A glut of poorly made games for the Atari 2600 killed the marketplace ... on toy shelves instead of in the electronics department. The NES quickly became a defining part of 1980s culture ...

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES ... game's eight distinct regions, each with multiple levels, provided endless hours of entertainment and set a new benchmark for platformers. Mega Man ...

These are the only two pieces of hardware that can play every single NES game, and even with years of hacking NES-on-a-chip devices, there’s still much to be desired. [low_budget] over on the ...

Nintendo may have moved on, but there's still life in the NES, and you can get your hands on brand-new games for this ...

This is arguably the rarest and most valuable NES game, with only 26 cartridges produced. Given away as prizes in a Nintendo Power Magazine competition, these cartridges feature timed versions of ...

If you subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online, you also get access to dozens of classic games from the NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color. (For an extra monthly fee you can also subscribe to the ...

People had a lot of fun playing the NES at home. Well, at least when they weren’t getting frustrated by a gaming experience. Not every Nintendo game was a cakewalk. Some were quite difficult ...

Atari 2600 titles like ET set the stage for what is still known today as a group of games ... NES staples to make Batman a fun, worthwhile experience. Borrowing ideas from Mega Man and Ninja ...

Sadly, the original Mega Man did not feature any cheat codes out of the box. It’s actually the exception in this regard, with many NES games of the era featuring cheats or passwords that players ...

The problem with a NES that just won’t read a cartridge is the ZIF socket inside the console. Pins get bent, and that spring-loaded, VCR-like front loader assembly is the main point of failure ...

During the time when people considered superhero games to be good but not great, the mere mention of Spider-Man was enough to move the needle and sell millions of copies. Black Cat has made ...