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This is a list of video games that have been recalled for various reasons after their initial release and then rereleased on a later date.
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This is a list of video games that have been recalled for various reasons after their initial release and then rereleased on a later date.
| Title | Scale | Reason | Reported Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atelier Lise ~The Alchemist of Orde~ | Japan | Contained several major bugs, which often leads to the game crashing. [1] | 2008 |
| Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg | Japan | The initial print run of the Dreamcast version was infected by the Kriz computer virus which affected Microsoft Windows systems. The screensaver virus that came with the bonus content partition in the GD-ROM erased CMOS and BIOS settings, and attempted to overwrite files located on hard drives and the local network. [2] | 2001 |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | Worldwide | Massive issues with performance on PC, regardless of the quality of the system being used. [3] | 2015 |
| Biz Nouryoku DS Series: Wagokoro no Moto | Japan | One day before release, one of the people who worked in the game was arrested for groping a woman. Some copies were sold, since the recall happened on launch. [4] | 2007 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | Worldwide | Widespread complaints about technical issues and bugs; poor performance on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles. [5] | 2020 |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King | North America | Due to a highly-publicised incident involving initial copies of the game crashing on Compaq Presario computers with certain video drivers, defective copies of the game were recalled in exchange for a newer edition of the game with wider hardware support. [6] The Lion King controversy eventually led to the development of the more popular DirectX multimedia API. [7] | 1994 |
| Fantasia | Worldwide | Sega was granted the licensing against the wishes of Walt Disney. [8] | 1992 [9] |
| Formula 1 97 | Worldwide | While no content was edited from the game, a legal issue regarding the inclusion of the FIA logo in the game's box art prompted the game to be recalled and re-released with a new box art without the FIA logo.[ citation needed ] | 1997 |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Worldwide | The "Hot Coffee" mod which unlocks a minigame in which the main character has sex with his girlfriend.[ citation needed ] See Hot Coffee minigame controversy. | 2005 |
| The Guy Game | North America | One of the girls featured in the game sued the developers, claiming the footage was released without her consent and that she was a minor at the time of filming. [8] | 2005 |
| Wii ports of Humongous Entertainment games | North America | The Wii ports of Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds , Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside , and Spy Fox: Dry Cereal , published by Majesco Entertainment and ported by Mistic Software, were recalled in 2009 due to GNU GPL violations pertaining to ScummVM engine; all three games were recalled as a part of the port developer's settlement with ScummVM developers. [10] | 2008 |
| Kakuto Chojin | US, Japan | Use of a verse from the Qur'an. [11] | 2003 |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | US | Use of quotes from the Qur'an and the use of the Islamic Symbol. [12] | 1998 |
| Limbo of the Lost | EU, North America | Immediately after its US release, this game developed by Majestic Studios (published by Tri Synergy in the US) was recalled due to allegations of plagiarizing many well-known games and movies. [13] | 2007 (EU) 2008 (NA) |
| LittleBigPlanet | Worldwide | Quotes from the Qur'an mixed with music. [14] | 2008 |
| Mario Party 8 | UK | Use of the word "spastic," which is considered highly offensive in the UK. [15] | 2007 |
| Metroid: Other M | Japan | The game has a serious game breaking software bug where it is possible for Samus Aran to accidentally get stuck in sector 3 by having a door lock up permanently. [16] | 2010 |
| Mind Quiz | UK | Use of the word "spastic," which is considered highly offensive in the UK. [17] | 2006 |
| The Race Against Time | UK | The original print of the game was recalled due to its unauthorised use of the likeness of American track and field athlete Jesse Owens.[ citation needed ] Subsequent pressings used a picture of Carl Lewis; Lewis offered his likeness for free to benefit the Sport Aid charity. [18] ACE later placed it as one of the biggest marketing disasters of 1988. [19] | 1988 |
| Samurai Shodown V Special (AES version) | Worldwide | An attempt to censor some of the finishing moves created several bugs, such as with the game's training mode. [20] | 2004 |
| SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash DS | US | A bug exists where the game could crash after talking to an opponent that must be defeated to progress in the second play through.[ citation needed ] | 2007 |
| Sonic Blast Man | North America, Japan | Young players fractured or injured wrists and arms as a result of hitting the Blastman's punching pad without using the gloves. [21] | 1995 |
| Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro | Worldwide | Several stage names and dialogues were changed and a building in the final stage was modified to remove resemblance with the World Trade Center due to sensitivity issues, since the game was released after the September 11 attacks.[ citation needed ] | 2001 |
| Tales of Graces | Japan | The game contained many bugs, especially when playing a new game on "New Game+" mode. [22] | 2010 |
| Tiger Woods 99 (PlayStation version only) | Worldwide | The dummy file in the game was revealed to be The Spirit of Christmas a.k.a. Jesus vs. Santa , created by the creators of South Park , which EA viewed as "offensive to consumers". No such file existed in the PC version.[ citation needed ] | 1999 |
| Too Human and X-Men: Destiny | Worldwide | Due to legal issues regarding the use of Unreal Engine 3 between Silicon Knights and Epic Games, these two games were recalled, with all unsold copies destroyed. [23] | 2012 |
| Wrestle Kingdom (Xbox 360 version only) | Japan | Issues with saving to Xbox 360's hard drive prompted a recall of the game. [24] | 2005 |
| WWF No Mercy | Worldwide | The game's internal memory would occasionally erase saved game progress. [25] [26] | 2000 |
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