“Plug into the power,” urges this small folding insert that came out of an NES game box. Back in the 1980s, before the World Wide Web, the only feasible way for gamers to get a …

You’d think a game as classically ridic as Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom would be more of an internet meme by now. People would be putting game quotes on kitten photos, knitting Princess Tomato …

Years ago, I played The Magic of Scheherazade just because it was there. I discovered this obscure Culture Brain RPG on the shelf at my parents’ video store, took it home, and was amazed. This …

I have a handful of NES games I’ve collected over the years beyond the three Castlevania games. Let’s see… there’s Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers, Gyruss, The Immortal, Legacy of the Wizard, The Magic of …

GAME> Little Nemo: The Dream Master (1990)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Disney Adventures, April 1991
Here’s a twenty year old tip for a hundred year old character. Even today, animals will still do anything for candy.

GAME> Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (1993)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Nintendo Power #57, February 1994
The code so nice you have to enter it twice.

GAME> Pinball (1985)
SYSTEM> NES
SOURCE> Pinball-e trading card, 2002
Even in Pinball, Mario can’t get a break from chivalry.

It’s a big week for new Nintendo downloads, with two DSiWare offerings, three WiiWare games, and one NES VC release.
Available now on WiiWare is the umpteenth Texes Hold’Em game, this time with Mii importability and …

I’ve been noticing a change in myself lately as I progress through my thirties: I seem to be losing my muscle memory. Muscle memory is what allows you to go back to a game you’ve …

A shop on Etsy called The Clay Collector is making tiny clay NES cartridges, complete with the label of your choice (custom is OK), that you can wear either in a cufflink or necklace format. …

I went to a flea market today, and came back with a number of great deals, which I really didn’t expect. I’ve got games here for NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Windows (that was an …

It would be hard not to be disappointed with this weekend’s take when last weekend’s was so incredible. That said, I now have excellent cartridge-only copies of Contra and Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! for NES. Both …

In all of my gaming years, I have never owned an N64 console, but I have heard from many gamers that feel it had one of the greatest controllers ever.  Gamers felt that the shape …

What would you say if I told you that there exists a band which performs classic video game themes and sets lyrics to them? Lyrics that not only have nothing to do with the game, …

The Castlevania swan song of the eight bit era is now available for play on Wii Virtual Console. It was released yesterday, and somehow I managed to overlook this until now. Months of waiting for …

What is it?
Mega Man 9 is the first episode in the original Mega Man series in more than a decade. It’s a download-only game, and is available on all three of the home consoles for …