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Fighting Fantasy Classics adds "Comprehensive Steam Deck support", cloud saves and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/figh…
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Fighting Fantasy Classics adds "Comprehensive Steam Deck support", cloud saves and more
Fighting Fantasy Classics from Tin Man Games has been upgraded with numerous enhancements to make playing through various remastered text-based roleplaying adventures even better.Liam Dawe (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…
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)
DOOM + DOOM II adds multiplayer mod support but it's broken on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/doom…
#DOOM #DOOMII #FPS #RetroGaming #SteamDeck #Gaming
DOOM + DOOM II adds multiplayer mod support but it's broken on Steam Deck / Linux
The updated version of DOOM + DOOM II that bundles them together with enhancements from id Software / Nightdive Studios, Bethesda just got Update #2 with more improvements for playing with mods.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Awesome free retro RPG Moonring gets another big update - looking good on Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/moon…
#Moonring #RetroGaming #RPG #PCGaming #SteamDeck
Awesome free retro RPG Moonring gets another big update - looking good on Steam Deck
Moonring originally released back in 2023 from the co-creator of the Xbox's Fable series, it's free, has a lot of good reviews and now it should be even better for all players.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)
Retro gaming Linux distro Batocera v41 brings expanded Wine support, better multi-screen, new hardware support gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/retr…
#Batocera #Linux #RetroGaming #LinuxGaming #OpenSource
Retro gaming Linux distro Batocera v41 brings expanded Wine support, better multi-screen, new hardware support
For people who love their retro gaming and want a Linux distribution that's simple to use and fully featured, Batocera is a popular choice and a big new release is out with version 41.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 v1.1.5 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/hero…
#HeroesofMightandMagicII #OpenSource #HoMM #RetroGaming
Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 v1.1.5 released
Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and fans of Heroes of Might and Magic II! We are excited to announce the release of the latest version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.1.5!fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)
Kero Quest 64 looks like a classic Nintendo 64 / PS1 game and it's coming to Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/kero…
#KeroQuest64 #IndieGames #Linux #SteamDeck #RetroGaming
Kero Quest 64 looks like a classic Nintendo 64 / PS1 game and it's coming to Linux / Steam Deck
With a style that would have fit right in on something like the Nintendo 64 or the PlayStation 1, the upcoming retro collectathon 3D platformer Kero Quest 64 is coming to Linux and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault open source remake new Beta gets lots of fixes gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/meda…
#MedalofHonorAlliedAssault #FPS #RetroGaming #PCGaming #OpenSource
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault open source remake new Beta gets lots of fixes
I'm genuinely looking forward to replaying through Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and the expansions thanks to the open source OpenMoHAA project that just put out a new Beta release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ScummVM 2.9.0 is out now for expanded retro gaming support gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/scum…
#ScummVM #RetroGaming #OpenSource
ScummVM 2.9.0 is out now for expanded retro gaming support
ScummVM v2.9.0 has rolled out as a little holiday treat bringing expanded compatibility with various retro classic for you to play on modern systems.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Parking Garage Rally Circuit releases September 20 gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/park…
Parking Garage Rally Circuit releases September 20
Ready to destroy some tyres? Parking Garage Rally Circuit from Walaber Entertainment has announced a release date for September 20.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini price and pre-order date revealed gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/retr…
#Retroid #RetroGaming #HandheldGaming
Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini price and pre-order date revealed
With the recent announcement that both the Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support thanks to the new chipset, it's an exciting time for retro gamers and now we know how much you'll need to save.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Retro racer Slipstream has a final update with new content, mod tools, and Steam Workshop support gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/retr…
#Linux #RetroGaming #SteamDeck
Retro racer Slipstream has a final update with new content, mod tools, and Steam Workshop support
Released originally back in 2018, Slipstream is a retro racer in the spirit of games from the late 80s and early 90s. The developer came back for one final update to finish it off.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/retr…
#Retroid #RetroGaming #Linux #HandheldGaming
Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support
While it has yet to have a proper full announcement, the Retroid Pocket 5 sounds like a nice device for those of you who love retro gaming and for the first time it will have proper Linux support too. Along with the Retroid Pocket Mini too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 43: Demons and Angels gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 43: Demons and Angels
The Spanish game development scene does not get much attention paid to it, especially when compared to some of its other European counterparts, but sometimes you encounter polymaths like Ángel Ortega that deserve to be highlighted.Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/argo…
#Croc #ArgonautGames #RetroGaming
Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos
That's quite a blast from the past. How do you feel about a little nostalgia? Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Descent 3 open source project gets a first release gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/desc…
#Descent3 #OpenSource #RetroGaming
Descent 3 open source project gets a first release
After getting open sourced back in April and now run as a community project, the Descent 3 open source engine has a first release available.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 40 released gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/retr…
Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 40 released
Batocera 40 got released last Sunday (2024-08-11) packing a lot of fixes, new goodies, emulator updates and extra hardware support.nwildner (GamingOnLinux)
The Elder Scrolls: Arena re-implementation OpenTESArena gets a graphics code overhaul gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/the-…
The Elder Scrolls: Arena re-implementation OpenTESArena gets a graphics code overhaul
Seems like this project is coming along nicely, and I do very much love seeing classics get revived with open source game engine re-implementations. OpenTESArena for The Elder Scrolls: Arena has a new release out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/choc…
#DOOM #OpenSource #RetroGaming
Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port
While other source ports are pretty popular like GZDoom, Chocolate Doom continues getting better to retain the best compatibility with the original DOS versions of Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 42: Upset the Applecart gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 42: Upset the Applecart
