10 Classic Games That Were Almost Cancelled

Time to breathe a sigh of relief for these beloved games that you didn't even know came close to cancellation. From Smash Bros and Metroid Prime to GTA and Goldeneye, here are 10 classic games that were nearly cancelled!
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin)
Script: James Jenkins (@Jenx_137)
Video Editor: Liam Carroll (IG: filmcamerafella)
#Goldeneye #MetroidPrime #SuperSmashBros
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Over 20 years ago, when I was a little lad in my hometown in Poland, I remember buying games like Fallout 1 and 2 localized by CdProjekt. They sure have upgraded.

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wow seriously??

[@MrGoalkeeper06]

I'd hope so. Even with the issues for Cyberpunk I trust they will fix it, Witcher 3 was released with many issues too so no sweat.

[@moneymikz]

I’m glad we don’t live in an alternate universe without GoldenEye

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Not sure what I would have done in college if that game didn’t exist. Maybe gone to class??🤔

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I still can't believe it was default inverted aim. And with the way aiming and shooting worked on the controller... Idk how I did it

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"Today, CD Projekt is a titan of the industry." This didn't age well.

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I mean they still are. They’re in a shaky position now but just like Bethesda with F76 this hasn’t stopped them from being a very prominent developer. They’d need another title to launch this poorly. And with good DLC and patches they can salvage this

[@acmiguens]

Imagine the parallel universe where Popeye is actually still a famous character and people can play Super Popeye Odyssey oO Weird

[@sonicguyver7445]

I can't imagine my teen years without Goldeneye. Along with single player it is honestly the only FPS multi-player I have ever played. I had two brothers and a stepbrother and we could spend hours playing that multi-player. I always played as Doctor Doak just because he was the first scientist on the character select.

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Harvest moon 😭 the music, the vibes, the humbleness the wholesomeness...perfection

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Fun fact: Jeff Spangenberg went from Turok, to Retro Studios, to being fired and then working on...The Guy Game. I shit you not.

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Is it true Retro Studios was a 2nd party developer for Nintendo back when they worked on MP?

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Keep up the great work. Recommendation: top 10 games that got canceled but already complete

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Oh yeah, here we go, nearly cancelled time

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Mythos Games has the Uffington Whitehorse hillfigure as their logo mark...and that makes them all right in my book.

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It's finally happened, and I almost missed it! :) Love you guys!

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[@Rorujin]

Knowing how No Man's Sky got unlucky behind the scenes (and how their hand was forced by Sony) it's easier to forgive their lackluster release. Hell if the flood did not happen, there wouldn't have been the whole controversy around it and it would've been the game it was meant to be from day one. It's actually pretty commendable al things considered.

[@ems6706]

well I'm not gonna commend anybody who just lied during the entire hype period. like they lied after release as well so it's not like the flood was why murray lied. Like if you wanna commend a game studio just lying in your face go for it, but i dont think i will.

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14:01 bruh this is the _second time_ I’ve seen this channel talk about the original Metroid and then show what looks to be a romhack or reskin as opposed to an actual Metroid game

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Laser squad ! Classic

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[@samusakki2025]

Fire Emblem: Awakening supposedly introducing Casual Mode is a misconception. Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem was actually the first game to introduce Casual Mode. Awakening was simply the first one to introduce it in the west.

[@joshhale9355]

If we look at it like that, it was still the first to introduce casual mode in outside regions. It’s not completely wrong, it just needs an asterisk.

[@SiIverGriever]

Good video, but what does number 1 have to do with the video's topic? Yes, the omission of the multiplayer would have affected the game's quality and changed the video game landscape but the game was never close to being cancelled. It feels like it doesn't belong on the list.

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Hey there boys! Just thought I would leave a comment. That is all💜

[@remytt4]

It sucks that Resident Evil wasn't on that list... XD!

[@urbanwarior3134]

Yeah it was a flood I believe ya

[@richcurtin6510]

Did someone say Gwent??

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Who’s Adam?!

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Presumably Paciti, he runs cultaholic which iirc triple jump is run by

[@RetroToonsOfficial]

Awesome

[@Banquet42]

I am literally only making this comment because there were 68 comments and it seemed like the nice thing to do.

[@feelsbad6312]

I'm going to visit my 19 year old daughter in jail today

[@Puncherjoe1]

So *very* unpopular opinion but I never saw the appeal of GoldenEye. Granted I played it nearly 15 years after it came out. But yeah it never quite grabbed me.

[@peterwright6721]

Puncherjoe1 you are not the only one, I played GoldenEye when it first came out and I thought it was pretty awful.

[@JohnnyCS7]

I think it’s fine but too me it is also overrated

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

The single-player was never really amazing. The split-screen multiplayer was what made it so popular.

[@thewholecircus]

I think it's more about the influence, as the graphics and gameplay style really helped the FPS genre. And yes, the multiplayer.

[@Puncherjoe1]

@@ThatShyGuyMatt Funnily enough I enjoyed SP a hell of a lot more

[@DrumDestroyer1]

No mans sky should’ve stayed canceled

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Well that's like your opinion man!

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Yes the dude speaks tru

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Thanks So Much U Lovely Boys or Girls for this Video❤Very Good Indeed🤗💙🤘

[@thewholecircus]

This comment didn't do well in development, and due to popular demand, was in fact cancelled

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I didn’t imagine it and you should delete this

[@maxstrong6915]

"best games developed by one person - stardew valley" it sounds like a whole team made it and then he polished it for a few months

[@DrakeAurum]

Except they were talking about Harvest Moon.

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How bout e.t

[@Zontar82]

thankfully a youtube channel that admits how shit fortnite is

[@thochaos13]

"Hence why"! Fire that writer.

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So no man's sky is actually a good game? I've looked up reviews when the game was on sale and they were terrible.

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One of the best real world anime redemption stories there is.

[@yourgameisstupid]

Does anyone actually consider The Witcher 2 to be a classic game? It's pretty much just a crappy version of The Witcher 3.

[@wingedhussar1453]

Its actualy a better condensed version of witcher 3 ,its much more focused and flotsam is the best city or town in any witcher game, witcher 3 was to open and loose

[@yourgameisstupid]

@@wingedhussar1453 Witcher 2 is focused on crap, that's the problem. And god, that combat is so bad it's almost unbelievable that they actually released it like that. Witcher 3's story is better, its sidequests are better, its characters are better, its combat is actually passable (although still just barely). The open world is rather pointless and empty, but TW2's world barely even feels like a world, more like a 3D game of connect the dots.

[@wingedhussar1453]

@@yourgameisstupid nah try to play witcher 2 and do the flotsam path and enjoy your time,it feels like a breathing real town while no town in witcher 3 captures that feeling. Also it makes sense to be stuck in one part of the map and just explore that since your a witcher and that is what they would do,now travel all the way across the map back and forth like in witcher 3

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@@wingedhussar1453 I can't try to play The Witcher 2 again because the combat is so atrociously bad that it makes anything else irrelevant.

[@wingedhussar1453]

@@yourgameisstupid it's not the best but I played it in all difficulties, and got the dark armors , if u have issues play it in easy,on easy the combats not bad because you dont have many frustrating scenes

[@bsl1524]

Goldeneye. Terrible shooter. The only reason ppl liked it, because there were fuck all games on the N64. Don’t be fooled.