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87% of Games Released Before 2010 Have Been Found Near Impossible To Access
Have you ever thought about a classic game and felt that urge to play it once again just to find that you’ve no way of playing it unless you fork out for the classic console it was used on? I know I have and a study has been conducted to…
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How Many Hours to Complete These 10 Awesome PC Games?!
Lockdown, quarantine, homeschooling, home drinking, and a new love of jogging bottoms vs jeans has taught me many things. If anything, it’s taught me to really get out there… Uhm, stay in here and finish those things I was putting off. I’ve been finishing those movies I never got around…
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Unofficial The Legend of Zelda Remaster Released for Emulation
A team of modders has finally completed their latest product, a rather unofficial remaster of The Legend of Zelda! Of course, it’s more than a simple emulator port, as that has been available for a long time. This massive overhaul mod uses the Zelda 1 Redux release as its template.…
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LucasArts Classics Are Heading to Xbox Game Pass
I think many would agree that the 90s represented one of the best eras for PC point and click adventures with Lucasarts undoubtedly representing one of the most beloved developers of the time. Now, admittedly, things have changed rather substantially since then. With a number of their gaming classics being…
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Sega Drops Hints at a Dreamcast Mini Console
The Dreamcast was, without a doubt, an excellent console. Albeit, releasing during the height of the PlayStation and N64 era, it didn’t sell particularly well and ended up representing the last major system ever released by Sega. Despite it’s semi-failure with consumers, however, it had an amazingly impressive (albeit somewhat…
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Keep Your Next-Gen Games, They’re Remaking Myst!
One of the most iconic games to have ever been created is getting remade! Legendary developer Cyan has revealed that their iconic adventure game Myst will be getting remade from the ground up. It’s going to be playable in the traditional sense, but it’ll also support VR so you can…
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Death Rally (Classic) is Free to Own and Keep Forever!
As an avid PC gamer throughout the ’90s (and still more than a little today I should add) I have a lot of love for some of the older games I daresay many would qualify today as falling within the ‘retro’ category. If you do, by the way, thanks for…
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Happy 22nd Birthday Metal Gear Solid – What Made it Great!
Few things make me feel old, because I’m just a big kid at heart. Well, except the bad back, regular indigestion, sciatica, the CTS in my hands, and my failing eyesight, and saying “I’m just a big kid at heart”. However, few things make me feel older than the utterly…
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Facebook to End ‘Classic Mode’ Next Month
Around a year ago Facebook decided to give its social media interface a facelift which, at the time, was received with some mixed reactions. Largely because people had become so accustomed to their existing layout that any changes were always likely to be met with some resistance. In offering a…
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Chieftec Announces the Classic Series CM-25B-OP Case
Despite most PC chassis designs these days transitioning to all sorts of bell and whistles in terms of ARGB lighting effects, the market for more ‘classic‘ designs is still remarkably strong. In announcing the new CM-25B-OP PC case, therefore, while it might on the surface appear to be a rather…
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Retro Gamer Creates 3D Images of His Big Box Collection
One of the saddest parts of modern gaming has been the decline of ‘big box’ releases. Now, some of you will already know what I mean by this, but for those of you too young to remember, PC games used to be sold in rather large and elaborate packaging. Why…
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Blade Runner is Finally Available on the GOG Store
Did you know that there was a Blade Runner game released for the PC? Don’t worry, I’ll forgive you if you didn’t. Releasing back in 1997, despite being widely praised on launch, it has largely slipped under the radar since. Given its age, you might’ve expected it to have long…
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A Final Fantasy 9 Remake Could Look This Amazing [Video]
I both love it and hate it when I see these projects. On one hand, I think they can look amazing and it really does make you wonder. However, at the same time, I feel devastated that it isn’t actually being made. Of course, the work of 3D artist Fabian…
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Pac-Man Head to Head Gaming Table is Available for Preorder
I am just a little too young to remember the initial arcade boom days of the late 70s and early 80s. Fortunately, however, courtesy of my oldest brothers Atari ST, I did gain a pretty strong love for the retro classics and certainly chief amongst them is Pac-Man albeit the…
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Sony Announce 40th Anniversary ‘Walkman’ Release
There are few products more iconic for Sony than their ‘Walkman‘. Released in 1979, the cassette player (if you don’t know what a cassette is, ask your parents) revolutionized music by offering people a portable means of listening to music without the need of carrying a huge ‘boombox’ (again, if…
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