The Nintendo Entertainment System featured some of the best classic games. We've dug into the library and have ranked the top ...

When it comes to the best NES games, there's no shortage of greatness. Whether we're talking about the best Zelda games, Mario classics, or either half of the Metroidvania portmanteau that would go on ...

While Ghosts ’n Goblins is considered an NES classic by some, others see it as a black mark on the console’s library. The ...

TL;DR: 3dSen is a unique NES emulator that transforms classic 1980s 2D games into immersive 3D voxel visuals, supporting over 100 titles like Super Mario Bros. 3 and Zelda II. Available on Windows, ...

Every month or so, Nintendo adds a few retro games to its Nintendo Switch Online retro gaming apps. We’ve seen plenty of Kirby games over the years since NSO launched, two of the best Zelda games, and ...

Like NES Remix and WarioWare before it, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition offers a good way to revisit challenging moments from a selection of classic NES games. Paying tribute to the ...

This game is a fun summer surprise overflowing with mini-challenges, but it belongs as an expansion of Nintendo's retro subscription service. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...

From the dawn of video game consoles, gaming handhelds, and PCs, one of the fandom's most hotly debated badges of honor has been completing notoriously difficult games. From Dark Souls to Cup Head, ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Generally speaking, writing your own games for retro consoles starts with C code. You’ll need to feed that through a console-specific tool-chain, and there’s certainly going to be some hoops to jump ...

Erin Rice is a Writing Specialist from the United States. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric and works as a professor and Academic Success Coach, teaching students about writing and ...