Overview
- Sega has removed all in-app purchases and made nine retro titles free on iOS and Android as part of winding down its Sega Forever mobile program
- The free offerings include Crazy Taxi Classic, Streets of Rage Classic, Streets of Rage 2 Classic, Super Monkey Ball: Sakura Edition, Virtua Tennis Challenge, Golden Axe Classics, Shining Force Classics, Sonic CD Classic and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II
- In-game pop-ups now alert users that support for these games will end soon but that they can continue playing offline once they’re removed
- No official delisting date has been announced, though the titles are expected to disappear from Apple’s App Store and Google Play in the coming weeks
- Originally launched in 2017 and discontinued in late 2023, the Sega Forever program brought classic Sega games to mobile with ad support before its wind-down