List of canceled games

Also known as vaporware, this is a list of games that were announced while still in development, but were cancelled, moved to another system, or evolved into another game altogether.

Famicom

 * Arc Hound (available on the NES as Contra Force)
 * Deep Dungeon (available only on the Disk System)
 * Monster Party (released on the NES by Bandai)
 * Ninja Cop Saizou 2
 * Rune Master
 * Seiken Densetsu: The Emergence of Excalibur (Moved to the SNES)
 * Spirit Animal Genesis

NES

 * 10th Frame (Available for PC)
 * A Boy and His Blob 2
 * The Addams Family 2 (Available on Game Boy and SNES)
 * The Adventures of Dewey the Dolphin
 * American Crisis
 * An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (Available on SNES)
 * Arcadia VI
 * Backgammon
 * Bee 52 (Aladdin)
 * Big Nose: The Witch Doctor
 * Bio Force Ape
 * Black Tiger
 * Blaster Master 2 (Available on Genesis)
 * California Raisins: The Grape Escape
 * Card Sharks
 * Caveman Ninja (Released as Joe and Mac)
 * Cheetahmen II
 * Crash 'n the Boys: Ice Challenge (only released in Japan, US version canceled)
 * Creation
 * Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (Later released on Game Boy Color)
 * Dr. Franken (Unreleased Prototype, available for Game Boy)
 * Drac's Night Out (Not commercially released)
 * Final Fantasy IV (Moved to the SNES)
 * Genjuu Souseki
 * Happy Camper
 * Hard Drivin'
 * Hoppin Mad
 * Hit the Ice (Not commercially released — only released on Game Boy and SNES)
 * Inspector Gadget (Available on SNES)
 * John Madden Football
 * Kitty's Catch
 * The Legend of Zelda: The Triforce of Saga (Later turned into The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES)
 * Licence to Kill
 * Married... With Children
 * Mii (Concept moved to Wii)
 * Monster Party II
 * New Kids on the Block
 * Off Zarken
 * The Price is Right
 * Return of Donkey Kong
 * RoboCop versus The Terminator (Available for SNES and Game Boy)
 * Secret Ties (Not commercially released)
 * Solomon's Key 2 (Released as Fire & Ice)
 * Space Ace
 * Sim City (Moved to the SNES)
 * Spy vs Spy: The Island Caper
 * Street Fighter 2
 * Sunman (Not commercially released)
 * Super Password
 * Talking Super Password
 * Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (Available on Sega Genesis and SNES)
 * Time Diver: Eon Man (Not commercially released)
 * Titan Warriors (Not commercially released)
 * USA Bowling

SNES

 * The 7th Guest
 * 7th Saga 2 (North America; Available only in Japan as Mystic Ark)
 * Airborne Ranger
 * Akira
 * Apocolypse II
 * Baby's Day Out
 * Barbie Vacation Adventure
 * Batman: Revenge of the Joker
 * Bobby's World
 * Fido Dido
 * Final Fantasy VII (Moved to the PlayStation)
 * Firearm
 * The Firemen (North America; Available in Europe and Japan)
 * FX Fighter — (Available for PC)
 * Gargoyles — (Available for Sega Genesis)
 * Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters (North America; Available only in Japan)
 * GoldenEye 007 (Moved to the N64)
 * Super Kid Icarus
 * Kid Kirby
 * Killer Instinct 2 (Moved to the N64 as Killer Instinct Gold)
 * Kaboom!: The Return of the Mad Bomber
 * Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
 * Lester the Unlikely 2
 * Maniac Mansion II (Moved to the computers as Day of the Tentacle)
 * Mortal Kombat: Arena Edition
 * Mutant League Hockey
 * RHI Roller Hockey 95
 * The Shadow
 * Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
 * Sound Fantasy
 * Spot Goes To Hollywood (Available for Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn and PlayStation)
 * Star Fox 2
 * Star Wars: Dark Forces
 * Steven Seagal is The Final Option (Redesigned as Deadly Honor for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation)
 * Street Dunk
 * Superman
 * Super Mario FX (Later became Super Mario 64 on the N64)
 * Targa (Europe; Available only in Japan as Rendering Ranger R2)
 * Turbo Toons (North America; Available only in Europe)
 * Ultrabots

