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The classic Atari game Missile Command has re-imagining out now

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2020

Some of our older readers might have fond memories of Missile Command, an arcade game from Atari released back in 1980. It's recently been remade with Missile Command: Recharged and it's out now.

Alisa is an upcoming 90s 3D throwback horror-themed action adventure

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2020

Developed as a throwback to the 'golden age' of 3D games in the 90s, Alisa looks like a good retro game that's coming to Linux and the Kickstarter campaign is just shy of the goal needed.

PICO-8 fantasy console arrives on itch.io, available in a bundle

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2020

PICO-8, an extremely popular fantasy console from developer lexaloffle has been released on itch.io giving you another easy place to grab it.

Akurra to support Linux without a stretch-goal on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2020

Game developer Jason Newman who is currently crowdfunding Akurra, mentioned here on GOL recently, has decided they no longer need a stretch-goal for Linux support.

Escape Velocity: Override remaster Cosmic Frontier: Override gets funded

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2020

Cosmic Frontier: Override, the remaster of the classic Escape Velocity: Override has managed to get successfully funded with the finishing of their Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

Treasure Tech is a seriously fun new classic DOOM conversion

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2020

Treasure Tech is another fantastic DOOM conversion mod inspired by the Wario Land franchise and it's out now.

ScummVM officially testing Ultima IV, Ultima VI, and Ultima VIII

By Liam Dawe, 25 May 2020

Want to play some classic RPGs? ScummVM is helping to keep many classics alive and multiple Ultima titles should now work nicely in it.

DOOM 64 is now available to stream on Google Stadia

By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2020

Google have added another game to their Linux-powered streaming service, with DOOM 64 now officially available.

dosbox-staging, a 'soft' forking of DOSBox to work on advanced features has a first release

By Liam Dawe, 6 May 2020

DOSBox is about to get more advanced, with the community-made 'soft' fork dosbox-staging have a first proper release out.

Tasty Static, clone of the classic SkyRoads has a new release out

By Liam Dawe, 5 May 2020

Remember SkyRoads? A classic 90's racing game with a bit of a twist, that acts a bit like a platformer. It has a free clone called Tasty Static, which recently had a big update. I've been a little obsessed over it too.

Rise up and fight in the crowd-based retro brawler Tonight We Riot - confirmed for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 4 May 2020

Tonight We Riot, developed by a worker-owned cooperative Pixel Pushers Union 512, is a 'revolutionary' crowd-based retro brawler that looks like good messy fun and it's confirmed for Linux.

Game Boy Color inspired Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die to enter Early Access on May 29

By Liam Dawe, 17 Apr 2020

Kharon's Crypt - Even Death May Die, a retro non-linear dungeon crawler that was funded on Kickstarter back in October 2017 is finally about to release.

Wrath: Aeon of Ruin engine source code released - a quick look

By Samsai, 15 Mar 2020

The developers of Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, an FPS game built on the Darkplaces engine, have seemingly been a bit sneaky and released the source code to their engine fork with little fanfare on GitHub.

Battle through a dying Earth in the FPS 'Core Decay' - Steam page now up

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2020

Core Decay is one of those incredible looking retro-inspired shooters we covered recently, and it's now listed on Steam for you to go give it a wishlist.

Mainframe Defenders is a retro-themed tactical squad-based strategy game out now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2020

Mainframe Defenders combines a supremely cool retro 80s terminal inspired graphical style, with squad building and tactical turn-based battles.

Knightin'+, a Zelda-lite dungeon crawler arrives DRM-free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2020

Knightin'+ from Muzt Die Studios, a Zelda-lite dungeon crawling adventure has now officially arrived on DRM-free store GOG.com.

Get ready for more retro FPS goodness as 'Core Decay' is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Feb 2020

The first-person shooter genre is alive and well, especially for retro inspired titles and we have another on the way that looks quite awesome with Core Decay.

ULTRAKILL - a fast-paced and rather violent FPS has a Steam page up and new demo coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2020

Retro first-person shooters as a genre and theme are very much back in action, I am super happy about this and ULTRAKILL is one that needs to be in your sights.

Dezatopia, a unique feeling multi-directional shoot 'em up is out now - it's awesome

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jan 2020

Developer HEY and Japanese publisher Hanaji Games have released Dezatopia, an imaginative and unique feeling multi-directional shoot 'em up with Linux support.