Delisted Video Games you Can't Play Anymore

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Delisted Video Games being a thing is really sad, especially when bigger titles totally disappear from stores making you work hard just to play. But on the PS5, Switch and new Xbox, a game vanishing from digital store shelves is now uncommon. It's bizarre that I can put Minecraft AND Metal Gear Solid 3 HD on this thumbnail, cause it's actually true? btw this is specifically digital stores, don't get mad please.
ANYWAYS, I decided to recount as many delisted games as possible, JOIN ME!
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[@austineruption]

Get Honey and start saving today! joinhoney.com/austineruption Howdy! I decided I was gonna dig super hard into the world of emulation and find myself a way to play a bunch of games that have been taken offline. This video has a lot of stuff that is available physically, but if it was taken off digital store shelves to me, that counts. Please no bully, BUT let me know if there's other games below that you think are worth talking about in the future! Have a good day now ya hear.

[@regularspecial1]

have you ever heard of total war: arena? the failed official total war MOBA game. yes you read that correctly. the people behind the total warhammer franchise tried to make a moba game.

[@LikaLaruku]

Hey Austin, can you make a video about MMOs that never made it out of alpha/beta testing? Like Skysaga.

[@arekusu.]

Austin what was that song playing during the ending credits? I swear I've heard it before, but I can't put my finger on it

[@E-L337]

Hey Austin, just so you know, you can easily get a replacement battery for the PSP. There's some third-party ones that aren't *great*, but they seem to hold a charge for a couple of hours, taking it from 'useless without the AC adapter' to 'somewhat usable'.

[@Akuretaki_Nikolay]

Thanks Austin ,really good video, preservation is the future

[@Dusty--]

Nothing is delisted if you have a pirate flag

[@brennanscarcello1443]

But that is illegal!! And illegal is bad. My mom says so.

[@trollza]

If there's no seeder haha rip 😅

[@devcrom3]

​@@trollza spread your seed, Gamers!

[@italothejunior]

Exactly!

[@randomrobin7773]

It's morally correct to pirate Nintendo games

[@SeriouslyCrime]

It's still insane to me, how bad game preservation is. There should be some sort of law that allows people to emulate and download abandoned games.

[@shib5267]

Why do you need a law when you cam already do that

[@umairashraf5167]

​@@shib5267 so you can do it legally and not be in fear of getting arrested

[@ObamaTheHedgehog]

​@Umair ashraf nobody is getting arrested for downloading old roms lol. It's like jaywalking

[@umairashraf5167]

@@ObamaTheHedgehog I mean, it'd be much easier if they had like official websites run by actual professionals and not resorts to third party cuz you dont know whats gonna happen when you login plus ,emulation isn't exactly the best right now so I don't like it to use it yet

[@Show_My_Name_Not_My_Handle]

@@umairashraf5167 If you want to hamstring yourself needlessly, that's your choice. In my lifetime, it has _always_ been the case that third-party solutions to the problem developers and publishers created out of nothing are superior to solutions put forth by those developers/publishers. This isn't an opinion. Emulation has been very good for at least 15 years, and in the majority of cases, is near-perfect. Most of the problems that emulation does have are created or made much worse by the creators of whatever platform is trying to be emulated. This whole comment is so far separated from reality it's shocking.

[@amirgarcia547]

With the 3DS/WiiU Eshop being closed recently, this video couldn’t be anymore topical, as there’s now tons of digital-only games exclusive to those storefronts that you can no longer obtain if you haven’t already. At least without sailing the seven seas.🏴‍☠️ It’s a good thing Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game is no longer part of this due to getting a recent rerelease for the movie’s 10th anniversary, and I even copped the physical version just in case it ends up ever getting pulled again.

[@KrazzeeKane]

I agree it opens up a discussion. I mean, once there is no longer a way to pay the devs and publishers for their game via the shop, what else are you supposed to do but sail the high seas? Once Nintendo and them aren't making any money off the sale, to me it's functionally the same whether you buy a cartridge of pokemon for over $100, or just ☠️ it. I only care about being able pay the people who matter, not scalpers on ebay--I feel no shame downloading any 3DS titles that aren't available elsewhere now.

[@sethsez]

@@Fanboy-hf1iu Sure, if you're working on the assumption that the current videogame audience is the only one that will ever exist and they all have perfect knowledge of the 3DS and WiiU digital libraries to make perfectly-informed choices about what games to pass up forever. Unfortunately, new people enter the hobby very day and it's extremely common for people to have blind spots about titles they might have enjoyed but missed out on. People are still rediscovering retro stuff to this day. Old games continue to have an audience. Doom got one of the best custom maps in its entire 30 year history earlier this month. The potential audience for these games didn't die off on March 27th.

[@KrazzeeKane]

@3090 Fanboy this reply is so simple and poorly though out, that it isn't worth a long response. The short answer is: no, of course not. How can you tell me what games I'll want to play a year or two or three from now?

[@SilverLegion121]

​@@Fanboy-hf1iu No. Especially not with Nintendo's "quality assurance" pricing

[@meatmaster665]

i got the original version

[@halolasomaster3900]

This is why I will always choose physical copies over digital.

