SEGA have announced that both the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics collections will be delisted from stores on December 6. You have until then to grab a copy of them before they're gone. They will stay in your Steam library so you will still be able to play them, but no one can buy that after that date.
No reason was given for why.
The full list of titles that will be delisted from 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
SEGA already delisted classic Sonic games from their Mega Drive collection back in May 2022.
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16 comments
ShadowXeldron Nov 7
I'm still mad that they're doing this. The Mega Drive collection was my introduction to classic Sega.
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wintermute Nov 7
I'm tempted, but might as well wait until Black Friday to see if there's a discount.
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williamjcm Nov 7
SEGA probably found a different way to sell them, like they did when Sonic Origins led to the Sonic 1/2/3&K ROMs being delisted from the collection.
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And just a couple days ago I was praising this collection as a great way for a company to provide ROMs for retro titles.
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And just a couple days ago I was praising this collection as a great way for a company to provide ROMs for retro titles.
No kidding. And just as I got the retro gaming/console emulation bug, too! I had also been planning to save up this month, but so much for that!
I really hate when video game companies do these sorts of things!
What a sad day for video game preservation...
Last edited by Talon1024 on 7 November 2024 at 1:42 pm UTC
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And just a couple days ago I was praising this collection as a great way for a company to provide ROMs for retro titles.
No kidding. And just as I got the retro gaming and emulation bug, too! I had also been planning to save up this month, but so much for that!
I really hate when video game companies do these sorts of things!
What a sad day for video game preservation...
You know, recently I stopped feeling so bad about it. Like, it's only a sad day for the corporate themselves, if they don't want my money that's cool, I can gladly look elsewhere.
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On the other hand, SEGA did announce some new games for their IPs during last year's Game Awards, so I wonder if this delisting has anything to do with that.
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SEGA probably found a different way to sell them, like they did when Sonic Origins led to the Sonic 1/2/3&K ROMs being delisted from the collection.I think you're onto something because if I remember correctly, this is not the first time Sega has repackaged their Mega Drive and Genesis collections of games and maybe they're going to do the same thing like they did with Sonic.
On the other hand, SEGA did announce some new games for their IPs during last year's Game Awards, so I wonder if this delisting has anything to do with that.That might be it since they haven't given a reason why these games are being delisted yet.
Last edited by ToddL on 7 November 2024 at 2:03 pm UTC
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And just a couple days ago I was praising this collection as a great way for a company to provide ROMs for retro titles.
No kidding. And just as I got the retro gaming and emulation bug, too! I had also been planning to save up this month, but so much for that!
I really hate when video game companies do these sorts of things!
What a sad day for video game preservation...
Well at least SEGA isn't adopting the same stance as Nintendo and has always been supportive of both emulation and ROM hacking communities.
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Viesta2015 Nov 7
good thing i bought the whole thing on a sale... should of seen this coming.
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More anti-preservation from an industry that actively hates the idea. Laws need to be changed to stop this crap, and how long will it be until other companies start taking people's games away like Ubisoft? Nothing will be done anytime soon though, at least not in the US thanks to results of the latest election... Life sucks.
I'm glad I'veowned licensed all the roms since 2020.
I'm glad I've
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salamanderrake Nov 7
Until Sega decides to remove them from your Steam Library.
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Until Sega decides to remove them from your Steam Library.
I looked if that happens with Steam and it seems to be rare. Most probably what happens is that people who have the collection can keep it and if the emulator no longer works, the ROM:s probably work with some other emulator. If you're worried, just copy the ROM:s somewhere safe.
If you don't have the collection and don't get it on time, you need to wait and see what happens. There's slight chance that games appear in some form again.
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More anti-preservation from an industry that actively hates the idea. Laws need to be changed to stop this crap.
They're trying. But alas it is going nowhere:
https://gamehistory.org/dmca-2024-statement/
On the other hand, this is no surprise. I mean, people actively support things like Denuvo, Kernel-level anti-cheats and the removal of games from your library/or preventing you from playing it since you "Don't own it.".
As long as people are accepting of such tactics the industry knows they can keep doing it and that means no video game preservation in the future.
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Hopefully they aren't trying the Disney trick of "back into the vault so we can release to the 'next' generation at full price".
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ambrosia_enjoyer Nov 8
Once again pirates are offered a better service while paying customers get screwed.
A tale as old as time.
A tale as old as time.
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