Sonic 3D: Flickies’ Island is getting another chance on modern hardware. A developer known as Mr.…
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Theme Hospital just got the upgrade fans have been waiting for
The latest CorsixTH release adds interface scaling, accessibility options, performance improvements and a long list of…
Chrome meets Netscape in this unusual new browser
Open most browsers and they look almost identical. Tabs at the top. Address bar in the…
Microsoft has a SteamOS problem, and it’s bigger than one console
For years, Windows didn’t need to fight for PC gaming. It already owned the field. Developers…
PKHeX update improves Pokémon save editing, diagnostics and item handling
PKHeX has received a new update, and while it doesn’t try to reinvent the tool, it…
The rise and fall of Winamp: inside the classic MP3 player’s story
Before streaming cleaned up the mess, digital music was wonderfully untidy. People had folders full of…
Video game censorship in Europe: why the debate is no longer just about violence
European video game censorship used to be easy to spot. A game would arrive in shops,…
Doom running on Microsoft Fabric shows the power of interactive data apps
Doom has run on almost everything. Calculators. Smart displays. Old office machines. Tiny embedded boards. Hardware…
The USS Yorktown Windows NT disaster: one zero value, one helpless warship
A US Navy cruiser is not supposed to be brought down by a bad number in…
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night PC port revives the Xbox 360 classic
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has gained an unofficial route to modern PCs through NocturneRecomp, a…
Donkey Kong 64 comes to Windows, Linux and macOS with high FPS and mods
More than 25 years after its original release, Donkey Kong 64 is getting the native PC…
Windows 1.0 and the Golden Vaporware award: Microsoft’s rough start
Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0 in November 1985, but by then the computer industry had already spent…
Windows 98 launched 25 June 1998: the good, the bad and the ugly
Windows 98 launched on 25 June 1998, arriving at a moment when the personal computer was…
Qwak Reborn revives the fast, frantic spirit of Amiga platform gaming
Qwak Reborn looks friendly at first glance. It has the kind of colourful pixel art that…
EA brings dynamic ads to sports games in major monetisation push
In-game advertising is no longer a background experiment. It is becoming a formal business model for…
Claude Code builds playable endless runner in Unreal Engine 5
AI-assisted development has reached a new stage in game creation. Instead of simply suggesting code snippets…
Automania Remastered gives a ZX Spectrum and C64 favourite a modern rebuild
Automania Remastered is the kind of retro return that does not need to pretend it was…
How Microsoft made PC makers afraid of selling non-Windows computers
For most of the modern PC era, the computer industry looked more open than it really…
COBOL FPS project brings Wolfenstein-style Raycasting to legacy code
A first-person shooter written in COBOL sounds like a joke with a compiler attached. It is…
Midwinter Remaster revives a legendary Amiga strategy game in Unreal Engine 5
Midwinter has always been one of those computer games that refuses to sit quietly in history.…
Roguecraft DX demo now live with five dungeon levels and three heroes
The Roguecraft DX demo is now available on Steam, giving PC players their first hands-on look…
OutRun GB arrives on Windows as a Game Boy Color-style tribute to classic OutRun
Few arcade racers carry the same instant recognition as OutRun. The red car, the branching roads,…
RetroDP v1.1 released: a pixel art editor for CGA, EGA, VGA and BASIC fans
There is a special kind of patience behind pixel art. It is not only about drawing…
Microsoft antitrust case 1998 explained: Internet Explorer, Netscape, and the browser war
In the late 1990s, the most important battlefield in technology was not a smartphone screen, a…
Windows 3.0 vs MacOS, AmigaOS and TOS: the 1990 desktop battle that changed computing
In May 1990, Microsoft released Windows 3.0, a product that was not quite an operating system,…
Diablo II fan project rebuilds Blizzard’s classic RPG in Unreal Engine 5
For many PC gamers, Diablo II is more than an old favorite. It is a landmark:…
Ruffle Flash emulator officially released, bringing classic Flash games back
Ruffle, the open-source Flash emulator, has reached its first official release, marking an important step for…