Retro gaming articles

Nintendo adds ToeJam & Earl and Vectorman to growing Switch Online library

Pac-Man breaks into the physical world with new live experience from Bandai Namco

As Half-Life 2 turns 20, Valve celebrates with a free to download weekend, new Episode 3 footage reveal

What just happened? Valve is celebrating Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary with a massive update, a temporary free giveaway of the full game, and a bundle including the two episodic expansions and new developer commentary. Additionally, a two-hour YouTube documentary sheds light on the canceled third expansion, revealing new details for fans.

Warcraft returns: Blizzard updates all three classics with high-res remasters, upgraded Battle.net features

Highly anticipated: Blizzard's first attempt to remaster a classic Warcraft game four years ago failed spectacularly. Now, for the franchise's 30th anniversary, the company is aiming for redemption by updating and repackaging the entire trilogy with high-resolution graphics, new user interface features, and more.

Apple is turning classic video game The Oregon Trail into a comedy movie

Double Dragon and Atari Classics land in the palm of your hand with new Super Pocket models

Analogue 3D is a modern N64 remake that plays original carts in 4K

NES expansion port receives its first peripheral after 39 years, a Bluetooth hub

This Doom port runs (almost) entirely on a GPU

Custom retro PC project uses a compact x86 SoC to run DOS games with native hardware

Retro revival: Atari Jaguar console reborn as an iPhone emulation app

Sony's throwback PS5 Pro limited edition takes us back to the 90s (Update: and it's gone...)

Retro gaming crime ring busted in Italy, seizing 12,000 fake consoles

Facepalm: Retro gaming has become a lucrative market, with companies repackaging old titles as new experiences. However, criminals are also taking advantage of the retro appeal, flooding the market with cheap, counterfeit replicas of "official" consoles pre-loaded with classic, emulated games.

What's old is new again: GameStop is opening retro stores at existing locations

New retro PC gaming launches: A playable Tetris documentary, over a dozen Capcom fighting games, and more

Highly anticipated: Developer showcases over the last few weeks have filled release calendars for 2024 and 2025 with reissues of numerous classic games, some of which are available now. The growing list includes titles that have never been available on PC, haven't been available for purchase in around two decades, or have never been playable in English.

Heroes of Might and Magic rises from the ashes with upcoming Olden Era revival

The Atari 7800+ is a modernized version of the 1986 console with HDMI and wireless controllers

Modders remaster Modern Warfare 2 maps from 2009, rocketing Call of Duty 4 up Steam's charts

Ayaneo launches OLED retro gaming handheld with a unique button setup

ColecoVision rolls out full-size arcade cabinet with 40 classic games and ROM support

iFixit thoroughly explains why you shouldn't blow on Nintendo cartridges (and how to actually fix them)

FreeDOS, now 30 years old, will soon run Windows 3.x

Atari digs up 39 more retro classics for 50th anniversary game compilation

Palmer Luckey's FPGA Game Boy clone lands just in time for the holidays

Something to look forward to: A race between FPGA-based retro handhelds is looming. The Analogue Pocket has been the standard for years, but former Oculus designer Palmer Lucky plans to release a similar device later this year to commemorate the original Game Boy. Meanwhile, hardware modder Taki Udon is currently developing options that could lower the barrier to entry for the emerging FPGA emulation market.