90s Gaming Archives - Shadow Gaming

Why FIFA 98 is Probably the Greatest Football Game Ever Made

Release Date: 24 November 1997 Developer: EA Canada If you ask a modern football gamer to name the best entry in EA Sports’ flagship franchise, you will probably trigger a…

Chris June 12, 2026

Retro-Games

Heavy Metal Masterpiece: Looking Back at MechWarrior 3 and Pirate’s Moon

Release Date: MechWarrior 3: June 1, 1999 Pirate's Moon: December 3, 1999 Developer: Zipper Interactive Back in the late nineties, the PC gaming landscape was an absolute wild west of…

Chris May 17, 2026

Retro-Games

The Wasteland Revisited: A Deep Dive into KKND and its Atomic Legacy

Krush, Kill 'N Destroy (KKND 1) Release Date: 1997 | Developer: Beam Software / Melbourne House Buy It On: GOG Krush, Kill 'N Destroy 2: KrossfireRelease Date: 1998 | Developer:…

Chris May 11, 2026

Retro-Games

The Best Mech Game Ever Made? A Deep Dive into MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries

Release Date: September 25, 1996 (MS-DOS and Windows 95) Developer: Activision Back in 1996, the world was a very different place. We were rocking dial-up internet, wearing way too much…

Chris May 10, 2026

Retro-Games

Neon Skies and Heavy Metal: A Deep Dive into MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

Release Date: July 24, 1995 (MS-DOS) Developer: Activision If you grew up in the mid-90s and had access to a PC that wasn’t a complete potato, there is a very…

Chris May 9, 2026

Retro-Games

X-Wing: Alliance – The Greatest Flight Through a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Release Date: March 28, 1999 Developer: Totally Games Get It On: GOG There is a specific kind of magic that happens when a development team is at the absolute top…

Chris May 6, 2026