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Retro Gaming

Celebrating gaming's glory days.

Feature

A Console You've Never Heard of Kickstarted Gaming in the Middle East

Introducing the Sakhr صخر

Opinion

An Apology To My Forgotten Classics

I’ve been a gamer most of my life, so why have I overlooked these gems?

Feature

Once Upon a Time, Grocery Barcodes Unlocked an RPG World

When a barcode-scanning handheld made waves in gaming

Feature

Freedom Fighters Lives on in the Memories of Gamers

IO Interactive's non-Hitman projects from its early days

Retrospective

A Bloody Good Time: The Castlevania Franchise's Hidden Gems

Deep Transylvanian cuts

Review

UFO 50: Retro With a Twist

Did it all really happen?

Opinion

Resident Evil 2 (Nintendo 64): A Weird and Wonderful Achievement

The Zombie White Whale

PAX West

PAX West 2024: Atari 7800+

The classic console returns for an encore

Retrospective

Vagrant Story: Looking Back at a Classic

Nearly twenty-five years later, Vagrant Story feels ahead of its time

Feature

Promises of a Phantom: Dreams of a Lost Console From 2002

An ill-fated vision for an online games library

Review

Dissecting the Gore-Covered Condemned: Criminal Origins

Exploring Metro City and the elements that define Condemned as a cult classic horror game

Game Design

Command & Conquer Through the Years: A Retrospective Analysis

Examining the path of one of gaming's most revered strategy franchises

Retrospective

Learning To Love The Sega Saturn: Catching Up Decades Later

Sega's overlooked 32-bit console featured many classic games

Active Time Event

Active Time Event Volume 1: 30 Years of Doom's Enduring Influence in Gaming

A celebration of the iconic first-person shooter

Feature

Polybius: The Waking Nightmare of the Arcade

Tracking the ‘80s arcade scene and its most notorious cabinet

Opinion

Sid Meier's Pirates! Allowed Gamers to Become Swashbucklers

Hoisting the anchor

Feature

Shove Yourself: A People's History of Punk-o-matic

Classic Flash game Punk-o-Matic 2 lives on today with a renewed interest and community

Early Access Review

Blast Your Way to Heroism With Wizordum

Find the source of destruction as the last surviving mage of Wizordum sanctuary in this fun retro fantasy FPS

Opinion

An Explosive Showdown: Sega and Nintendo Clashed in 1993 Hearing Battle

Reliving the moment when the famous console war heated up

Retrospective

The Untold Story of Snoopy Tennis, Part 2

Continuing the story of Snoopy Tennis, from release to legacy

Review

Legend Bowl: Echoes of the Pixelated Past

A worthy successor to the Tecmo Bowl legacy

Retrospective

The Untold Story of Snoopy Tennis, Part 1

Tracing the origins of Snoopy Tennis, from idea to getting ready for release

Review

Full Void: A Child Lost in the Darkness

Minimalist story-driven horror adventure awaits

Review

Baroque - Sin and Suffering

Baroque's timeless iterations deliver an unparalleled roguelike experience

Review

Gravity Circuit: The Scarlet Slugger Review

Putting the mega in modern Mega Man clones