SEGA Classics to be delisted from digital stores on December 6th

SEGA has confirmed that it will be delisting its SEGA Classics games and bundles from all digital storefronts, including Steam, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store, and the Nintendo Switch store. A few SEGA classic games will remain playable for those who have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, and those who have bought the bundles or individual games will still have access to these games past the delisting date of December 6th. You can see in the platform specific lists below which games will be delisted.

Steam

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Alien Soldier Alien Storm Altered Beast Beyond Oasis Bio-Hazard Battle Bonanza Bros Columns Columns III Comix Zone Crack Down Crazy Taxi Decap Attack Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine Dreamcast Collection Bundle Dynamite Headdy Ecco Jr. Ecco the Dolphin Ecco: The Tides of Time ESWAT: City Under Siege Eternal Champions Fatal Labyrinth Flicky Galaxy Force II Gain Ground Golden Axe Golden Axe II Golden Axe III Gunstar Heroes Jet Set Radio Kid Chameleon Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole Light Crusader Mega Drive and Genesis Classic Bundle NiGHTS into Dreams Phantasy Star II Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium Ristar SEGA Bass Fishing Shadow Dancer Shining Force Shining Force II Shining in the Darkness Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master Sonic 3D Blast Sonic Spinball Space Channel 5: Part 2 Space Harrier II Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 2 Streets of Rage 3 Super Thunder Blade Sword of Vermilion The Revenge of Shinobi ToeJam & Earl ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkoton VectorMan VectorMan 2 Virtua Fighter 2 Wonder Boy in Monster World Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Nintendo Switch and PlayStation

SEGA® Genesis Classics

Xbox

Altered Beast Crazy Taxi SEGA® Genesis Classics Golden Axe Monster World NiGHTS into Dreams SEGA Bass Fishing Shinobi Sonic the Fighters Streets of Rage SVC: ToeJam & Earl Virtua Fighter 2

SEGA has not provided a definitive reason as to why it will be delisting these classics. We do now that SEGA is making new Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage & more games. Recently, it was confirmed a new Virtua Fighter was in development.

Source: SEGA