While the studio's destiny would later see it become consumed by Microsoft, in its earliest days Bungie instead stayed a Mac focused development house.Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Fox-girl platformer Kitsune Tails is a true quality retro-inspired good time - out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/fox-…
#SteamDeck #Linux #RetroGaming
Fox-girl platformer Kitsune Tails is a true quality retro-inspired good time - out now
Kitsune Tails from developer Kitsune Games is a platformer inspired by the classics like Super Mario Bros, steeped in Japanese mythology and it's well worth playing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Check out the demo for MetalMercs with retro real-time tactical mech squad action gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/chec…
#IndieGame #Linux #RetroGaming
Check out the demo for MetalMercs with retro real-time tactical mech squad action
MetalMercs could be a good one for those of you who love customizable mech combat action, and this time it's not turn-based it's actually real-time.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Warlords series and the five original Close Combat games appear on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/the-…
The Warlords series and the five original Close Combat games appear on Steam
We get a fair bit of news here and there about games getting delisted, publishers moving on from games and shutting them and more but what about game preservation? A nice bunch of classics with The Warlords series and the five original Close Combat g…Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Check out the free spooky fan game Aliens: Redacted gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/chec…
#Aliens #FPS #RetroGaming
Check out the free spooky fan game Aliens: Redacted
To celebrate Alien Day, one developer decided to make a fan game with Aliens: Redacted now available on itch.io.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 is out now with more classics gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/toap…
#ShootEmUp #RetroGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 is out now with more classics
If you're a shoot 'em up fan you've been eating good recently, with another quality set of games out now in the Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Old School Rally plans full support for Steam Deck - got me feeling nostalgic gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/old-…
#SteamDeck #Linux #RetroGaming
Old School Rally plans full support for Steam Deck - got me feeling nostalgic
I have truly fond memories of spending entire days playing rally games on the original PlayStation, and some later games on PC and Old School Rally really looks the part.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 39 released gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/retr…
Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 39 released
Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution, and a new release is now available.nwildner (GamingOnLinux)
Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 is example of how to do retro right gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/toap…
#SteamDeck #Linux #RetroGaming
Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 is example of how to do retro right
Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 from Bitwave Games / Toaplan is another 4-pack of classic games, and a nice clear example of how to bring retro games the right way to modern platforms.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.12 released gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/hero…
#OpenSource #HoMM2 #RetroGaming
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.12 released
Dear fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and fheroes2 project supporters! The team is excited to announce a new version of the fheroes2 project - 1.0.12 as the first update of this year!fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)
Diablo game engine devilutionX fixes up multiplayer in v1.5.2 gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/diab…
#Diablo #RetroGaming #RPG
Diablo game engine devilutionX fixes up multiplayer in v1.5.2
The modern cross-platform Diablo game engine devilutionX has a new release available, and although small it does have some important fixes.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Super Pocket Taito Edition Review - Licensed Linux Retro-gaming on a Budget gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/supe…
#RetroGaming #Retro #HandheldGaming
Super Pocket Taito Edition Review - Licensed Linux Retro-gaming on a Budget
Blaze Entertainment's latest Evercade-compatible device makes for an excellent entry to licensed emulation on Linux.Pengling (GamingOnLinux)
Took the kids to Melbourne Museum today to see 'Relics', a temporary exhibition depicting a post-apocalyptic world where LEGO minifigs have risen from the debris to craft new civilisations in discarded human artefacts.
I have to say that this repurposed old Space Invaders cab certainly caught my eye.
#lego #retrogaming #videogames #arcadegames #museum #melbourne
Multiple shoot 'em ups from Taito like G-Darius HD got fixed up for Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/mult…
#RetroGaming #SteamDeck #ShootEmUps #LinuxGaming
Multiple shoot 'em ups from Taito like G-Darius HD got fixed up for Steam Deck
Taito and M2 have been bringing some updated shoot 'em up classics to Steam with lots of enhancements, and players seem to love them. Now titles like G-Darius HD should work great on the Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation gets a new release with Flatpak support gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/jazz…
#FOSS #Retro #RetroGaming
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation gets a new release with Flatpak support
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a much loved classic that continues to live on thanks to the Jazz² Resurrection project, with a new release that went live recently bringing Flatpak support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ScummVM 2.8.0 released with new game support and plenty of upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/scum…
#ScummVM #Retro #RetroGaming #FOSS #Linux
ScummVM 2.8.0 released with new game support and plenty of upgrades
Just before the end of 2023 the ScummVM team released ScummVM 2.8.0 bringing with it support for running various new games along with improvements to other already supported classics.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ScummVM expands support for Macromedia Director gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/scum…
#ScummVM #Macromedia #Gaming #RetroGaming
ScummVM expands support for Macromedia Director
ScummVM is an awesome project bringing new life to absolutely loads of classic games through the power of open source, and now they're expanding support for Macromedia Director games too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
DOS_deck brings DOS games to your browser with a Steam Deck interface gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/dos-…
#SteamDeck #DOS #DOSBox #RetroGaming
DOS_deck brings DOS games to your browser with a Steam Deck interface
This is a fun idea for classic games. DOS_deck is a website where you can go and play some classic DOS games right in the browser with an interface much like the Steam Deck / Steam Big Picture Mode.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
EmulationStation Desktop Edition v2.2 brings huge additions gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/emul…
#Emulation #FOSS #OpenSource #RetroGaming
EmulationStation Desktop Edition v2.2 brings huge additions
EmulationStation Desktop Edition is a frontend for browsing and launching games from your multi-platform game collection, it's pretty great and the latest version 2.2 is out now with loads of improvements and new system additions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)