[@diamondhamster4320]

Alpha Protocol - a game where choice trully matter and even bad choices lead to pretty cool, funny and memeable moments.

[@Muffinpurplegurk]

I couldn't get past the first hacking minigame 😢😂

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

@@Muffinpurplegurk They are a pain. I'd love for a remaster that changes things up but we're not going to get that, sadly.

[@diamondhamster4320]

@@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968 True. This game is the only game where you can basically role play as mega douchey Super Villain from James Bond which commits war crimes.

[@BloodRedFox2008]

Glad I got that game during a Steam sale years ago. Still wonder why it got delisted though. Maybe Sega didn't want to bother paying some of the profits to Obsidian anymore? Or maybe Sega's hoping to sell the IP to Microsoft? Microsoft managed to surprisingly save Too Human from delisting when they made a deal with Epic Games for it to just be freeware from now on (I don't think Too Human can legally be sold anymore after the lawsuit where Silicon Knights was discovered to have still used Unreal Engine code in the game, despite claiming they weren't going to use the engine anymore), so maybe something can be worked out with Sega for Alpha Protocol too (Microsoft also made a remaster of Phantom Dust available for free after a planned full remake got cancelled).

[@almalone3282]

@@BloodRedFox2008 with the success of the outer worlds I'm thinking Microsoft wants their own "fallout" IP that can only exist on game pass. While true they own fallout now making it a game pass exclusive after all these years would piss off too many fans

[@temporalwolf7054]

One thing I'd like to add on the whole Minecraft Story mode thing, is that I do remember there being a bit of a hubbub about how a bunch of Minecraft KZbinrs were brought in for one of the episodes to do a whodunnit murder mystery type thing, and I have to wonder if that's what's keeping Microsoft from reupping it. Not necessarily a matter of can't, but not wanting to deal with the hassle of renegotiating deals and licenses for all those youtubers who may themselves just not want to license their likenesses out to something they may see as not representative of their content anymore.

[@TomLegend101]

I never heard anything about “hubbub” with the KZbinrs 🤔

[@DaWhimsicalOne]

I hate how much this makes sense, I was a broke teen when all the telltale games were coming out and when I finally got a job I was super hype to start buying all he telltale games hen I find out they're all gone:(

[@DaWhimsicalOne]

@TheLarkaanimation yes, but as someone who played MC story mode and loved it I'm upset I'll never get to play season 2:( Batman was good tho👌

[@kingbaco1233]

Hi I’m 9 days late but those KZbinrs either got killed off or got “put in prison” so for mostly all of them they could easily just not be in the new games script and it would still make sense!

[@Perfection-ME-01]

Battleborn absolutely ripped my heart out and stamped on it until there was nothing left when it was taken from us. I was playing it right up until it’s final days. I’ve still got my copy and will forever keep it as a reminder of joyous days. Honestly Battleborn was my game of choice after playing Borderlands for years it was everything i wanted in a game,I’m still broken inside to this day

[@trighyjock5415]

"It's not piracy if you can't even buy the product. Then it's preservation." Change my mind.

[@alexleo-wolf4339]

Dude I never thought of that. But it's so true.

[@csabamartintovissi5971]

its not piracy, because the devs wouldnt get any money from it, so who cares, and i aint gonna give money for digital codes

[@lemnlime66]

That's not how copyrights work. They go into the public domain after like 80 years but obviously I don't feel the least bit bad about downloading a ROM for a game I can't get legally

[@trighyjock5415]

@@lemnlime66 honestly, copyright laws suck, I mean, in 80 years in the future will someone give a dang about the classic super mario bros? Yes, some? alot, definely. But 80 YEARS in the future? Well...in scale of time like this alot of people will don't give a dang.

[@WhiplashPuppet]

This entire video could be used as a solid argument as to why video game emulation as a form of preservation is so important. Keep in mind that, eventually, a lot of these consoles and games will just stop working due to age. It's inevitable. Cartridges refuse to work no matter how much you blow into it. CDs that have been played/read so many times that they become unreadable. Or even the consoles themselves, like the Gamecube that eventually stops reading discs. Add that with how unreasonable prices are getting and eventually, emulation will be your only option for revisiting these old classics.

[@Activated_Complex]

Absolutely. Emulation is how videogames are preserved. The sense of permanence to having a physical copy, and the original hardware, is illusory. Backwards compatibility on consoles is in a sorry state for even the systems which are supported, and the vast majority are not. And a tangled web of licensing issues will keep many all-time classics, still among the best in their respective genres, from ever being possible to re-release and re-monetize. I'll support any attempt by publishers to officially bring classic games to PC. And have repurchased many older titles on the likes of GOG and Steam. I'm team "Pay For Things," not team "Everything Should Be Free." But my advice to anyone else equally committed to doing things the right way, when publishers show an interest, and even to anyone out there who is ambivalent towards emulation and likes their physical media, is the same: Look into data storage solutions, a topic that won't fit here. And go take advantage of the fact that backups of classic games for virtually all old systems can be sourced, for now, from some trustworthy sites like a certain archive of the internet. BEFORE that gets pushed completely underground by litigation and legislation. At which point, sourcing these preserved games becomes a more dicey proposition (or even one behind paywalls that could be funding far more illicit activities). And get started NOW. Not next week.

