
The 16-Bit RPGs That Still Outclass Modern Games
Every few years I sit down with a modern blockbuster — some gorgeous, hundred-hour epic with a map the size of a…

Every few years I sit down with a modern blockbuster — some gorgeous, hundred-hour epic with a map the size of a…
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Gears of War · Developer: Epic Games · Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios · Released: November 7, 2006 (Xbox 360) · Genre: Third-person…

Full disclosure up front, because this one needs it: this is not a retro story. There is no cartridge, no FPGA core,…

Every Dreamcast owner knows the ritual. To get Sega’s last console online in 2026, you either hunt down a Broadband Adapter that…

Developer: Square · Publisher: Square (now Square Enix) · Original release: November 11, 1995 (Super Famicom, Japan) · Genre: Role-playing game Some…

At a glance: Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis — Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog for Amazon Game Studios · Ground-up remake…

There are games you remember playing, and games you remember seeing. Shadow of the Beast is the second kind first. I can…

Set an alarm. Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition goes physical on Nintendo Switch 2 today, Friday November 6, and pre-orders…

EA did not announce this one and then make everyone wait six months. At the first-ever GOG Showcase on Thursday, November 5,…

There is a phrase you do not use lightly in hardware, and Retro Games Ltd used it on November 4: THE 800XL…