Electronic Arts is putting 25 classic PC games on Steam. The list includes new Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and six Wing Commander titles, plus Ultima, Crusader, Strike Commander and Theme Hospital. EA says the new versions keep the original look and feel but add fixes so they run on modern PCs and controllers. The Anniversary games cost $9.99 and the rest are $4.99. They are also on GOG and the EA App.
π The Backstory
EA found what it calls a physical media vault holding thousands of Betacam, VHS and D1 tapes. Staff digitised the tapes and rebuilt more than 1,500 scenes of video from the old games. The Wing Commander editions also include some mods made by fans. Road Rash is a 1990s motorcycle racing game and Wing Commander is a space combat series. Both were big hits in the early days of PC gaming.
π― Why It Matters
Old games often vanish when discs and drives fail, so this keeps a slice of gaming history playable.
Electronic Arts is putting 25 classic PC games on Steam. The list includes new Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and six Wing Commander titles, plus Ultima, Crusader, Strike Commander and Theme Hospital. EA says the new versions keep the original look and feel but add fixes so they run on modern PCs and controllers. The Anniversary games cost $9.99 and the rest are $4.99. They are also on GOG and the EA App.
EA found what it calls a physical media vault holding thousands of Betacam, VHS and D1 tapes. Staff digitised the tapes and rebuilt more than 1,500 scenes of video from the old games. The Wing Commander editions also include some mods made by fans. Road Rash is a 1990s motorcycle racing game and Wing Commander is a space combat series. Both were big hits in the early days of PC gaming.
Old games often vanish when discs and drives fail, so this keeps a slice of gaming history playable.