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The Retro Sprit - Gaming History Preserved
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An old games database focusing on preserving gaming history from around the 80s up until the millennia shift - with some honest exceptions, since 1832™. We occasionally also upscale old gaming videos.

Web: retro.gg
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 12🎄
Tales of Symphonia ( #GameCube, 2003)!

Join Lloyd, Genis & many more as they join Colette, the Chosen One, to regenerate the World. This must-play entry in the #TalesOf series is not only a fantastic JRPG, but an emotional rollercoaster.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 11🎄
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ( #GameCube, 2004)
Mario's on a quest for the legendary treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door in Rogueport. Of course, that requires stars spread all through the kingdom. To adventure - in paper form!

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December 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 10🎄
Snatcher ( #PCEngine 1992)
In the far flung future of 2047, bioroids called "Snatchers" have appeared, killing people and taking their place in society. As Gillian Seed you'll join J.U.N.K.E.R, a corporation tasked at hunting them down.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 9🎄
Assassin's Creed ( #Windows, 2007)
Desmond abducted from his normal life by Abstergo is forced to recollect the genetic memories of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Explore Acre, Damascus and Jerusalem and hunt down targets all across the lineage!
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December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 8🎄
#Disgaea: Hour of Darkness ( #PS2, 2003)
The Netherworld is in chaos after the late King Krichevskoy has passed away.His heir, Laharl, has been sleeping 2 years too long & has to reclaim the throne. There's hell to pay inthis strategy gem!
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December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 7🎄
Resident Evil 2 ( #PSX, 1998)
The zombies invades Racoon City when an accident spills the T-Virus into the sewers! Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield make their way to the city, and have to fight for their lives in this cult classic! #RE2
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December 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 6🎄
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero ( #Commondore64, 1985)
G.I. JOE is alive on your very on computer! Take control of one of 16 characters and battle it out against the slimy evil COBRA agents all around the world and put them behind bars!
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December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 5🎄
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ( #PSX, 1997)
Dracula's back, so is Castlevania and Belmont has vanished! Awakened from his self-induced slumber, Alucard needs to figure out what the heck is going on in this cult platform classic!
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#SOTN
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 4🎄
Overboard ( #Windows, #PSX, 1997)
Piracy on the high-seas! Navigate your very own pirate ship through dangerous waters in this top-down arcade style shooter. Equipped with cannons & even rockets, not towns nor enemies will stand a chance!
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December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 3🎄
Grand Theft Auto 2 (#Win, 1999)
They say respect is everything, and especially in the GTA World! The series' second game sees players do missions from rivaling criminal syndicates - gaining favors from one makes enemies of the others. #GTA
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December 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas 2025 - Day 2🎄
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! (#DOS, 1987)
Ready, Set, Type! Get ready as typing is name of the game -literally! Back in the 80s when computers started to become popular, Mavis taught the World how to have fun while learning a useful skill!
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December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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12 Days of Christmas 2025🎄 has officially begun! First one up is Contract J.A.C.K from 2003 - an action oriented FPS placed in the NOLF universe, but with less thinking and more shooting.

Follow along this year's Anniversary edition of 12 Days of Christmas here: retro.gg/seasons/12-d...
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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We've update the landing page for 12 Days of Christmas to easier showcase what's been added each day!
See for yourself at retro.gg - Happy Holidays!
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🎄12 Days of Christmas - Day 1🎄
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Jump into the shoes of John Jack, a tough anti-hero in the services of the bad-guys H.A.R.M who has to stop rival bad-guys from getting a rocket! This prequel to NOLF 2 is mostly focused on high-octane FPS action rather than puzzles & stealth.
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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12 Days of Christmas 2025 is around the corner and this year is is quite special. Not only is this the 10th anniversary of the event, we're also celebrating 20 years of The Retro Spirit! That's two decades!

Read more here:
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We're celebrating a decade of 12 Days of Christmas! - The Retro Spirit – Old games database, videos and reviews – Since 1832™
In what has become a well-known tradition by now, we're celebrating the magic of Christmas and the Holly Holidays with our own 12 Days of Christmas. That means one game is added to the site every day ...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Our coverage of the #Edison2025 demo party we did back during summer together Ericade Radio is now available on YouTube! We met and interviewed some great and talented people and got introduced to quite a bunch of new faces too!

Read more and listen to the broadcasts here: retro.gg/news/we-re-g...
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The final batch of #SegaGenesis / #Megadrive games that we've captured has been published to the site! That means games from T -> Z - a total of 258 games! Classics like ToeJam & Earl, Wonder Boy, Ys & Vector Man are just the tip of the iceberg of this enormous update. Enjoy!

Browse here: retro.gg
September 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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The next batch of #SegaGenesis / #Megadrive games have been published to the site. This time it's games starting with the letter N -> S - a total of 177 games! Some absolute cult classics in here, like one of the platforms biggest - Phantasy Star II and Sonic! Enjoy!

Browse 'em here: retro.gg/games
July 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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The next batch of #SegaGenesis / #Megadrive games have been published to the site, this time those starting with I -> M - a total of 103 games! From movie tie-ins to simulators, racing and game collections there's a wide array of genres on display here.

Browse them here: retro.gg/games
July 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Together with Ericade Radio we'll be covering the Edison 2025 Demo Party in Stockholm 18-20th July 2025! Read more here: retro.gg/news/we-re-g...
July 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The next batch games from our capture of the entire #SegaGenesis catalogue have been published to the site. This time games starting with D to H - a total of 116 games! Some wellknown games in this round, along with a plethora of games released in Japan only. Enjoy!

Browse them here: retro.gg/games
June 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
retrospirit.bsky.social
Continuing our quest to catalogue every game on old consoles, we're headed to a cult icon we feel has been sorely lacking on the site: #SegaGenesis (or #SegaMegadrive)! We've captured & added every game starting with 0-9 to C this time - a total of 106 games! Enjoy!

Browse them here: retro.gg/games
June 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We're teaming with our friend The Baron of Dubstep to revisit an old classic from 2004. Before "Can it run Crysis?", it was "Can it run #FarCry?" This was unprecedented freedom in tropical paradise.

Watch Revisited: Far Cry (Windows, 2004) - Episode 1 here!
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Revisited: Far Cry (Windows, 2004)
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May 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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‪The sixth and final batch of Nintendo #GameBoy games have been published to the site, this time those starting with S->Z
- a total of 311 games! The genre selection is in full effect here, from cult classics to obscurities. Platformers, trivia, RPGs & more! Enjoy!
Browse them here: retro.gg/games
May 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Fifth batch of Nintendo #GameBoy games have been published to the site, this time those starting with N -> R
- a total of 179 games! From train simulators, ninjas, bootlegs and pachinko to #Pokémon, dogfights and tetris clones. Truly a unique mix! Enjoy!
Browse them here: retro.gg/games
April 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM