While every Aliens fan is currently playing Aliens: Colonial Marines (but not the cancelled PS2 version), we still remember that Aliens RPG that was in development by Obsidian Entertainment for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, but noone will ever play this, because it was cancelled. Keep in mind that this video is from an unfinished development version of Aliens Crucible in 2008/2009, but it’s still nice to see it playable in-game, there was good potential in the game. Some days ago an animation reel from Aliens RPG was leaked too.
Mafioso [XBOX – Cancelled]
Mafioso is a cancelled strategy / simulation game for the original Xbox, in which the player was going to be an italian gangster, on his way to became the boss of the city. The project was created by Teleplan Development Studio, but probably they never found a publisher interested in the game. Teleplan was closed and Mafioso was never released. As we can read from the official press release:
Mafioso features advanced AI, incredibly detailed characters and vehicles, a complex reputation and diplomatic system, a feature-rich economical structure with legal businesses, money laundering operations and illicit activities, all set up in a huge 3D urban environment.
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Dungeon Hourouki [NES – Cancelled]
Dungeon Hourouki (aka Dungeon Wandering Chronicle) is a cancelled RPG that was in development by ASCII for the Famicom / NES. It seems that in the game players were lost in a dungeon of some sort (a prison?) and they had to find a way to escape. An interesting feature of Dungeon Hourouki was its random generated dungeon system, that would have let to explore more than a million different combinations of levels. It’s currently unknown why the game was canned and only few screens were found in a japanese magazine.
Thanks to Celine for the contribution!
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Mer Wars [SNES – Cancelled]
Mer Wars is a cancelled project in development by Synergistic for SNES in the nineties. It looks like an action game that used mode 7 to simulate a 3D-ish environment under the sea. Mer Wars was never released for unknown reason however Howard Phillips found a prototype of it in his archive and shared some photos with the community.
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Genjuu Souseiki [NES – Cancelled]
Genjuu Souseiki (aka Genjū Sōseiki / 幻獣創世紀, translated as “Mythical Beast Genesis” or “Genesis Phantom Beast”) is a cancelled RPG that was in development in 1990 by Nihon Bussan / Nichibutsu for the Famicom / NES. It seems that players would have took the role of a god, fighting with other gods to conquer more areas of the world, using the power of monsters that were able to evolve like in Pokemon. Only few screens, a video and some info can be found in a japanese website.
Thanks to Celine for the contribution!
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