Console exclusives that have never been re-released

I have no idea if any of these Factor 5/Lucasarts titles are available digitally on consoles, and even though some of them aren't console-exclusive, I'm just going to mention them anyways since I played and enjoyed all of them as a kid:

-Rogue Squadron
-Episode 1: The Battle for Naboo
-Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
-Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike

Since I was just ranting about my red-hot burning hatred of Naoto Ohshima (no pun intended) in another thread, I think it's only fair to mention one of his games that might redeem him as an artist somewhat: Burning Rangers




This is yet another one of those stupidly expensive first party Saturn games that has never been available digitally. It's been said that it's an underrated game and it got good reviews from critics, too. But what really catches my attention now is the (relatively) high quality manga designs, which is something I would have NEVER expected from an absolute shit cartoonist like Naoto Ohshima (I didn't even know he worked on this game).

Now that I know he did the visual design work on the game I officially want to play it purely out of curiosity.

OH, this reminds me of another Battlefield clone (THE best Battlefield clone, in fact) that has been lost for almost a decade: the long-lost PS3 classic MAG






MAG was THE Battlefield killer, at least on consoles, and was easily one of the PS3's greatest killer apps. I was fortune enough to play it upon release back in the day but there's no way to play the game anymore because of a lack of single player campaign, split screen or LAN support.

I feel like critics really undersold MAG by quite a lot. I enjoyed it even more than Warhawk which was already an outstanding multiplayer game and another early killer PS3 exclusive that I sunk hundreds of hours into. And while I didn't get to play MAG as much, the positive impression it left on me was one that I will never forget. Out of all the console exclusive shooters I've played, MAG was the second most technically impressive after the original Halo CE. With its countless vehicles, 256 player battles, multiple factions, and large arsenal of weapons, MAG was simply impossible to beat, even for all the other console Battlefield games and their many clones.

Prior to playing MAG, I never understood all the hurrah over Zipper Interactive since I had never played any of their games, including the various SOCOMs. But MAG convinced me that Zipper Interactive was indeed one of the greatest console developers of all time. Little did I know that in less than four years from then, Zipper Interactive would close its doors, and not long after that MAG would be shut down for good.

RIP MAG and Zipper Interactive. You were good, damn good, maybe even the best.