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SpaghettiKart the Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The Harbour Masters team recently released a big upgrade for SpaghettiKart, their Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port with a bunch of new features.

Retro games bundle MARVEL MaXimum Collection announced

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from Limited Run Games, MARVEL MaXimum Collection will be a bundle of retro classic Marvel titles "from the golden age of gaming".
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FINAL FANTASY VII arrives on GOG with a new edition live on Steam too

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix today released their slightly upgraded version of FINAL FANTASY VII, along with making it available on GOG too.

The Wolf Among Us, The Last Express and more join the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Dawe,
The GOG Preservation Program expands again to include more classic games that will be kept alive with patches from the GOG team like The Wolf Among Us.

Retro Macintosh games Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle arrive on Steam in March

By Liam Dawe,
Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle are classic Macintosh games from the 80s, and they're getting a bundled definitive edition re-release on Steam.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization

By Hamish,
Civilization: Call to Power is a curious cultural artifact in a number of ways.

ScummVM v2026.1.0 is a huge new release with tons of new supported games

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM is an excellent tool that preserves a lot of classic games with new game engines to run on modern platforms and a huge 2026.1.0 release is out now.

The original FINAL FANTASY VII is getting a new refreshed edition

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix just announced that the original FINAL FANTASY VII is being refreshed, with existing owners granted a free copy of the new one.

Surge Engine for Sonic-like platformers gets improved gamepad support and a new audio system

By Liam Dawe,
Love classic Sonic games and other similar platformers? The Surge Engine and the included Surge the Rabbit game are great open source projects.

Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Bringing another Nintendo classic to PC, the community has delivered with Banjo-Kazooie via the Banjo: Recompiled project that's now available.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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.

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

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

Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

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

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

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Check out the great enhancement patch for the original Splinter Cell

By Liam Dawe,
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.

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

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

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

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

Siren is an awesome looking Aliens inspired Doom II conversion

By Liam Dawe,
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.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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.

MicroProse announce a revival of the retro Geoff Crammond Racing series

By Liam Dawe,
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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