T he Game Boy wasn't the first handheld gaming machine, but it was one of the most successful ones on its 1989 release.

You may not remember this, but Nintendo hardware used to be a pretty big deal. The original Game Boy and NES both had remarkable industrial design that, like the Apple II and IBM Thinkpad ...

These are the only two pieces of hardware that can play every single NES game, and even with years of hacking NES-on-a-chip devices, there’s still much to be desired. [low_budget] over on the ...

are unarguable pinnacles of videogame creation, if we were stranded on an island with a power source, an NES and a single game, it would unquestionably be Super Mario Bros. 3. The most anticipated ...

Movies and TV shows get rebooted all the time. Video games are no different. While a video game series will sit dormant for a while, that doesn’t mean it’s done. We’ve seen games rebooted in ...

EPIC Games Store gives away games for PC players every week, and this week’s offering is particularly special. Instead of one ...

And of course there have been various Nintendo handhelds as well, such as the Game Boy and DS machines. It has been a long time since the release of the NES, yet it is getting a new game.

RetroTime has found a good use for the expansion port Nintendo included on the underside of the NES but never utilized. Its NES Hub connects to that port and adds Bluetooth connectivity, allowing up ...

Remember, these games aren't individual downloads but are bundled together in the Nintendo Switch Online NES, SNES, GB, N64, Genesis / Mega Drive, and GBA applications, which are 'free' to download.

Shuntaro Furukawa, the head of Nintendo, says that when it comes to first-party games, the company hasn't really changed its ...