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Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:46:52 +0000

Ghostship was a recent announcement from the HarbourMasters team bringing a new Super Mario 64 PC port, and now there's a fresh release with a Linux version.

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Giving some Undertale and OMORI vibes, the strange looking Immortal Boy gets a new trailer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:39:41 +0000

Immortal Boy is an upcoming retro-styled fantasy RPG adventure due out this year, and now it has a first proper full gameplay trailer.

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Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:34:00 +0000

From the HarbourMasters team is another Nintendo PC port, this time it's Super Mario 64.

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OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:20:45 +0000

Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

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Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:51:10 +0000

Where bigger developers like Ubisoft don't fix up their old games - the community provides, check out EnhancedSC for the original Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

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Start 2026 off right with the massive 77 map mod Quake Brutalist Jam III

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:56:24 +0000

Get some brutal retro-FPS goodness to start off 2026 with the recently released 77 map Quake Brutalist Jam III.

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Epilogue reveal the SN Operator to play real SNES cartridges on various platforms

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:06:37 +0000

Much like Epilogue did with the GB Operator for playing actual Game Boy cartridges, they've recently revealed the SN Operator for the SNES.

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Siren is an awesome looking Aliens inspired Doom II conversion

Liam Dawe — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:13:44 +0000

Taking a slower approach with inspiration taken from the likes of Aliens, the Doom II conversion named Siren looks really awesome for retro FPS fans.

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Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:22:50 +0000

Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded.

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MicroProse announce a revival of the retro Geoff Crammond Racing series

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:55:19 +0000

First released in the '90s, the retro racing series designed by Geoff Crammond is making a return under new names with publisher MicroProse.

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If you need a new retro boomer shooter check out Ctesiphon

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:48:02 +0000

Released in November, Ctesiphon puts you in the role of a Galactic Bounty Hunter extraordinaire in a fresh retro styled futuristic boomer shooter.

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NVIDIA have discontinued Quake II RTX

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:40:02 +0000

Quake II RTX released back in 2019, with NVIDIA using it to show off more ray tracing effects for their RTX GPUs but now they're done with it.

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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 49: One More to Go!

Hamish — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:23:03 +0000

Candy Cruncher stands as an interesting piece of Linux gaming convergence, with it pulling on almost all of the major threads that defined the industry.

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Unreal Tournament 2004 is getting revived by OldUnreal with approval from Epic Games

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:20:09 +0000

Just like Epic Games did for the original Unreal Tournament, they're giving full approval to OldUnreal to revive Unreal Tournament 2004 and keep it updated.

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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine

Hamish — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:16:18 +0000

Part 48 of the long running series of retro Linux gaming goodness. This time it's all about point and click adventuring.

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A retro Acorn RISC OS gem returns with Exodus: The Colonization of Space now on Steam

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:35:46 +0000

A bit of gaming history returns to modern platforms with the release of Exodus: The Colonization of Space now available on Steam.

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UZDoom the successor to GZDoom has a first proper release out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:57:20 +0000

What will now be the main modern feature centric port for all Doom engine games, UZDoom has a first proper release out to take over from GZDoom.

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Nightdive Studios present a Blood: Refreshed Supply deep dive in a new video

Liam Dawe — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:01:05 +0000

Want to know more about the upcoming Blood: Refreshed Supply? You're in luck as we have a fresh developer video from Nightdive Studios.

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TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 version 1.0 released

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:56:37 +0000

With lots of enhancements for the classics Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, the TRX project version 1.0 is out now with an LUA scripting engine for modders.

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Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior shows off a new prototype trailer of the heavy metal platformer

Liam Dawe — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:37:38 +0000

Chaosmonger Studio continue working on Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior a retro-styled heavy metal platformer in partnership with the band Voivod.

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The Nightdive Studios enhanced Quake II re-release is now Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:06:42 +0000

With the latest minor update, the newer Quake II re-release that saw Nightdive Studios jump in to improve it is now Steam Deck Verified.

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Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:47:07 +0000

Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.

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Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster has launched from Nightdive and it's Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:34:10 +0000

Nightdive Studios today released Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster, and Valve have rated it Steam Deck Verified now too.

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Nightdive recently showed off Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster footage in a dev diary video

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:27:20 +0000

Looking forward to the next remaster from Nightdive? They recently put up a new dev diary video for Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster to show it off.

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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.12 has been released

fheroes2 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:31:51 +0000

A brand new version of the modernised Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game engine fheroes2 has released with version 1.1.12 now available.

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The classic Unreal Tournament gets a big upgrade with the v469e patch from OldUnreal

Liam Dawe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:57:19 +0000

The team from OldUnreal have put up a rather big patch for the classic Unreal Tournament, bringing lots of improvements and fixes to the classic Epic shooter.

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GZDoom successor project UZDoom gets a first preview release

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:17:03 +0000

After the GZDoom implosion, the rest of the developers split off to form UZDoom and the first preview release has rolled out with some essential improvements.

