List of games that are NOT available in certain countries

[carnivore]

first of all, i apologize if a thread like this already exists but the search function did not bring up any viable results. what i am trying to do here is to compile a list of games, that are not available in certain countries [not including games that just haven't come out yet due to time zones]

i will not be able to test this for every appstore there is but i will personally compare: United States / Canada / Australia / UK / Germany

help and suggestions are very much appreciated

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Appname / Publisher / not available in [as of 18-12-2009]

American Idol: The Game by Electronic Arts not available in Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom [i guess pretty much everywhere except for the US]

Anytime Pool by Electronic Arts not available in Canada

Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies by Activision Publishing Inc. not available in Germany

Deal or No Deal: Around the World by I-play not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Deal or No Deal: Do we have a Deal? by Viximo not available in Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom

Deal or No Deal: Million Dollar Mission by I-play not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Doom Classic by id Software not available in Germany

Duke Nukem 3D by MachineWorks Northwest not available in Germany

DS Double Sys by ZM2 Dev not available in United States

EDGE by Mobigame not available in United Kingdom, United States

Family Feud™ by Ludia not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Flight of the Hamsters by Cartoon Network not available in Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom

Harvest Moon Frantic Farming by Natsume Inc. not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Hello Kitty Parachute Paradise by ZIO Interactive, Inc. not available in Australia, Canada, India

iZombieland by Sony Pictures Television not available in Germany

Million Dollar Password 2009 Edition by RealArcade not available in Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom

Pandemonium by Electronic Arts not available in Canada

Rock Band by Electronic Arts not available in Netherlands, Singapore

Silent Scope by Konami Digital Entertainment not available in Germany

SpongeBob Diner Dash by Nickelodeon not available in Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom

The Adventures of Khaki Pants Pete by Blockdot, Inc. not available in Australia, Canada, Germany

Tomena Sanner by Konami Digital Entertainment not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Voltron by Sony Pictures Television not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey by Ludia not available in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

Wolfenstein 3D Classic by id Software not available in Germany

Wolfenstein RPG by Electronic Arts not available in Germany

YAHTZEE™ Adventures by Electronic Arts is not available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden

comments: took Q*Bert Deluxe off of the list, don't know why i didn't find it before...

[soup]

what the hells everyone got against germany ?

i can understand and know about the wolfenstein problem

but where waldo ?????? or Q*Bert !

[sizzlakalonji]

Video games are VERBOTEN in Germany!

[tblrsa]

Germany is not missing much with the Non Availability of Wolfenstein RPG.

They just took old GFX and Sound Effects from Wolfenstein3D and mixed em up in a weird cocktail called "Wolfenstein RPG". This Game is just lame. Wolfenstein 3D Classic on the other hand really shines on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

[sizzlakalonji]

Sorry, Tabula Rasa, but I have to disagree with you on the Wolfenstein RPG...it is quite funny, and I actually like the mixture of FPS and turn combat. But to each his/her own I guess.

[tblrsa]

Sure, the game may have been better with new gfx and sound effects, the old ones just dont fit in my opinion.

[kazamman]

what the hells everyone got against germany ?

i can understand and know about the wolfenstein problem

but where waldo ?????? or Q*Bert !

Least they got Edge.

[don_k]

Tamagotchi

[Fazzy]

Lot's of games being made against germans, Call of Duty is all about shooting them. I don't think they would enjoy playing that.

[jyhjyh]

YAHTZEE™ Adventures by Electronic Arts is not available in the Danish Itunes/App Store.

[ultimo]

Lot's of games being made against germans, Call of Duty is all about shooting them. I don't think they would enjoy playing that.
+ 1

I had a created a thread.. not sure if any devs. changed the availability.

I am missing Hello Kitty in India :(

[carnivore]

Lot's of games being made against germans, Call of Duty is all about shooting them. I don't think they would enjoy playing that.

i am german and i can assure you it has nothing to do with that.

1) you don't shoot germans in general. you shoot nazis. there is a biiiiig difference...
2) there are different laws in germany that prohibit the release of games if they for example are especially cruel against humans or human like beings (e.g. manhunt), if you get points for killing people (e.g. cod4's arcade mode was cut), there is nazi propaganda to be seen (e.g. wolfenstein) and other reasons.
3) if any release of a game ever landed on such a list (there are also different lists ;)) any release of that game - even in other form - is prohibited too (e.g. Wolfenstein 3D Classic, Doom Classic, etc. those two for example were banned when they originally came out back in the days...)
4) there is a list with titles that mature gamers are allowed to buy, but games on that list are not allowed to be advertised. that means retailers can not present them in the store, magazines cannot print articles, etc.
these games are not allowed to be sold over the internet either, because it would be considered an advertisment if a shop (e.g. iTunes) would sell them.

EDIT: oh and about the 'non violent games'... most of those just haven't been released due to copyright
reasons.

EDIT 2:
- added Yahtzee.
- what about tamagotchi? do you mean tamagotchi: 'round the world? where is it not available?
- which hello kitty game?

