Forgotten Games with the Same Names as Well-Known Games

Sometimes a game is so forgotten that its name gets reused for something else entirely, only for the latter to become notably more well-known. This is a list of such games.

Amnesia
Amnesia
Amnesia
Amnesia
Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis II
Atlantis II
Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Burnout
Burnout
Burnout
Burnout
Crack Down
Crack Down
Crackdown
Crackdown
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Defiance
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Earthbound
Earthbound
EarthBound
EarthBound
Fable
Fable
Fable
Fable
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit
Indigo Prophecy
Indigo Prophecy
Fahrenheit in Europe.
Hades
Hades
Hades
Hades
Hades 2
Hades 2
Hades II
Hades II
Mafia
Mafia
Mafia
Mafia
Outcast
Outcast
Outcast
Outcast
Overlord
Overlord
Overlord
Overlord
Overlord
Overlord
Portal
Portal
Portal
Portal
Prey: An Alien Encounter
Prey: An Alien Encounter
Prey
Prey
Rockman
Rockman
Mega Man
Mega Man
Rockman in Japan
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Star Fox
Star Fox
Starfox
Starfox
Star Fox
Star Fox
Stronghold
Stronghold
Stronghold
Stronghold
The Witness
The Witness
The Witness
The Witness
Thief
Thief
Thief
Thief
Unreal
Unreal
Unreal
Unreal

3 Comments


love the world postulated here where dante's inferno (2010) is a popular, beloved game

2 years ago

Don't know if Eternal Doom would count since its the same "franchise", and I feel that there may be some ill-intentions on purpose behind the naming of the new one.

2 years ago

- 1983's Earthbound
- 1987's Sonic Boom


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