Retro Gaming Articles & Opinions

A 5-screw Mike Tyson's Punch-Out sells for $250 while the 3-screw version goes for $47 - the screw count isn't just trivia, it's the difference between common and collectible.

When most people think back to the Nintendo Entertainment System, they think of hit games like Super Mario Bros 3 on NES and The Legend of Zelda. 

My son bashed Call of Duty so I popped Modern Warfare 2 in my PS3 - the 7th gen memories came flooding back, and it got me thinking about which games got violence design right.

 I bought a box of Switch games and got a JoJo Siwa cartridge in a Zelda case. Here's how to spot it before it happens to you.

This article explores how boring or repetitive gameplay mechanics can lead players to abandon games, highlighting the importance of engaging design and rewarding experiences. 

What connects point-and-click adventures, RPGs, and visual novels? See how player choice makes their stories feel like games.

You need a Sega CD, Genesis, 32X, three AC adapters, and a power strip to play two games - I'm getting confused just writing about the hookup nightmare that killed Sega's console.

Black label PS1 games sell for two to four times what greatest hits versions bring. But on GameCube, I can sell Player's Choice at close to black label pricing. Label variants matter differently by console.

Before home computers were common, most kids encountered gaming on classroom computers. For a generation of students, that meant Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego, Reader Rabbit, and a few titles so strange they got pulled from schools entirely.