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Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Recommendations – Great Retro Gaming Buyer’s Guide!

Last week, Valve began their Steam Autumn Sale for 2025. To help readers decide what to buy, I’m showcasing a lot of the high quality deals currently available for retro and retro-inspired titles!
Friday’s Free Games! Another Week of Free Titles To Try Out!

Happy Friday! Surprisingly, there isn’t consistent in the genres for the games this week. However, there are a couple of rhythm games, some action roguelikes, and a text-based RPG where you play as a wrestler!
Galactic Wars Review – What if Galaga Was Side View, and Developed for the PICO-8?

This is a side scrolling shooter influenced by Namco’s Galaga. It features a wave-based level structure and impressive animation and sound effects. It’s the first game I’ve played for the PICO-8!
Tuesday’s Deals – Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Is in a Bundle for the First Time!

The bundle deals for this week include an odd assortment of indie titles (many of which involve chess), another Capcom bundle offer, one related to surviving on your own, and finally a Supreme Collection from Fanatical.
Monday News – Two More Neo Geo Selection Volumes, Mega Man Star Force, and City Hunter!

Today’s news has two more volumes in the ACA Neo Geo Selection series, Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, and a Revival Edition of the City Hunter PC Engine game.
Friday’s Free Games! Eastern Exorcist, and Four Free Games With Great Art Styles!

This week one of the big things I noticed was the significant number of games with interesting art styles found throughout this assortment of releases. From Epic, Eastern Exorcist and Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy are also available!
Breakout Reviews – After Pong, How Was Atari’s Next Big Paddle Game? Two Versions Reviewed!

My last Atari review was for Pong, the first financially successful video game. One of their next big releases was Breakout, which is another ball and paddle game. How does it fare compared to its predecessor?
Tuesday’s Deals – Bundles for Pet Lovers, Tower Defense, Platformers, and Max Payne!

This Tuesday we have bundles from both Fanatical and Humble Bundle representing a variety of genres. There are titles for pet lovers, fans of tower defense or platformer games, and one for Max Payne and Alan Wake!
Monday’s News – New Trailers for Two JRPGs, Panzer Dragoon II Remake Announced, and Evercade Legacy Carts!

Today’s news has links to new trailers for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, Final Fantasy Tactics. Plus, Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake at TGS 2025 and Evercade legacy carts and a Bandai Namco game being delisted from Steam.
Friday’s Free Games! Games With Unique Premises Are the Highlight This Week!

Today we’re back to a larger assortment of titles, with almost 20 games being showcased! Many of these have unusual premises! One is an adventure game that has a jellyfish who wants to destroy the world!
Tuesday’s Deals – Two Bundles From Fanatical and Humble Bundle, and a Site Announcement!

This week we have four bundles to explore. Two from Fanatical and another pair from Humble Bundle. I also have an announcement about this blog (don’t worry!).
Monday’s News – Special Report on Nintendo Direct With a Focus on Retro-Related Titles!

Nintendo had their latest Direct this past Friday. Scattered throughout the presentation were info on retro-related games. I’ve compiled some of the best (or not) parts from the show in regard to these retro announcements!