[herr_sebbe]

I can't seem to find Platinum Sudoku in the Swedish AppStore.

[carnivore]

I can't seem to find Platinum Sudoku in the Swedish AppStore.

i can't find it anywhere. sure this game exists/hasn't been pulled by apple in general?

[ultimo]

which hello kitty game?

http://appshopper.com/games/hello-kitty-parachute-paradise-2

[carnivore]

http://appshopper.com/games/hello-kitty-parachute-paradise-2

added to the list

[Foozelz]

We all now why Nazi Zombies are banned in Germany!

[carnivore]

We all now why Nazi Zombies are banned in Germany!

please enlighten me...

[Somerandomdude]

Well it looks like Germany hates violence, video games, and/or zombies.

[AlvinDj]

ROCK BAND isn't available in Singapore

[carnivore]

ROCK BAND isn't available in Singapore

And I thought EDGE is not available WORLDWIDE ? :p

will add rock band in a minute

german appstore > http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/edge/id300896018?mt=8 :p

[spidey146]

thanks for informing me about harvest moon

Double DS sys not available anywhere except canada (as far as i know, it got pulled and it seems thay forgot about the canadaian app store)

[carnivore]

thanks for informing me about harvest moon

Double DS sys not available anywhere except canada (as far as i know, it got pulled and it seems thay forgot about the canadaian app store)

i checked for ds double sys in australia/canada/germany/us/uk and us was the only store i could not find it in...

[Random_Guy]

Family Feud is not available in Australia.

[carnivore]

Family Feud is not available in Australia.

is family feud live again? some hours ago it wasn't even on the us store...

[Random_Guy]

Family Feud was never on the Australian Appstore, so I wouldn't know.

[carnivore]

Family Feud was never on the Australian Appstore, so I wouldn't know.

hmm i guess i will not add family feud yet because i just checked again and it indeed is not available worldwide at the moment. when this goes live again, i will edit it in...

[Random_Guy]

Ok. It's a shame though, because I was really looking forward to it.

[goiMot]

please add to your list of games not available in Canada
Pandemonium by Electronic Arts
Anytime Pool by Electronic Arts
Million Dollar password by RealArcade
SpongeBob Diner Dash by Nickelodeon

[carnivore]

please add to your list of games not available in Canada
Pandemonium by Electronic Arts
Anytime Pool by Electronic Arts
Million Dollar password by RealArcade
SpongeBob Diner Dash by Nickelodeon

will do sir, just give me a few minutes. ;)

[iMario]

Rock Band is also not available in The Netherlands.

[aafuss]

Australia has the Price is Right (even if our versions is no longer airing) but not Family Feud (even if our versions is no longer airing).

Coild be to differing licensing for game show iPhone games adaptations.

[aafuss]

There could be differing licenses for game show iPhone games adaptations-as for instance Deal or No Deal has different hosts (eg. Howie Mandel, US, Andrew O'keefe, Aus) and they'd would have to license the likness of each host.

[RankoSao]

i bought this game called Underworld, and now i cant get the update for it because it says its not available in the US? when did they take it down?

[Random_Guy]

Is that the Chillingo one or the RPG?

[RankoSao]

Whichever one deals with candy

[carnivore]

Whichever one deals with candy

are you talking about this one?
http://appshopper.com/games/underworld-sweetdeal-premium

if so, i will not add this, because it seems to have gone from every appstore. checked 5 stores, not one had it...

EDIT: family feud is available again in us and canada. just added it to the list...

[kibbles]

I thought I read that Edge was re-released with a different name.

[RankoSao]

are you talking about this one?
http://appshopper.com/games/underworld-sweetdeal-premium

if so, i will not add this, because it seems to have gone from every appstore. checked 5 stores, not one had it...

EDIT: family feud is available again in us and canada. just added it to the list...

Yes, that is the one. I downloaded it, and now theres an update waiting in my iTunes, but i cannot accept it anymore

[eggzbacon]

I thought I read that Edge was re-released with a different name.

It was re-released as a new app called Edgy, but then that got pulled again.

[Fortune_Cookie]

I believe Where's Waldo is only available in the United States and Canada. I haven't been able to find it anywhere else (I've just been changing my international iTunes settings to check).

[tumbleninah]

rock band is not available in ireland :(

[aafuss]

There would have to a version called where's Wally for other countries-but the dev doesn't seem to be doing that.

[matax]

Tomena Sanner not available into the italian store too

[Mantis]

We all now why Nazi Zombies are banned in Germany!

Why isn't 100 Nazi Scalps banned in Germany then? oO
After they banned Nazi Zombies i thought they would ban that too, because of the Swastikas in there. :rolleyes:
Are there any in Nazi Zombies? :confused:

[aafuss]

Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey-now is available in Australia under the title of Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey

[xdanleex]

Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies by Activision Publishing Inc. not available in Germany
I know why this is not available in Germany, the germans get angry if they found out that there nazis are playing with United states, there enemy... Grrrrrrrrrr


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