Transfer Discountinued Apps from an Old iOS 5 Device to a New iOS 9 Device

I’ve been using an old first generation iPad (maxed out at iOS 5.1.1) for years. It crashes a lot, but it worked well enough for watching Netflix, playing some old games, email, facebook, etc.. It had some syncing issues and once in awhile, I’d have to restart it because Candy Crush would crash, but for the most part, it still works.

Well, for Christmas, I was given a new iPad Mini and I handed the old iPad down the line, but before I did, I tried installing some games and came to discover that 2 of my favorite games were no longer in the App Store.  I even hooked up to iTunes and discovered that Apple had even removed the ability to transfer discontinued apps directly:

I googled around a bit and…