Cancelled video games that were later published

The following table contains cancelled video games that were later published.

Title	Developer	System	Cancelled	Released	Notes
40 Winks	Eurocom	N64	2000	2019	Piko Interactive released the Nintendo 64 version in 2019.
Air Strike	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1982	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Akka Arrh	Llamasoft	Arcade	1982	2023	Atari, S.A. published the arcade prototype in Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in 2023. Llamasoft also developed a remake for Atari VCS, PS4, PS5, Switch, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Antbear	M Network	Atari 2600	1983	2024	Atari, S.A. published the Atari 2600 prototype in The First Console War DLC for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in 2024.
Apocalypse II	Tepco	SNES	1994	2015	Piko Interactive published it in 2015.
Aquaventure	Atari	Atari 2600	1983	2005	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011.
Asteroid Blaster	Jordan Mechner	Apple II	1992	2023	Digital Eclipse published it in The Making of Karateka in 2023.
Asteroids`	Atari	Atari 5200	1982	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Beyond Zero Tolerance	Technopop	Sega Genesis	1995	2022	QuByte released it in Zero Tolerance Collection in 2022.
Brickout	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1981	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Beastball	Teque London Millennium Interactive	Genesis	1995	2019	atGames published the Sega Genesis version on the Sam's Club version of the Legends Flashback in 2019.
Broken Circle	7 Raven Studios	GBA	2006	2015	Piko Interactive published it in 2015.
Chips Challenge 2	Chuck Sommerville	Windows	1992	2015	Niffler published it in 2015.
Combat Two	Atari	Atari 2600	1982	2005	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011.
Corn Buster	Engine Software	SNES	1995	2018	Piko Interactive published it in 2018.
Crazy Clones	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1981	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Dan-Gu-Ka	Taito	Arcade	1994	2022	Taito released it in the EGRET II Mini in 2022.
Deathbounce	Jordan Mechner	Apple II	1992	2023	Digital Eclipse published it in The Making of Karateka in 2023.
Deep Pockets: Pool & Billiards	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1990	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Devi & Pii	Sega CS1	Sega Genesis	1992	2022	Sega published it in Sega Genesis Mini 2 in 2022.
Dorke and Ymp	Norse	SNES	1993	2015	Piko Interactive published it as well as a port to Windows in 2015.
EarthBound Beginnings	APE HAL Laboratory	NES	1991	2015	The English localization of the Famicom RPG Mother was published by Nintendo on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015.
Exploding Fist	Beam Software	NES	1985	2019	Piko Interactive published the NES version of The Way of the Exploding Fist in 2019.
Final Legacy	Atari	Atari 5200	1984	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Frog Pond	Atari	Atari 2600	1982	2005	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011.
Game Factory	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1983	2001	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Rocks in 2001.
Go for the Gold	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1981	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Grid Shock	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1982	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Holey Moley	Atari	Atari 2600	1983	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Hypnotic Lights	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1983	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Kabobber	Activision	Atari 2600	1983	2002	Activision published it in Activision Anthology in 2002.
King of the Mountain	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1982	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
King's Quest 9	Sierra Vivendi Universal Silicon Knights Telltale Games Odd Gentlemen	Win PS3 PS4 360 XOne	2013	2018	It was in various stages of development by five different developers: 1.) Sierra's Roberta Williams brainstormed ideas for a King's Quest 9, that had an elderly King Graham, in 1998. The above came from an interview with Talkspot in 1998. Sierra never entered production on King's Quest 9. 2.) Vivendi Universal made a King's Quest game between 2001 and 2002, with a protagonist capable of jumping. The above came from two leaked screenshots from an early prototype. It was never officially announced. 3.) Silicon Knights developed a King's Quest game in which the story, art style, and genre are not publicly known. It was never announced, but was revealed in 2011 in papers from the Silicon Knights lawsuit against Epic Games. 4.) Telltale Games officially announced an episodic King's Quest game in 2011, however it was canceled in 2013. The above was canceled as the rights returned to Activision, who stated they had plans for a King's Quest sequel. 5.) The Odd Gentlemen released a King's Quest game in five episodes and a playable epilogue in 2015 and 2016. It shares from the above. An elderly Graham tells stories in an episodic game with sparse QTE jumping sections.
Land Battle	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1982	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
League of Light	Activision	Intellivision	1983	2001	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Rocks in 2001.
Magic Carousel	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1983	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Maze Invaders	Atari	Arcade	1981	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Meteor	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1981	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Micro-gammon	Atari	Atari 5200	1983	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Millipede	Atari	Atari 5200	1984	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Miniature Golf	Atari	Atari 5200	1983	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Mother 3	1-UP Studio HAL Laboratory	SNES N64 N64DD GBA	N/A N/A 2000 N/A	N/A N/A N/A 2014	Went through development beginning in 1994 on Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, and 64DD, before it was cancelled in 2000. Development was restarted on the Game Boy Advance in 2003, and this version was released in Japan in 2006. The Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, and 64DD versions were never completed thus were never released.
