This is a list of cancelled games for the X68000.
There are currently 21 games on this list. [lower-alpha 1]
Title [1] [2] | Genre | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Planned Release Date/Last Year Developed or Mentioned | Notes/Reasons |
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The Adventure of Little Ralph | Action, Platform | New Corporation | New Corporation | 29 June 2017 | A PlayStation version was released. [3] [4] |
Air Buster | Shoot 'em up | Kaneko | Kaneko | 13 July 2014 | Gameplay footage exists. [5] No prototype has surfaced. [6] |
Alternative-3 | N/A | M.N.M Software | M.N.M Software | 4 November 2015 | No prototype has surfaced. [7] |
Animahjong X | Bishōjo game, Board game, Eroge | Sogna | Sogna | 1994 | No prototype has surfaced. [8] |
Blade of the Great Elements | Action, Adventure | Amusement | Amusement | 30 April 2017 | Released on Sega Mega Drive as Jewel Master . [9] |
Chikyū Bōei Miracle Force | Shoot 'em up | Cybertech Custom | Cybertech Custom | 1 April 1995 | No prototype has surfaced. [10] |
Crying: Aseimei Sensō | Shoot 'em up | N/A | N/A | 26 September 2019 | Released on Sega Mega Drive. [11] |
Defender of the Crown | Strategy | Bullet-Proof Software | Bullet-Proof Software | N/A | Development was halted for unknown reasons. [12] No prototype has surfaced. |
Faldia | N/A | M.N.M Software | M.N.M Software | 4 November 2015 | No prototype has surfaced. [7] |
Gauntlet | Dungeon crawl, Hack and slash | M2 | N/A | 1 September 1993 | Conversion of the 1985 arcade original. [13] Showcased to Tengen and released on Sega Mega Drive as Gauntlet IV . [13] No prototype has surfaced. |
Golf Contraction | Sports | Zainsoft | Zainsoft | 4 November 2015 | No prototype has surfaced. [7] |
Naughty Boy | Action | Kiyoshi Sakai | N/A | 26 May 2020 | Conversion of the 1982 arcade original by Jaleco. Gameplay footage exists. [14] |
Out Run | Racing | Hertz | Hertz | 13 February 2009 | Conversion was left unfinished due to Hertz' company management cancelling its development. [15] No prototype has surfaced. |
Program | N/A | M.N.M Software | M.N.M Software | 4 November 2015 | No prototype has surfaced. [7] |
Ryūko no Ken | Fighting | Magical Company | Magical Company | 1 March 1994 | No prototype has surfaced. [6] |
Same! Same! Same! | Shoot 'em up | Kaneko | Kaneko | 1 March 1994 | No prototype has surfaced. [6] |
Tatsujin | Shoot 'em up | Kaneko | Kaneko | 1 March 1994 | No prototype has surfaced. [6] |
Traum | Action | M.N.M Software | M.N.M Software | 4 November 2015 | Screenshots and artwork exists. [16] [17] No prototype has surfaced. [7] |
Umihara Kawase | Platform | TNN | N/A | 11 December 2018 | Released on Super Famicom. Gameplay footage exists. [18] [19] [20] Currently under ownership of former TNN designer Kiyoshi Sakai. [18] [19] [20] |
Viper-V10: Turbo 3.6 | Bishōjo game, Eroge | Sogna | Sogna | 13 May 1994 | Advertised in the manual of Viper-V8: Twin Turbo. [21] No prototype has surfaced. [22] |
Yume Dokei | N/A | M.N.M Software | M.N.M Software | 4 November 2015 | No prototype has surfaced. [7] |
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Granada is a shooter video game developed and originally published by Wolf Team exclusively for the Sharp X68000 in Japan on 20 April 1990. The ninth title to be created and released by Wolf Team for the X68000 platform, the game is set on a futuristic Africa in 2016 where a war erupted over mining rights towards rare metals and has quickly escalated due to newly-introduced weapons called Maneuver Cepters, as players assume the role of mercenary Leon Todo piloting the titular Maneuver Cepter tank unit in an attempt to stop the conflict once and for all. Its gameplay mainly consists of action and shooting mixed with mission-based exploration using a main two-button configuration.
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Geograph Seal is a first-person mecha platform-shooter video game developed and published by Exact exclusively for the Sharp X68000 in Japan on March 12, 1994. The fourth and last title to be created and released by Exact for the X68000 platform late into its commercial life span, after being discontinued in 1993 by Sharp Corporation with the last model launched, it is widely considered a spiritual predecessor to the Jumping Flash! franchise by Sony Computer Entertainment.
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Aquales is a side-scrolling action role-playing platform run and gun video game developed and published by Exact exclusively for the Sharp X68000 in Japan on September 12, 1991. The second title to be created and released by Exact for the X68000 platform, the game takes place in the dystopian future of 2069 where the British Elias-Rits Investigative Unit ship went missing during a reconnaissance operation at the Kermadec Islands, as players assume the role of American pilot Fredric von Nyuya from the elite World-Ocean Development League squad taking control of a mecha in an attempt to unveil the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Elias-Rits embarkation during their operation. Its gameplay mainly consists of action and shooting mixed with mission-based exploration, as well as role-playing elements, using a main two-button configuration.
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