Retro Archive
20 September 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Hubs
Addicted to base.
19 September 2019
Digital FoundryZelda: Link's Awakening tech analysis: a simply stunning Switch remake
Performance drops are noticeable - but the overall experience is unmissable.
18 September 2019
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
The POSSibilities are endless.
17 September 2019
Pokémon Gold and Silver's Celebi shrine mystery was an accident, GameFreak admits
20 years past its Celebi date.
Digital FoundryWe played modern games on a CRT monitor - and the results are phenomenal
Better than any LCD, if you ask us.
16 September 2019
Feature20 years later, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is still a frightening prophecy
Should the good guys always win?
15 September 2019
Digital FoundrySega Mega Drive Mini review: the best retro console yet?
Celebrating one of the most entertaining eras in gaming history.
FeatureArcade perfect: charting the often tortured journey of old school ports
From Pac-Man on Atari 2600 to Mortal Kombat on Mega Drive.
13 September 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Maps
Never eat shredded wheat.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: Fracture wanted to make the earth move for you
Here comes rubble.
12 September 2019
9 September 2019
FeatureDreamcast: A Forensic Retrospective
Twenty years on, it still rocks.
7 September 2019
FeatureWhat's the game equivalent of the cut?
Come, friendly bones.
6 September 2019
EG20Watch us play 21 games from the last 20 years
Late to the (birthday) Party.
FeatureFive of the Best: Health pick-ups
HP source.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: The glorious messiness of Shadowrun
A kind of magic.
5 September 2019
EG20Developers and industry legends on the games that defined the last 20 years
Kojima! Barlog! Spencer! Raymond! More!
4 September 2019
1 September 2019
30 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Shops
Retail row.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: Flying jetpacks and strange cover in Dark Void
Up, up and a war.
24 August 2019
23 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Dinosaurs
Jurassic Five.
15 years later, Justin Wong analyses Evo moment #37
"Now I'm like... well... I don't think he's gonna parry it!"
22 August 2019
17 August 2019
FeatureWhat does it take to truly know a video game location?
Mapping the wilds.
16 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Hands
Palmed awe.
14 August 2019
11 August 2019
FeatureA love for the strangest, most wonderful bird brought an arcade classic to life for me
The thing with feathers.
9 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Potions
A new series celebrating the little things that make games great.
8 August 2019
Konami unveils mini TurboGrafx-16 games line-up
UPDATE: Splatterhouse sneaks in.
FeatureI wish you could play a video games anthology-of-moments
Bits and pieces.
2 August 2019
29 July 2019
Sega Mega Drive Mini delayed to October in Europe
Due to "unavoidable logistical challenges".
27 July 2019
Doom 64 pops up in an age-rating listing for PC and PS4
And now everyone's remembering why it was so special.
Digital FoundryRevisiting the Famicom Disk System: mass storage on console in 1986
What was the Japan-only Nintendo upgrade actually like?
23 July 2019
Miyamoto reflects on his relationship with the late Satoru Iwata in new book
"To me, he was a friend more than anything."
22 July 2019
FeatureSnack Hacks, a cookbook for people who like games, is a strange delight
"You've been playing the Da Vinci Code video game for a few hours..."
21 July 2019
Digital FoundryBlazing Chrome delivers the Contra spiritual sequel we've been waiting for
The run-and-gun magic is back.
14 July 2019
Digital FoundryDF Retro - how N64's Turok: Dinosaur Hunter was years ahead of its time
Revisiting the 1997 shooter with features even Quake didn't have.
FeatureThe afterlife of an 8-bit soundtrack
Ninja tunes.
10 July 2019
FeatureNot even Mario and Zelda could make the Barcode Battler any good
But it did do its part to shape the modern gaming world.
6 July 2019
FeatureWhy researchers are using rats to work out whether there's a link between VR and dementia
"We made it very immersive."
1 July 2019
Alan Wake developer Remedy regains publishing rights
UPDATE: Teases Alan Wake going multiplatform.
29 June 2019
FeatureCelebrating the humanisation of queer women through humor in video games
"You may pass unburdened."
28 June 2019
Digital FoundryBeyond 'arcade perfect' - Virtua Racing is a triumph on Switch
UPDATE: Now available in the UK, EU and US.
23 June 2019
22 June 2019
FeatureHow games can lend us their sense of movement
Fast and slow.
