Sega announced that it will be delisting many of its classic games on December 6 at 11:59 PM PST / December 7 2:59 AM ET. The list of games leaving digital stores includes Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, and Phantasy Star II among many others.
Those who’ve already purchased them will be able to continue playing them, and some individual titles will still be available for those subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online. Sega didn’t provide any particular reason for the delistings, or specify which individual titles that Nintendo Switch Online subscribers would still have access to after the delistings.
Sega is currently working on new entries to five of its classic franchises, which include Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Crazy Taxi. Not much is known about them so far, but Sega confirmed earlier this year that the new Crazy Taxi will feature an open world and contains some multiplayer elements. Sega also just revealed that it is developing a new Virtua Fighter game.
Here are the full list of games that 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
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