PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets easier to use with Steam gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/play…

#RPCS3 #PS3 #Emulation #Gaming #Retro #OpenSource

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 gets easier to use with Steam

The free and open source PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting easier to use with Steam, with the devs announcing a useful new feature.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

MARVEL MaXimum Collection set to arrive March 27 with a bunch of classics gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/marv…

#Gaming #Retro #Marvel #PCGaming

MARVEL MaXimum Collection set to arrive March 27 with a bunch of classics

Limited Run Games just revealed that the MARVEL MaXimum Collection that brings multiple classics will get released on March 27th.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/buil…

#Linux #Retro #LinuxGaming

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green

When I first started using Linux full time in 2007, I was still not well versed on how video cards worked.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

DREAMM emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games v4.0 out now gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/drea…

#PCGaming #Retro #RetroGaming #Emulation #Gaming

DREAMM emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games v4.0 out now

DREAMM is a special emulator for playing lots of classic LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games with a major new 4.0 release available.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/the-…

#Retro #Gaming

The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March

Myrient is a popular video game preservation service that has over 390 terabytes of classics but it's about to go offline forever.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Retro games bundle MARVEL MaXimum Collection announced gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/retr…

#Gaming #Retro #Marvel #PCGaming

Retro games bundle MARVEL MaXimum Collection announced

Coming from Limited Run Games, MARVEL MaXimum Collection will be a bundle of retro classic Marvel titles "from the golden age of gaming".

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Retro Macintosh games Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle arrive on Steam in March gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/retr…

#ReturntoDarkCastle #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming #Steam

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

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.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/buil…

#Retro #Linux #LinuxGaming

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

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

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

ScummVM v2026.1.0 is a huge new release with tons of new supported games gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/scum…

#ScummVM #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming #OpenSource

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

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.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Surge Engine for Sonic-like platformers gets improved gamepad support and a new audio system gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/surg…

#SurgeEngine #OpenSource #Sonic #Retro #Gaming #Linux

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/banj…

#BanjoKazooie #PCGaming #Retro #OpenSource #Nintendo

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ghos…

#SuperMario64 #Nintendo #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming

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

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.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ghos…

#SuperMario64 #Nintendo #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming

Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/open…

#OpenXcom #OpenSource #Gaming #Retro #Linux

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

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.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/open…

#OpenFodder #OpenSource #Retro #CannonFodder

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

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.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 49: One More to Go! gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/buil…

#Linux #Retro #LinuxGaming

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 49: One More to Go!

Candy Cruncher stands as an interesting piece of Linux gaming convergence, with it pulling on almost all of the major threads that defined the industry.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

Half-Life Legacy arrives December 12 but you'll need Proton on Linux due to Native Linux issues gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/half…

#HalfLifeLegacy #HalfLife #PCGaming #Retro #FPS

Half-Life Legacy arrives December 12 but you'll need Proton on Linux due to Native Linux issues

Half-Life Legacy is an enhanced fan mod of Valve's original shooter and it's releasing December 12th.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/buil…

#Retro #Linux #LinuxGaming

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine

Part 48 of the long running series of retro Linux gaming goodness. This time it's all about point and click adventuring.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

Nightdive Studios present a Blood: Refreshed Supply deep dive in a new video gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/nigh…

#BloodRefreshedSupply #Retro #FPS #Gaming #PCGaming

Nightdive Studios present a Blood: Refreshed Supply deep dive in a new video

Want to know more about the upcoming Blood: Refreshed Supply? You're in luck as we have a fresh developer video from Nightdive Studios.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 version 1.0 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/trx-…

#TRX #TombRaider #Retro #OpenSource

TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 version 1.0 released

With lots of enhancements for the classics Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2, the TRX project version 1.0 is out now with an LUA scripting engine for modders.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork…

#Zork #Microsoft #Retro #OpenSource #RetroGaming

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source

Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/eart…

#OpenE2140 #Earth2140 #OpenSource #RTS #Retro

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release

OpenE2140 is bringing back Earth 2140, the classic RTS with it being powered by the OpenRA engine and a first release is out now.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/maki…

#DOSBox #DOSBoxPure #Retro #Gaming #RetroGaming #OpenSource

Making retro DOS gaming simple - the standalone DOSBox Pure Unleashed is out now

DOSBox Pure Unleashed is a standalone fork of the classic DOSBox to run DOS games on modern systems, based on the libretro core.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

1998 arcade-style aircraft racer Plane Crazy gets a Championship Edition upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/1998…

