Category: Retro

GOG have revived some more classic games today as they have released Epic Pinball: The Complete Collection and Jazz Jackrabbit Collection which have Linux support.

Thanks to the magic of DOSBox, Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 are now available for Linux direct from game store GOG.

Nightdive Studios have managed to rescue classic platformer Keen Dreams from oblivion as well as getting it updated.

GOG have revived some more classic titles for Linux thanks to DOSBox! Battle Chess Special Edition which includes three games now supports Linux on GOG.

In the mood for some classic gaming? GOG have release eight SNK NEO GEO classics, all but one support Linux.

DUNGEONS OF CHAOS, a retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG from Volker Elzner is now on Linux. I do warn you though, this is a very retro RPG.

Monsters, evil overlords and old-school inspired levels and music await you in Citadale. I gave this tiresome adventure a go so you didn’t have to.

Neckbeards: Basement Arena, a 2D indie game inspired by retro titles like Robotron 2084 from Soiree Games released a Linux version yesterday.

The release of the retro pixel platformer A Hole New World went a bit unnoticed, so I took a look to see if it's worth diving in.

Fans of old FPS games like Doom and Quake might be very interested in DUSK. An FPS about discovering just what lurks beneath the earth.

Here's a pretty fun classic! GOG have released Alien Rampage from 1996 and it comes with a Linux version thanks to DOSBox.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap a remake of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is now officially out for Linux.

GOG have revived another set of classic games today as the platformer series The Humans joins their shelves. The Humans Bundle contains Humans 1-3!

Solaroids: Prologue has the same basic gameplay as the classic Asteroids with a focus on surviving as long as you can, while you face new threats as the game gets longer.

GOG have just added 15 NEO GEO classic titles and some of them have Linux support, here's a run-down for you.

Strife: Quest for the Sigil was both a critical and commercial disappointment for Rogue Entertainment in 1996, and the source code to the game was mislaid by its developers. Years later work begin on reverse engineering Strife using the released Doom code. Night Dive Studios would later use this community project to craft The Original Strife: Veteran Edition.

Three weeks after the previous retro Weekly Sale, GOG is celebrating another one with Linux supported games from the late 80's and 90's (mostly). Some of them are titles which are totally unmissable.

The developers of 'Hyper Sentinel' have confirmed on Twitter that their retro throwback will support Linux and at my request they now list it on their Kickstarter too.

In Alwa's Awakening you are a stranger who has been summoned to help rid Alwa of evil! A very retro throwback at the NES era and it pulls it off pretty well.

This action-adventure platformer Gunmetal Arcadia, with smooth retro-styled art, was released earlier in the week.