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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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See also: List of banned video games
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
Cyberpunk 2077 Worldwide Widespread complaints about technical issues and bugs; poor performance on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.[4] 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.[5] The Lion King controversy eventually led to the development of the more popular DirectX multimedia API.[6] 1994
Fantasia Worldwide Sega was granted the licensing against the wishes of Walt Disney.[7] 1992[8]
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.[7] 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.[9] 2008
Kakuto Chojin US, Japan Use of a verse from the Qur'an.[10] 2003
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time US Use of quotes from the Qur'an and the use of the Islamic Symbol.[11] 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.[12] 2007 (EU)

2008 (NA)

LittleBigPlanet Worldwide Quotes from the Qur'an mixed with music.[13] 2008
Mario Party 8 UK Use of the word "spastic," which is considered highly offensive in the UK.[14] 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.[15] 2010
Mind Quiz UK Use of the word "spastic," which is considered highly offensive in the UK.[16] 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.[17] ACE later placed it as one of the biggest marketing disasters of 1988.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] 2012
Wrestle Kingdom (Xbox 360 version only) Japan Issues with saving to Xbox 360's hard drive prompted a recall of the game.[23] 2005
WWF No Mercy Worldwide The game's internal memory would occasionally erase saved game progress.[24][25] 2000

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  1. ^ "Atelier Lise bugged, Gust sending out replacement cartridges - Siliconera". February 2008. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Dreamcast game spreads virus". The Register. 30 November 2001. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Batman: Arkham Knight is so broken that Warner Bros has stopped selling it". The Independent. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ Manskar, Noah (18 December 2020). "Sony pulls 'Cyberpunk 2077' from PlayStation store after widespread complaints". New York Post. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ Ricker, Audrey (1996). "The Lion King animated storybook: A case study of aesthetic and economic power". Critical Arts. 10: 41–59. doi:10.1080/02560049685310041.
  6. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 18 February 1995. p. 69. disney activity center interactive studios.
  7. ^ a b "8 Games That Were Recalled For Unusual Reasons". Game Rant. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Fantasia". Sega Retro. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ^ Moss, Richard (16 January 2012). "Maniac Tentacle Mindbenders: How ScummVM's unpaid coders kept adventure gaming alive". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. ^ Bishop, Stuart (7 February 2003). "Xbox News: Kakuto Chojin pulled in US and Japan - ComputerAndVideoGames.com". Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  11. ^ "Version Differences - ZeldaSpeedRuns.com". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Tri Synergy Pulls Limbo of the Lost - IGN". 12 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  13. ^ Bramwell, Tom (17 October 2008). "Qu'ran references force worldwide LittleBigPlanet recall". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  14. ^ Nintendo withdraws game that taunts 'spastics' | Times Online
  15. ^ "Game-Breaking Metroid Other M Bug Acknowledged by Nintendo". Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  16. ^ "Ubisoft pulls MindQuiz for offensive language | Joystiq". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  17. ^ "Race Image Change". Commodore User. No. 59. August 1988. p. 7.
  18. ^ "The Ace Fido Awards". ACE. No. 15. December 1988. p. 121.
  19. ^ SSVS AES recall announcement Archived 31 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine - Neo-Geo.com
  20. ^ "Most real-life injuries for players of a beat-'em-up videogame". Guinness World Records.
  21. ^ "Tales of Graces Recalled in Japan - IGN". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  22. ^ "Silicon Knights must recall, destroy X-Men Destiny and Too Human". 9 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  23. ^ Sheffield, Brandon (22 December 2005). "Yuke's Recalls Wrestle Kingdom For Xbox 360". Gamasutra.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  24. ^ "WWF No Mercy Bug Riddled?". GameSpot. 21 November 2000. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  25. ^ Ames, Kevin (11 January 2015). "WWF No Mercy Version 1.1". Micro-64. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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