Moto-X	Software Creations	SNES	1994	2023	Piko Interactive published it in 2023.
Mr. Bloppy Saves the World	Compedia	SNES	1995	2014	Piko Interactive published it in 2014.
Penny Arcade Adventures	Hothead Games Zeboyd Games	Win Mac Linux 360 PS3 Android iOS	N/A N/A 2010 2010	1:2008 2:2008 3:2012 4:2013	Hothead Games cancelled episodes 3 and 4 in 2010. Episodes 3 and 4 were developed by Zeboyd Games in 2012 and 2013, respectively, for Windows, Mac, Xbox 360, Android, and iOS. Episodes 1 and 2 were not released on Android and iOS. Episodes 3 and 4 were not released on PlayStation 3 and Linux.
Pinkie	Eurocom	Amiga SNES	1995	2018	The Amiga version was published in 1994 by Millenium. Piko Interactive published the SNES port in 2018.
Radikal Bikers	Gaelco	Game Boy Color	1998	2023	Blaze Entertainment released the previously unreleased Bit Managers Game Boy Color version in Piko Interactive Collection 3 in 2023.
Realsports Basketball	Atari	Atari 2600 Atari 5200	1982 1983	2011 2019	AtGames released the Atari 2600 version in Atari Flashback 3 in 2011. Atari, S.A. released the Atari 5200 in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Robot Rubble	Activision	Intellivision	1983	2001	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Rocks in 2001.
Saboteur	Atari	Atari 2600	1983	2005	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011.
Samurai Shodown V Perfect	SNK	Neo Geo	2004	2020	Location tested in 2004, but never released. SNK published it in Digital Eclipse's Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection in 2020.
Save Mary	Atari	Atari 2600	1989	2005	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011.
Sky Patrol	Imagic	Atari 2600	1982	2002	Activision published it in Activision Anthology: Remixed Edition in 2003.
Tower of Mystery	M Network	Atari 2600	1987	2024	Atari, S.A. published the Atari 2600 prototype in The First Console War DLC for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in 2024.
Shenmue III	Sega Ys Net	DC Win PS3	2001 N/A N/A	N/A 2018 2018	The Shenmue saga is intended to have 11 chapters, released over four or five games. In 2015, Sega licensed Shenmue to Ys Net to develop Shenmue III.
Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill	Realtime Associates	SNES	1994	2018	Tom Curtin bought a prototype in 2012 and obtained the rights to the trademark in 2015. It was published in 2018 by Second Dimension.
SPLAT!	Midway Games	Arcade	1983	1997	Midway Games published it in Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 in 1997.
Star Fox 2	Argonaut Software	SNES	1995	2017	Published by Nintendo on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition in 2017.
Star Mobile	Mindware	Sega Genesis	1992	2022	Sega published it in Sega Genesis Mini 2 in 2022.
Stone Protectors	Eurocom	Genesis	1994	2022	Piko Interactive published the Gensis version in 2022.
Stunt Cycle	Atari	Atari 2600	1980	2016	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault in 2016.
Super Turrican: Director's Cut	Factor 5	SNES	1993	2018	The 6Mbit version was created in 1993. The publisher required editing the game to fit on a 4Mbit cartridge. Analogue published the 6Mbit version as a "director's cut" on the Super NT in 2018.
Sword Quest: Airworld	Digital Eclipse	PS4 PS5 Switch VCS Windows Xbox One Series X/S	1983	2022	The Atari 2600 version was scheduled in 1983. Never completed, it was developed by Digital Eclipse using Atari design notes as part of Atari 50.
Takeover	Mattel Electronics	Intellivision	1982	1998	Intellivision Productions published it in Intellivision Lives! in 1998.
Thwocker	Activision	Atari 2600	1984	2002	Activision published it in Activision Anthology in 2002.
Tyrannosaurus Tex	Slitherine Software	GBC	2000	2018	Piko Interactive obtained the rights in 2015, acquired a prototype in 2016, and published the game in 2018.
Wizard	Atari	Atari 2600	1980	2005	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Flashback 2 in 2011.
World Reborn	NeoPong Software	GBA	2004	2015	Piko Interactive published it in 2015.
Xari Arena	Atari	Atari 5200	1983	2019	Atari, S.A. released it in Atari Vault: 50 Game Add-On Pack in 2019.
Xevious	Namco	Atari 2600	1984	2017	AtGames released it in Atari Flashback Portable in 2017.
Zero Tolerance Underground	Technopop	Sega Genesis	1995	2022	Includes the nine additional levels from the cancelled Sega CD version of Zero Tolerance. QuByte released it in Zero Tolerance Collection in 2022.