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Rumoured Master System Games
Post Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:12 pm
Last edited by BIG D on Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:23 pm; edited 1 time in total
Here is a list of games that were rumoured to be released on the SMS but never materialised. These were found in magazines and trade publications.

The original thread http://www.smspower.org/forums/9485-UnreleasedRumouredSMSGames
and all credit goes to anagrama

If you know of any more press add.

A-Team, The
Arch Rivals
Arcus Odyssey
Asterix in Egypt
Battletoads
Bartman vs. Radioactive Man
BMX Biker
Buggy Dash
Bugs Bunny
Captain Planet
Carnival
CJ Elephant Fugitive
Cliffhanger
Combat Boy
Crazy Bikes
Crazy Cars 3
Crystal's Pony Tale
Cube Zone
Daemonsgate
Die Hard II
Dragon's Revenge
Drop Zone
F-15 Strike Eagle
Fire & Forget
Global Golf
Godfather, The
Hotrod
Humans, The
Hurricanes
Impossible Mission 2
Itchy & Scratchy Game The
James Bond: Countdown to Meltdown
Judge Dredd
Kawasaki Superbikes
Koronis Rift
Koutsuu Anzen (Also referred to as Asunde Manabu Koutsuu Rule ("Have fun learning driving rules").
Last Action Hero
Lethal Weapon 3
Light Corridor
Light Force
Marko's Magic Football
Maze Hunter 3D II (no source)
Moonball
Nick Faldo Golf
Pac-In-Time
Paperboy II
Panic Dizzy (standalone then in execellent dizzy collection)
Pete Sampras Tennis
Phantasy Star II
Power Rangers
Quarter Back
Rad Mobile
Rise of the Robots
Road Rash 2
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Simple Fighter
Simpsons, The: Bartman vs. Radioactive Man
Sonic Chaos 2
Space Shooting
Spider-man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
Super Basket 2
Super Golf
Super Real Basketball
Sylvester & Tweety in Cagey Capers
Tecmo Cup Football Game
Tintin on the Moon
Viking Child
Wallball-3D
Wild Streets
Winter Games
Wolfman
Zero Fighter
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:53 am
Updated this list after scouring the forums posts
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Post Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 10:25 am
Duck Tales was the original title for The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck. This quote should explain:

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Just to add a note that while researching in old gaming magazines trying to find a UK release date for Donald Duck The Lucky Dime Caper on SMS (at this point my best estimate is either December 1991 or January 1992), it's become pretty clear to me the game was originally called DuckTales.

Both Sega Power #25 (cover date December 1991) on p11 and Sega Pro #1 (cover date November 1991) on p9 list "DuckTales" on SMS as due November 1991. Then in Sega Pro #2 (cover date December 1991) on p7 it says "Donald Duck" on SMS is due December 1991. Then in Sega Pro #3 (cover date Christmas 1991) p24 it says "Donald Duck" on SMS is due "before Christmas [1991]". Then in Sega Pro #4 (cover date February 1992) on p30/31 they review "Donald Duck The Lucky Dime Caper" on SMS and say it's out now. Pretty clear evidence in these consecutive issues of it being the same game simply evolving. Plus several other gaming magazines review the Lucky Dime Caper around this time as well (many are listed on the SegaRetro page in the reviews box)

In my view it's very unlikely there would be two Disney games on SMS due for release so close together, plus The Lucky Dime Caper includes several DuckTales characters in the story/intro so it's not much of a leap at all. In my view this is more than enough evidence to show DuckTales on SMS is just the original title for The Lucky Dime Caper and it was never a separate game.


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TheAssassin wrote
Duck Tales was the original title for The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck.

Great article , found some more not on the list!
Updated the list to reflect the changes
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To bad Hotrod never got released.
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Two Tribes/Populous 2 was mentioned in Sega Pro Issue 20 scheduled for a June 1993 SMS release. Not sure if this has been mentioned on another thread before...
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Koutsuu Anzen was discovered last year.

I swear every post I make has to mention Shinobi Kid, the early version of Alex Kidd In Shinobi World. I'd absolutely love to play that one; it's my personal grail game.
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Post Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 12:41 pm
In the early years of console emulation (around 1996, 1997), there used to be "Thunder Blade II" among the names in old Master System game lists.
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