Virtual Boy

 * Star Fox (Virtual Boy) (There was a game in production for the Virtual Boy called Red Alarm, and it had a very close plot to the Star Fox game)

N64

 * 1080 Snowboarding 2 — (Moved to the GCN under the name of 1080 Avalanche)
 * 40 Winks — (N64 version cancelled, available for PlayStation [With a Nintendo Power quote on it])
 * 64 Wars
 * Alien Trilogy- (Available on Sega Saturn and PlayStation)
 * Animal Forest- (USA and European release cancelled, available for Gamecube as Animal Crossing)
 * BassMasters 2000 — (Appeared at E3 1999, but cancelled)
 * Beetle Adventure Racing 2
 * Buggie Boogie
 * Cabbage
 * Catroots
 * Climber
 * Conker's Quest (Remade as Conker's Bad Fur Day)
 * Die Hard Trilogy- (Available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn)
 * Dinosaur Planet — (Moved to GCN under as Star Fox Adventures)
 * Disney's Dinosaur — (Available on PlayStation)
 * Doubutsu Banchou — (Moved to the GCN under the name of Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest)
 * Dragon Quest VII- (Moved to PlayStation)
 * Earthbound 64 — (Cancelled, then revived and released for the GBA as Mother 3)
 * Echo Delta
 * Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — (Moved to the GCN)
 * F1 '98
 * Final Fantasy VII — (Moved to the PlayStation)
 * Fire Emblem 64 — (Moved to the GCN as Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and as Fire Emblem for GBA)
 * First Samurai 64
 * Freak Boy
 * Glover 2
 * Harrier 2001
 * Hello Kitty 64
 * HeroQuest 64
 * Jack and the Beanstalk
 * Japan Pro Golfer 64
 * Joust 64
 * Jungle Emperor Leo
 * Kameo: Elements of Power — (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Kirby Air Ride — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Looney Tunes: Space Race
 * Luigi's Mansion — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Mario Artist: Sound Maker
 * Mega Man 64 2 — (Remade as Mega Man Legends 2 for PlayStation)
 * Metroid 64
 * Mini Racers
 * NBA Showtime 2000
 * NHL Blades of Steel 2000
 * Nightmare Creatures II
 * O.D.T. — (Available for PlayStation & PC)
 * Pilotwings 64 2
 * Pitfall
 * Pokémon Colosseum — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Pokémon de Panepon 64 — (Japanese Release of Pokémon Puzzle League, available in USA and Europe)
 * Powerslide
 * Project Cairo
 * Quest 2
 * Quest for Camelot 64
 * Red Baron
 * Renegade Racers
 * Resident Evil 0 — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Resident Evil 3: Nemesis- (Available on PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, GCN and PC)
 * Robotech: Crystal Dreams — (Moved to the GCN)
 * Sea-Doo HydroCross — (Available for PlayStation)
 * Shadowgate Rising
 * Shrek: Treasure Hunt (Available on PlayStation)
 * Sin and Punishment- (USA release cancelled)
 * SimCopter 64
 * Smurfs 64
 * Super Mario 64 2 — (Moved to the GCN under the name of Super Mario Sunshine)
 * Sydney 2000 — (Available for PlayStation and Dreamcast)
 * Teo
 * Ura Zelda — (Remade and moved to GCN under the name "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest")

