Gears of War 2 has always sat in a strange place on PC. The first game…
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MiSTer FPGA gets experimental Dreamcast support with DreamSTer r1
DreamSTer r1 brings Sega Dreamcast software to MiSTer FPGA hardware, but not in the way most…
Someone turned the Canon PowerShot SD1000 into a Doom machine
A Canon compact camera from 2007 can now run Doom. Properly. This isn’t a video playing…
Metal Gear Solid third-person mod transforms the classic stealth game
The original Metal Gear Solid was built around its overhead camera. That viewpoint wasn’t just a…
The ultimate Mario Kart Wii PC version is almost here
Mario Kart Wii is heading to PC. Not through a standard emulator, either. A new project…
Mega Man X Regenesis launches free on PC with 13 stages and eight new bosses
Mega Man X Regenesis will arrive on PC on 17 August 2026. It’ll be free to…
Unofficial Doom port pushes the NEC PC-FX beyond its original limits
Doom has turned up on another unlikely machine. This time, it’s the NEC PC-FX, a Japanese…
You can finally play Sega’s 1993 Star Wars arcade game on PC
Sega’s Star Wars Arcade has always been one of those games that looks simple until you…
Tekken and Tekken 2 arrive on MiSTer FPGA through a new Namco System 11 core
MiSTer FPGA has added one of its most interesting arcade cores yet. Namco System 11 is…
Virtua Racing arrives on PC & Xbox with 4K and eight-player support
Virtua Racing hasn’t suddenly returned as a new Sega release. There’s no remaster campaign, no store…
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night PS1 recomp adds native 16:9 widescreen
A work-in-progress PC recompilation of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is now running with functional 16:9…
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 arrives on PC with a native Windows recomp
Some games age badly. Others just get trapped on old hardware. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō…
Someone got DOOM running on the Casio Loopy, and it actually works
The Casio Loopy was built for drawing, character design and printing colourful stickers. Now it runs…
Silent Hill 1 PC port adds high resolutions and unlocked frame rates
Silent Hill finally runs as a native PC game. No emulator. No virtual PlayStation sitting between…
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact FPGA core lands with major CPS3 progress
Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact has always been the odd one in the trilogy. Not the…
PCSX2x6 brings PS2 arcade emulation to PC with major compatibility boost
Some emulators arrive with a big splash. Others quietly solve problems that have annoyed people for…
Double Dribble and Cabal arrive on MiSTer FPGA and Analogue Pocket
Jotego has rolled out a hefty FPGA arcade update, and this one has a bit of…
Classic Prince of Persia finds a new home on the Playdate handheld
Prince of Persia on Playdate sounds odd for about five seconds. Then it clicks. Jordan Mechner’s…
New Half-Life 2 browser port includes Episode One and Episode Two
Half-Life 2 now runs inside a web browser. Not as a video stream. Not as a…
This new Mega Man X6 PC build makes the brutal PS1 classic feel sharper than ever
Mega Man X6 has never been an easy game to talk about. Or to play. It’s…
Virtua Fighter’s Sega Model 1 emulation gets a major accuracy update
Some games age quietly. Virtua Fighter didn’t. It still stands there, all sharp elbows, flat polygons…
The Last of Us Part II Remastered is getting an unofficial PC multiplayer mode
The Last of Us Part II Remastered could soon get the multiplayer mode many PC players…
Resident Evil 3 Remake co-op mod adds two-player survival horror to PC
Resident Evil 3 Remake was built as a solo sprint through a dying city. Jill Valentine…
DownpourRecomp v1.1.6 brings Silent Hill: Downpour closer to a native PC release
Silent Hill: Downpour has always sat in a strange spot. It’s a mainline Silent Hill game,…
Spyro the Dragon is getting a native PC port with 60 FPS and widescreen support
Some retro gaming projects sound small at first. Then you look closer and realise they matter.…
OpenGOAL update brings Jak and Daxter PC port closer to ARM64
The Jak and Daxter PC port has just reached a milestone that matters more than it…
Dragon’s Lair HTML5 remaster brings the arcade classic to modern browsers
Dragon’s Lair has never behaved like other arcade games. That was true in 1983, and it…