Blog:My Top 20 Games Cancelled For The Most Stupid Reasons.

I searched wide. I used WatchMojo and Guru Larry as well as some other websites.

20. Parasol Stars (Commodore 64) - Cancelled because the game and backups were destroyed by the violent, alcoholic, cheating ex-wife of one of the developers and Ocean lied about it being stolen and didn't want to start from fresh. Years later, the Developer decided to start the game from scratch.

19. Major Damage - Cancelled because Sega stopped support for Saturn and was to be pitched for the PS1 but Sony said it looked too much like Blasto. Could of released it on Nintendo 64 though.

18. Thrill Kill - Cancelled because EA bought the American operations of a Virgin Interactive, the game's publisher and didn't want to publish something super violent (at the time). Devs did put it up online for free.

17. Super Mario Spikers - Cancelled mostly due to the messy development cycle, and because it violated Nintendo's code of honor.

16. Silent Hills - Cancelled because of Kojjima and Konami’s falling out.

15. Star Wars 1313 - Cancelled after Disney bought Star Wars and closed LucasArts’ publishing division, also because the game was going to be M-rated, which Disney wouldn’t have allowed.

14.Crash Landed and Crash Team Racing 2010 - Cancelled because of false rumors of Sony buying back Crash.

13. Eye of the Beholder (Atari Lynx) - Cancelled because they didn't want to make a new cartridge type for the Lynx just because they felt it would be too much to produce.

12. Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness 2 - Cancelled because of what is claimed for the Maze genre to be “Saturated”.

11. Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned - Cancelled after Propaganda Games were forced by Disney to focus on finishing a tie in game for Tron Evolution before Disney shuttered the studio.

10. Ninja Gaiden (Sega Genesis) - Cancelled because Sega felt that it was too similar to Streets of Rage.

9. Fez 2 - Cancelled because of backlash of creator which led to him quitting the Gaming Industry.

8. Wacky Races (Genesis) - Cancelled because the publisher realized they didn't have the rights to make a Wacky Races game and didn't bother getting the rights to use the license.

7. Liquid Kids (Amiga) - Cancelled because devs found that they didn't have the rights to port the game to the Amiga and decided not to try to get the license.

6. Superman (PS1) - Cancelled because Titus found out that they lost the license to Superman (Probably because of Superman 64) and didn't try to renew the license.

5. Star Fox 2 - Cancelled so the game didn't overshadow the Nintendo 64's release. Did get polished and put on SNES classic and Nintendo Switch Online though.

4. Paragon - Cancelled so Epic Games could focus their work on Fortnite.

3. Eight Days - Cancelled because there was no online mode.

2. Streets of Rage 4 (Dreamcast) - Cancelled because the CEO of Sega at the time never heard of the franchise.

1. TimeSplitters 4 - Cancelled because Marketing couldn't decide who to put on the box art.

Now for some Honorable Mentions.


 * Jurassic Park: Survival - Cancelled due to missed deadlines.
 * Mega Man Legends 3 - Cancellation blamed on fans.
 * Battlebots (PS2 and GameCube) - Cancelled because the show ended.

Now those were my picks for the top 20 games cancelled for the most stupid reasons. Any I should of mentioned? Let me know. It might be in the honorable mentions.

