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SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics get delisted in December

By Liam Dawe,
SEGA have announced that both the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics collections will be delisted from stores on December 6.

Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster to release in December

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we had the news that the classic Croc Legend of the Gobbos was getting a remaster, and then we learned it would be a GOG exclusive. Now we at least know it will release in December.
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Retro racing throwback Classic Sport Driving adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Classic Sport Driving is designed in the spirit of retro racers like Lotus Turbo Challenge and Outrun, so if you like the old style of racing this one might be for you.

Steam Deck the 'perfect platform' for their game say Escape From Castle Matsumoto devs

By Liam Dawe,
Escape From Castle Matsumoto looks like quite a unique one, and the developers give the Steam Deck some rather high praise.

COVEN is a fresh 'hyper-violent' retro FPS now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Gator Shins and Hellforge Studios have released the first 10 blood-soaked levels of COVEN, a really fresh new retro FPS.

90s horror adventure game Clock Tower: Rewind released outside Japan for the first time

By Liam Dawe,
Clock Tower released originally in 1995 for the SNES and later for other systems, but it was never officially translated and supported outside of Japan until now with Clock Tower: Rewind.

Creepy retro horror game Fear the Spotlight is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Fear the Spotlight from Cozy Game Pals and Blumhouse Games is a retro-styled horror game that looks like it would fit right in on the original PlayStation. It's just be re-released on Steam with Linux support.

Duake puts the Doomguy in Quake

By Liam Dawe,
Mashing two of the greats together, Duake brings the Doomguy along with their full arsenal into the classic Quake.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 44: The Legend of Kobo

By Hamish,
A lot of early UNIX and therefore Linux games struggled with the fact that the X toolkit was geared towards constructing staid graphical user interfaces, rather than for the speed and flexibility needed by games. Magic can come out of people working against imposed limitations however, and games like Xkobo succeed by this.

Open source Theme Hospital engine 'CorsixTH' v0.68.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Theme Hospital originally from Bullfrog Productions is a true classic, one I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing and the CorsixTH project is doing fantastic work to keep it alive for modern platforms. A new release of this open source reimplementation has been released with version 0.68.0 now available.

Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demake

By Liam Dawe,
I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.

SKALD: Against the Black Priory gets controller support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
SKALD: Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Released back in May, it now has full controller and Steam Deck support.

DOOM ported to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Whatever will they do with DOOM next? A developer at AMD decided to port over classic DOOM to run almost entirely on the GPU.

Sega Saturn styled racer Parking Garage Rally Circuit is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Arriving on Steam with Linux support is Parking Garage Rally Circuit, an indie racing game from Walaber Entertainment designed like a long lost Sega Saturn game.

GOG announce classic Resident Evil 3: Nemesis to re-release September 25

By Liam Dawe,
The re-release of the classic Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is right around the corner, with GOG today announcing it will release on September 25th to finish up their re-release trilogy.

Dark fantasy FPS fans should check out Hands of Necromancy II

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the positively rated Hands of Necromancy, HON Team and Fulqrum Publishing are back bringing you more Heretic and Doom styled fun in Hands of Necromancy II.

Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025

By Liam Dawe,
After building up in Early Access to a Very Positive user rating, retro singleplayer arena FPS Viscerafest is going to properly launch in April 2025.

LibreQuake aims to create a completely free Quake alternative compatible with mods

By Liam Dawe,
In a similar spirit to Freedoom, for Quake fans perhaps you'll want to take a look at LibreQuake, which aims to do a similar thing to allow you to play Quake content with completely open source software.

DOOM + DOOM II enhanced versions get Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the upgraded enhanced releases of DOOM and DOOM II from Nightdive Studios and id Software are available, Valve have given it a fresh test to get it Steam Deck Verified.

Parking Garage Rally Circuit releases September 20

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to destroy some tyres? Parking Garage Rally Circuit from Walaber Entertainment has announced a release date for September 20.
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