Diablo III,
Rock 'n' Roll Racing, and
The Lost Vikings 2. What do all of these things have in common? They're all made by Blizzard, and they're all playable on the floor of BlizzCon 2008. The last two, however, are hidden in the Retro Arcade area, where Blizzard has set up all of the old games from their past for visitors to experience and play. It's not a complete display (no
Starcraft 64, and
Justice League Task Force would have been fun to play), but there are a lot of great titles in there anyway. It's too bad I've got to play
Starcraft II for a hands-on later today -- I'd kind of rather go play the original again. But that's not a bad problem to have.
Check out our gallery of the retro arcade, and revisit some old Blizzard favorites.
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Oct 11th 2008 at 8:00PM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jaysonn Oct 11th 2008 9:41PM
Ahh, the childhood hours poured into Lost Vikings and Rock'n'Roll Racing. I've been a Blizz fan for longer than I thought I was!
Keyra Oct 11th 2008 9:50PM
I still have a copy of Lost Vikings on CD - I just can't get it to work, but ONE OF THESE DAYS it will be MINE again! Muaahahahahahahaaaa!
addik Oct 11th 2008 10:06PM
Tried Dosbox yet? Made my day when I found that and finally got Day of the Tentacle to work right.
Keyra Oct 11th 2008 11:07PM
Hadn't even heard of it until you mentioned it. I'll have to take a look! Thanks for the tip!
Keyra Oct 11th 2008 11:51PM
YES! It worked! Hee hee hee....(rubs hands together with glee) - I even have Descent and Cyberia on my computer that I'd completely fogotten about. Oh, yes...the joys of Old School :-)
Warcloud Oct 11th 2008 9:56PM
Blackthorne!! Yes!!!
CactusHam Oct 12th 2008 5:10AM
NO JUSTICE LEAGUE!? JLTF was the first Blizzard game I owned, it was awesome. I still play it sometimes =p
Trem Oct 11th 2008 10:53PM
I loved me some Rock 'n Roll Racing on Sega Genesis back in the day. That announcer became horrendously annoying after a while though.
Alexisonfire Oct 12th 2008 4:28AM
KAT IS HEADED THE WRONG WAY!
HAWK FADES INTO LAST!
VIPER IS DOMINATING THE RACE!
SLASH IS IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE!
OLAF SHOULD AVOID MINES!
jim carey Oct 12th 2008 7:34PM
the lost vikings was blizzards doing?! i love them so much more now!