GameCube

 * Alias — (Available on PC)
 * Animal Crossing 2 (Moved to DS as Animal Crossing: Wild World)
 * Area 51 — (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Army Men: Air Cavalry
 * Banjo-Threeie (Cancelled due to Microsoft's purchase of Rare)
 * Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue — (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Cabela's Dangerous Hunts (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP)
 * Conker's Other Bad Fur Day (Remade as Conker: Live & Reloaded on the Xbox)
 * Crash Twinsanity — (Cancelled due to poor sales of the PlayStation 2 & Xbox versions.)
 * The Crocodile Hunter
 * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance)
 * Damage Inc.
 * Dead Phoenix
 * DK Bongo Blast (Moved to Wii as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)
 * Donkey Kong Racing
 * Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Driv3r (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Family Guy: The Video Game (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Fight For Your Right
 * Futurama (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Moved to the Xbox)
 * Gravity Games Bike (GameCube version cancelled, available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Guilty Gear X2 (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix 2
 * Joust
 * Juiced (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Kameo: Elements of Power (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Kirby GCN (Moved to the Wii and evolved into Kirby's Return to Dream Land)
 * Kirby Tilt 'N' Tumble GCN
 * Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Mario 128 (Concept used for Pikmin and Super Mario Galaxy)
 * Marionette
 * Meowth's Party (GC Tech Demo, unlockable video in Pokémon Channel)
 * NARC (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * NASCAR Thunder 2004 (Available for PlayStation 2 and Xbox)
 * NBA Jam 2004
 * NFL Retro Football
 * NHL Hitz Pro (European version)
 * Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball
 * Perfect Dark Zero (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Pilotwings
 * Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Rally Fusion: Race of Champions (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Raven Blade
 * Richard Burns Rally (Available for PC, PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * RTX Red Rock (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * Shaun Murray's Pro Wakeboarder (Available on PlayStation 2 & Xbox as Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray)
 * Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder 2
 * Showdown: Legends of Wrestling (Available for Xbox)
 * Spy Hunter 2 (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Stage Debut
 * StarCraft: Ghost
 * The Suffering (Available for PlayStation 2 & Xbox)
 * Thunder Rally
 * Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter — (Available for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360)
 * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
 * Too Human — (Moved to the Xbox 360)
 * Travis Pastrana's Pro Moto X
 * Super Monkey Ball 3 (Moved to the Wii)
 * Super Paper Mario (Moved to the Wii)
 * Super Mario Galaxy (Moved to the Wii)
 * The Movies
 * Yoshi platformer (Moved to Nintendo DS as Yoshi Touch & Go)

Wii

 * Dance Factory (Available for PlayStation 2)
 * Jon & Kate Plus 8 — (Available on Nintendo DS)
 * Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
 * Sadness
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Port of Xbox 360 version cancelled in favor of Sonic & the Secret Rings)
 * Stuntman: Demolition
 * Pikmin 3 (Moving to Wii U)
 * Witches (All regions)
 * Digimon
 * Line Attack Heroes (North American version)

Wii U

 * Aliens: Colonial Marines
 * Ashes Cricket 13
 * Battlefield
 * Battlefield 3
 * Crysis 3
 * Metro: Last Light
 * Pac-Man Museum
 * Young Justice: Legacy

Game Boy/Color

 * Baby's Day Out
 * Densetsu no Stafy (Moved to GBA)
 * Dino Crisis
 * Game Boy Music
 * Kirby's Dream Land 2 DX
 * The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage (third version of Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons)
 * Mega Man V (Game Boy Color enhanced version)
 * Metroid II: Return of Samus DX
 * Resident Evil
 * Rhino Rumble Puzzle
 * San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing
 * South Park
 * Trap Gunner
 * Tyrannosaurus Tex

Game Boy Advance

 * A Boy and His Blob
 * Aero the Acro-Bat 2
 * Alien vs. Predator
 * Battland
 * Diddy Kong Pilot — (Revamped and released as Banjo-Pilot)
 * Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers — (Remade and released as It's Mr. Pants!)
 * Donkey Kong Plus
 * Game & Watch Gallery Advance — (only Japan, which would have been known as Game Boy Gallery 4)
 * Luna Blaze
 * Mega Man Anniversary Collection
 * Mega Man Mania
 * Oggy and the Cockroaches
 * Pocket Music
 * Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense

Nintendo DS

 * A Boy and His Blob DS (while the NES franchise didn't make a return on the DS as initially planned, it was later revived on the Wii)
 * Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Japan only)
 * America's Next Top Model — (U.S. Exclusive Release, Available in UK)
 * Baten Kaitos DS
 * Balloon Trip (tech demo, evolved into Yoshi Touch & Go
 * Black & White Creatures
 * Bookworm Adventures
 * Crash Landed
 * Crash Tag Team Racing
 * Halo DS
 * Jam With the Band (American release only)
 * Jet Impulse (outside Japan)
 * Katamari Damacy
 * Lizzie McGuire & That's So Raven
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
 * Super Pac-Man Pinball
 * Sonic DS(Cancelled in favor of Sonic Rush)
 * Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT
 * Wander Donkey

Nintendo 3DS

 * Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy
 * Bomberman 3DS
 * DJ Hero 3D
 * Mega Man Legends 3
 * My Garden
 * Saint's Row: Drive-by

Arcade

 * Star Fox Arcade (May have been Star Fox Assault)