[@AmEv7fam]

Granted, blowing has actually been shown to be blowing dust off at best, putting corrosion onto contacts (from spit) at worst. But yes, being able to back up your own copies is important, if you want to stay 100% legal. Like you said, bit rot, corrosion, demagnetism, failing optics.

[@Holgast]

Speaking of mobile games, Dragalia Lost. An incredible first-party Nintendo gacha, they gave you loads of free stuff, there were a bunch of crossover events, but the game was barely advertised. I had several years of great casual play with it, not spending any money, until it finally shut down. Good times

[@maxspecs]

The not spending money part, that’d be why it was shut down. As is the issue with all the best free mobile games…

[@moxieman2452]

I mourn the loss of Dragalia Lost constantly. It was unreasonably good

[@ianquinn6814]

​@@moxieman2452look for the fan patcher and fan server, it's playable on fan run servers

[@mptproductions2535]

They delisted dragalia!! I loved that game it was so fun and the anime art style was gorgeous, banger sound track too

[@aatkins2002]

Honorable mention to Driver: San Francisco. Can't be bought in the Ubisoft stores anymore... I think it might have been because of car licensing, which, yeah, bs but I could see happening. The gimmick was that you could possess random drivers any time you wanted. The mechanic was so cool, being able to just fly away from your car and seamlessly take control of another car to crash into a target using the oncoming traffic was so satisfying. Last I checked there was a whole community still keeping multiplayer alive somehow, I think through mods. Not sure if they still are anymore, but still, goes to show people loved the game.

[@Faapu]

I also miss SEGA Heroes, I remember when the shutdown was imminent they basically cracked up all the numbers on the drops so you could unlock all the stuff you wanted before the game dies forever, which I thought was pretty cool

[@Josuh]

spoken like a true sonic speed battle fan

[@AlexGreat321]

I went through a phase where I was buying a lot of games digitally. But with a lot being delisted and me realising a bunch I could get physically cheaper I went back to physical collecting. I've managed to get Splatterhouse, Lollipop Chainsaw, Shadows Of The Damned, Goldeneye Reloaded, Blood Stone, 007 Legends, Asura's Wrath, Metal Gear Solid Collection, Wolfenstein 2009. I'm doing alright

[@Gruntvc]

I missed the time when you could get Splatterhouse cheap. Now, I'm hoping it gets remastered. I don't think it is even backwards compatibility on Xbox One X and Xbox Series X like 50 Cent Blood On The Sand is.

[@QF_Dan72]

with Steam just announcing Windows 7/8.1 will stop working, one could wonder when Wins 10 will be the next as well. I am worried with my digital games.

[@AlexGreat321]

@@Gruntvc 50 Cent Blood On The Sand is another one I've got physically as well

[@AlexGreat321]

@@QF_Dan72 Yup what happens to your Steam games once the OS is no longer supported. I'm assuming they're just locked to your account and you'll need suitable hardware/software to access it

[@Smartacus420]

Shadows of the damned is so damned underrated

[@ialaffita]

An uncommon case is the very first version of FFXIV, which at launch was terrible. It pushed SquareEnix to apologize and develop a full new version. That old version (what was up for 2 years) turned into a SE laboratory were they tested crazy ideas and created unique and elaborated stories. It was taken down when the new version arrived and it cannot be played anymore.

[@kaisuisen2824]

Hit me in nostalgia. My first MMO I took seriously (wow no count) and I actually liked it.

[@overlorddan7868]

I’m glad you mentioned Ultimate Alliance, Amy of Two, and the Activision/Marvel games The fact that games like the God Of War PSP games, the Overlord series, LOTR Conquest, Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate, Sonic Unleashed, and Call of Juarez all got pulled from PS+ or digital stores at some point absolutely annoys me

[@B3N1TO]

Duuuuude and the fact I have call of Juarez and metal gear solid 4 and I can’t play it like how Xbox users can makes me mad as hell. Why isn’t it possible for ps players to play old games that we already have? Unless we go to an third party source to emulate the game we already have or people just straight rip it. This shit is getting wild man

[@DylanScottDavis]

I'm so glad someone else remembers Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles My Life as a King and my Life as a Dark Lord. They were some of my favorite titles on the Wii. I'm begging for a remaster/remake/port or sequel to modern consoles.

[@ImGonnaFudgeThatFish]

A big problem I encountered with emulating MLAAK recently is that if you have all the DLC when starting a new game, it's horribly unbalanced because it doesn't expect the player to have bought all of it before playing. You have massively accelerated rates of building and currency gain, but your villager adventurers do not gain xp any faster and with such a high amount of buildings right away, your villagers spend all fucking day shopping before they leave at night only to immediately run back home because IT TAKES TIME for them to reach their destination and it's now too late. TL;DR: do not have the gameplay content DLC until after you've "completed" the game or you softlock yourself

[@aldiswhylita7150]

I'm so glad i'm not the only one who remembers these games. I especially miss MLaaK and have yet to find another game like that.

