Jason Lamb
Jason is a PC Gaming aficionado from the Great White North. You can follow him on Twitter @jasonlamb.
3D Realms, the company behind franchises such as Duke Nukem and Shadow Warrior, has unveiled a new logo.
Are you a fan of Double Fine’s Broken Age? Are you eagerly appreciating the second half of the game, but are wanting to play more now? Did you perhaps want the game to be a little more retro? If you answered yes to those question, head on after the break to see how to activate the games “Retro Mode”.
BITBITJam, an online event where people create games for old hardware in only a week, wrapped up last month and the games are now available for your downloading pleasure.
EverQuest reached it’s 15th birthday this month, and to celebrate, Sony Online Entertainment has released a video nostalgically looking back at the game.
Broderbund, the company which brought you such games as Prince of Persia, the Guardian Legend, and Carmen Sandiego, has found a new home for it’s archives.
Previously referred to as Homeworld HD, the re-release has now been retitled as the Homeworld Remastered Collection.
Do you like Metroid? Do you wish it was a little more like…Doom? Well, head on after the break to learn about the Doom total-conversion, Metroid: Dreadnought.
If you’re lucky enough to have bought some tickets to this years Game Developers Conference (March 17 -21), you’ll be happy to know that you have the chance to play Doom with none-other than creator John Romero!
Originally planned for a 1994 release, the SNES CD-ROM started its life as a partnership project with Sony. However, due to licencing disagreements, Nintendo dropped the partnership and turned to Sony’s rival, Phillips. Alas, unfortunately for Nintendo, the only thing that came of it was Sony’s eventual entrance into the console market.
Are you still playing 1999’s Asheron’s call? If so, you’ll be sad to know that it received it’s last patch this Tuesday.
Having successfully sold over 2.5 million units of their versatile little computer, the creators of the Raspberry Pi have set forth a $10,000 prize to the first person to get Quake 3 running on the device.
Though the Dreamcast came to market some 15 years ago in North America, the system still amazingly receives releases to this day. The newly announced homebrew remaster of Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher aims to continue Sega’s console legacy.
New Thief got you down? Old Thief looking a little shabby? There’s a mod for that.
Zelda is one of those properties that fans love to port, remake, and create homebrew sequels for. Heck, we’ve even seen other games hacked into being a Zelda game. It should then come to no surprise, of course, that the NES original has found its way to the Oculus Rift.
Famicom prototype Parody World: Monster has shown up on Ebay, and bidding has been furious.
Grim Fandango is, perhaps, LucasArts greatest adventure game. Written by Tim Schafer, the game was released in 1998 to critical affair. While the games Day of the Dead inspired world remains fresh and exciting, the game notably employs the infamous tank control system. However, fear not, a modder has come to your rescue.
Once called the “new entertainment standard” by Bill Gates, the original 7th Guest was an interactive movie puzzle adventure game released in 1994, and was one of the first games to be a CD-ROM exclusive. While the sequel, 1995’s the 11th hour, was not as commercially successful, creator Rob Landeros has taken to Kickstarter to create a threequel.
The Internet Archive, perhaps best known for it’s “Wayback Machine,” which allows people to view older version of websites via caching, has launched a initiative called the “Historical Software Collection.”
Rantmedia Games, the group behind Vectrex Regeneration, has gone to Kickstarter with the goal of resurrecting the ColecoVision via an app.
It’s Tuesday morning, you’re tired, and you’re looking for something to watch before work. What’s that? Capcom has released the “I am Street Fighter – 25th Anniversary Documentary” for free on YouTube? Fantastic!