You know how people say the PC never had good platformers? Those people are out of their minds. But I get it—when your only exposure to “PC gaming” is Minesweeper and some blurry memories of Oregon Trail in the school lab, you're not exactly primed for this wonderful world of keyboard mashers.

But buried under all that VGA static is gold. Here are games made for the beige box, and nowhere else. Let’s dig ‘em up:

1. Bio Menace (1993)

"The CIA has learned that gigantic mutants are wreaking havoc in Metro City and their sources say that the destruction is caused by a scientist calling himself Dr. Mangle. For this reason, they send Snake Logan, the CIA's top secret agent, on a dangerous mission: fly over Metro City, investigate what’s going on, then report back to the captain. Unfortunately, Snake’s plane is shot down, forcing Snake to walk the streets and kill mutants."

https://www.mobygames.com/game/236/bio-menace/

2. Hocus Pocus (1994)

"Hocus Pocus is a young magician apprentice

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Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts is a sci-fi point-and-click adventure where you, as Agatha Hope, captain a disjointed crew on a stolen spaceship.

Your goal? Escaping the corporate tyranny on Earth.

Your decisions and wits will decide the course of the mission, your relationship with the crew and whether you survive or not.

It blends the spirit of old-school point-and-click games with a deep narrative full of character and secrets.

Dialogue choices, puzzles and minigames will help you unravel the ship’s secrets and reveal your crew’s motives.

So I spent the last 2 weeks playing every Leisure Suit Larry game, including all 3 versions of Larry 1, all spin-offs and reboots. I made sure to 100% all of them, including all nudity unlocks and easter eggs, with the exception to the 2 spin offs because getting 100% in those would be a pain in the arse and unrewarding. To summarise, all the games in the franchise are a must-play; even the old-school ones from the 90s are amazing adventures. However, there are 2 spin-off non-adventure games that were not made by the original creators and are terrible, not even the same genre of game, not adventure games and a complete waste of time. Yes i'm talking about Magna Cum Laude and Box Office Bust. Except for the two spin-off disaster entries, every game in the franchise is a master piece.

If you're into adventure point-and-click games and haven't played and completed all Leisure Suit Larry games, then you've missed out on some of the best games in the adventure point-and-click genre, and I

I've been getting back into the classic Close Combat games, and they're some of my very favorite of the wargame genre.

I'm curious what retrogaming's favorites are. I'm not too particular on what constitutes a "wargame," it could be anything from Final Fantasy Tactics to Steel Panthers.

To throw a couple more out, I really enjoyed Rome: Total War for the 4x strategy and the Combat Mission games for their simulation systems as well.

One of the Saturn’s oldest emulators got its first update in nearly a year last month, with SSF preview version 34 sporting a bevy of technical improvements. Many of the preview versions of S…

Ecco the Dolphin, a classic from the 1990s, is making a return with both remasters of its original titles and a brand new game. This revival was confirmed in an interview with Xbox Wire and will be led by series creator Ed Annunziata.

Development Team and Games

All members of the original development team are reuniting for these projects, including Annunziata who stated: "Me and the entire original team are going to remaster the original Ecco the Dolphin and The Tides of Time games". Following these remasters, they plan to create a new, third game with contemporary play mechanics.

Release Schedule

The countdown on the official Ecco the Dolphin website points to April 25-26, 2026 — approximately 353 days from now. While specific platforms haven’t been confirmed yet, Xbox Series X|S releases and PlayStation 5 versions are likely.

This revival comes after a long hiatus for the franchise, with the last entry released in 2000. SEGA had previously filed trademarks for Ec

Rich Whitehouse, the creator behind BigPEmu, is set to launch his new and improved Killer Instinct emulator in beta. Initially a fully-commercial project, funding had been pulled back in March this year, but now it seems that enough support has come through on Patreon to keep the development going.

According to Rich Whitehouse's statement, the beta release will be made available in just a few days, giving fans of the classic fighting game an exciting opportunity to try out what could very well be the best way to experience Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2.

Some key features include:

• Silky Smooth Multiplayer
• Brand New Stereo Sound Script
• Fast MIPS III Interpreter

You can gain access to the emulator by backing Rich on Patreon.

What aspects of this new emulator do you think will most improve the gameplay experience?

Picked up a Hyperkin Dreamcast cable that outputs via HDMI. I tried it out and it’s displaying in this tiny box on my TV. The box on the cable has no settings and the TV is a 1080 Sony Bravia.

I’m not sure what options I have aside from stretching the image via the TV settings but if anyone can assist, it would be appreciated. Thanks.

Pre-ordered Shantae Risky Revolution last year, finally came in today. (Loving it so far). But I'd like to upload the MD5 Checksum so that emulators can validate it.

Where should I upload the files to?

You know that sensation of seeing something unfinished? I wish there were a word for that. But I bet you know what I’m talking about.

When you look over at some IKEA furniture you bought a few years ago—maybe a table—and you haven’t assembled it yet. You want to. Maybe you even opened the box, but never finished it.

Or when you see a book on your shelf. You started it, made it to Chapter 6. The old bookmark still pokes out. Every so often, you take it down, glide your hand along the cover, then the spine—but you just don’t have it in you to crack it open and keep reading.

Personally, I get that feeling a lot. Looking at my Steam library. Which, by the way, now numbers in the thousands. But when I scroll through it, the same question keeps popping up:

Why is it that finishing something so small… often feels so big?

I think the answer has less to do with the thing itself—and more to do with what the thing represents. It’s about time. Memory.

You started it when you were younger. An