NES

I have really been looking forward to Retro-Bit’s NES reissue of 1991’s Hammerin’ Harry. However, in retrospect, this is partially due to me getting it confused with Don Doko Don, a 1989 arcade game in Taito’s single-screen format. If I…

Mario gave a healthy injection of life to the gaming industry in 1985 with the first Super Mario Bros. on the Famicom (NES) in Japan. Since then, Mario has introduced many new consoles and has pushed tech-forward into the 3D space and even…

Money is really depressing to me. Not only have recent events left me with a deep anxiety about finances, it seems that a lot of people are struggling, and the best you can hope for is to struggle less. I don’t want to discuss this on a…

I mentioned this once before, but after the launch of the Super Nintendo in 1991 (1990 for Japan), Konami went through this weird period of producing licensed games that were way better than you’d expect. I’ve covered Bucky O’Hare, but…

Licensed games have tried their damnedest to nail the original theme songs and other aspects of film scores. Horror games are no different, and we’ve seen plenty of successful examples over the years.  Going as far back as the tinny notes…

You’re feeling nostalgic. You want to play the best NES sports games. Or maybe you just want to read about them until the clock hits 5.30 and you can stop pretending to work on that deck. But how well do they really hold up today? 8 bits of…

If we’re to be brutally honest, there aren’t too many NES (that’s Nintendo Entertainment System, in case you didn’t know) games genuinely worth going back to play in 2022. Yes, there are plenty of genuinely good games, and a bunch of…