Young'uns might not remember handheld LCD games, but before the Game Boy these crude devices were handheld gaming. Tiger Electronics was the king of licensing franchises like Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man only to butcher them into rudimentary diversions with…

The Final Fantasy VII Famicom bootleg got a notable amount of attention and rightfully so since it Cloud is in it. Even though Titanic raked in over a billion at the box office only Insert Credit is linking to a post…

So a friend of mine decided to sell his Super Famicom with none other than Miyamoto's autograph on eBay. First I begged him not to sell it, then I begged him to sell it to me. He agreed, but what…

As a video game journalist, consumer, and fan, I feel that I have a pretty accurate view of the current state of the industry.  However, like most video game enthusiasts, I have little actual knowledge about what goes on behind…

The first Saturday of every month is not just an excuse to come home from college and get my laundry done.  It’s also a time for me to celebrate my favorite pastime.  My friend Nick owns a hardcore video game…

  It's a sad fact that most gamers, even the most hardcore, totally ignore the original Game Boy today. Sure, many of us revisit the NES via emulation, whether it be legal through the Wii VC or otherwise, and many…

I can’t see much personal use for the line of RetroDuo consoles since all my old consoles work, but there is some novelty in having the “Gen-X” a third party hybrid that plays Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis games.…

When I went into Gamestop earlier in the week to pick up my usual helping of games, I was looking at the DS wall and found quite a surprise: a new Gamestop exclusive game called Impossible Mission!  I always love…

Yujin is releasing a sweet set of ships from classic shmups. You can get the Vic Viper 301 from Gradius, the Silver Hawk from Darius Gaiden or my favorite the Arrowhead from R-Type with a force. I italicized can because…

  Back in the hay-day of arcades you could usually get away with creating an entire game around a gimmick (let's be honest it still works a fair amount these days too). One of those gimmicks was the laserdisc. It…

GoldenEye 007 is arguably the best first person shooter on the Nintendo 64 and it’s probably the best game to use the James Bond license. Rare gave up working on the game many years ago, but since GoldenEye 007 is…

Flashback! There were “scary” games on the Atari 2600 like Halloween, which is based off the series of slasher flicks movies. Nothing spells terror like brightly colored rooms and “flickering” lights. And by flickering lights I mean the screen flashes…