Sega next month, it will withdraw over 60 games from digital stores for consoles and PCs. The company assured gamers that those who already owned retro games would still be able to download and play them after they were removed, but that doesn’t make the sudden removal of so many classic titles any better.
On November 6, Sega quietly confirmed the news that it plans to delist a gigantic number of classic video games from Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and Steam. The games will be removed on December 6, giving players only about 30 days of warning. In an FAQ updated on Wednesday, Sega clarified that players who already own discontinued titles will still be able to play them. It has also been confirmed that “select” Sega classics will still be playable for those with an dynamic Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
On PlayStation and Switch, only the Sega Genesis Classics bundle will be removed from each console’s digital store. Meanwhile, 12 different Sega classics will be removed from the Xbox console on December 6, some of which are backwards compatible games for the 360 console.
Finally, on Steam, 62 Sega games will be removed from the list on December 6. Gamers are hoping that Sega plans to release a better way to play these classic games like this again Crazy taxi AND Transformed Beast, by this time next month, many good games will be harder to play.
Meanwhile, Sega is working on novel versions of some of its classic gamesincluding Crazy taxias announced last year at the Game Awards.
Here’s the full list of Sega games that will be removed from Steam in December.
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Alien Soldier
- Alien storm
- Transformed Beast
- Outside the oasis
- The biohazard battle
- The Bonanza Brothers
- Columns
- Columns III
- Comix Zone
- Crack down
- Crazy taxi
- Decap attack
- Doctor Robotnik’s Medium Bean Machine
- Dreamcast Collection Bundle
- Dynamite delight
- Here’s Junior.
- Ecco the dolphin
- Ecco: Tides of time
- ESWAT: City under siege
- Eternal champions
- Fatal maze
- Fast
- Galaxy Force II
- Gain ground
- Golden Axe
- Golden Ax II
- Golden Ax III
- Gunstar Heroes
- Radio Jet Set
- Kid Chameleon
- Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
- Light Crusader
- Mega Drive and Genesis Classic package
- Nights in dreams
- Star of Fantasy II
- Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
- Phantasy Star IV: End of the Millennium
- Roast
- SEGA Bass Fishing
- Shadow Dancer
- Shining strength
- Shining Power II
- Glows in the obscure
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Sonic Explosion 3D
- Sonic Spinball
- Space Channel 5: Part 2
- Space Harrier II
- Streets of rage
- Streets of Fury 2
- Streets of Fury 3
- Super Thunder Blade
- Vermilion Sword
- Shinobi’s Revenge
- ToeJam and Earl
- ToeJam and Earl in Panic at Funkoton
- VectorMan
- VectorMan 2
- Virtual Warrior 2
- A boy wonder in a world of monsters
- Wonder Boy III: Lair of Monsters
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