50 Years of Video Games: Excitebike (NES)
The North American video game market was in a rough spot between 1983 and 1985. A boom in the amount
Read MoreChronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
The North American video game market was in a rough spot between 1983 and 1985. A boom in the amount
Read MoreIt’s important to keep your expectations in check when playing a sports title for an old system. When I picked
Read MoreIn the era of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Japanese developers often felt overseas audiences wouldn’t buy anything with too much
Read MoreUsually, an 8-bit NES game will try to do one type of gameplay and do it well. If it’s a
Read MoreWhile I had a pretty low opinion of the Bomberman series before starting The Game Hoard, again and again I’ve
Read MoreIt’s always interesting to see where a major developer got their start, and considering Game Freak would go on to
Read MoreMonster in My Pocket is one of the bigger names from the fad in the 1980s and 1990s where a
Read MoreTo help ease the general public into the concept of video games in general, many early game consoles would use
Read MoreOften regarded as the grandfather of the Japanese role-playing game genre, Dragon Quest certainly caught on well in it’s home
Read MoreVideo game versions of game shows already have a lot of the hard work done for them. People already enjoy
Read MoreBilliards mixed with mini-golf and played on the moon. There are some game concepts I just have to play as
Read MoreWhile it’s not looked back on too favorably these days, Capcom’s original Street Fighter fighting game was a big hit.
Read MoreSome genres just never found traction in the United States, as seems to be the case with the cute ’em
Read MoreThere was a bit of an odd trend with sequels in the NES era where a hugely successful title would
Read MoreWhen it comes to classic horror monsters, the werewolf seems to play second fiddle to the vampire. Vampires earn their
Read MoreDeveloper Vic Tokai had a vision for a sidescrolling platform game, one where the players could get a power-up that
Read MoreMario. Nintendo’s golden boy. No video game character is more iconic than this happy-go-lucky plumber, and over the years, he’s
Read MoreGolf, despite being a sport that values calm concentration so much it has a quieter version of clapping named after
Read MoreKirby’s Dream Land may be the first game in the Kirby series, but Kirby’s Adventure is where it truly found
Read MorePalamedes, named for the character of Greek myth who supposedly invented dice, quite appropriately is a game based entirely around
Read MoreFor a pretty typical side-scrolling shoot ’em up, Abadox: The Deadly Inner War sets up quite the intense backstory for
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