One of the worst things that can happen to you in modern gaming is finding out about a title you haven’t heard of before, only to buy it and realize it’s delisted. There’s a reason why Xbox sent out a message to every Gamertag in early 2023 notifying them about a new batch of soon-to-be-delisted 360 games because that feeling sucks.
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However, there are cases where these delisted games are still available physically, and you might not even realize it. Since many aren’t in the know about physical games anymore, these physical releases can often go unnoticed.
10Final Fight: Double Impact
One of Capcom’s most rereleased games is Final Fight. In 1989, this classicbeat-‘em-up was the beston the market, so it’s no surprise Capcom would want to include this title in virtually anything they can.
Final Fight: Double Impact for the Xbox 360 and PS3 is a standout version with an exclusive soundtrack by Simon Viklund (Payday 2) and awesome unlockables, including an episode of theStreet Fightercartoon.
Plus, it also includes the game Magic Sword, and the 360 version is playable on modern Xbox consoles via backward compatibility. Early in 2023, the title was delisted from the Xbox 360 marketplace, but fret not. Capcom Digital Collection, a 2012 physical disc containing eight XBLA Capcom games, includes it.
9Driver: San Francisco
Back in the PS1 days, Driver was a very popular series. The first two games sold like hotcakes and remain nostalgic for many.
The newest home console installment, Driver: San Francisco, is similarly well-liked and is a Ubisoft cult favorite. You can’t exit your car here and instead teleport straight to another, sort of like that car chase scene fromMatrix Reloaded.
The game’s a lot of fun, but it got delisted in 2016 on all platforms. Thankfully the game’s backward compatible with modern Xbox systems, and even though the online servers were supposed to shut down in 2022, they have yet to do so.
8Mortal Kombat 9
Still seen by some as the best of the modernMortal Kombatgames, MK9 returned to its roots. It had a very classic feel, with it retelling the events of the original trilogy, most characters being from the first three, and even featured returning minigames and alternate finishers.
The gameplay improved significantly as well, plus it had a lot of downloadable content. This includes the first-ever DLCguest character in the series, Freddy Krueger. MK9 was delisted in 2020 but became backward compatible on Xbox systems just a year later. Putting in the MK9 Komplete Edition disc downloads all the extra content, which is nice to see.
7WWE Games
Sports games generally get delisted years later because the publishers want you to get the newest installments. It’s standard across the genre, but while most don’t want to go back to those oldMaddensorUFCgames, some might want to play older wrestling titles.
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There’s a reason why you don’t tend to findWWEgames as much as Maddens in Goodwill locations because people often want to keep them. For example, the story modes can be incredible. WWE 2K15 had agreat 2K Showcase modefeaturing John Cena’s rivalry with CM Punk that still holds up.
If you want to play that again, you must track down an original disc.
6Angry Birds Seasons, Rio, And Star Wars
People were devastated when the original Angry Birds was delisted early in 2023. Thankfully it’s back up under a new name, but that can’t be said about many of its spin-offs.
Starting in 2019, a lot of the Angry Birds backlog started getting pulled from digital stores, but you need to start thinking outside the mobile space.
Activision distributed two physical releases for consoles, Angry Birds Trilogy and Angry Birds Star Wars. These are available on a lot of systems, and thanks to this, Angry Birds Seasons, Rio, and Star Wars are preserved for future audiences.
5Amazing Spider-Man 2
If you’re an Xbox gamer, some of the PlayStation games you likely want to play are the newestSpider-Mantitles. They’re pushing the Superhero genre to new heights, but you actually have Spider-Man at home.
The last Spidey title before the PlayStation exclusivity was Activision’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 for about every system in 2014.
This includes the Xbox One, and a physical copy goes for around the same price as it was new. The game’s decent but nowhere near the quality of the recent titles, which are some ofthe best in the franchise.
It is extremely cool, though, to play an actual Spider-Man game on a modern Xbox system.
4Godzilla PS4
Like Spider-Man,Godzillahas a long history of video games going back to the NES days. Starting with the sixth generation of consoles, really good Godzilla games started to come out, like Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Godzilla: Save the Earth.
Following in the likes of those came Godzilla for the PS4 in 2015.
It got slammed in reviews, and understandably so, based on the campaign. However, this game shines in its multiplayer, with it equally fun as previous titles, but with online play this time.
Godzilla PS4 was delisted in 2017, and due to a still active online playerbase physical copies are going for over $150.
3Pinball Arcade
Technically, Pinball Arcade is still up on storefronts but has a ridiculous amount of its original content removed. In June 2018, with little warning, all of Bally Williams’ tables were removed from the purchase.
This is a big problem as not only were those tables by far the most popular, but with them removed, the game lost over 60 percent of its total content.
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Physical media comes to the rescue, however. Seasons One and Two of the game are preserved via a physical disc for PS4. Season One was released worldwide, while Season Two is only available physically in PAL regions.
PS4 is a region-free system, though, and with the discs, you can enjoy Pinball classics likeStar Trek: The Next Generation,Terminator 2, and more.
2Deadpool
Another delisted Activision Superhero game isDeadpool, the first and so far only game based on the merc with a mouth. First released in 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, it was then rereleased two years later on Xbox One and PS4.
The game’s got the trademark Deadpool humor and fourth wall breaks and is a decent time overall. The eighth-gen rereleases didn’t last long as only two years later, they were removed from online stores.
Physical copies go for a decent amount, but nowhere near the same level as Godzilla.
Regarding web cartoons, not much comes closer in popularity than Homestar Runner. It was huge in the 2000s, so making a full-fledged adventure game based on the universe made sense.
Developed by Telltale Games in its early years, SBCG4AP is great for fans and newcomers alike, with funny humor and good puzzles.
Sadly, the game was delisted in 2023, and consoles have no physical version. However, in 2009, physical PC games were still a thing.
All five episodes are on disc with the 2009 PC retail release, but it’s extremely hard to find and rarely goes for sale on places like eBay.
