Sega Discontinues Support for Nine Retro Mobile Games

A screenshot of the mobile iOS version of Sega’s Crazy Taxi game.

Crazy Taxi Classic is one of nine Sega retro games now free on mobile devices. | Image: Sega

Sega has announced that it is discontinuing support for nine retro games that were ported to iOS and Android several years ago. In light of this decision, the company has made all the games completely free and removed all in-app purchases, as spotted by Android Authority.

The list of affected titles, which remain available for download through Apple’s and Google’s mobile app stores, includes:

Crazy Taxi Classic (iOS/Android)
Streets of Rage Classic (iOS/Android)
Streets of Rage 2 Classic (iOS/Android)
Super Monkey Ball: Sakura Ed. (iOS/Android)
Virtua Tennis Challenge (iOS/Android)
Golden Axe Classics (iOS/Android)
Shining Force Classics (iOS/Android)
Sonic CD Classic (iOS/Android)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Ep. II (iOS/Android)

The titles have been updated with a pop-up message indicating that “support for this game will be discontinued, but you can continue playing offline!”

A screenshot of a warning message that appears in Sega’s mobile version of Crazy Taxi.

The games were originally ported to iOS and Android through Sega’s Forever program, which was discontinued in late 2023. In previous years, the company removed several titles, including Phantasy Star Classics, from the Google Play and iOS app stores. It is anticipated that these nine titles will also be removed eventually, although Sega has not specified a timeline for this action. However, any games that have already been downloaded and installed on a tablet or mobile device can still be played even after they are delisted.