Out of nowhere, after 14 years, Sega kills one of the few sources of legal ROMs on the entire internet, while removing 60 classic games

Sega has suddenly announced that 60 classic games from its back catalog are about to be removed from Steam. It’s not like you’ll be lacking ways to play, say, Streets of Rage after these versions of the games come out, but the removals are notable for a few reasons, including the fact that these are some of the only ones legal available classic game ROMs that you can find all over the internet.

The full list of games being removed is available on Sega’s official support site, which also confirms that they will be removed on December 6 at 11:59 PM PT. The list includes a few Dreamcast ports in addition to the Sega Genesis Classics collection, which includes a total of 60 games on Steam. We’re talking things like Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Phantasy Star IV – all bona fide classics from the 16-bit era.

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