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.

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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.

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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)}

1994 retro shooter The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki gets a Fancy Edition re-release out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/1994…

#Retro #FPS #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #RetroGames

1994 retro shooter The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki gets a Fancy Edition re-release out now

A blast from the past, although not too well-known. Originally from Maelstrom Software and Future Visionary, The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki - Fancy Edition is a fresh upgraded re-release of the 1994 game from ZOOM Platform Media that's out now.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

A retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/a-re…

#Ironseed #Retro #Gaming #Linux

A retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support

Ironseed from 1994 is not one I'm familiar with, I only know if I had seen it when I was small I probably would have played it for hours. Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition is a modern 2020 remake and now it has a Native Linux version.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Retro FPS classic The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is coming to Steam with an enhanced edition gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/retr…

#FPS #Gaming #Retro #Linux #PCGaming

Retro FPS classic The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is coming to Steam with an enhanced edition

The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki originally released back in 1994 and it's getting a little revival thanks to ZOOM Platform Media / Lee Jacobson with a Steam release due out in May.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Fast-paced car combat game FUMES has an awesome demo worth playing gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fast…

#FUMES #IndieGame #Retro #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Fast-paced car combat game FUMES has an awesome demo worth playing

FUMES is simply awesome. Bringing back retro fast-paced car combat that feels like the classic Interstate '76 and Twisted Metal meets Mad Max only more crazy with boss battles and all sorts.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets a major update with new missions, AI improvements and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/comm…

#RTS #FreeGame #Retro #OpenSource #RedAlert #CommandConquer

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets a major update with new missions, AI improvements and more

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is a huge free RTS game based on OpenRA that includes Command & Conquer and Red Alert action combined in one game with plenty of extras and enhancements.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Geo Mythica is a charming 8-bit style JRPG quest to save Earth with unique party-based combat gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/geo-…

#GeoMythica #Retro #RPG #PCGaming #LinuxGaming #Gaming

Geo Mythica is a charming 8-bit style JRPG quest to save Earth with unique party-based combat

Love classic RPGs? You might want to check out the newly released Geo Mythica, with some great looking 8-bit styled artwork and a quite unique sounding party-based combat system.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 47: Before I Was Born gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/buil…

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Retro

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 47: Before I Was Born

So far the oldest game binary I have launched has been the original Linux port of Doom. This brought me back to 1994, both the year I was born and the year that the Linux kernel reached its milestone 1.0 release.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 46: Bursting Bubbles gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/buil…

#Retro #Linux

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 46: Bursting Bubbles

I have had my fair share of success in running games released up to around 2004 or so, but after that I do begin to encounter more issues with binary compatibility.

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

1997 classic adventure The Space Bar upgraded with ScummVM and Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/1997…

#TheSpaceBar #Retro #RetroGaming #Linux #LinuxGaming #ScummVM

1997 classic adventure The Space Bar upgraded with ScummVM and Linux support

Another classic revived. The ZOOM Platform recently announced that the 1997 classic adventure The Space Bar has been upgraded to use ScummVM and there's now a Linux version to go with it.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Video Game History Foundation launches a digital archive free for everyone gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/vide…

#Gaming #Retro #RetroGaming

Video Game History Foundation launches a digital archive free for everyone

Giving everyone free access to their new launch (well, it's in "early access"), the Video Game History Foundation have put up their digital archive of video game history research materials.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Vulkan Quake port vkQuake 1.32 adds external WAD, WAD3, and Half-life format support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/vulk…

#vkQuake #Quake #FPS #Retro #Gaming

Vulkan Quake port vkQuake 1.32 adds external WAD, WAD3, and Half-life format support

vkQuake is an advanced port of id Software's Quake using Vulkan instead of OpenGL for rendering. It's impressive, one of the best ways to play, and the recent update sounds pretty delightful.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 45: Free as in Beer gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/buil…

#RetroGaming #Retro #Linux #LinuxGaming

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 45: Free as in Beer

For a time the term "multimedia" was one of the hottest buzzwords in the computer software industry. A number of individuals and firms staked both their futures and careers on the creation of bespoke interactive experiences, often in the service of m…

^{Hamish (GamingOnLinux)}

Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster to release in December gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/croc…

#Gaming #Retro

Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster to release in December

Recently we had the news that the classic Croc Legend of the Gobbos was getting a remaster, and then we learned it would be a GOG exclusive. Now we at least know it will release in December.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

90s horror adventure game Clock Tower: Rewind released outside Japan for the first time gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/90s-…

#Retro #Horror #AdventureGames

90s horror adventure game Clock Tower: Rewind released outside Japan for the first time

Clock Tower released originally in 1995 for the SNES and later for other systems, but it was never officially translated and supported outside of Japan until now with Clock Tower: Rewind.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Get the Atari 50 collection plus various classic Recharged games in this Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/get-…

#Gaming #Retro

Get the Atari 50 collection plus various classic Recharged games in this Humble Bundle

Atari Recharged Retro Revival Humble Bundle is live and it includes the nice big Atari 50 Anniversary Collection, along with a bunch of their modernized Recharged series games.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Duake puts the Doomguy in Quake gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/duak…

#FPS #Retro #Doom #Quake

Duake puts the Doomguy in Quake

Mashing two of the greats together, Duake brings the Doomguy along with their full arsenal into the classic Quake.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}