[@DylanScottDavis]

@@ImGonnaFudgeThatFish Oh yeah, that's one of the things I distinctly remember having issues with. Villagers spend almost all day shopping and then no time adventuring. If I were to make a sequel/remake I'd have some way you could implement "Max time in town" or maybe schedule/paths they could take. Having more ways to affect your villagers choices would have been nice. As much as I love the DLC adding more to the game, I don't think the game was balanced/designed around the content leading to this issue.

[@jaysternumber1]

Dude it took me forever to refind MLaaK after forgetting what it was called, so glad to see other people recognizing it!

[@thelegalsystem]

Those first few months of Tribes: Ascend were truly magical. Also, TF2 is on life support if anything, but its hanging in there for now.

[@puffnisse]

TF2 is getting a major update for the first time in years this year, so I can imagine it will rise up from the ashes again, at least for a time.

[@calvinanderson4245]

[VGS]

[@IfYouInsist]

[VGCY]

[@CourierSiix]

Tf2 is not getting delisted lmao. Yall are too dramatic

[@thelegalsystem]

@@CourierSiix literally no one suggested that

[@thirstyserpent1079]

For Alpha Protocol if I recall the reason for it's delisting was a licensing expiration over the usage of a song that is present in the game. Specifically at the end of the Russian campaign(Excluding the secret mission) there is a boss fight with a Russian mob boss who has duel wielded golden uzi's and duel knives. Said bosses mansion is 80's themed and he is very into 80's American culture. During the boss fight the song "Turn Up The Radio" plays. When the game was made they licensed the song for I think 15 ish years?

[@whitestarphoenix7404]

I actually have both Minecraft story mode 1 and 2 as discs and after a while I almost got rid of them until I realized they were no longer buyable so I’m so glad I didn’t get rid of them then or I’d be really sad because those games were great. Sucks they were delisted 😢

[@LL4zuli]

Please tell me you can download episodes if you have the disc(season pass disc)

[@brickthecat]

@@LL4zuliyeah you can. I recently bought season 2 at a game store and the episodes can still be downloaded.

[@Badusername2000]

@@LL4zuli i did that as of like 6 months ago, so hopefully you still can

[@shm-62u30]

I had copies for the Ps4 and Xbox until I sold both for like 3$ not realizing they didn't make them anymore

[@damian9303]

@@shm-62u30 Luckily it's not too badly expensive to rebuy when compared to other delisted titles

[@velzekt4598]

Alpha Protocol probably got de-listed because it had licensed music and they didn't want to renew it just to keep selling it (it got delisted like 10 years after being released so that seems to follow a normal license thing)

[@sneaky5141]

alpha protocol should have been delisted before it released. worst videogame i ever wasted money on

[@xtoadsannom6704]

Turn up the radio killed Alpha Protocol 😭 .

[@DaveBrunoAnimation]

as someone whos worked in Mobile and Social gaming for the last decade, everything Ive ever worked on can no longer be played. So thats always fun...

[@dying_souls]

The completionist made a great video showcasing how he managed to purchase and store everything single wii u and 3ds game on the eshop preservation

[@eugeneturner7520]

I met most of my friends on Playstation HOME after a family member died - it was a bright spot in a very dark time in my life, and the friends I met there helped me get through a lot of it. A lot of my happiest memories are on Playstation HOME.

[@alfman0125]

That wolfenstien game was so good I'm glad you spoke about it I remember playing the hospital level as a kid it was fucking scary

[@aggband5633]

also worth talking about racing games, probably 2/3 of them are delisted nowadays. Every NFS before 2010's, almost every Codemasters racing game before 2016 or something and even Forza motorsport 7, which is the latest Motorsport entry. That last one is especially wild to me, and I wish publishers were held more accountable for sustaining their games that their devs worked so hard on

[@lumirairazbyte9697]

It uses real world cars, thus licensed content, in which is also the reason why Driver: San Francisco is gone. Every gamer wants to drive a Camaro or a Tesla, instead of a generic car. So be it, but with a catch…..

[@aggband5633]

@@lumirairazbyte9697 yeah, it's almost always cars, tracks, or music since they have to license all three usually. It is weird though since some publishers have proven to sustain older titles with likely similar licenses such as Assetto Corsa or WRC 4, while Microsoft can't bother to sustain their only available entry in what used to be a console-selling series that's only around 5 years old at this point. IDK, just kinda sad that so many of my favorite racing game series are destined to be scalped on Ebay

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

@@lumirairazbyte9697 Same reason Football Manager (and I think Madden?) releases get delisted every year.

[@JZStudiosonline]

@@lumirairazbyte9697 And yet somehow you can buy Nascar, Sports Car GT, Race 07, and F1 games with licensed vehicles from the 90's to early 2000's.

[@JZStudiosonline]

@@aggband5633 Honestly a large part of why PC is super nice. I can play all the DiRT titles, Driver San Francisco, even Forza Horizon 3. Using emulators I can play all sorts of older console only games like Burnout 3, Midnight Club, Enthusia, and GT4.

