Retro console gaming fans love to extol the virtues of playing on original hardware, but what about retro PC gaming? There's a distinct subculture of people who go out and find old computer parts to ...

Aidan Moher is a) the Hugo Award-winning author of \Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West,\" and b) obsessed with Chrono Trigger."" ...

Have you been craving old-school games? Are you dreaming of side-scrolling shoot-’em-ups from the 1990s? Yearning for the point-and-click adventure games from Lucasarts’ and Sierra’s creative golden ...

You hear it said all the time: one of the best reasons to own a Steam Deck is for emulating classic games. The Steam Deck is fundamentally a PC, but despite this, you'll rarely hear anyone talk about ...

Highly anticipated: Developer showcases over the last few weeks have filled release calendars for 2024 and 2025 with reissues of numerous classic games, some of which are available now. The growing ...

I turned this affordable mini PC into a full-fledged retro games console, capable of playing PS3 and Switch games ...

It's a good day for fans of both Star Trek and retro games, as the folks at GOG have published a half-dozen Trek classics, updated to run on modern PCs. We got hints that just such a thing was ...

The structure of computer game assets can be a bit of a mystery, even more so the older a game is, and some amount of reverse-engineering can be expected when pulling apart a game like 1995’s Night ...

Mini consoles are a great way to access retro games without having to go through the hassle of using emulators. Their “plug and play” mentality has made them increasingly popular--though they ...