#PlaneCrazy #Gaming #Retro #PCGaming

1998 arcade-style aircraft racer Plane Crazy gets a Championship Edition upgrade

Originally released in 1998, Plane Crazy from Inner Workings returns with the newer Plane Crazy Championship Edition from ZOOM Platform.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Retro Brazilian RTS game Outlive returns with Outlive 25 gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/retr…

#Outlive25 #Outlive #RTS #Gaming #Retro #PCGaming

Retro Brazilian RTS game Outlive returns with Outlive 25

Outlive 25 is a remaster of the classic 2000 RTS game rebuilt by the original developers, and a demo is just about to drop too.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

A shotgun for an arm, boomer shooter Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation arrives in November gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/a-sh…

#FPS #Retro #GZDoom #PCGaming #BoomerShooter #Demo

A shotgun for an arm, boomer shooter Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation arrives in November

A retro styled boomer shooter where you have a shotgun for an arm. Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation is confirmed to launch on November 25th.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.11 has been released gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/hero…

#HoMM2 #Retro #RetroGaming #Gaming

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.11 has been released

Another fresh upgrade for the Heroes of Might and Magic 2 open source game engine fheroes2 with some major changes and bug fixes.

^{fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)}

Get a whole lot of Capcom classics in the Retro Revival Pack Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/get-…

#Retro #Capcom #Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck

Get a whole lot of Capcom classics in the Retro Revival Pack Humble Bundle

With 65 items in total, the Capcom Retro Revival Pack Humble Bundle is an easy way to fill up your gaming collection without breaking the bank.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

A tribute to classic 90s games and comic books, the RPG adventure Heroes of the Seven Islands is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/a-tr…

#Gaming #Retro #PCGaming #Linux

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Kazeta will turn your machine into a retro gaming console.

news.itsfoss.com/kazeta/

#linux #linuxgaming #retro

This Linux Gaming Distro Uses SD Cards as Game Cartridges (Just Like the 90s)

Insert cartridge, power on, play. No launchers or accounts required.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now officially open source gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/micr…

#Microsoft #Retro #Programming

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now officially open source

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/retr…

#86Box #OpenSource #Retro #Emulation

Retro x86-based machine emulator 86Box v5.0 brings a new integrated machine manager

86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software, with a big new release out to make managing multiple systems easier.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Classic Marathon Trilogy on Steam gets a Beta with Linux support and lots of overall improvements gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/clas…

#Marathon #FPS #Retro #PCGaming #Linux #Bungie

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Open source Medal of Honor: Allied Assault adds better bots and a new master server for online play gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/open…

#MedalofHonor #MoHAA #FPS #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming #LinuxGaming

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

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

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

In Silence Waits is an upcoming modern take on classic graphical adventures gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/in-s…

#Retro #RetroGaming #Gaming #PCGaming

In Silence Waits is an upcoming modern take on classic graphical adventures

Older readers might be interested in this one. Silent Shoals Software announced In Silence Waits, a modern take on classic graphical adventures.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Bring back the 80s and 90s! Discover 5 Linux tools to retrofy your desktop experience. ✨

itsfoss.com/linux-retro-tools/

#linux #retro

Relive the Golden Era: 5 Tools to Get Retro Feel on Linux

Get retro vibe on Linux with these tools.

^{Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)}

ScummVM announces support for the classic adventure The Last Express gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/scum…

#TheLastExpress #Retro #Gaming #RetroGaming #ScummVM

ScummVM announces support for the classic adventure The Last Express

ScummVM only just recently announced support for Another World (Out of This World) and now they're back with the classic adventure The Last Express.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 version 1.1.9 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/hero…

#HoMMII #HoMM #OpenSource #Retro

Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 version 1.1.9 released

Another fresh release of the Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2.

^{fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)}

Go back in time to the land of the dinos in the excellent demo for Theropods gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/go-b…

#Demo #IndieGame #Retro #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS

Go back in time to the land of the dinos in the excellent demo for Theropods

Theropods is an upcoming point and click adventure that combines puzzles with a cinematic story. The demo in Steam Next Fest is quite impressive.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Retro dungeon crawler Brany Skeldalu gets a Linux version and source code re-release gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/retr…

#Retro #OpenSource #DungeonCrawler #Gaming

Retro dungeon crawler Brany Skeldalu gets a Linux version and source code re-release

Gates of Skeldal (Czech: Brány Skeldalu) originally released in 1998 and recently it gained a Native Linux version along with a source code re-release.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}