Master List Of Unreleased Arcade Games

There are many video game developments that never saw the light of day. The reasons for them going unreleased are varied – perhaps a concept just wasn’t working out, the hardware wasn’t up to the task, it tested poorly, the budget ran out, etc.

Whether or not the games were released, teams of developers would often spend thousands of hours working on these titles. Often some very good ideas were going to be implemented in these games as well. So here is a graveyard of sorts to memorialize those releases. We will separate it out by company and will not claim that this is a complete list. However we will strive to make sure that the games were actually in development; otherwise a (Rumor) tag will be used. At the time of publication, this list is not yet complete – although to be honest, it probably never will be. If there are any glaring omissions, please let us know about it!

If you are an arcade developer with a project that isn’t listed, we would love to include your work on the site (where possible)!

Unreleased Games by Company

Atari * Capcom * Cinematronics * Data East * Exidy * Konami * Midway/Williams * Namco * Sega/Sammy * SNK/ADK * Taito * Other

ATARI/ATARI GAMES

3 On 3 Basketball (1994)

Accelerator (1988)

AGC Mobile Operations Simulator (1990)

Air Race (1985)

Akka Arrh/Target Outpost (1982)

Amazing Adventure (1982)

Atari Arcade Classics (1992)

Atari Dance Machine (1984?)

Bar Room Baseball (1983)

Battlestar Galactica (1984~)

Beathead (1993)

Beavis & Butthead (1996)

Blasteroids w/ Heads (1987)

Bloodlust I.K.3 (1996)

BMX Heat (1990)

Bounty Hunter (1993) <- Exclusive info

Boxing (1977)

Cannon Ball (1976)

Captain Seahawk (1978)

Cloud 9 (1983)

Cyber Storm (1993)

Danger Express (1992)

Die Alien Scum!! (1996~)

Dirtbike (1978-79?)

Dozer (1998?)

Dr. Sparkz Lab (1992)

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1983~; Both a pinball machine & video game were in the works) <-Exclusive info!

Firebeast / Dragon Rider (1983) – Extra link

Fishin’ Frenzy (1995)

Force Field (1982)

Freeze (1996)

Garfield’s Quest (1983)

Golf Trainer (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

Guts ‘N Glory (1989)

Hard Drivin’s Airborne (1993)

Harescare (1982?)

Heart of Ice (1982, rumor)

Heist (1982, rumor)

Hot Rod Rebels (2000)

Hyperspace (1981, rumor)

Interchange (1982, rumor)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1983~; LaserDisc version)

Jammin’ (1986~)

Knight Rider (1984?)

(The) Last Starfighter (1984)

Malibu Grand Prix (1984~)

Marble Madness II – Marbleman (1991)

Missile Command II (1982~)

Nightmare (1984)

Onslaught (1982, rumor)

Parking Lot (1982, rumor)

Playland (198?)

Pong-In-A-Barrel (1973)

Power Gem (1982, rumor)

Primal Rage II (1996)

PT Commander (1978)

Qwak (1982)

Race Drivin’ Panorama (1991)

Road Riot’s Revenge (1992)

Roadrunner – Laserdisc Version (1984~)

Sebring (1979)

Shooting World (late 90s, rumor)

Street Drivin’ (1989)

Tenth Degree: Juko Threat (1998)

Thogs (1981, rumor)

Time Bomb (1978?)

Time Traveller (1981, rumor)

Tomcat (1983)

UFO (1978 – Classified as a “wall game)

Vicious Circle (1996)

Wolf Pack (1978)

CAPCOM

Attack On Titan Team Battle (2015~2016)

Capcom Fighting All-Stars (2003)

Galum Pa! (1991)

Rockman EXE: Battlechip Stadium (2007)

War of the Grail (2006)

CINEMATRONICS

Clown Skeet (1981)

Cutter (1982)

Express Delivery (1984)

DATA EAST

Tattoo Assassins (1994)

Terranean (1980)

EXIDY

0077 (1986)

Catch 22 (1984-85)

Rolling Star Fire (1981)

Spiders From Space (1977~)

Super Death Chase (1977~78)

Teeter Torture (1981)

Top Gunner (1986)

Vertigo (1985)

KONAMI

Battle Vision (1997)

Dive Bomber Squad (1989)

Full Throttle (1986)

No More War (1992)

Otoiroha (2017~)

ParaParaParadiseDX (2002?)

