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With exclusive games like Final Fantasy VII<\/em>, Chrono Cross<\/em>, and Silent Hill<\/em>, it was easy to forget about how the PS1<\/a> was actually struggling to participate in its first console war.\u00a0PlayStation gamers were happy and on top of the world (when their systems weren’t\u00a0breaking and\u00a0playing the dreaded “Fearful harmony”), meanwhile the executives were swamped with self-induced problems to solve. To be sure, the gaming world is much richer for Sony having stuck through their setbacks to become the leader that it is today.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 10 Nintendo Games That Were Cancelled For Strange Reasons<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Still, there is a time to look mournfully back on those games that did get messed up and abandoned on that very first console. Licensing disputes, glitches, and poor porting abilities destroyed games that could have easily become franchises and likely prevented a series or two from ever seeing the light of day. Madden 96<\/em> and Dungeon Keeper<\/em> would, thankfully, function on other consoles just fine, but other games didn’t get so lucky.<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>Creation<\/h2>\n
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As players search for the greatest RTS games\u00a0in the spirit\u00a0of\u00a0StarCraft<\/em><\/a>, they will experience\u00a0games from all time periods that span from the earth to the stars in the heavens. But a lack of underwater games overshadows the genre.<\/p>\n

Things could have been different. Creation<\/em> was set to be a first-person oceanic RTS, but when Electronic Arts bought out Bullfrog Productions, the team was told that “Sub games don’t sell<\/a>,” and that was the end of this project.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>Dark Sun: Shattered Lands<\/h2>\n
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There is no denying that Dungeons & Dragons<\/em> had an impact on early developers. Those who played through a campaign wanted so badly to get a version onto consoles as soon as the technology was available.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0the modern games workshop has yielded some excellent tabletop options<\/a>, Advanced Dungeon & Dragons<\/em> game Dark Sun: The Shattered Lands<\/em> was from an earlier time of limited capabilities. Banking on the technology of the PlayStation was a lost bet, so the team at Strategic Simulations tried to port it over to MS-DOS, where it was too broken to be reliably played.<\/p>\n

8 <\/span>Hyberblade<\/h2>\n
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Some games\u00a0failed so badly on the PS1 that EA Sports famously refused to give Sony a license for their games.\u00a0In light of\u00a0Sony’s low\u00a0standard of quality assurance, developer Wizbang! Software decided this was their chance to\u00a0fix the image by making\u00a0a futuristic hockey game called Hyperblade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Forsaking other good old-school hockey games<\/a> for a game that had decapitations and fatal cross-checks, they hoped to take advantage of the PS1’s 3D technologies. Sadly, Sony didn’t feel up to the task and the project was scrapped. The team tried to put a very buggy version on Windows 95, but the game was not playable until after newer graphics cards were made publicly available.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream<\/h2>\n
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When this game was reviewed by critics back in 1995, they couldn’t get enough of the point-and-click adventure with various endings dependent on player choice. Sony was set for a colossal success with an exclusive release that summer, but they buckled at the last minute due to developer Cyberdreams’s reputation for advanced concepts that targeted an\u00a0intellectual\u00a0audience.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 10 Canceled Marvel Games You Never Knew Existed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The game was quietly released\u00a0on PC with very little fanfare. Twenty years later,\u00a0demand from devoted fans would revive the game on Windows and Mobile devices to resounding acclaim. It seems the concept\u00a0was too far ahead of its time for Sony to risk.<\/p>\n

6 <\/span>The Indestructibles<\/h2>\n
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Originally titled MIST – My Incredible Superhero Team<\/em>, The Indestructibles<\/em> was a game determined to give fans of comic book legends another universe of characters to cheer for. The graphics team had\u00a0completed model vectors and rendering that had not yet been\u00a0accessible\u00a0to the public.<\/p>\n

It turns out that the strongest of all of the Marvel’s Avengers<\/em> weapons<\/a> is their power of litigation. After threatening to sue if any of the characters resembled, in appearance or power, any of\u00a0Marvel’s characters, Sony got squeamish and put a desist production order on the game.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>Legions Of The Undead<\/h2>\n
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For the players of today who\u00a0swap secrets about how to avoid and kill the predator in Predator: Hunting Grounds<\/em><\/a>, it’s a good time to look back at Rebellion Development which put Alien Versus Predator<\/em> on the video game map.<\/p>\n

They almost\u00a0established another first-person action role-playing\u00a0franchise with Legions of the Undead<\/em>. Hailed to be the next Ultima<\/em>, downsizing from publisher Atari forced them to cut all funding from the project. With the advertising in the papers and critics already playing the game, Atari\u00a0quietly stopped production, and the public only\u00a0got wind of the cancellation after the license lapsed.<\/p>\n

4 <\/span>Mace: The Dark Age<\/h2>\n
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People who have worked at an arcade have inside knowledge<\/a> of games like Mace: The Dark Age<\/em>. For its time, it was a fighting game with graphics that even exceeded the bar set by trusted titles like\u00a0Mortal Kombat<\/em> and Street Fighter<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Another casualty of the Atari downsizing, PS1 players never got ahold of this game. It would later go on to debut in arcades instead, but this\u00a0medium featured only combat and cut out the advanced plotline that Atari\u00a0had\u00a0included in the base game.<\/p>\n

3 <\/span>Major Damage<\/h2>\n
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When a company like Capcom says they’re going to add some brand new characters to their already memorable lineup<\/a>, even Sony can’t pass that up. Indeed, Sony did not pull the plug on this project, hotly anticipating the new run-and-gun game.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 10 Cancelled Games Nintendo Actually Showed Off To The Public<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for PS1 fans, Capcom suffered some financial setbacks and had to restructure its US Division to save money, sacrificing the branch of employees working on this game. As a final blow to excited fans, when Capcom recouped the staff to finish Major Damage<\/em>, Sony had already released Basto<\/em> and said the games were too similar-looking for another release.<\/p>\n

2 <\/span>Marvel 2099: One Nation Under Doom<\/h2>\n
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Marvel fully embraces that there are several different universes with the same heroes following different plotlines. One fan favorite is the Marvel 2099 series of comics, which more heavily feature villain All-Father Doom and protagonists like The Punisher.<\/p>\n

Developer Mindscape Inc. had already made the merchandise and completed the demos for exhibitions,\u00a0but outspent themselves and had to layoff much of their staff. Strangely, they never\u00a0officially canceled Marvel 2099: One Nation Under Doom<\/em> in any capacity, but they stopped paying for its producers to work, effectively ending the process.<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Thrill Kill<\/h2>\n
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Thrill Kill<\/em> was the first game to be rated Adults Only not due to sexual content. The over-the-top violence and frequent “fatalities” might have been a bit much for younger audiences, but Virgin Interactive had no problem delivering an experience that even put the graphic scenes in competitor\u00a0Mortal Kombat<\/em> to shame.<\/p>\n

The same could not be said of Electronic Arts, who bought out Virgin Interactive right before the game’s release. Even with fully printed games ready to ship, EA decided the potential public backlash was not worth it. The game’s engine would be used as the foundation of many other games, but that doesn’t stop players from thinking about what might have been.<\/p>\n

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