[@oofy404]

Minecraft story mode happened so fast man. I remember one day, I was playing through it on my Apple TV (yes, it was available on there) and the next day without warning, all the chapters which I played through were gone. Turns out the only convenient way for me to play afterwards, was not Netflix, which limited choices and exploration, but a physical copy for Nintendo switch. Thankfully, I ordered the day it was pulled, so I was able to get a used version that had all the chapters pre downloaded on it for only 40 bucks, but the price has shot up since then.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Wait, not only did they remove it and made it unable to be purchased, they also removed the already owned and installed instances?

[@SupaFly-gx1zo]

Of all the online games to die, I didn't expect Wizardry Online to get the support needed to rise from the grave. I've been loosely following a group of people on Discord who have managed to set up a semi-functional private server after the game officially died. They've been doing amazing work, and the dedication to the game is wonderful to see. I hope some of these games wind up getting the same treatment, especially Wildstar private server attempts.

[@Mamaspeeder]

Some context to RE5 and SFxT because it helps things make more sense. RE5 wag ported over to steam works very soon after GFWL was shut down and was already playable for the last few years. There was never an issue. The most recent patch simply removed the feature to import your save file from GFWL. In SFxT case, it was only recently delisted for a GFWL issue that capcom states on the steam page they are working on correcting and delisted it until the game is playable again.

[@JUMPhiI]

Blur - This one really would have deserved a mention. Mario Kart with real cars, made by Bizarre Creations (known for Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars) and published by Activision. 81-82 on Metacritic.

[@QF_Dan72]

i need to try that some day

[@TheFakeMakotoYuki]

the memories

[@Wayfaringrobin]

I loved Minecraft story mode season 1 and 2. They were such good story games real shame they got delisted I had to play it by finding a (expensive) disc copy :(

[@RainyWolf7]

Why even bother with minecraft story edition? Isn't that some kid's game?

[@RainyWolf7]

@beenguy5887 I see, but I don't see why someone would blow their money off on a expensive copy of a kid's game. I could see the same thing happening with the walking dead, or any other telltale game. I'm just trying to say that minecraft story mode just isn't worth the hassle. I'm just saying that it's dumb to pay a lot of money on a disc game, that requires a giant sum of cash just to be able to play the game past the first episode.

[@TristenSarelvun]

​@@RainyWolf7 Just because a game isn't M-rated or appealing to you doesn't mean it's not worth playing to many people. "Kid's game"... There have been countless amazing experiences not designed specifically for vulgarity or mature themes (and heck, I've seen things that _were_ aimed specifically at children get pretty mature).

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@RainyWolf7 Using the phrase "kids game" shows you have a pretty shallow understanding of video games and probably also shows your age.. anyway its their money so they can do what they want with it /shrug

[@RainyWolf7]

@@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee How did one comment expand this far? I'm just trying to say that paying an expensive sum of money, just to pay a large subscription in the game itself, just to be able to play past the first episode. I personally think this game is a bit scammy.

[@GoldGrub3201]

Honestly im so happy that the creators of Scott pilgrim the videogame actually relisted it in a complete version so people can finally play It

[@andrewdowell6474]

You can't buy a new battery for your PSP? Picked mine back up last year after a decade and found the battery expanded. I replaced it and it's working fine.

[@Cartoonbrains]

I audibly groaned out loud when you said Games for Windows Live

[@austineruption]

It's left a lasting impression at least

[@Plaidleyhaha]

I was so fortunate to buy a physical copy of Minecraft Story Mode Season 1 for PC. Can't wait to share it with my daughter one day and watch her react to Reuben dying 😢

[@Imulletman12]

This definitely needs a sequel in a couple years. Or the way things are moving a couple months lol

[@itsmantras]

I spent literal hundreds to near over a thousand a month before Sega Heroes closed. Im so sad it couldnt stay up. Literally home to some of my favorite ips ever

[@MissMothPlaysGames]

One of the most coveted games on Steam for me is Poker Night at the Inventory 2. It's a game I throw on when I need to relax, unwind, and laugh at witty dialogue. I know that the whole licensing thing contributed to it being delisted, but I do wish that they would work with the other studios (the non-defunct ones anyway) to license their characters again. Or just make a third game with just the Valve characters. That works too.

[@bluegem8582]

I was fortunate enough to snag poker night 1, which I'm still glad I have nowadays, even if not too much of a gambler

[@brewforce3036]

Your video was a fucking trip down gen 7 memory lane for me. I miss me my MAG, Gothom City Imposters, and what was until now the forgotten memory of 007 Legends. Serious kudos I can't imagine the work that went into the research of this video.

[@IsoMacintosh]

One interesting delist is skylar & plux that if i recall correctly was delisted by the publisher and the developer didn't know it was gonna happen beforehand. Another one that i own is powerpuff girls defenders of townsville which was a pretty fun simple metroidvania styled game that sadly got pulled.