RAP FREAKS (1999)

Space Agent (2010)

Sparkie (1980)

Speed Coin (Stern/Konami, 1984)

Ultra Dome (1981)

MIDWAY/WILLIAMS

Buckaroo Bonzai (1984~)

Chicken Ala King (1983?)

Clone (1982)

Conquest (1982)

Crazy Otto (1981; Became Ms. Pac-Man)

Critical Mass (1982)

Demons & Dragons (1982)

Devastator (1983)

Earth Friend (1982)

Grudge Match (1987)

He-Man: Masters of the Universe (1983/84)

Highlander (1992~94)

Hydro Thunder 2 (2001~)

Inferno (1984)

International Team Lazer (1987~)

Invisible Monsters (Wizard of Wor proto, 1980)

Midway’s Pro Tour (1988~)

P’Tooie Louie (1985~86)

Pink Floyd: The Wall (rumor)

Playball (1983)

Power-up Baseball (1994)

Predators (1986)

RC Squared (1995~)

Relix / Ruins (1995)

RIP Squad: Raids Against The Reich (2002~)

Shrike Avenger (1987)

(The) Spectre Files (1985) NOTE: Received a limited release in 2019, slightly different

Speedball: A Contest At Neon World (1983)

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984~)

Stock Carnage (1999)

Stomp It (1983/84)

Spitfire (rumor)

Tank Maze (1984~; rumor)

Team Hat Trick (1986)

Toggle (1985)

Turbo Tag (1985)

Trog (1990; Unique version)

(The) Ugly Stick (late 80s?)

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Wavenet Edition (1996~97)

Wild Pitch (early 90s?)

Willie Lump Lump (rumor)

NAMCO

Afrec! (2008)

Assassin (1986)

Point Blank X (US/EU Version, 2015/2016)

Puzzle Club (1990)

Robo Restle (2011~)

Starblade: Operation Blue Planet (2001~)

StarFox (2003) (Yes, the Nintendo Starfox)

Submarines (1999)

UnJammer Lammy (199?)

RAW THRILLS/PLAY MECHANIX

American Idol (Raw Thrills, 2008)

Asteroids (2022; Made by Play Mechanix for ICE)

Big Buck Hunter – Bow/Arrow Version (201?)

Dance Central 3 (2016)

Mario Party Challenge World (2017~2018)

Nex Machina (Raw Thrills, 2017)

Splash! (InJoy Motion/Raw Thrills/Specular Interactive, 2017~)

Star Trek Battleground (2019)

Star Trek: Section 31 (2020)

Target Terror 2 (rumor implied by the original game ending)

Tecmo Bowl 2022 (Also had been tested as TB 2020 & 2021)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles deluxe (2019)

Tetris Dimensions (2019)

Unnamed TRON Legacy light-cycle game (Specular, 2011~)

World’s Largest Frogger (2019)

SEGA/SAMMY

Albegas (1983)

Battle Star (1982)

Chase 1929 (2004)

Deadly Sport / Street Brawl (Sammy, 1993)

Dunk Star (Sammy, 1995)

Force Five (2004)

Hammer Away (1991)

Invaders 2000 (1992~)

Ixion (1983)

Jelly Belly Ticket Beananza (2018~)

Jet Squadron (2000)

Kenju (Dream Factory, 2005)

Looney Tunes: By A Hare (1993)

Panzer Dragoon IV (2005? Demo?)

Psy-Phi (2006)

Rad Mobile R360 (1990)

Ribbit (1991)

Sammy Vs. Capcom (2005)

Sega Sonicbros. (1992)

Senryaku Game Bopeep (1986)

Tore Tore! Sushi / Sushi Bar (Sammy, 2003)

Unannounced 3D Sonic The Hedgehog Game (2005? Demo?)

Note: Block People (2009), House of the Dead EX/Loving Deads, K.O. Drive (2014), and Netmerc / TecWar (1994) often show up as unreleased on lists, but they did receive very limited releases to certain regions (either EU or JP).