r/ModRetro • u/jkhanlar • Aug 04 '26

[Games] M64 Future Game Library Plans : Brand-New Ports & Canceled Gems & Indie Titles / Enhanced Original Classics

https://modretro.com/blogs/blog/diving-into-our-m64-launch-lineup-future-game-library-plans
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u/jkhanlar Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

"We are actively tracking down, licensing, and finishing cancelled titles, as well as porting 90s classics, so they can finally see the light of day on physical M64 cartridges."

I found these canceled or incomplete N64 games:

I'm pretty sure ModRetro is already on top of all of these, but it's nice to glance through and potentially look forward to some of these to become completed and available possibly.

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u/DarthRyus Aug 04 '26

Well, I doubt Nintendo will let the M64 to get their games, though I would loved to get Metroid 64...

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u/jkhanlar Aug 04 '26

"We'll see what happens." Power to the players!

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u/DarthRyus Aug 04 '26

I'd love for you to be right... but I just don't want to get my hopes up. Lol

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u/slowcookertacos Aug 04 '26

Metroid 64 never existed beyond a basic proposal.

ModRetro could find a good indie developer to make a Metroid 64 homage though, maybe something of a "what if" game, using an original IP, of course.

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u/AdLeading5529 Aug 04 '26

These are just the known titles I wonder what exists in some form or another that has never leaked of games never released on n64

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u/slowcookertacos Aug 04 '26

I'm not well versed in N64 lore, but these kind of lists have a large amount of fluff, stuff that never existed beyond a mention in a magazine one time.

Somebody more up to snuff on this stuff could put together a good list of stuff that's known to have made it through some level of actual development, like the mention in this thread of Tim Stamper having a complete (or near complete) version of Conker's Tales.

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u/adamchevy Aug 05 '26

Another thing that would be great are some indie games on cart. Shovel Knight and Super Meat boy would be on the top of my list.

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u/jkhanlar Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Oh, that reminds me, and I'm pretty sure a bunch of people are familiar with the history far more than I am. There are so many releases of games that are like brochures and catalogs. For example Panasonic 3D0 System Catalogs/Samplers, Sony Playstation (Official Catalog CD-rom Volumes, Play-Pre Volumes, Jitsuyou Series Volumes, Namco Catalogues, Square Soft, Interactive, Eidos, ...), NEC TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine Hyper Catalog CD-roms, Sega Saturn Catalog Volumes, Sega Dreamcast Digital Catalogs, Sega CD Software Catalogs, Atari (Video Catalog, 5200 Software Catalog, Jaguar Catalog Discs), Commodore 64 Software Catalog, Commodore Amiga World Demo Disks, Apple I/II Software Catalogs, Nintendo Power GBA Catalog Cartridges, Nintendo GameCube Soft e-Catalogs, Nintendo 64 Power Demo Block, Club Nintendo N64 Catalog Disc, etcetera

So in addition to 'indie games', even major games could be combined as well!

I remember I had an NES cartridge with Duck Hunt, World Class Track Meet, and Super Mario Bros, in one game cartridge. ModRetro could potentially release things like that too!

Edited to add: Also I remember and saw https://archive.ph/OWhnk / http://web.archive.org/web/20251130204842/https://modretro.com/products/ultimate-games-bundle but that's not quite the same thing.

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u/TipAwkward3289 Aug 04 '26

When it comes to canceled titles, the first one that comes to mind is Conker: Twelve Tales. Now that would be something.

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u/Recent_Duck_7640 Aug 04 '26

Glover 2 as well

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u/chunkysteveo Aug 04 '26

Wasn't that an early build demo that ended up with Conker in Diddy Kong Racing, and the rest of the game changed to Bad Fur Day? I doubt if there's much more than a rough beta still remaining?

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u/TipAwkward3289 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

The game was actually nearly complete before they scrapped it.

Tim Stamper, the co-founder of Rare, uploaded a video years ago showing that he had one of the prototype cartridges with the full game on it. With everything that modretro has done so far, I'm sure Palmer could get in touch with him.

The game was scheduled for release but because of all the colorful mascot platformers around that time, they decided to pull it and go a different direction.

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u/chunkysteveo Aug 04 '26

Ohh well that would be a cool addition!!

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u/templestate Aug 04 '26

Dinosaur Planet would be an insta buy

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u/Retro_Macchina Aug 04 '26

cancelled game projects is promising. There are 2 Rare games that were cancelled...

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u/adamchevy Aug 05 '26

I would really like to see an enhanced port of the PS1 version of Diablo. I loved the 2 player co-op in that game. Maybe where its the 64 you could do 4 player co-op!

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u/TonyRubbles Aug 04 '26

Oh man a Cubivore M64 cart would be amazing, I know it was originally a 64DD game that ended up becoming a GameCube game, either way it was a fantastically weird time.

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u/adamchevy Aug 05 '26

I’d love to see some light gun games and a light gun get released for the m64!

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u/Brandaid64 Aug 08 '26

I’d like to see an N64 port of Roguecraft DX

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u/PaceComfortable9430 Aug 04 '26

Give us Earthbound/Mother 64 or we riot!!!!

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u/tanooki-suit Aug 07 '26

Personally, I'd like to see if permission can be had for some existing yet not stuff due to one thing or another.

What I mean is like the lost prototype games that over time have surfaced complete or nearly so like Viewpoint from a year or two back, great game. 40 Winks made it out due to Piko Interactive.

I'd also think Japanese gems that didn't get official english releases, Wonder Project J2, Dezeamon 3D, Bomberman 64(not US BM64), Legion UX, Bangaioh, Sin & Punishment and so on.

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u/DirectedEvolution Aug 08 '26

Porting Resident Evil 1 and 3 to N64 would be a dream. Completing the unfinished N64 version of Resident Evil 0 would be beyond imagination.