Earlier this year, Apple started officially allowing “retro game emulators” on the iOS App Store without the need for cumbersome jailbreaking or sideloading. But if you want to emulate retro PC games ...

DOSBox makes it easy to play classic PC games on modern platforms by emulating the MS-DOS environment for which they were designed. It’s available in a variety of versions for almost any platform. But ...

If you love retro games, 2025 is about to be a feast. While all of the remasters I’ve mentioned are essentially preserving the original experience and just offering it up on modern gaming platforms, ...

THEC64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld are new portable handheld gaming consoles that reimagine two classic retro gaming ...

Microsoft announced the Xbox May update will be adding a number of new features. The update will be adding Retro Classics on Xbox Game Pass. This includes over 50 classic Activision games from the 80s ...

The world of retro PC gaming has seen a massive rise in popularity of late, and for good reason. As PC hardware prices continue to balloon, it's getting ever harder to justify spending thousands on a ...

In context: For those looking to build a retro gaming PC in a tiny form factor, Eivind Bohler's ITX-Llama could be a perfect DIY project for you. He recently dropped an introductory video on YouTube ...

Apple says games offered by these emulators must adhere to “all applicable laws” to prevent things like piracy, so it’s hardly a free-for-all. And despite the obvious restrictions, it’s easy to see ...

Recently Apple reversed a long-standing policy that disallowed retro game emulator apps, so now gamers have access to decades of classic ROMs on the iPhone and iPad without work-arounds. But it ...

I've just found out about these new retro gaming laptops based on ancient PC hardware, and I just had to tell the world all about them too. If, like me, you have fond memories of playing Doom and The ...

What if you could relive the golden era of gaming while enjoying the conveniences of modern technology? That’s exactly what Retro Games Limited and Play on Replay are promising with their latest ...

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