While a large portion of gaming industry writers will be busy struggling to rank the games of this year in a fruitless attempt to determine which is the "best" one,…
Under Review seeks to review the indie games that fall somewhere between complete unknown and massive indie success, the games with only a few thousand reviews that many folks miss.…
In the Resources series we will create an ongoing, frequently updated list of curated selections on one game related topic. In Educational Resources we focus on books, tutorials, video series, apps, and…
In the Resources series we will create an ongoing, frequently updated list of curated selections on one game related topic. In Game History Websites, we will highlight a large list of places…
In the Resources series we will create an ongoing, frequently updated list of curated selections on one game related topic. In VGM we will be focusing on the soundtracks and…
Toru Hagihara and Koji Igarashi developed this entry in the Castlevania series while at Konami originally for the 32X, but part way through decided to refocus on the Playstation. Igarashi…
Developed by Bally Midway and designed by George Gomez for arcades, Spy Hunter was an arcade cabinet with a yoke-style wheel, pedal, and two option gear shift that allowed players…
Developed by Nintendo R&D3 and designed by Kazuo Yoneyama, Minoru Arakawa, and Genyo Takeda, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is a NES adaptation of the aracde game Punch-Out!! that added former undisputed…
Developed by Nintendo R&D4 and created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Toshihiko Nakago, Excitebike was a smoothly side scrolling sports game where players controlled a bike racer and tried to complete…
Packaged in at launch with Super Mario Bros, and available for NES bundles that featured the Nintendo Zapper, Duck Hunt, created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, was a light…
Originally released as Pang and Pomping World, Buster Bros is an action puzzle game developed by Capcom and created by Yoshiki Okamoto and Toshihiko Uda for arcades. Essentially a graphically…
Developed by Konami and created by Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear blends action and adventure games with stealth elements to tell a story about a special forces unit named FOXHOUND and…
The arcade classic twin-stick shooter created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar Robotron: 2084 has the player fight off waves of robot enemies as they move around trying to rescue…
Developed by Konami and created by Hitoshi Akamatsu and Akihiko Nagata, Castlevania for the NES was an action platformer whose layout and mechanics helped spawn a subgenre of games called…
Developed and published by Konami and designed by Shigeharu Umezaki, Contra was originally an arcade game designed by Koji Hiroshita before being reimagined for the NES and Home Computer. It…
One of the launch titles for the original Gameboy, Super Mario Land, developed by Nintendo R&D1 with producer Gunpei Yokoi and designed by Hirofumi Matsuoka, was the first main mario…