I thought it'd be interesting to have a thread dedicated to games that have maybe been removed or de-listed from digital store fronts and now can no longer be found anywhere except maybe on pirate websites. Off the top of my head there was a PS3 game called Revenge of the Wounded Dragons that got de-listed from PSN and basically no longer exists for anyone who didn't buy it when it was available.
Another one is Friday The 13th: Killer Puzzle. It got de-listed everywhere due to some licensing issue I believe. To my knowledge, the Switch version isn't even available on pirate websites.
I wonder how many games got lost for ever when the Xbox Live Indie section got shut down some years ago.
The Games That Can't Be Found Anywhere Thread
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Raging Justice
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prfsnl_gmr
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Re: The Games That Can't Be Found Anywhere Thread
I would love to play Double Dragon for the Zeebo:
https://doubledragon.kontek.net/games/dd/rddzeebo.html
But…man…that game is gone…
https://doubledragon.kontek.net/games/dd/rddzeebo.html
But…man…that game is gone…
Re: The Games That Can't Be Found Anywhere Thread
Some resources:
https://delistedgames.com/
https://lostmediawiki.com/Category:Lost_video_games
Ross Scott: Games as a service is Fraud
Ross's Dead Game News
Sad state of things. Ross is currently looking into ways of legally combatting the fact that your physical disc/cart will stop being able to be played, and it's grey-area-illegal in most cases to try to circumvent this and keep playing a product you purchased.
In brighter news, There's a few that have been brought back from the dead:
Original Xbox Live
Sonic Runners (Mobile)
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - PC Unity port
City of Heroes fan servers given official Licence
Delisted -> Relisted
Glad I can finally play Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Game on new systems. It was mostly the only reason I had my 360 and PS3 connected to a TV.
Feel free to PM me if you need help finding a lost resource that you'd rather not publicly ask.
https://delistedgames.com/
https://lostmediawiki.com/Category:Lost_video_games
Ross Scott: Games as a service is Fraud
Ross's Dead Game News
Sad state of things. Ross is currently looking into ways of legally combatting the fact that your physical disc/cart will stop being able to be played, and it's grey-area-illegal in most cases to try to circumvent this and keep playing a product you purchased.
In brighter news, There's a few that have been brought back from the dead:
Original Xbox Live
Sonic Runners (Mobile)
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - PC Unity port
City of Heroes fan servers given official Licence
Delisted -> Relisted
Glad I can finally play Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Game on new systems. It was mostly the only reason I had my 360 and PS3 connected to a TV.
Feel free to PM me if you need help finding a lost resource that you'd rather not publicly ask.
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BoneSnapDeez
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Re: The Games That Can't Be Found Anywhere Thread
Mahjong POP........ I never had a chance.
Re: The Games That Can't Be Found Anywhere Thread
prfsnl_gmr wrote:I would love to play Double Dragon for the Zeebo:
https://doubledragon.kontek.net/games/dd/rddzeebo.html
But…man…that game is gone…
I sent you a PM w/ some info.
Re: The Games That Can't Be Found Anywhere Thread
...I'm still kicking myself for missing Afterburn Climax, I've never been a real fan of the series but that one entry looked really cool. Also, it's great to see that CoH/CoV is back up and running, even w/an official blessing.