Pretty, Little, Pixels | Dino Crisis, Resident Evil, Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection, and Undefined Game Pack

Capcom gave us their blend of Green Herbs and Dino Crisis.

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The original RESIDENT EVIL trilogy and DINO CRISIS received modern re-releases on GOG, giving fans and preservation enthusiasts a reason to celebrate, which is more than can be said for basically everyone in both horror franchises— except the dinosaurs and zombies, who are in fact having a delightful time.

These enhanced versions of Dino Crisis and Resident Evil both feature full support for modern controllers, as well as a dizzying amount of other improvements, intended to make both games stand the test of time.

The Resident Evil series has enjoyed a slew of remakes—with modernized controls and brand-new graphics—but the same cannot be said for Dino Crisis, which has been shipwrecked to its original, hardware releases. These new and enhanced releases of Dino Crisis and its sequel are making them more accessible to everyone, including those who have never had the opportunity to play them.

Also, I checked and it’s definitely still very scary being chased by dinosaurs, in case there was any doubt about that or if you were wondering.

Dino Crisis and Resident Evil are both available on GOG for ten bucks each.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection summons over a dozen games from the earliest days of the card-battling craze, featuring online multiplayer, game manuals, and more game enhancements.

The full-sticker price tag may be discouraging for anyone except the most ardent fans, but that’s also exactly who the intended audience is, making it difficult to argue with the packed-in value.

Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION is available on Steam for fifty bucks.

There’s a lot of reasons Flash games went away but I’m sad those silly, little games are gone, no matter who or what you blame their absence on.

There’s just something so special about how pure the gameplay was—probably in part from the limited technical resources available to developers—but I also think it’s also because they were games from regular people.

I know there are places you can find Flash games—if you look—but there’s just something so delightful about Undefined Game Pack bringing so many of them together, in such a special package. Art preservation should especially include the silly and “small” games from regular people. I would desperately love to see more releases like this, from the same developer, and anyone else that made Flash games.

Undefined Game Pack is available on Steam for ten bucks.