[@TheKiryuverse]

It still saddens me that all the Transformers games had to have this fate too, the Cybertron duology and Devastation were great games.

[@crazypandahat0535]

There was a mobile Transformers game, 'Battle Tactics' that was the same. It's was an RNG 4 person battle game where you get a randomised number between 5 numbers for each character and whoever gets the most damage points between the two groups gets first turn. Hardcore played it through college during my breaks as well but then the servers went down and it was taken off the app store so there's no chance of playing it through any other means.

[@strongwiled1529]

wasn't the cybertron "duology" a trilogy? War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, and Spark of Hope?

[@masterdeity3400]

​@@strongwiled1529 We don't talk about the 3rd one.

[@marca.3111]

@@strongwiled1529The Cybertron games was its own seperate canon, the third game was a rushed, cashgrab game made solely to tie-in to the Michael Bay films, despite the canons contradicting each other.

[@strongwiled1529]

@@marca.3111 yeah. I only played "the ear for cybertron" and I loved that game.

[@pricture]

This is where pirating is justified. I don't even consider pirating abandonware to be "pirating", it's just preservation of art (and I do consider games art) when the official sources no longer gives a damn.

[@thomasffrench3639]

Unfortunately people will still get arrested for it.

[@wolterfox1332]

this was the greatest trip down memory lane, can't believe how I still have some rare things on my phone from the older days, though I have lost Minecraft Earth to time, I still got Story Mode 1 and 2 on console with ALL the dlcs, so that is a relic!

[@Doctor_Badass_]

Wolfenstein '09 was a great game. I had many good hours playing it on the ps3. I would have totally bought it again on steam back then if I knew that was an option.

[@Reaper_ginger]

The biggest crime of delisting for me were the War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron games cuz those were my childhood

[@TheFirstCurse1]

Yeah same. They were both so amazing, and they got me really into gaming. I could write 1000 page essays for both I loved them so much. I still have my PS3 copy of Fall Of Cybertron and bought it digitally on PS4 so I can redownload it and play the godlike masterpiece of a story whenever I want, but I need to order a PS3 copy of War For Cybertron since I sold it as a kid. If I could only remaster/remaks 2 games, they'd be the ones I'd choose.

[@Reaper_ginger]

@@TheFirstCurse1 I came home from college during the summer to see my dad and I was even more pumped because we had a ps3 and both games, but when I asked where they were he said he had gotten rid of them. I was so crushed

[@RainyWolf7]

I remember saving up for MGS HD when I was younger. It got delisted before I completely saved up. I had to play MGS2 on my ps2 and CRT and MGS3 on my 3ds. Worst part is, my psp got stolen way before I even saved up.

[@verda7019]

For all of Sony's faults, the fact that they rolled back their decision to shut down the Vita (and PS3, I believe) store really made me happy. I know it'll still happen, probably sooner than later, but it still makes me happy that they listened to users. :')

[@TheBladedTechShow]

The unfortunate one for me is all the Spider-Man games. I'd love to go back and play Web of Shadows, Friend or Foe, or any of the ones I missed, but I currently don't have an official way to do so.

[@derplordgaming]

My favorite delisted game is a mobile game called Land Slider by Prettygreat, which was a small game company made by halfbrick devs. They also made slide the shakes, crash club, steppy pants, and Pac-Man 256

[@killingtimeonline]

That brief mention of HarmoKnight instantly had me thinking "what's that" and now I'm going to download by totally legitimate means so thank you Austin

[@Numbabu]

I love playing Wii games on my Nintendo Wii that I bought from Nintendo because they totally still sell those. Piracy is wrong.

[@amirgarcia547]

It’s a rhythm game made by Game Freak, AKA the same people behind Pokémon. It’s very simple and can feel a bit wonky, but is still a super fun and enjoyable rhythm game. With my favorite levels being the extra ones with Pokémon music.

[@Josuh]

I played it last year, craziest thing is seeing all those expressive 60 FPS animations, just imagine a sidescroller hi-fi rush, fun enough game

[@davidclague9622]

Driver San Francisco is the one game that I'd add to that list, definitely worth checking out!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Absolutely, good game and much better than the driv3r disaster.

[@littlepip8343]

Not only did I have no idea that the MGS HD Collection has been delisted for years, but I own it and it runs perfectly on my ancient first generation Xbox One and I replayed it just a couple of years ago..

[@Urboyyycarlos]

Hearing flappy bird being rare is weird because I still have it When I switched from my previous phones,I chose to bring over the majority of my previous data/apps,file,etc I only play it when I'm bored and sometimes miss the jump or "ta-ding" noise when you pass tubes

[@HaloGT1]

You managed to help me find a game I've been searching to find the name of for years. I remembered playing some kind of tennis game on the PS2 back in 2008 or so. I finally found it thanks to you talking about Virtua Tennis 3. Because the game was Virtua Tennis 2. I have been searching for YEARS to find the name

[@sugarblunt]

As gamers, we need to fight back on this

[@Evan.280]

The few mobile games I’m really sad about seeing delisted was Pokémon Duel. It was a simple game but super fun along with Sonic Runners

[@mptproductions2535]

Yesss Pokémon duel was great the story and different towers were unique for the series and the gameplay was super fun casual and high level

[@AMentalFailure]

The moment you mentioned virtua tennis 4 I got some serious vietnam flashbacks My dad used to shut the power off to get me to leave the xbox alone so he could play it, and he would play for HOURS, I'm talking AT LEAST 3 hours of non-stop gameplay. One time I woke up to get some water at like 4 AM and as soon as I opened my door, at the end of the hallway, I found the living room door open, all the lights on, and him playing the game. I don't even know what he liked so much about the game, but he was hooked, and it lasted from 2014 to 2019 when our xbox died.

