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Tag: Nintendo Entertainment System

Sunsoft to crowdfund ports of three forgotten Famicom releases

’80s titles planned for rerelease on Switch and PC Old-school cool developer Sunsoft has announced that it is planning a…

By Chris Moyse 23 June 2023
 
My 30-year quest to beat Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

I’ve lost count of how many times I let Ganon return [Note: This piece was originally published in 2021. We’re…

By CJ Andriessen 9 May 2023
 
Nintendo Switch Online adds Kirby’s Dream Land 2, BurgerTime Deluxe, & Xevious

Cute pink ball in the side pocket Nintendo Switch Online has updated its library of old-school releases, offering up hours…

By Chris Moyse 16 March 2023
 
New Ghostbusters II on NES will make you feel good

Lemme tell you something I often opine that video games have not been very good to Ghostbusters. I would think…

By Zoey Handley 17 October 2022
 
Karate Kid for the NES is not the best around

Something’s gonna always keep it down! I’ve never seen Karate Kid. It was a bit before my time, but I’ve…

By Zoey Handley 28 August 2021
 
Gun*Nac is a weird and friendly shoot-’em-up that belongs in your NES

Gun*Nac is a worthwhile trip to Iota Synthetica The NES wasn’t particularly well suited for vertical shoot-’em-ups with its sprite…

By Zoey Handley 6 August 2021
 
The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch system features four classic games

Old-school cool During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the publisher revealed a cool new addition to its growing range of Game…

By Chris Moyse 15 June 2021
 
Snake’s Revenge is the kid everyone on the playground picks last

The continued adventures of Buff McUpperbod Growing up, I always saw Metal Gear on the NES as one of its…

By Zoey Handley 7 June 2021
 
Five more NES & SNES titles are joining the Nintendo Switch Online Collection

Blasts from the Past Nintendo has announced that it will be adding four new titles to the Nintendo Switch Online…

By Chris Moyse 19 May 2021
 
Meet Spelunker, one of Japan’s most treasured bad games

Don’t get pooped on in this week’s kusoge While the phenomenon of appreciating bad games exists everywhere in the world,…

By Zoey Handley 22 February 2021
 
I won’t excuUUUuse Nintendo for The Legend of Zelda’s animated antics

Missing Link If there is one thing that helped Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise remain one of the most…

By Chris Moyse 20 February 2021
 
How The Legend of Zelda helped free us from arcade ports

The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Read/Write I find it difficult to travel back and play early 8-bit consoles like…

By Zoey Handley 16 February 2021
 
NES launch title Tennis is this week’s Arcade Archives release

Chalk Dusty Publisher Hamster is heading back to the dawning days of the Nintendo Entertainment System for this week’s Arcade…

By Chris Moyse 19 December 2020
 

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