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A tribute to classic 90s games and comic books, the RPG adventure Heroes of the Seven Islands is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Heroes of the Seven Islands is an intentionally badly drawn challenging tribute to classic role-playing video games and comic books.

Microsoft's 6502 BASIC is now officially open source

By Liam Dawe,
Some fun computing history for you here as Microsoft recently open sourced Microsoft 6502 BASIC under the MIT license.

Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra enters the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Dawe,
More classics are being kept alive for modern platforms, with GOG putting Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra into their Preservation Program.

Sword Hero is an impressive looking upcoming open-world fantasy RPG

By Liam Dawe,
While it has a rather boring name, Sword Hero looks anything but boring in the new trailer and the combat demo you can try out right now.

ScummVM gets support for the survival horror Penumbra Overture from the Amnesia developers

By Liam Dawe,
Penumbra Overture was the first survival horror game from Frictional Games released all the way back in 2007, and now ScummVM is getting support for it.

Classic Marathon trilogy on Steam now has Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Originally from Destiny and Halo developer Bungie - Classic Marathon 1, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity get Native Linux versions on Steam.

Tomb Raider I and Tomb Raider II open source re-implementations updated with new graphics options

By Liam Dawe,
The TRX project that brings an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 has big new releases out now.

Take command of a Cold War-era nuclear corvette in space with Deck & Conn

By Liam Dawe,
MicroProse revealed Deck & Conn, a single-player turn-based tactics game that places players in command of a Cold War-era nuclear corvette — in space.

SlaveDriver Engine for the Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave gets open sourced

By Liam Dawe,
Another win for game preservation and open source, with the release of the SlaveDriver Engine for Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave.

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted announced for release in November

By Liam Dawe,
A PlayStation classic returns. The shoot 'em up R-Type Delta: HD Boosted was announced with a PC release coming in November.

After the DMCA takedown debacle, Old School Rally has now replaced all affected car models

By Liam Dawe,
It was unfortunate what happened with Old School Rally when it was hit with a DMCA takedown, but thankfully the situation is solved now.

Classic Marathon Trilogy on Steam gets a Beta with Linux support and lots of overall improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Classic Marathon, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are getting some big upgrades with a Beta now available to test.

Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release

By Liam Dawe,
They don't make them like they used to right? Caesar III is a classic and you can play it with plenty of enhancements with Julius.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.10 has been released

By fheroes2,
A fresh upgrade to the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game engine fheroes2.

SoulGame Studio release Flash classics in the Swords & Souls Legacy Collection

By Liam Dawe,
The new Swords & Souls Legacy Collection from SoulGame Studio brings five Flash classics back with a Steam release.

Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH 0.69 released - you can now hear patients vomiting

By Liam Dawe,
Audio is part of what makes a game great right? Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH 0.69 is out now to enhance this absolute classic.

20 years later, DnD classics Demon Stone and Dragonshard are getting upgraded Steam releases

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Game publisher SNEG recently announced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard and Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone are coming to Steam with plenty of upgrades.

GOG Preservation Program adds Heroes of Might and Magic titles and more

By Liam Dawe,
The GOG team recently announced another expansion of the GOG Preservation Program, bringing in Heroes of Might and Magic titles and more.

Open source Medal of Honor: Allied Assault adds better bots and a new master server for online play

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy some Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on modern systems with online play? OpenMoHAA is what you need to check out.

Raid an abandoned Soviet R&D Institute in the single-player extraction shooter Red Light

By Liam Dawe,
With intense action, Red Light is a single-player extraction shooter not to be missed if you love your retro-styled shooters.
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