Titles Intended to Release on Dreamcast

When the Dreamcast ended production in 2002, titles that were meant for release on the system (at least in an official capacity), but shifted production to be reworked for PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, and Microsoft Xbox, or were released for Dreamcast in an unofficial capacity.

NOTE: These do not include reworked re-releases on other platforms, like Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, or Skies of Arcadia Legends.

NOTE: Shenmue 2 released in JP and EU for Dreamcast, but missed it's deadline for NA and released on Xbox in NA instead.

Source: https://segaretro.org/List_of_unreleased_Dreamcast_games
Source 2: https://zubiaks.wixsite.com/dreamon/single-post/2017/04/16/sega-dreamcast-unreleased-games

Agartha
Agartha
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball
Grand Prix 3
Grand Prix 3
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved
Air Nights
Air Nights
Streets of Rage 4
Streets of Rage 4
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Quake
Quake
Ikaruga
Ikaruga
Shenmue II
Shenmue II
Max Payne
Max Payne
Gothic
Gothic
Seaman 2
Seaman 2
SCUD Race
SCUD Race
Half-Life
Half-Life
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Grand Prix 4
Grand Prix 4
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Freelancer
Freelancer
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Jet Set Radio Future
Jet Set Radio Future
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Omikron 2: Nomad Soul Exodus
Omikron 2: Nomad Soul Exodus

7 Comments


3 years ago

is Ikaruga there to represent a western release? Cause it did release on the dreamcast in japan

3 years ago

This list is missing Thief 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic III

3 years ago

@Hattori Like stated in the description, this was official, licensed releases. Sega cut off official support on 1/1/02, so they no longer required companies to go through them to publish on the platform. Much like Shenmue 2, it saw an JP/EU release, but cancelled the US because it was going to miss that deadline. So did the HL1 port.

3 years ago

@snak I have a few I'm going to go back and add. Link in the description has full sourced list. Just grabbed ones that caught my eye and I have familiarity with their backstory.
Rent a hero

8 months ago

@GodOfMediocrity After review, Rent-A-Hero No. 1 was only released in JP on the Dreamcast and Xbox, and was only intended to be NA released on Xbox in 2003 before that release was cancelled. So this did see it's intended releases and was never intended to be released in NA on the Dreamcast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_a_Hero

8 months ago

@AnimeCwboy Thank you for the correction, though in the year since I posted that I did eventually find that out myself lol. Still nice for anyone else to read tho.


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