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Article from Issue 303/2026

This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.

Whether you are nostalgic about the past or just curious about how gamers lived before modern hardware, you have probably crossed paths with the retrogaming scene. Gamers have gone to great effort to keep the old games alive. One approach is to play on an emulator that will make your classic game think it is on the classic hardware. But there is another option: Look for a game engine remake. A game engine remake is a new game engine written for old game assets. It might look the same, but it runs better, with clearer graphics and better control systems. This month we explore some game engine remakes. Also in Linux Voice, we introduce you to the num-utils collection of number tools and take a close look at the Synaptic package manager.