[@demontamerbf18]

I can't believe someone finally mentions SEGA Heroes on a KZbin video that isn't all about the game, I loved it a lot and was painful to see it die.

[@OmniNogard]

I want to play Lost Planet 2 again. it was such fun.

[@austineruption]

YEA

[@KnightOfNewColu]

I have it on both consoles but would love to get it on PC again myself. Really miss arcade-y action games like that.

[@krazykris9396]

I actually have it on the 360. I not as big of a fan as you are. Maybe I can sell it for big bucks.

[@Joseph-oo7pp]

Just skipping over X-Men Origins Wolverine at 23:15 is a tragedy. Such an amazing game that is so hard to find these days. It genuinely makes the existence of that terrible movie worth it.

[@oldsport5875]

Something that really sucks is that I lost my copy of the complete first season of Minecraft story mode

[@mptproductions2535]

The delisted mobile game I miss was Pokémon duel, had a lot of fun with its table top versus style and the aesthetics they had on figures you got were super cool

[@ckhound1]

Alpha Protocol is still one of my favorite games outside of the Mass Effect series. I played exclusively that for like 3 months after launch.

[@Vert-.]

I remember getting kane and lynch for Christmas the year it was released. I was lucky enough to have games bought for me pretty often but my parents didn’t really understand how graphic some could be 😂 I must have been 12 years old when I got that game, so for Gta 3 which I remember only slightly I must have been even younger lmao

[@EpicBeard815]

35:40 Zombie Oddjob. Can't imagine a more terrifying prospect

[@Activated_Complex]

Need For Speed: Shift, one of the best driving games of all time, got a Steam release, but is now delisted. The driver camera view in this game makes it feel far more immersive than newer releases. It still looks great, performs well, and is from that era when apart from some introductory cutscenes, racing game UI would just get out of your way and let you choose an event, a customized car from your garage, and go floor it on the track. Then there's Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, once again delisted on Steam. Not the most popular game in the series, but a very interesting one with its cinematic camera for the up-close aerial duels that see fighter aircraft "bleeding" oil and jet fuel before disintegrating in mid-air. This, along with the real world setting, was a departure for the series, and feels kind of fresh to return to even after playing the better-loved Ace Combat 7. And the delisting that hurts the most on PC, Farsight Studios' The Pinball Arcade. Which amassed the single greatest collection, outside of PinMAME's emulation library, of lovingly digitized pinball tables, with challenges to be completed on each of them. While it's still available, most of the table packs are not, with the Williams license now in the hands of Zen Studios, who are doing very little with it AND who, shamefully, censored some of the original artwork in their version of Medieval Madness. Thanks for the video. And nice tribute to Afterburner Climax. Which, very fortunately, plays great on both Xenia and RPCS3. Being arguably the best digital-only title rescued by emulation. And undoubtedly the best game in the series.

[@moka8601]

Another one i can think off is the 2013 Deadpool game , it was amazing and it got delisted and now you can't play it anymore

[@kaleckton]

The thing that makes me mad about games for windows live is simply how they just decided to give up and close it only to later have PC gaming done through their app store. And Xbox PC app. I don't see how they couldn't merge them. Maybe some server downtime if they wanted to transfer servers and turn the old ones off. The only reason to just turn it off is to prevent as many people as possible from playing those games in the hope that they go to the Xbox and hope for less PC traffic to crowd their servers to reduce costs. I lost so many games that I had on that.

[@2EXTREME2008]

I REALLY hope to see a part 2 to this

[@kennoz1785]

Time and time again you post great unique content. Never a letdown. Also, Wolfenstein is the second-best title in the franchise right after the New Order. Gotham City Imposters was indeed awesome.

[@modernmobster]

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is the best in the series, followed by Old Blood.

[@KrisFirebolt]

16:02 Damn.. Free Realms and Lego Universe, those were the times. Haven't seen anyone bring those up in years!

[@corellioncrusaderproductio4679]

And this is why I hate buying digital games. People used to shrug me off and say it's fine, but seriously people, you aren't buying a game anymore. You're renting access to it.