20 June 2019
Digital FoundryLink's Awakening on Switch: can a Game Boy title hold up 26 years later?
Our first look at a fascinating remake.
15 June 2019
13 June 2019
Netflix is making a Pokemon Go-style Stranger Things game
Will wait for the Demogorgon.
12 June 2019
Konami unveils a mini TurboGrafx-16 console
Ys a bit ugly.
10 June 2019
Devolver's bootlegging its own games and making a $5k arcade light gun machine
The zaniest E3 conference returns in full force.
6 June 2019
VideoA brief history of Call of Duty's Captain Price
Captain Macmillan would be proud.
4 June 2019
Sega boosts Mega Drive Mini games total to 42
Includes Darius and ultra-rare Tetris.
2 June 2019
Download Minecraft: Story Mode now before it's delisted later this month
"We'd recommend checking you have all the episodes downloaded!"
1 June 2019
FeatureYou're never really outside in a video game, are you?
Skybox-mindedness.
27 May 2019
Feature40 years on, celebrating the Mattel Intellivision
The visionary console that tried to take on the mighty Atari.
25 May 2019
FeatureGames that ask: what are cities?
From Pocket City to Sandcastles.
24 May 2019
Conker's Bad Fur Day designer shares new details on planned sequel that never was
Death! The afterlife! Evil Conker! More poo!
22 May 2019
FeatureTABS and the allure of a chemistry set
And a bit about Peggle.
19 May 2019
Minecraft might be the biggest-selling video game of all time now
Emphasis on the word "might".
18 May 2019
John Wick looks cool as a NES game
Good dog.
16 May 2019
Sega's unveiled another 10 games for September's Mega Drive Mini
Street Fighter 2! Golden Axe! Wily Wars!
11 May 2019
Digital FoundryNinja Gaiden 2: a fighting classic gets a new lease of life on Xbox One X
Plus: DF Retro revisits one of gaming's most fascinating multi-platform releases.
10 May 2019
PodcastIs FF12 the greatest Final Fantasy game?
Dalmasca Bestersand.
1 May 2019
23 April 2019
20 April 2019
FeatureThe mysterious world of Las Meninas
A quick look at a masterpiece.
18 April 2019
Sega unveils ten more games included in September's Mega Drive Mini
Streets of Rage 2! Earthworm Jim! Castle of Illusion!
11 April 2019
PodcastWhy people love the Ace Attorney games
Holding court on the latest Eurogamer Podcast.
6 April 2019
FeatureSometimes it's the context beyond the screen that makes a game great
Or why games are secretly like restaurants.
5 April 2019
FeatureHow does the original Borderlands hold up today?
Let's take a loot.
1 April 2019
Digital FoundryDF Retro: What links Bubsy the Bobcat with Days Gone?
The origins and legacy of a notorious 16-bit mascot.
31 March 2019
Digital FoundrySega's legendary Blast Processing was real - but what did it actually do?
And did any Mega Drive/Genesis games really use it?
Digital FoundryAnalogue Mega Sg review: the best Mega Drive clone for flat panel TVs
The ultimate retro Sega console.
Sega joins Nintendo and Sony with its own mini console, the Sega Mega Drive Mini
Or Genesis, if you're not in Europe.
26 March 2019
Bethesda's giving away Morrowind free to celebrate 25 years of The Elder Scrolls
UPDATE: Giveaway period extended following technical difficulties.
24 March 2019
FeatureUncanny games with hidden rooms
Five and a half minute hallway.
23 March 2019
19 March 2019
17 March 2019
FeatureInside Tomb of Horrors, the hardest D&D module ever made
It challenges players, and it challenges different design philosophies.
16 March 2019
FeatureOn birdwatching in video games
Twitch gaming.
14 March 2019
PodcastHow well does the 1996 original Diablo hold up?
And what we want from Diablo 4 - all on the latest Eurogamer Podcast.
13 March 2019
FeatureHow language shapes the way we play
On the importance of localisation.
10 March 2019
Digital FoundryWhat links Tron, classic Disney animation and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure?
DF Retro presents a masterclass from Hollywood veteran, Bill Kroyer.
9 March 2019
FeatureThe weird ways developers approach hand-holding in video games
From Ico to Fable 3.
8 March 2019
FeatureThe 15-year hunt for Resident Evil 1.5
How a community went to hell and back searching for the most coveted horror game ever cancelled.