List of cancelled Game Boy games
The following games were initially announced as Game Boy titles, however were subsequently cancelled or postponed indefinitely by developers or publishers.
Title(s) | Cancellation date | Developer | Publisher |
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10-Pin Bowling | [1] | Morning Star Multimedia | Majesco Sales |
Akira | [2] | Tom Create | THQ |
Armadillo Gaiden | 1992[3] | IGS | IGS |
Baby's Day Out | October 1994[4] | Designer Software | Hi Tech Expressions |
Diablo Junior | [5] | Blizzard South | Blizzard Entertainment |
Edd the Duck | [6] | Beam Software | |
Elite | 1994[7] | Hybrid Technology | |
Hello Kitty Pocket Camera | [8] | Nintendo | |
Home Alone 2: Kevin's Dream / Bobby's World | 1994[9] | Unexpected Development | Hi Tech Expressions |
Hyouryuu Shounen Keith | 1990[10] | Sony Imagesoft | |
Infogenius Productivity Pak: Berlitz Language Translator series | [11] | Imagineering | GameTek |
Jet Pak Jak | 1991 | Rebellion Developments | |
John Madden Football | [12] | NMS Software | Ubi Soft |
Rap City / Rap Quest | [13] | Equilibrium | THQ |
Sutte Hakkun GB | [8] | Nintendo | Nintendo |
Super Battletoads | 1994[14] | Rare Inc. | Tradewest |
Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise | 1993[8] | Capcom | Capcom |
WorkBoy | [15] | Source Research and Development | Fabtek / Nintendo |
References[edit]
- ^ "Pak Watch Release Forecast". Nintendo Power. No. 135. November 1998. p. 114.
- ^ John Szczepaniak (September 2012). "Jim Gregory interview - AKIRA". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Chonosuke, Kujiratake (March 22, 2022). Super Famicom & Game Boy Cancelled Game Encyclopedia. p. 147. ISBN 9784866733043.
- ^ "Baby's Day Out GB". Computer and Video Games. No. 155.
- ^ Craddock, David L. (November 11, 2019). "The Story Of Blizzard's Diablo Junior, The Game Boy Epic That Never Was". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ Klepek, Patrick (September 11, 2020). "Nintendo's Secrets Are Continuing to Leak, Revealing Its Unknown History". VICE. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "Ian Bell's Elite Demos". Elite. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
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- ^ "Pak Watch Update". Nintendo Power. No. 67. December 1994. p. 113.
- ^ "A fully-fledged RPG is now available on Game Boy!". Famitsu. No. 113. November 9, 1990. p. 151.
- ^ "InfoGenius Productivity Pak". Nintendo Power. No. 26. July 1991. p. 61.
- ^ Carpenter, Nicole (September 16, 2020). "Ubisoft's Madden for Game Boy just arrived from an alternate universe". Polygon. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ Doolan, Liam (October 30, 2018). "Video: Learn About The Unreleased Game Boy Title Starring The Rapper Vanilla Ice". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ Gach, Ethan (July 6, 2018). "Rare Finished Making a Battletoads for Game Boy That Never Came Out". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Bankhurst, Adam (December 27, 2020). "A Lost Game Boy Add-On Called the WorkBoy Has Been Found After 28 Years". IGN. Retrieved December 29, 2020.