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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…
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…
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…
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…
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-…
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…
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)
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 44: The Legend of Kobo gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 44: The Legend of Kobo
A lot of early UNIX and therefore Linux games struggled with the fact that the X toolkit was geared towards constructing staid graphical user interfaces, rather than for the speed and flexibility needed by games.Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Descent 3: Piccu Engine is a new open source build focused on quality-of-life improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/desc…
Descent 3: Piccu Engine is a new open source build focused on quality-of-life improvements
Thanks to Descent 3 being officially open source, developers can do almost anything with it now and this has given rise to the Descent 3: Piccu Engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/sci-…
Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025
After building up in Early Access to a Very Positive user rating, retro singleplayer arena FPS Viscerafest is going to properly launch in April 2025.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Bungie retro FPS Marathon Infinity now on Steam, whole trilogy get Steam Workshop support gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/bung…
Bungie retro FPS Marathon Infinity now on Steam, whole trilogy get Steam Workshop support
The Aleph One developers have now put all three of Bungie's (Halo / Destiny) classic FPS series on Steam with Classic Marathon Infinity now available free.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)
Old School Rally now Steam Deck Verified with an impressive roadmap ahead gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/old-…
Old School Rally now Steam Deck Verified with an impressive roadmap ahead
Old School Rally released recently and it not only looks fantastic for retro rally fans, it's also now Steam Deck Verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Acre Crisis looks like a fun throwback to the original Dino Crisis gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/acre…
Acre Crisis looks like a fun throwback to the original Dino Crisis
Directly inspired by the visual style of classic PlayStation 1 (PS1) games, Acre Crisis has a lot of clear Dino Crisis vibes and it's out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Classic flash game Neon Rider returns on Steam with Neon Rider Classic gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/clas…
Classic flash game Neon Rider returns on Steam with Neon Rider Classic
Neon Rider Classic is the new and improved definitive collection of classic Flash games, Neon Rider and Neon Rider World, which were played more than 15 million times and now it's on Steam.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Thing: Remastered and Killing Time: Resurrected coming from Nightdive Studios gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/the-…
The Thing: Remastered and Killing Time: Resurrected coming from Nightdive Studios
Recently Nightdive Studios had another two announcements of their remasters with The Thing: Remastered and Killing Time: Resurrected.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.1.0 released with a new integrated editor gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/hero…
#Retro #OpenSource #Linux
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.1.0 released
Dear fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and fheroes2 project supporters! The team is excited to present to you the release of version 1.1.fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)
Parking Garage Rally Circuit coming by dev of JellyCar with Linux / Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/park…
Parking Garage Rally Circuit coming by dev of JellyCar with Linux / Steam Deck support
A game that is something of a homage to the days of the Sega Saturn, Walaber Entertainment who created the fun JellyCar series have announced Parking Garage Rally Circuit.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Pick up some classics in the Good Old Games sale at GOG gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/pick…
Pick up some classics in the Good Old Games sale at GOG
GOGception going on here. GOG (which originally stood for Good Old Games) has launched the Good Old Games sale.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Over 20 classic SNK titles just released on GOG gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/over…
Over 20 classic SNK titles just released on GOG
If you love retro gaming, you might want to hop on over to GOG as they've teamed up with SNK again to bring a bunch more classic games to your collections.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 announced and coming soon gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/toap…
#Retro #ArcadeGame #Linux
Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 announced and coming soon
Bitwave Games are doing it again, giving us a healthy dose of nostalgia with the Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 that's due to release soon. Plus a teaser of something else to come.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 40: The Cyborg Project gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 40: The Cyborg Project
An action platformer first released in 1999, you play as Urban Gutter, a man taken by an evil scientist to a secret military base and changed into a cyborg against his will.Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 39: Beyond Heretic gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 39: Beyond Heretic
I stated before that neither of the contemporary HeXen ports, Linux Hexen and its fork HHexen, supported MIDI music playback through the /dev/sequencer device, but hiding on the venerable SunSITE network I found the only online trace of another early…Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Geometry Survivor is wonderful nostalgia bait updated for the survivor-like era gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/geom…
#SteamDeck #Linux #PCGaming #Retro
Geometry Survivor is wonderful nostalgia bait updated for the survivor-like era
I have some ridiculously fond memories of playing Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, to the point of having a mini-party with lots of us sat around an Xbox 360 blasting through high-scores. To see Geometry Survivor appear is quite a highlight.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters (open source Star Control 2) now available on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/free…
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters (open source Star Control 2) now available on Steam
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, which is an open source version of the classic Star Control 2, has managed to get a Steam release from Pistol Shrimp Games.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)