From The Verge · Jay Peters · · 1m 30s
EA brings 25 classic games to Steam
Electronic Arts is releasing 25 retro PC games on Steam, including restored Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and six Wing Commander titles recovered from a physical media vault.
In brief
Electronic Arts is releasing 25 retro PC games on Steam, including restored Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and six Wing Commander titles recovered from a physical media vault. EA is releasing 25 classic PC games on Steam, including newly restored Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and Wing Commander titles recovered…
EA launches 25 classic games on Steam
Electronic Arts is releasing 25 classic PC games on Steam, including Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and six Wing Commander titles with quality-of-life updates for modern systems.
Discovery of physical media vault enables restoration
EA found a physical media vault containing thousands of Betacam, VHS and D1 tapes. The digitization process recovered master FMV sequences, restoring more than one thousand five hundred scenes from the games.
Anniversary Editions preserve original intent
The Anniversary Editions preserve the original look, feel and creative intent of the games while adding quality-of-life updates to support modern systems and controls and improve performance.
“preserve "the original look, feel and creative intent of the game"”
Pricing and where to buy
Road Rash and Wing Commander Anniversary Editions cost nine ninety nine dollars each.Other classic games including Ultima and Crusader titles cost four ninety nine dollars.All are available on Steam, GOG and the EA App.
Full list of 25 games now available
The release includes Road Rash, seven Wing Commander titles, Strike Commander, Theme Hospital, two Crusader games, nine Ultima games and two Ultima Underworld games across Steam, GOG and EA App.
The key point
EA is releasing 25 classic PC games on Steam, including newly restored Anniversary Editions of Road Rash and Wing Commander titles recovered from archived physical media.
