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Eight Dragons brings retro-inspired beat 'em up action to you and a bunch of friends

By Liam Dawe, Oct 29, 2019

Eight Dragons? Does that mean it's like four times as good as the classic Double Dragon? Asking the important questions here today on GOL.

The Eternal Castle: Remastered is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3, 2019

The Eternal Castle is a remaster of an old classic, except it kind of isn't. The story is a little peculiar but the game does look quite fantastic and it's available now on Linux.

NARWHAR Project Hornwhale, a really wacky shoot 'em up that reminds me of the Amiga days

By Liam Dawe, Sep 16, 2019

The developer of NARWHAR Project Hornwhale emailed in recently about their new arcade style shoot 'em up being released with Linux support. It's a bit wild.

Haunted maze game Phantom 3D has been released

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4, 2019

Graverobber Foundation, developer of cyberpunk dungeon crawler Das Geisterschiff is back with a new game called Phantom 3D.

Colourful retro arcade inspired shoot 'em up Laservasion is out now

By Liam Dawe, Sep 4, 2019

Red Phoenix Studios recently released Laservasion, a retro inspired arcade styled shoot 'em up with Linux support. It's pretty darn colourful once you get into it.

Yacht Club Games have shown off quite a lot of upcoming Shovel Knight content

By BTRE, Aug 28, 2019

The retro-inspired platformer continues to get love from its developers five years on from launch. Expect more content in December and as well as a new spinoff game sometime in the future.

Cthulhu Saves the World has an unofficial Linux port available

By BTRE, Aug 19, 2019

The comedic retro-inspired RPG has been brought to Linux thanks to porter Ethan Lee and FNA. You can now aid the horrifying Cthulhu in his quest to save the world in order to ruin it properly later.

Great looking retro-inspired FPS Ion Fury is out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Aug 15, 2019

Ion Fury (previously Ion Maiden) from Voidpoint and 3D Realms has been officially released, this retro inspired FPS looks fantastic and it comes with full Linux support.

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust confirmed for launch on August 12th, Linux support included

By Liam Dawe, Aug 7, 2019

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust, the standalone followup to Anodyne that doesn't require you play the original is officially launching with Linux support on August 12th.

Laservasion looks like a nice twist on Asteroids with great music and colourful visuals

By Liam Dawe, Aug 5, 2019

Laservasion is the next game from Red Phoenix Studios (prev. Poly Towns, A New World: Kingdoms), a shoot 'em up that resembles the classic Asteroids only it seems to get a lot more intense.

Retro-inspired kart racer "Super Indie Karts" updated with a bunch of new tracks

By Liam Dawe, Jul 29, 2019

In need of a stylish retro-inspired kart racer? Super Indie Karts might be exactly what you're looking for. A recent update to the game added in a bunch of new tracks in The Knight Cup.

Please, a tense ten-minute experience has a Linux build available

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2019

Got a few minutes to burn? Why not try out the short experimental experience that Please offers. Developed by somewhat, it delivers something quite surreal and freaky.

The Lion King, Aladdin and The Jungle Book no longer available on Steam, some about to leave GOG too

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

Three classics are no longer available for sale on Steam, with nothing announced to say why. However, GOG at least have given a bit of warning that they're about to go.

Cecconoid, an 8-bit inspired "flick-screen" twin-stick-shooter that looks awesome is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 21, 2019

Developer Triple Eh (previously made Lumo), are now working on an 8-bit inspired twin-stick shooter called Cecconoid. It's soaked in retro and it looks awesome!

Hyperspace Delivery Service has officially released with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 12, 2019

Hyperspace Delivery Service, a very sweet looking pixel-art space trading and adventure game has officially released and comes with full Linux support.

Ribbiting Saga, a very sweet looking SNES-inspired action adventure game is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 11, 2019

Ribbiting Saga is another game popping up during E3 that will be supporting Linux! It's a SNES-inspired action adventure game and it really does look sweet.

Cycle 28, a very retro-looking arcade-styled 2D space shooter adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 3, 2019

Pill Bug Interactive have now released their positively reviewed 2D retro space shooter, Cycle 28, on Linux.

The super-retro action-platformer 'Dogurai' is now out on Steam + a few keys to give away

By Liam Dawe, May 28, 2019

With graphics and gameplay inspired by old portable games, Dogurai is soaked in retro sauce and it's out with Linux support now.

Risk System looks like a shoot 'em up not to be missed, out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 17, 2019

I will admit, I almost missed Risk System thinking it's just another retro-looking shoot 'em up but upon closer inspection it actually looks and sounds pretty damn good.