[@SenbonKaguya]

Companies just don't want you playing older titles it seems. Or find ways to put them behind subscription services. I saw that other people mentioned this but losing Dragalia Lost really was a major blow to me. Apparently there are private servers now, but I don't think it's the same anymore and I moved on. It's great that it's been preserved though. I'm hoping IA doesn't get taken offline due to them losing against publishers on the whole eBook debacle. I doubt they will, yet if they did that would be tons of history just gone into the ether unless someone backed everything up. Switch eShop will definitely end up shutting down too unless Nintendo decides to let your stuff be cross buy whenever a new switch comes out. Doubt it though. Video games being preserved don't really matter much to companies

[@FOXGEAR92]

I cry for Hellgate London, but love that it had single player so you can still install from a disc and play

[@japroject1]

"Thank the gods for emulation" My mind: And surfing the high seas.

[@rogercheetoofficial]

to be fair i think the sentence "i think gollum might be a top tier jungler" every time i see him, dude looks like a top tier jungler

[@BasuraAleatoria]

I have a ton of delisted games on my Steam library (easily around 200), included Alpha Protocol and Saw. I also have the original GTA's, DiRT 3 and Showdown, GRID 1 and 2, Burnout Paradise, Spintires, Metro 2033, Hitman (2016), Poker Night at the Inventory, the original Dead Island's, the original BloodRayne's, etc. I also have a lot of Shovelware, there's never shortage of shovelware on Steam.

[@FieryAnubis]

It's honestly not a sad thing that Games as a Service (and in the near future, Play to Earn) model types of games are getting delisted. It's a very good thing stuff like that is getting abandoned.

[@cameronjoseph605]

I loved 007 Legends as a kid and the multiplayer mode I really enjoyed way more than COD at the time.

[@RJ420_]

Still got my 360 disc of alpha protocol, used to love it as a kid.

[@SicSemperBeats]

Damn I didn't know they took Ascend offline, I checked a few years ago, took a few minutes to find a lobby but was able to play for a good amount of hours and actually managed to get decent at the game again. Very fun game

[@ConstantBit9]

I remember when they took down Lego Universe and made it a Pay-2-Play game just to try and get some cash for the budget.

[@SilvercattoOsom]

I got a disc copy of Minecraft Story Mode for Xbox One for my 18th birthday. Amazingly enough, it came with the bonus episodes, too.

[@MCLegend13]

I miss Minecraft Story Mode so much that game meant so much to me back in my early teens. I was 13 when it first came out in 2015 and I was a huge Minecrafter at the time. The story was so good even despite having some bad dialogue and not the best writing at times I loved the story and fell in love with the characters. It’s honestly still such a tragedy it’s never coming back or even available for new players to discover.

[@anotherone3815]

I loved the white pumpkin episode

[@Ron1n_Sim]

Its what I felt I have an half n half appreciation of game modders and rippers being able to preserve games which the creator itself couldn't. Or take responsibly to preserve it themselves.

[@crissw1388]

August 11 2023 Konami announced another metal gear legacy collection for modern platforms (PC and Switch included)

[@jpoet1]

Digital video games only is the dumbest thing in the video game industry because when the game gets delisted, we’re out of a video game and you’re out of money

[@demitriuscovington370]

Alpha Protocol Memories: Shawn sends you a picture, “It says Mike and Shawn FUCK YEAH!!! With three exclamation points.”

[@thewolfstu]

15:06 AYO, LONDON GATE! Fun Random Fact: Still fully and completely playable and the fan base has, too, been trying to get things rollin for it.

[@lydierayn]

15:02 Omg Hellgate London! People remember hellgate london!! I loved and i still do love that title. So much wasted potencial. it hurts

[@Just.Kidding]

"That you can't play anymore" We all know that's not true. If they don't want to sell their games, then there's nothing wrong with not paying. Filesharing _IS_ preservation, and preservation is important.

[@Group-935]

To quote a comment on this video: "Nothing is delisted if you have a pirate flag." True. Same can be said if you own the game physically whether it be on Disk or Cartridge. Most delisted games I've seen. You can still get physically. Lets see... Deadpool, Lollipop Chainsaw, Maybe... Mad World, Splatter House(09'), and that's all I got. There are of course TONS more. But these are the ones I know of and own. Wait... What do you mean Scott Pilgrim is delisted? I just bought it a few months back on the PS5?

[@triznathaniel122]

The fact that the snowmobile level in 007 legends looks exactly like the snowmobile level from mw2 says it all.

[@CARCATGames]

Oh yeah I just remembered one. I'm like 90% sure that RISK: Factions got delisted.

[@CARCATGames]

I own both seasons of Minecraft: Story Mode. Btw IO Interactive are making a James Bond game currently called Project 007 so that's neat.

[@leeartlee915]

I can’t believe there is no way to legally acquire Pushmo anymore. That just blows my mind.

[@TBoneTony]

Remember those RAREWARE games back on the NES where they were going after license after license just to make their NES Reverse Engineering become a positive endeavor? Those won't be getting any re-releases anytime soon.

[@Niroutley]

Battlefield 2 is also delisted from Digital Stores, but getting all 3 discs are dirt cheap anyways you would just need to figure out how to remove SecuRom if it has it so you don't need to have the disc in your PC to play it

[@OKIGorgon]

7:25 Yay. Alpha Protocol got into the video. My favorite game of all time.

[@andreworders7305]

28:22 the water is flowing in the wrong direction, lol