A hidden deck of cards lived inside every Windows PC. No installation. No extra cost. Today, millions still play Solitaire online during their work breaks. One of the best platforms to play Solitaire online is PlaySolitaire.game. Other players play FreeCell online to test their logic. These classic Windows games began as humble desktop features. They…
Slot sequels follow a familiar pattern: preserve the theme, keep the recognizable rhythm, and revise the parts that shape play most directly. The best follow-ups do more than swap artwork or rename a bonus round. They alter how often features arrive, where value sits in the game, and how the session feels from the first…
“Will you be the Miracle Boy you’ve been waiting for?”. SamSoft’s Wonder Boy-inspired Miracle Boy in Dragon Land is now available to download for 15.00€. Described by the modern-day version of Zzap! as “a true masterpiece”, this homebrew ST title is heavily influenced by Wonder Boy in Monster World / Wonder Boy V: Monster World…
The force is with you. In R-TYPE DX: Music Encore, we have a release aimed at a niche gaming subset in much the same way as SNK’s Neo Geo Pocket collections. As such, some affection for both the era and the original hardware is necessary to appreciate what is essentially a reconstituted, miniaturised version of…
Reinstall (Image credit: Future) This Reinstall feature was originally published in issue 421 of the PC Gamer magazine. To get the rest of our exclusive mag content, you can purchase or subscribe to PC Gamer via Magazines Direct. Though I have clocked up several dozen hours in Ghost Recon Wildlands, 2017’s open-world military shooter, it’s…
It’s very early days, though. The decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap has finally yielded a playable PC port, thanks to the efforts of 999sian. Before you get too excited, it’s worth pointing out that this isn’t finished and there are bugs present; the developer notes that “rendering and gameplay paths are…
Eight-player explosive action lives again! When the Dreamcast was put out to pasture at the dawn of the 2000s, it predictably meant that one of its key selling points – online play – was disabled as well. Thankfully, in recent years, we’ve seen the community step in to take Dreamcast games online once more –…
The future’s bright. Pragmata, Capcom’s latest flagship game, has already proven to be a pretty huge success. In an age where publishers are becoming more and more risk-averse, the brand-new IP managed to sell over 1 million copies in its first two days on sale – and that’s before the Switch 2 version launched in…
Reinstall (Image credit: Future) This Reinstall feature was originally published in issue 422 of the PC Gamer magazine. To get the rest of our exclusive mag content, you can purchase or subscribe to PC Gamer via Magazines Direct. To hijack a robot I have to stay nearby for a non-trivial amount of time. When I…
I’m not sure if you recall, but Diablo 4 was a strange game when it first launched. Quite clearly the victim of conflicting creative direction, it was part-ARPG, part-MMO, and also live service, featuring a vast open world that felt fundamentally empty. It also lacked any tangible endgame. It’s no wonder, then, that Diablo 4…