Tech Advisor

How to play retro games: 3 ways to kick it old-school

Super Mario, Zelda, Purple Tentacle, Sonic – these are just a few of the heroes who have inspired gamers for over 40 years. Some of the original gaming devices from Atari, Commodore, Nintendo and Sega are rare today, but new editions have launched with more modern technology. The same applies to the numerous classic games that still send retro fans into ecstasy. Here, too, there have been graphically polished revisions, especially for some Lucas-Arts titles, which reflect the enduring cult character of the games.

In this guide, we show you how to get the original classic games of the breadbox era, as well as newer console titles, to run on your Windows PC. We offer you three possibilities:

• The simple way via your PC’s browser.

• The somewhat more demanding way via the game collection on a USB drive.

• Last but not least, the profile solution in

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Tech Advisor

Tech Advisor6 min read
5 Tools That Integrate Your Cloud Storage Into Windows File Explorer
If you’re like me and have multiple online storage accounts, you know that managing them via separate websites and clients is tedious at best. In my case, remembering what’s stored where can be a chore. That all ended when I discovered applications s
Tech Advisor7 min read
Huawei MateBook D 16
Price: £1,199 from fave.co/3IB5bSE Huawei’s ongoing US trade ban has badly affected its Android smartphones and tablets in the UK and Europe. However, an agreement with Microsoft means there are no such problems for its laptops, which run on full Win
Tech Advisor1 min read
Chromebooks Finally Receive Custom Mouse And Keyboard Shortcuts
ChromeOS has been adding capabilities to bring it up to speed with other operating systems for…well, for as long as Google has been working on it, which is about 12 years now. The latest update might be of particular interest to anyone who switches b

Related Books & Audiobooks