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Terminator 2D: NO FATE delayed yet again into December

Liam Dawe — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:48:45 +0000

Terminator 2D: NO FATE has a delay once again with the developers pushing it back into December due to issues with the physical releases.

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The classic Serious Sam 2 gets a big upgrade and now Steam Deck Verified

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:29:36 +0000

A blast from the past returns in style, with Serious Sam 2 from Croteam recently getting a huge 20th Annviersary Update and now it has been Steam Deck Verified.

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GOG Preservation Program expands with Splinter Cell, Hitman and more + Autumn Sale is on

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:00:27 +0000

Along with the launch of the GOG Autumn Sale, the GOG Preservation Program has expanded to include even more games the GOG team will be keeping alive.

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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:09:03 +0000

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection releases soon from Digital Eclipse and Atari and ahead of release Valve have given it the green tick to be Steam Deck Verified.

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Fight the nazis to rescue your dog in the new free shooter Darkenstein 3D out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:31:01 +0000

Inspired by some of the classics like Return to Castle Wolfenstein and DOOM, the free shooter Darkenstein 3D has released and it's a rip-roaring good time.

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Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:29:58 +0000

DOSBox Pure Unleashed is a standalone fork of the classic DOSBox to run DOS games on modern systems, based on the libretro core.

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Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster is coming to Steam with more upgrades

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:23:49 +0000

Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster originally launched as an exclusive to GOG, but that's not going to last with a newer edition announced and a Steam release.

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1998 arcade-style aircraft racer Plane Crazy gets a Championship Edition upgrade

Liam Dawe — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:04:51 +0000

Originally released in 1998, Plane Crazy from Inner Workings returns with the newer Plane Crazy Championship Edition from ZOOM Platform.

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System Shock 2 (1999) is getting delisted and bundled with the 25th Anniversary Remaster

Liam Dawe — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:39:53 +0000

Nightdive Studios / Atari have announced that the classic System Shock 2 (1999) is getting delisted from stores on October 10th.

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Fan-made Unreal remake Unreal Redux shows off a fancy new trailer

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:15:11 +0000

With no release date yet, the fan-made remake of Unreal named Unreal Redux looks like it's really coming along nicely.

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The Elder Scrolls: Arena game engine remake OpenTESArena adds Vulkan support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:48:28 +0000

While OpenTESArena is still a work in progress to bring The Elder Scrolls: Arena up to modern standards, it's looking even better with the 0.17.0 update.

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Even more (yes, again) classics join the GOG Preservation Program

Liam Dawe — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:29:56 +0000

GOG are really stretching out the announcements for their 17th anniversary, with a second helping of classic games now in the GOG Preservation Program.

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GOG expands their Preservation Program to include Gothic 1 & 2, Mortal Kombat Trilogy and more

Liam Dawe — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:15:11 +0000

As part of the ongoing 17th anniversary celebration, GOG have announced another expansion of their GOG Preservation Program.

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Blood: Refreshed Supply announced from Nightdive Studios

Liam Dawe — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:45:28 +0000

Arriving in December, Blood: Refreshed Supply has been revealed by Nightdive Studios as the true definitive remaster of the 1997 cult classic PC game.

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Mala Petaka is another action-packed GZDoom boomer shooter now on Steam

Liam Dawe — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:57:08 +0000

Love retro boomer shooters and need another to add to your list? Mala Petaka has just arrived on Steam and it's rather colourful.

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A shotgun for an arm, boomer shooter Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation arrives in November

Liam Dawe — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:59:15 +0000

A retro styled boomer shooter where you have a shotgun for an arm. Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation is confirmed to launch on November 25th.

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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.11 has been released

fheroes2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:13:23 +0000

Another fresh upgrade for the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 open source game engine fheroes2 with some major changes and bug fixes.

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Super Mario Bros Remastered open source fan project brings an impressive remake to PC

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:14:15 +0000

Nintendo likely won't be happy about this one, so get it while it's hot, Super Mario Bros Remastered is out now and open source.

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A tribute to classic 90s games and comic books, the RPG adventure Heroes of the Seven Islands is out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:24:21 +0000

Heroes of the Seven Islands is an intentionally badly drawn challenging tribute to classic role-playing video games and comic books.

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Microsoft's 6502 BASIC is now officially open source

Liam Dawe — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:31:18 +0000

Some fun computing history for you here as Microsoft recently open sourced Microsoft 6502 BASIC under the MIT license.

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Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra enters the GOG Preservation Program

Liam Dawe — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:14:28 +0000

More classics are being kept alive for modern platforms, with GOG putting Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra into their Preservation Program.

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Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG

Liam Dawe — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:45:49 +0000

While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now.

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ScummVM gets support for the survival horror Penumbra Overture from the Amnesia developers

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:53:01 +0000

Penumbra Overture was the first survival horror game from Frictional Games released all the way back in 2007, and now ScummVM is getting support for it.

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