaotix for the 32X, but when looking at early screens of the game, there are many recognizable differences. The sprites shown in early tests were taken from Sonic 2, and the two-player system (each character was bound to the other by a bungie-type cord with a ring on either end) allowed players to volley the other at high speeds to reach certain locations. In the end, Sonic Crackers would've been a nice addition to the Sonic oeuvre, save for the awkward title.
16. Tattoo Assassins (Arcade)
It looked pretty similar to Mortal Kombat, but Tattoo Assassins ultimately didn't make the cut.
An exercise in bad timing, Tattoo Assassins was to be Mortal Kombat's fighting rival. Early shots show similar digitally pseudo-realistic character models, and it was also planned to have over 200 fatalities. Aside from the internal strife that riddled the development of the game, the market at the time was so saturated with new fighters like Killer Instinct and Primal Rage that Tattoo Assassins wouldn't have had a fighting chance, really.
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- May 19 2009 at 11:59:19:AM PST
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all those gambs soung good. star fox 2 and nuke nukem 3d forever are my favorites
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It is TOO BAD about Sonic X-Treme. Apparently it played like Super Mario Galaxy, but on steroids.
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Starcraft Ghost man. Starcraft Ghost.
And btw, EarthWorm Jim with the PSP at launch might have changed the PSP's destiny.
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umm, what about Starcraft Ghost!
I thought for sure that would be on the list in the top 5.
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I think StarCraft: Ghost is still on indefinite hold, right? Still, it should have been on this list. I was glad to see Thrill Kill made it though. I remember kids going nuts in junior high over that one.
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I remember playing Thrill Kill at a friends house and playing as the character that had a severed leg as a weapon.
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WHAT ABOUT HALO MMORPG ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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